Sledge Hammer! Is an American police sitcom created by New World Television that ran from 1986 to 1988 for 2 seasons on ABC. The series was created by Alan Spencer and celebrities David Rasche as Inspector sledgehammer, a preposterous caricature of this conventional"cop on the edge" character. Mike Reiss and al Jean , best known for their focus on The Simpsons, composed for the series and worked as story editors.