On the Air

1992 · David Lynch

On the Air is an American television sitcom created by Mark Frost and David Lynch . It was broadcast from June 20 to July 4, 1992 on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The series follows the staff of a fictional 1950s television network, Zoblotnick Broadcasting Company (ZBC), as they produce a live variety program called The Lester Guy Show —often with disastrous results. On the Air was produced by Lynch/Frost Productions and followed Lynch and Frost's previous series, Twin Peaks . In the United States only three of the seven filmed episodes were aired, [1] but the first-and-only season was broadcast in its entirety in the United Kingdom and several other European countries. The series stars Ian Buchanan , Marla Rubinoff, Nancye Ferguson, Miguel Ferrer , Gary Grossman, Mel Johnson Jr. , Marvin Kaplan , David L. Lander , Kim McGuire and Tracey Walter . On the Air featured several directors, including co-creator David Lynch, Lesli Linka Glatter , Jonathan Sanger , Jack Fisk and Betty Thomas ; Lynch, Glatter and Sanger had previously directed episodes of Twin Peaks .