The Defamer is reporting that Mad TV has been canceled in the middle of its 14th season. I will miss it for two reasons.1) Unlike its more popular rival, Saturday Night Live, Mad TV usually knew when to end a skit, rather than dragging it out to the point of tedium. And, frankly, their sketches without a built-in high concept were often sharper and funnier than the free-form sketches on Saturday Night Live.
2) Mad TV did TV satire better than any other medium on the block, including the example below, one of my all-time favorite sketches anywhere.
Rest in peace, old friend. You will be slightly missed.
Scott Mendelson
Their best political sketch: I Rack
Their best movie spoof: Terminator 4: The Greatest Action Story Ever Told
Their best TV spoof: Suddenly Millenium
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