America's Funniest Home Videos 

Viewers from around America send in home videos with comedic moments.

Stars:

Jess Harnell, Tom Bergeron, Bob Saget

4 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jess Harnell	...	Announcer / ... 313 episodes, 2001-2018
Tom Bergeron	...	Himself - Host 288 episodes, 2001-2015
Bob Saget	...	Himself - Host 192 episodes, 1989-2011
Ernie Anderson	...	Himself - Announcer 156 episodes, 1989-1995

Storyline

"America's Funniest Home Videos" was inspired by a series of successful TV specials, where home viewers were invited to send in videotapes of their "funniest" moments. In "AFHV," host Saget provided commentary to the home videos which often showed wedding and sports bloopers, children and pets either being themselves or getting into trouble, furniture or other objects giving way (usually contributing to someone's fall) and "comical" reactions to getting inadvertently hit (usually in the groin). Sometimes, certain videos were grouped into themes, such as Christmas or a summer vacation, or had sentimental value to them, such as a marriage proposal; other times, videos were set to classic rock tunes. The top three videos of the week as selected by the producers were eligible for each week's $10,000 top prize; the audience would electronically vote for their one favorite video. Weekly winners got to compete in a later special for a $100,000 top prize.

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Plot Keywords:

video | blooper | audience voting | hosted television series | prize money | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Reality-TV

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

ABC Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 November 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

A.F.V.

Filming Locations:

Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios - 1600 Rosecrans Avenue, Manhattan Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABC Productions,Vin Di Bona Productions,Gotham Music Placement

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 60 min (later episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite it censored strong language,rude dialogue/comments and some partial nudity,This reality family/kids compilation clip comedy slapstick TV Show still receives TV-PG rating.

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Quotes

Tom Bergeron: Close the curtain, lock the door, the squeamish should look away. It's time for the Naughty File.

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Connections

Referenced in 101 Dalmatians: The Series: The High Price of Fame/The Great Cat Invasion (1997)

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Soundtracks

St. Louis Rag
(uncredited)
Music by Scott Joplin
[Plays during every "30 ___s in 30 Seconds".]

User Reviews

Still on ? !

I loved watching AFV for all of the Bob Saget & most of the Tom Bergeron years but finally gave up on when countless "cute kid" clips won instead of the actual funny ones. It's America's FUNNIEST Home Videos, not America's Cutest Kid videos !! There were times when I found myself yelling @ the TV while they giving the results !!