# Prime Times

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{{short description|1983 comedy television pilot}}
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| genre                = [Comedy](/source/Comedy)<ref name=Terrace/>
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| writer               = [Lewis Arquette](/source/Lewis_Arquette)<br>[Elayne Boosler](/source/Elayne_Boosler)<br>[Carmen Finestra](/source/Carmen_Finestra)<br>Peter Elbing
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| director             = [Howard Storm](/source/Howard_Storm_(director))
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| starring             = [Leslie Nielsen](/source/Leslie_Nielsen)<br>Lewis Arquette<br>[Thom Bray](/source/Thom_Bray)<br>[Hamilton Camp](/source/Hamilton_Camp)<br>[Jan Hooks](/source/Jan_Hooks)<br>[Julie Payne](/source/Julie_Payne_(actress%2C_born_1946))<br>[Deborah Pratt](/source/Deborah_Pratt)
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| country              = [United States](/source/United_States)
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| first_aired          = {{Start date|1983|04|04}}<ref name=Terrace/>
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'''''Prime Times''''' is a 1983 American [comedy](/source/comedy) [television pilot](/source/television_pilot) starring [Leslie Nielsen](/source/Leslie_Nielsen).<ref name=Terrace>{{cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent  |date=September 19, 2019 |title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ot6_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA196&dq=prime+times+1983+leslie+nielsen&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimr7ytwoORAxVeM0QIHX46IQ8Q6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=prime%20times%201983%20leslie%20nielsen&f=false |location= |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |page=196 |isbn=9781476678740 |access-date=November 21, 2025}}</ref> The pilot spoofs "television's past, present and imagined future" via sketches that utilize footage from old television series.<ref name=Terrace/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0818129|title=Prime Times}}

Category:1980s American comedy television series
Category:1980s American satirical television series
Category:1980s American sketch comedy television series
Category:Parodies of television shows
Category:Television pilots not picked up as a series

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