Second City Television

Canadian television sketch comedy show Second City TelevisionAlso known as Second City TV (1976–1981) SCTV Network 90 (1981–1983) SCTV Channel (1983–1984) GenreSketch comedyDeveloped by Bernard Sahlins Andrew Alexander Starring John Candy Robin Duke Joe Flaherty Eugene Levy Andrea Martin Rick Moranis Catherine O'Hara Harold Ramis Tony Rosato Martin Short Dave Thomas Country of originCanadaOriginal languageEnglishNo. of seasons6No. of episodes135 (List of episodes)ProductionRunning time 30 minutes (1976–1981) 90 minutes (1981–1983) 45 minutes (1983–1984) Original releaseNetwork Global (1976–1979) CBC (1980–1983) Superchannel (1983–1984) ReleaseSeptember 21, 1976 (1976-09-21) –July 17, 1984 (1984-07-17) Second City Television, commonly shortened to SCTV and later known as SCTV Network 90 (the NBC version) and SCTV Channel (the Cinemax version), is a Canadian television sketch comedy show that ran intermittently between 1976 and 1984 about a fictional television station. It was created as an offshoot of Toronto's Second City troupe. It moved to American television, where it aired on NBC from 1981 to 1983. Premise The show's premise is the broadcast day of a fictiti