Stay Tuned (film)
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| Directed by | Peter Hyams |
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| Produced by | James G. Robinson |
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| Cinematography | Peter Hyams |
| Edited by | Peter E. Berger |
| Music by | Bruce Broughton |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15-20 million |
| Box office | $12 million |
Stay Tuned is a 1992 American fantasy comedy film directed by Peter Hyams and written by Jim Jennewein and Tom S. Parker, with an animated sequence supervised by Chuck Jones. The film stars John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, and Eugene Levy.
Its plot follows TV fanatic Roy Knable who gets a deal from a salesman, who is really a emissary from hell, for a new high tech satellite dish to gain as many exclusive TV channels as he wants. The dish then sucks Roy and his wife Helen into a hellish television world, where they must survive for 24 hours in order to be released from it. These experiences teach Roy a lesson about the dangers of too much TV.
Stay Tuned was released in the United States on August 14, 1992, by Warner Bros. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial failure, grossing $12 million against a $15–20 million budget.