Svengoolie: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

MeTV is opening up the dungeon door and unleashing... Svengoolie! Svengoolie has been the premiere horror show icon of Chicago, since multiple Emmy award winner Rich Koz became the hand-picked successor to the original Svengoolie back in the late 70s. Since then, generations of viewers have become fans of the monstrous mirth and movies that this video vampire dispenses every week over the airwaves!

Series details

• Title: Svengoolie
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Horror
• Premiere date: 1995-01-07
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Me-TV
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 22734
• IMDb ID: tt0414777
• TVDB ID: 281364

Cast and credited roles

• Rich Koz — Svengoolie
• Bill Leff — Nostalgiaferatoo
• Sarah Palmer — Gwengoolie
• Scott Gryder — IMP

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1995-01-07; final listed air date 1995-12-23.
• Season 2: premiered 1996-01-06; final listed air date 1996-12-21.
• Season 3: premiered 1997-01-18; final listed air date 1997-11-22.
• Season 4: premiered 1998-01-17; final listed air date 1998-12-05.
• Season 5: premiered 1999-02-06; final listed air date 1999-11-27.
• Season 6: premiered 2000-03-11; final listed air date 2000-11-25.
• Season 7: premiered 2001-03-10; final listed air date 2001-11-24.
• Season 8: premiered 2002-03-09; final listed air date 2002-11-16.
• Season 9: premiered 2003-02-14; final listed air date 2003-11-22.
• Season 10: premiered 2004-02-21; final listed air date 2004-11-06.
• Season 11: premiered 2005-01-01; final listed air date 2005-12-31.
• Season 12: premiered 2006-03-18; final listed air date 2006-12-16.
• Season 13: premiered 2007-01-20; final listed air date 2007-12-08.
• Season 14: premiered 2008-01-19; final listed air date 2008-11-22.
• Season 15: premiered 2009-01-10; final listed air date 2009-11-21.
• Season 16: premiered 2010-01-30; final listed air date 2010-10-09.
• Season 17: premiered 2011-04-02; final listed air date 2011-12-31.
• Season 18: premiered 2012-01-07; final listed air date 2012-12-29.
• Season 19: premiered 2013-01-05; final listed air date 2013-12-28.
• Season 20: premiered 2014-01-04; final listed air date 2014-12-27.
• Season 21: premiered 2015-01-03; final listed air date 2015-12-26.
• Season 22: premiered 2016-01-02; final listed air date 2016-12-31.
• Season 23: premiered 2017-01-07; final listed air date 2017-12-30.
• Season 24: premiered 2018-01-06; final listed air date 2018-12-29.
• Season 25: premiered 2019-01-05; final listed air date 2019-12-28.
• Season 26: premiered 2020-01-04; final listed air date 2020-12-26.
• Season 27: premiered 2021-01-02; final listed air date 2021-12-25.
• Season 28: premiered 2022-01-01; final listed air date 2022-12-31.
• Season 29: premiered 2023-01-07; final listed air date 2023-12-30.
• Season 30: premiered 2024-01-06; final listed air date 2024-12-28; episode order: 55.

Source and licence

Adapted from Svengoolie on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.