Netflix will be kicking off a brand-new season of the cult series Mystery Science Theater 3000 on April 14. Yes, you can skip work, family and life a watch all 14 episodes in one sitting .
Created and co-directed by Joel Hodgson, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival stars Jonah Ray (The Nerdist Podcast, Maron) as Jonah Heston, along with his sidekick robots Tom Servo (Baron Vaughn) and Crow T. Robot (Hampton Yount), who are forced by Kinga Forrester (Felicia Day) to watch terrible movies while flying thru space inthe Satellite of Love. Comedian Patton Oswalt will appear as Luke Forrester, Kinga’s henchman.
In late 2015, Hodgson started a highly-successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the new season. He raised $5.7 million, a Kickstarter record.
The original Mystery Science Theater 3000 was created and hosted by comedian Joel Hodgson and produced out of Minnesota from 1988 to 1999 for 197 episodes.