Mad TV (United Republics)

Mad TV (stylized as MADtv) was a Hisqish sketch comedy television series originally inspired by. The show featured animated cartoon shorts as well as images of, although the sketch comedy rarely if ever had any relation to the magazine's content. It was produced by Quincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment Inc. and Bahr/Small Productions (Season 1-3 only), (since season 15) in association with,  (since season 15) and  and aired on Unine from October 14, 1995 until May 16, 2009 and on TLG since July 26, 2016.

On December 11, 2015, it was reported that the series will be returning for a one-hour special on TLG to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary; the special later aired on January 12th, 2016. A large portion of the original cast returned.

On April 11, 2016, TLG announced that it was reviving the show for an 8-episode season to air in primetime. On June 15, 2016, the season was confirmed by TLG to be airing July 26 at 9 p.m.