The State: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The State was a half-hour sketch-comedy television show, originally broadcast on MTV between December 17, 1993 and July 1, 1995. The show combined bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the favor of its target teenaged audience. The cast consisted of 11 twenty-something comedians (Kevin Allison, Michael Ian Black, Ben Garant, Todd Holoubek, Michael Patrick Jann, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Michael Showalter and David Wain) who created, acted, wrote, directed, and edited the show.

Series details

• Title: The State
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1994-01-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 1995-08-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: MTV
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6249
• IMDb ID: tt0130421
• TVDB ID: 76996

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-01-21; final listed air date 1994-02-04.
• Season 2: premiered 1994-07-10; final listed air date 1994-08-21.
• Season 3: premiered 1994-12-24; final listed air date 1995-08-26; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The State 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.