Second City Television, commonly shortened to SCTV and later known as SCTV Network and SCTV Channel, is a Canadian television sketch comedy show about a fictional television station that ran intermittently between 1976 and 1984. It was created as an offshoot from Toronto 's Second City troupe.

May 11, 2021 · Forty years ago this month in May of 1981, NBC launched the re-branded SCTV Network 90. Though it wasn’t as popular as SNL, SCTV still became a hip, cult favorite. Established characters like Bob and Doug McKenzie became well-known in the States, and the show got positive reviews.

The following is a list of episodes for the television series Second City Television (SCTV).

Feb 10, 2015 · An NBC Vice President went as far as to publicly say that SCTV was the “best comedy show on television” and deserved a better time slot, and floated the idea of it sharing the Saturday night ...

Sketch comedy show set around the fictitious TV station SCTV. The programs broadcast by SCTV were parodies of films and other television shows. They included "Farm Film Report", Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Bob!", "Monster Horror Chiller Theatre", and "Great White North."

SCTV remains as poignant and funny as it was when it first aired during the '70s on local Canadian television stations. It was in 1981 when the show moved to NBC, featuring extended …

A satirical sketch comedy show parodies television programming and pop culture, set within the fictional station of a small-town broadcast network.

Jul 30, 2011 · In 1981, NBC added SCTV to its comedy lineup. The show began to include musical guests to be more like SNL, but generally maintained its sketch comedy format. So, there’s some historical background into SCTV. Now I’m going to share some of my favorite SCTV moments with you, dear readers.

The series shortened its title to SCTV Network in the fall of 1981. In the fall of 1983, after being canceled by NBC, SCTV surfaced for one more season on the pay-cable television service Cinemax, with new episodes and some changes in the cast. The only regulars on the Cinemax episodes were Flaherty, Martin, Levy, and Short. All versions of the ...

Apr 13, 1983 · NBC has failed to renew the late-Friday-night program, but is now negotiating alternatives that might keep the uncommonly gifted SCTV comedy troupe together in some other format.