Second City Television

Second City Television

ENDED6 Seasons136 Episodes7.6
NetworkCBC Television
First AiredSep 21, 1976
Last AiredJul 17, 1984
GenreComedy
Runtime30 min

Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.

Cast

Joe Flaherty
Joe Flaherty
Self - Various Characters
Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy
Self - Various Characters
Andrea Martin
Andrea Martin
Self - Various Characters
Martin Short
Martin Short
Self - Various Characters
John Hemphill
John Hemphill
Self - Various Characters
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
Self - Various Characters

Seasons & Episodes6 seasons · 136 episodes

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E1
E1Maudlin O' the Night
Nov 22, 198345m
(This is the start of the SCTV Channel, when SCTV moved to Cinemax. Shows are 45 minutes long). Guy Caballero launches the new SCTV cable channel. The Schmenge Brothers try new wave music. Edith Prickly and Edna Boil go double-dating in the film spoof "Prickly Business". Steve Roman makes his own made-for-TV movie about JFK.
E2
E2Gimme Jackie / Australia
Dec 6, 198345m
Sid Dithers finds love in "An Officer and a Gentile". Perini Scleroso gets her own sitcom. "The National Midnight Star" is rechristened "Hollywood Dirt Tonight". Australian actor Mel McElroy hosts his own film festival.
E3
E3It's a Wonderful Film
Dec 20, 198345m
Producer, Martin Simmons is making a Christmas movie by classic film director Frank Bailey but decides that profit is more important than a making a quality movie so fires Bailey and hires a teen sex comedy director in his place.
E4
E4The Date Debate / Scary Previews
Jan 3, 198445m
Count Floyd and Woody Tobias Jr co-host a new movie review show, Scary Previews
E5
E5You're On / Das Boobs
Jan 17, 198445m
Das Boobs puts Porky's on the deck of Das Boot. Also features a trio of commercials with Irving Cohen, and the call-in show You're On, hosted by councilman for Melonville East, Max Lansky.
E6
E6Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour
Jan 31, 198445m
"Happy Hour" was a mock children's show, by bar patron, Happy Marsden, and the bartender, Mike. A mock western filmed in black and white, "Six Gun Justice", with was shown on each episode.
E7
E7Stalag SCTV
Feb 14, 198445m
Scripts are being stolen from SCTV, and new guy Fred Winston is the likeliest suspect. Highlights include Al Peck's Dinosaur Days and Lewis Does Dylan.
E8
E8Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour
Feb 28, 198445m
Happy Hour shows another episode of Six Gun Justice, and Brock Linehan features Libby Wolfson's struggles to produce her new film.
E9
E9Just For Fun / Black Like Vic
Mar 13, 198445m
Rusty Van Reddick does a PSA for nursery schools; tonight on "Just for Fun," Stan Kanter launches a discussion on nuclear proliferation; in a 1962 episode of "Vic Arpeggio," our hero pretends to be a black man in segregation-era Georgia.
E10
E10Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour
Mar 27, 198445m
Soren and Weiss try to figure out what's up with the youth of today, while Don and Cheaplaffs have further adventures on Happy Hour. Also features a trio of commercials with Sophia Loren, who keeps branching out into new businesses.
E11
E11Allenscam
Apr 10, 198445m
Features several wraparound elements, including an unfolding scandal involving Brad Allen, artist Willem de Kooning never quite being interviewed on three shows, and new character Rita Schubb in three separate short bits. Also includes Harvey, as done by the New York Actor's Studio, Mel's Rock Pile returns to the psychedelic sixties, while Murray Shulman savages Canadian television.
E12
E12Oliver Grimley
Apr 24, 198445m
Cheryl Kinsey does a live show, while Ed Grimley, does Oliver Twist
E13
E132009, Jupiter and Beyond
May 8, 198445m
Sci-Fi movie 2009, Jupiter and Beyond
E14
E14Half Wits / Save the World Parade
May 22, 198445m
Melonville's parade to promote world peace might not go as the announcers wish. Meanwhile, Alex Trebel is eager for someone, anyone to score on his game show "Half Wits."
E15
E15Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour
Jun 5, 198445m
The wraparound features Jackie Rogers Jr's run for president, while Six Gun Justice's penultimate episode airs on Happy Hour. Jayne Eastwood returns as moderator for Philosophers at work.
E16
E16Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements
Jun 19, 198445m
Celebrity Fairie Tayles features the unlikely pairing of Alan Alda and Ed Grimley, while Canadian Gaffes features the gang from Headline Challenge in another brutal parody of the CBC that often approaches the moribund tediousness of the real thing
E17
E17You're On / Happy Hour
Jul 3, 198445m
Happy Hour presents the exciting conclusion to Six Gun Justice, and host Happy Marsden makes a surprising confession. The show also features and another episode of the oddly-paced You're On, while over at SCTV News, Earl retires and Floyd shows up in his Count Floyd costume.
E18
E18Pledge Week
Jul 17, 198445m
Various SCTV characters host a pledge drive for the network as it goes bankrupt.

About Second City Television

Second City Television is a comedy series on CBC Television. The show first aired on Sep 21, 1976 and currently has 6 seasons and 136 episodes. Second City Television has ended after 6 seasons. It has a rating of 7.6/10 based on 27 votes. The cast includes Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, John Hemphill.

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