Muscle is a
comedy television series which aired on
The WB in
1995. It was set inside the fictional Survival
Gym in
New York City. It was a
parody of
prime time soap operas of the 1990s.
Muscle was one of the four sitcoms that aired as part of the original Wednesday night two-hour WB lineup (with
The Wayans Bros.,
The Parent 'Hood, and
Unhappily Ever After); it was the only one of the four that did not make it past the first season.
Synopsis
The central plot concerned the murder of "Big" Jim Atkinson (
Adam West), the president and founder of the chain of gyms, by poisoning in the first episode. His son Kent, a former
alcoholic and
drug addict, was determined to figure out who the killer was and bring them to justice. His original suspect was his stepmother and the new president of the company, Jane Atkinson.