Synopsis

America's First Family of Fright awaken after an accidental 22-year nap and must adjust to life in the 1980s.

This color revival of The Munsters starred John Schuck (Herman), Lee Meriwether (Lily), Howard Morton (Grandpa), Hilary Van Dyke (Marilyn) and Jason Marsden (Eddie), and broadcast 72 episodes from October 8, 1988, to May 25, 1991, giving it more first-run episodes than the original series.

The pilot explained the 22-year gap following the original series by showing the family as they were in 1966.

But then an accident took place; the family then proceeds to sleep for years, only to wake up in 1988.

It was created following a failed attempt to revive the show with most of the original cast (Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis and Yvonne De Carlo) in the 1981 NBC telefilm The Munsters' Revenge.

The show premiered in the United Kingdom on Saturday, January 6, 1990, on selected regions of ITV, continuing on the channel until June 1996.

In the United States, reruns aired on digital subchannel Retro Television Network from August 2008 until their distribution agreement with NBCUniversal expired in June 2011.