ALF

Name: ALF
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Released: September 22, 1986
Rating: 44
Cast: Liz Sheridan, Max Wright, Paul Fusco, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson

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NBC | Release Date: September 22, 1986

Starring: Liz Sheridan, Max Wright, Paul Fusco, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson, Benji Gregory, John LaMotta, Josh Blake

Summary: Gordon Shumway, last known survivor from the planet Melmac, crash-lands his spaceship into the Tanner family's suburban garage. Willie dubs him "ALF", short for Alien Life Form. After convincing a military officer that they are not harboring a space creature, the Tanners decide to take ALF in as a member of the family.

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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John J. O'Connor

Jun 16, 2015

Season 1 Review: One of the better [of the season's family sitcoms], simply because it's kind of cute and a bit offbeat. Read full review

Clifford Terry

Jun 16, 2015

Season 1 Review: There is more of a silliness to it. No question, ALF is dumb and puerile. I rather liked it. [22 Sept 1986, p.5C]

Tom Shales

Jun 16, 2015

Season 1 Review: ALF himself is funny enough to keep the show bubbling. He has a sardonic insouciance. [22 Sept 1986, p.C1]

Robert P. Laurence

Jun 16, 2015

Season 1 Review: Too gimmicky for my taste. [22 Sept 1986, p.D-1]

Richard Zoglin

Jul 2, 2013

Season 1 Review: ALF is no place to look for plausibility -- or charm. Read full review

Howard Rosenberg

Jun 16, 2015

Season 1 Review: This is another of those TV comedies that simply aren't funny...ALF would be more engaging if the Tanners were more engaging. He also would have been lots of satirical fun and a far more interesting observer of the human condition had he been given a Woody Allen-type neurotic voice rather than one that was merely inanely goofy. Read full review

Steve Sonsky

Jun 16, 2015

Season 1 Review: Well, call me a party pooper, but I was bored to tears by the thing. It's just the type of silly gimmick that I'm quite susceptible to. Yet I found ALF shrill, predictable and not in the least bit funny. I'm pretty sure that's because it is shrill, predictable and not in the least bit funny. [22 Sept 1986, p.C1]

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Seasons & Episodes

44

Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 18, 1989
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  S4:E28. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
  Air Date: February 8, 2023
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  S4:E27. It Isn't Easy Bein' Green
  Air Date: January 12, 2023
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  S4:E26. A.L.F.
  Air Date: January 2, 2023
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  S4:E25. Somewhere Over the Rerun
  Air Date: April 9, 2022
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  S4:E24. Consider Me Gone
  Air Date: March 24, 1990
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  S4:E23. I Gotta Be Me
  Air Date: March 10, 1990
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  S4:E22. Hungry Like the Wolf
  Air Date: March 3, 1990
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  S4:E21. Stayin' Alive
  Air Date: February 26, 1990
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  S4:E20. Mr. Sandman
  Air Date: February 19, 1990
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  S4:E19. When I'm Sixty-Four
  Air Date: February 12, 1990
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  S4:E18. Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
  Air Date: February 5, 1990
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  S4:E17. Gimme That Old Time Religion
  Air Date: January 29, 1990
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  S4:E16. True Colors
  Air Date: January 22, 1990
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  S4:E15. Love on the Rocks
  Air Date: January 15, 1990
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  S4:E14. Make 'em Laugh
  Air Date: January 8, 1990
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  S4:E13. It's My Party
  Air Date: December 11, 1989
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  S4:E12. Fever
  Air Date: December 4, 1989
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  S4:E11. Happy Together
  Air Date: November 27, 1989
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  S4:E10. Break Up to Make Up
  Air Date: November 20, 1989
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  S4:E9. Live and Let Die
  Air Date: November 13, 1989
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  S4:E8. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  Air Date: November 6, 1989
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  S4:E7. He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother
  Air Date: October 30, 1989
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  S4:E6. Hooked on a Feeling
  Air Date: October 23, 1989
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  S4:E5. Mind Games
  Air Date: October 16, 1989
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  S4:E4. We're in the Money
  Air Date: October 9, 1989
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  S4:E3. Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Air Date: October 2, 1989
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  S4:E2. Lies
  Air Date: September 25, 1989
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  S4:E1. Baby, Come Back
  Air Date: September 18, 1989
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 3, 1988
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 22, 1986
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 22, 1986