A classic science-fiction comedy series is returning to television, though it will be different from what fans remember. In today’s world of streaming and social media, shows rarely stay gone for good. If enough people express interest online, a revival is almost guaranteed.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is getting another season, and it’s happening in an unexpected way. Even better, dedicated fans will have a chance to directly help bring the show back!
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Revival Gets A(nother) Kickstarter
The revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a collaboration between RiffTrax and Shout! Studios. They’re creating four new episodes, titled Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments. RiffTrax launched a Kickstarter campaign that has already exceeded its $20,000 goal, raising over $570,000 (as of today). If donations continue at this rate, the campaign, which runs until March 16th, could reach over $1 million. The movies that will be featured in the new episodes haven’t been announced yet, and are being used as rewards to encourage donations to the Kickstarter.
“Getting a chance to revisit ‘MST’ after all this time has really energized all of us at RiffTrax,” Nelson said in a statement. “And for my part, hey, I truly did miss standing next to plastic puppets. It’s been too long.”
Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett—all known from both Mystery Science Theater 3000 and RiffTrax—will be executive producers and stars in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments. Nelson will reprise his role as Mike Nelson, while Murphy will play both Tom Servo and Professor Bobo, and Corbett will return as Crow T. Robot and Brian Guy. Mary Jo Pehl is also expected to return as Pearl Forrester.
It’s somewhat surprising to see such a large increase in donations, especially since the team at RiffTrax, as confirmed by Nelson, plans to maintain the low-budget, classic visual effects and puppets that made MST3K famous. A previous attempt to revive MST3K in 2015 successfully raised over $6 million on Kickstarter. The show originally started in 1988 on a local Minneapolis station before being broadcast on Comedy Central (and later SyFy) until 1999. It became incredibly popular with a dedicated fanbase in the 1990s, and that following continued to grow through reruns in the 2000s. Two more recent seasons appeared on Netflix, and a season referred to as “Season 13” was produced for their direct-to-fan platform, “The Gizmoplex.”
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2026-02-03 00:43