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Quark

Series1977Limited seriesEnded

ComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Not rated

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Details

Creator
Language
English
Episodes
8
Episode length
30m

Community score

6.822 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.4

The story

Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the spy spoof Get Smart. The show was set on a United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an interstellar garbage scow operating out of United Galaxies Space Station Perma One in the year 2226. Adam Quark, the main character, works to clean up trash in space by collecting "space baggies" with his trusted and highly unusual crew. In its short run, Quark satirized such science fiction as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Flash Gordon. Three of the episodes were direct satires of Star Trek episodes. The series won one Emmy Award nomination, for costume designer Grady Hunt's work in the episode "All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms, Part 2". The complete series was released on DVD on October 14, 2008.

Cast

  • Richard Benjamin
    Richard BenjaminAdam Quark
  • Tim Thomerson
    Tim ThomersonGene
  • Conrad Janis
    Conrad JanisPalindrome
  • Richard Kelton
    Richard KeltonFicus Pandorata
  • Patricia Barnstable — artwork unavailable
    Patricia BarnstableBetty
  • Cyb Barnstable — artwork unavailable
    Cyb BarnstableBetty
  • Alan Caillou — artwork unavailable
    Alan CaillouThe Head
  • Bobby Porter — artwork unavailable
    Bobby PorterAndy