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{{short description|American surreal sketch comedy series}}
{{other uses|Turn On (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Turn-On Title Card.jpg
| caption              = Title card from first episode
| genre                = {{plainlist|
* [[Sketch comedy]]
*[[Science fiction]]
*[[Surreal humour|Surreal comedy]]}}
| creator              = {{Plainlist|
*[[Digby Wolfe]]
*[[George Schlatter]]
}}
| producer             = Digby Wolfe
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
*[[Ed Friendly]]
*[[George Schlatter]]
}}
| num_episodes         = 2 (1 episode unaired)
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
*Tim Conway
*[[Teresa Graves]]
*[[Hamilton Camp]]
*[[Mel Stewart]]
*[[Chuck McCann]]
*Bonnie Boland
*Maxine Greene
*Ken Greenwald
*Debbie Macomber
*[[Maura McGiveney]]
*Robert Staats
}}
| runtime              = 30 minutes
| company              = George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| network              = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1969|02|05}}
| presenter            = [[Tim Conway]] (guest host)
}}

'''''Turn-On''''' is an American [[Surreal humour|surreal]] [[sketch comedy]] series created by [[Digby Wolfe]] and [[George Schlatter]] that aired once on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on Wednesday, February 5, 1969. Only one episode was shown partially before [[List of television series canceled after one episode|being pulled]] from ABC's airing schedule, leaving another episode unaired. The show has since been considered one of the most infamous [[List of television series notable for negative reception|flop]]s in TV history, with significantly low initial ratings and negative critical reception.

''Turn-On'''s sole broadcast episode replaced the Wednesday episode of ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' - in fact, it was even referenced on the show itself, where, in the opening, Tim Conway refers to the show as "Peyton Re-Place". Among the cast were [[Teresa Graves]] (who would join the ''Laugh-In'' cast that fall), [[Hamilton Camp]], and [[Chuck McCann]]. The writing staff included [[Albert Brooks]]. The guest host for the first episode was [[Tim Conway]], who also participated in certain sketches. Schlatter and [[Ed Friendly]], who had previously been the producers of ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'', were contracted by [[Bristol-Myers Squibb|Bristol-Myers]] to develop the show, and provided it to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] for a projected 13-week run after it was rejected by [[NBC]] and [[CBS]].