MADtv is an Americansketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine, Mad. It was first broadcast on October 141995. The one-hour show airs Saturday nights on Fox and is in syndication on Comedy Central. It was created by Fax Bahr and Adam Small, who wrote for In Living Color and are also responsible for Gary & Mike and Blue Collar TV. The series was originally produced by Bahr/Small Productions in association with Quincy Jones/David Salzman Entertainment (QDE) and distributed by Warner Bros. Television (Warner Bros.' parent company Time Warner owns MAD Magazine through its DC Comics subsidiary), but since Bahr and Small left the series at the end of (they are currently credited as "executive consultants"), the series has been handled by QDE and Warner Bros. Television.
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