USA Saturday Nightmares

USA Saturday Nightmares
Country of origin	United States
Original release
Network	USA Network
Release	1984 (1984) – 1994 (1994)

USA Saturday Nightmares is an American horror and sci-fi movie showcase series that ran Saturday nights from 1984 to 1994 on the USA Network.

Overview

USA Saturday Nightmares was an unhosted weekly B movie presentation, consisting of a horror or sci-fi movie, followed by an episode of The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Hitchhiker, and/or The Ray Bradbury Theater. Occasionally, the show would run a short film as filler afterward, most notably "The Dummy" and "Living Dolls".^[1]

One of the show’s intros featured various scenes from black and white horror films with a creepy voice-over from Alan Kalter (of Late Show with David Letterman fame) followed by ominous laughter. Next, a bumper appears, showing scenes from the movie that would be shown along with bumpers from the episodes that would be shown after the movie. Another intro had the viewer going through a CGI haunted house where the paintings changed to depicted random acts of violence and horror film characters such as Dracula, Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger.^[2]

References

^ "Saturday Nightmares: A look back at one of the USA network's scariest shows". Retrojunk. July 2013. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
^ "USA's Saturday Nightmares:: By John Sullivan". Kindertrauma. November 27, 2013. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.

External links

USA Network original programming

Current

Barmageddon (since 2022) Scare Tactics (season 6; since 2024) WWE Raw (1993–2000; since 2005) WWE SmackDown (2016–19; since 2024)
Sports	AMA Supercross Championship (since 2022) College basketball (since 2022) Golf (since 2022) NASCAR (since 2022) Olympics (since 2008) Premier League (since 2014) Thoroughbred Racing (since 2022)

Upcoming

NBA on NBC (2025)
Resident Alien (season 4; TBA)
WNBA on NBC (2026)

Former

1970s debuts	Calliope (1978–93) NBA on USA (1979–84) NHL on USA (1979–85, 2015–21) USA Network Thursday Night Baseball (1979–83) Video Concert Hall (1978–81)
1980s debuts	Airwolf (1987) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987–89) American Bandstand (1989) Bumper Stumpers (1987–90) Camp Midnite (1989) Chain Reaction (1986–91) College Basketball on USA (1982–88) College Football on USA (1980–86, 2020) Commander USA's Groovie Movies (1985–89) Dance Party USA (1986–92) The Dick Cavett Show (1985–86) Golf on USA (1982–2007, 2010) The Hitchhiker (1989–91) Jackpot (1985–88) Love Me, Love Me Not (1986–87) Major Indoor Soccer League (1982–83) Mazda SportsLook (1981–82) North American Soccer League (1982–83) Night Flight (1981–88) PBA on USA (1982–84) Radio 1990 (1983–86) Sanchez of Bel Air (1986) Southwest Championship Wrestling (1982–83) Survivor Series Showdown (1989–93) U.S. Open Tennis Championship (1984–2008) Tuesday Night Titans (1984–86) USA Cartoon Express (1982–96) USA Saturday Nightmares (1984–94) USA Tuesday Night Fights (1982–98) USA Up All Night (1989–98) Westminster Dog Show (1984–2003) WWF All American Wrestling (1983–94) WWF Prime Time Wrestling (1985–93)
1990s debuts	Beyond Reality (1991–93) The Big Date (1996–97) The Big Easy (1996–97) Campus Cops (1996) Claude's Crib (1997) Counterstrike (1990–93) Duckman (1994–97) Farmclub.com (1999–2000) G vs E (1999) Highlander: The Animated Series (1994–95) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999) La Femme Nikita (1997–2001) Lost on Earth (1997) March to WrestleMania (1992–94) Moby Dick (1998) Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996–98) The Net (1998–99) Pacific Blue (1996–2000) Renegade (1996–97) The Savage Dragon (1995–98) Silk Stalkings (1993–99) Street Fighter (1995–98) Strip Poker (1999–2000) SummerSlam Spectacular (1991-93) The Superman/Batman Adventures (1995–96) Swamp Thing (1990–93) Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills (1994–95) TekWar (1994–96) Ultraforce (1996–98) USA Action Extreme Team (1995–98) USA Gonzo Games (1991) USA High (1997–99) Weird Science (1994–98) Wing Commander Academy (1996–98) World League of American Football (1991–92) WWF Action Zone (1994–96) WWF Heat (1998–2000) WWF LiveWire (1996–2000) WWF Mania (1993–96) WWF Superstars (1996–2000)
2000s debuts	The 4400 (2004–07) Burn Notice (2007–13) Cannonball Run 2001 (2001) Combat Missions (2002) Cover Me (2000–01) Crush (2000) The Dead Zone (2002–07) Dr. Steve-O (2007) Eco-Challenge (2000–02) Helen of Troy (2003) The Huntress (2000–01) In Plain Sight (2008–12) Kojak (2005) Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007–11) Manhattan, AZ (2000) Monk (2002–09) Nashville Star (2003–07) Peacemakers (2003) Psych (2006–14) Royal Pains (2009–16) Smush (2001) Spartacus (2004) The Starter Wife miniseries (2007) TV series (2008) Stealing Christmas (2003) Three Wise Guys (2005) To Love and Die (2008) Touching Evil (2004) Traffic (2004) Underfunded (2006) The War Next Door (2000) White Collar (2009–14)
2010s debuts	American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja (2017–18) Benched (2014) Chrisley Knows Best (2014–23) Colony (2016–18) Common Law (2012) Complications (2015) Covert Affairs (2010–14) Damnation (2017–18) Dare Me (2019–20) Dig (2015) Donny! (2015) Eyewitness (2016) Fairly Legal (2011–12) Falling Water (2016–18) First Impressions (2016) Graceland (2013–15) Miz & Mrs. (2018–22) Mr. Robot (2015–19) Necessary Roughness (2011–13) Pearson (2019) Playing House (2014–17) Political Animals (2012) The Purge (2018–19) Queen of the South (2016–21) Rush (2014) Satisfaction (2014–15) Shooter (2016–18) The Sinner (2017–21) Sirens (2014–15) Straight Up Steve Austin (2019-21) Suits (2011–19) Temptation Island (2019–23) Treadstone (2019) Unsolved (2018) WWE NXT (2019–24) WWE Tough Enough (2011)
2020s debuts	America's Big Deal (2021) The Biggest Loser (2020) Briarpatch (2020) Cannonball (2020) Chucky (2021–24) The Courtship (2022) Dirty John (2020) IndyCar Series on USA (2022–24) Snake in the Grass (2022)