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Second City Television, commonly shortened to SCTV and later known as SCTV Network and SCTV Channel, is a Canadian television sketch comedy show that ran intermittently between 1976 and 1984. It was created as an offshoot from Toronto 's Second City troupe.
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Not only did I watch it, but my favorite recurring characters were Bob and Doug McKenzie. I owned The Great White North on vinyl. Take off!
On this date in 1981 "SCTV Network 90" made its debut on NBC. The series was made up of 90-minute episodes that spanned three years (39 total episodes) featuring comedic stars John Candy, Martin Short, Rick Moranis, Andrea Martin and more.
SCTV HAD FIVE DIFFERENT OFFICIAL TITLES, NONE OF WHICH WERE SCTV. For the first two seasons, the half hour show was Second City Television. For season three it became SCTV Television...
Dec 23, 2010 · As far as cult sketch shows go, SCTV is one of the best. Begun in 1976 by the Toronto chapter of Second City, the show has featured and influenced some of comedy’s best and brightest.
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May 6, 2004 · Second City TV and its follow-up, SCTV Network 90 were the top echelon of television comedy during the late-1970s and early-'80s, the torch-bearers of great sketch comedy in the wake of The Goon Show, the early work of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore and, of course, Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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SCTV Network 90. After a successful Canadian run as Second City TV on Global and SCTV on CBC, the cast packed up and moved to America (theoretically) when NBC offered them a timeslot under the title SCTV Network 90.
