‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Season 11 Premiere Date Set at Netflix

Revival of cult classic TV series was funded by record-breaking Kickstarter campaign

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On Tuesday, Netflix announced the premiere date for the 11th season of the beloved cult TV series about a man and two robot companions riffing on bad movies.

The new season of the series will debut on April 14. The announcement was made at a special preview screening of the first episode in Los Angeles.

Original series creator Joel Hodgson began a Kickstarter campaign to relaunch the show in November 2015. It raised more than $6.3 million, surpassing the record set by the “Veronica Mars” movie, which raised $5.7 million. The “MST3K” campaign raised $5,764,229 off of Kickstarter and $600,000 from online merchandise sales, with more than 47,000 people contributing.

Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Hamill and Joel McHale have all agreed to cameo on the new season. Hodgson also said that he had extended invitations to Bill Hader, Neil Patrick Harris and Jack Black to appear on the show as well.

Patton Oswalt joined the project to write and play TV’s Son of TV’s Frank, the offspring of the character TV’s Frank from the original show, as played by Frank Conniff. Felicia Day will play the daughter of Dr. Forrester, who was played by Trace Beaulieu. Other new cast members include Hampton Yount, Baron Vaughn and Jonah Ray.

“Mystery Science Theater 3000,” which launched on a Minneapolis UHF station in 1988, featured Hodgson and, later, Mike Nelson and two robot sidekicks as they riffed on cheesy B-movies by providing their own hilarious commentary.

It then moved to Comedy Central and finished its run on the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) in 1999 after 197 episodes. Hodgson recently acquired the rights to the show in a joint venture with Shout! Factory.

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