Anarchy TV

{{Infobox film

| name = Anarchy TV

| image = anarchyTVcover.PNG

| caption = VHS cover

| director = Jonathan Blank

| producer = Jonathan Blank

| writer = Jonathan Blank
Philip Craft
Jonah Loeb

| starring = Alan Thicke
Jessica Hecht
Jonathan Penner
Ahmet Zappa
Dweezil Zappa
Moon Unit Zappa
Diva Zappa

| music = Philip Foxman
Mark Sterling / Primitive Puppet. Ken Goldfeder & Mark Scaramucci

| cinematography = Robert Bennett
Rudy M. Fenenga Jr.

| editing = Kevin Borque
Clayton Halsey

| distributor = The Asylum

| released = {{Film date|1998|01|31}}

| runtime = 87 min.

| country = United States

| language = English

| gross =

}}

Anarchy TV is a 1998 low budget, independent{{cite news | title = Zappa Gang in 'Anarchy' | author = Staff | newspaper = Philadelphia Inquirer | date = July 29, 1996}} comedy film directed by Jonathan Blank. It stars Alan Thicke, Jessica Hecht, Jonathan Penner, Tamayo Otsuki, George Wendt, Mink Stole, and Ahmet, Dweezil, Diva and Moon Unit Zappa. Blank was nominated for the Maverick Spirit Award at the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival for Anarchy TV.

The plot involves a group of young people who run an uncensored public-access television cable TV.{{cite news | title = Newport Beach International Film Festival | author = Staff | newspaper = Los Angeles Times | date = March 25, 1999}} They are ejected from their show when the station is purchased by a televangelist, who considers their show pornographic. In response, the performers hijack the station and begin broadcasting a 24-hour all nude show in order to gain sympathy for their cause.

It received 4 stars from Charles Tatum on efilmcritic.com.{{cite web | url = http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=7285 | title = Anarchy TV | first = Charles | last = Tatum | date = March 12, 2003 | publisher = efilmcritic.com | accessdate = February 16, 2010}}

Director Jonathan Blank is the son of Marion Blank.{{cite web |title=Jonathan Blank - Guest Profile |url=https://www.thedrpatshow.com/guest/jonathan-blank,2035.html |website=thedrpatshow.com |access-date=7 December 2021 |language=en}}