The Comedy Factory(1985)

The Comedy Factory is a live-action scripted comedy series that aired on ABC during the summers of 1985 and 1986, with Canadian production oversight by CTV. The show featured comedians and actors performing scenes from rejected television pilots, giving failed concepts a second life on screen. Nearly all episodes are lost to time, with only the premiere episode, "Honey, It's the Mayor," known to survive in its entirety. The series represents a curious artifact of 1980s network television, when networks experimented with unconventional formats to fill summer schedules. Despite its brief run and limited surviving material, The Comedy Factory offers a glimpse into the creative process behind television development and the era's approach to sketch-based comedy programming.