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The Tracey Ullman Show

Season 3

23 listed hours · 1987–1990 · Fox

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How this season is filed

Filed by Max Sterling · Streaming Confidential

Fox's early identity crisis in the best way: Ullman's accents, songs, and sketches, plus those Simpsons bumpers that accidentally founded a dynasty. Variety as network-building. A British polymath on a baby network, then the origin-story lawsuit that followed when yellow cartoons ate the universe. The sketches still reward a rewatch.

TV Flash files Season 3 of The Tracey Ullman Show (1987–1990) on Fox as a mid listed season (3; 3 of 4) — 23 listed hours, 1988-10-30–1989-05-21 from “Backstage Special” (S03E01) to “The Best of...” (S03E23). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S03E01 Backstage Special

    Backstage Special is Ullman still the instrument: the Simpsons bumpers already founding a later universe behind the sketches.

  2. S03E20 5W29

    5W29 is a late-season code as landmark: sketches that still reward a rewatch, the cartoon already eating the future.

  1. S03E01

    Backstage Special

    Backstage Special — Season 3, Episode 1 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1988-10-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S03E02

    5W10

    5W10 — Season 3, Episode 2 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1988-11-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S03E03

    5W11

    5W11 — Season 3, Episode 3 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1988-11-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S03E04

    5W12

    5W12 — Season 3, Episode 4 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1988-11-20. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S03E05

    5W13

    5W13 — Season 3, Episode 5 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1988-11-27. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S03E06

    5W14

    5W14 — Season 3, Episode 6 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1988-12-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S03E07

    5W16

    5W16 — Season 3, Episode 7 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-01-08. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S03E08

    5W17

    5W17 — Season 3, Episode 8 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-01-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S03E09

    5W18

    5W18 — Season 3, Episode 9 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-01-29. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S03E10

    5W19

    5W19 — Season 3, Episode 10 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-02-05. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S03E11

    5W20

    5W20 — Season 3, Episode 11 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-02-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S03E12

    5W21

    5W21 — Season 3, Episode 12 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-02-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S03E13

    5W22

    5W22 — Season 3, Episode 13 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-02-26. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  14. S03E14

    5W23

    5W23 — Season 3, Episode 14 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-03-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  15. S03E15

    5W24

    5W24 — Season 3, Episode 15 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-03-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  16. S03E16

    5W25

    5W25 — Season 3, Episode 16 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-03-26. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  17. S03E17

    5W26

    5W26 — Season 3, Episode 17 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-04-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  18. S03E18

    5W27

    5W27 — Season 3, Episode 18 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-04-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  19. S03E19

    5W28

    5W28 — Season 3, Episode 19 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-04-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  20. S03E20

    5W29

    5W29 — Season 3, Episode 20 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-04-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  21. S03E21

    5W30

    5W30 — Season 3, Episode 21 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-05-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  22. S03E22

    5W15

    5W15 — Season 3, Episode 22 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-05-14. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  23. S03E23

    The Best of...

    The Best of... — Season 3, Episode 23 of The Tracey Ullman Show. Aired 1989-05-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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