Alexandrea Borstein is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer best known as Lois Griffin in Family Guy, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award, and Susie Myerson in The Marvelous Mrs. M
Borstein at the 2016 WonderCon
Borstein at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
Mad TV is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Salzman, Fax Bahr, and Adam Small. Loosely based on the humor magazine Mad, Mad TV's pre-taped satirical sketches were primarily
Alex Borstein
…Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), which won her two Primetime Emmy Awards. Borstein also had lead roles as various characters on the sketch comedy series MADtv (1997–2009) and as Dawn Forchette in the medical comedy series Getting On (2013–2015). She had supporting roles in numerous films, including Showtime…
Record producer Quincy Jones (pictured) and television producer David Salzman executive produced Mad TV after buying the rights to its namesake magazine in 1995.
Filming for Mad TV took place in Hollywood at Hollywood Center Studios (top) and later at Sunset Bronson Studios (bottom).
The inaugural 1995 cast of Mad TV, from left to right: David Herman, Nicole Sullivan, Phil LaMarr, Debra Wilson, Artie Lange, Orlando Jones, Mary Scheer, and Bryan Callen
Michael McDonald (pictured) was Mad TV's longest-tenured cast member, starring in ten seasons.