Second City Television

Name: Second City Television
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1976-09-21
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, John Hemphill

ENDED6 Seasons133 Episodes★ 7.8

Second City Television is a comedy series on CBC Television that ran from 1976 to 1984, ending after 6 seasons and 133 episodes.

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NetworkCBC Television

First AiredSep 21, 1976

Last AiredJul 17, 1984

GenreComedy

Runtime30 min

LanguageEnglish

CountryCanada

ProductionOld Firehall Productions, Second City Entertainment

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

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Cast

Joe Flaherty

Self - Various Characters

Eugene Levy

Self - Various Characters

Andrea Martin

Self - Various Characters

Martin Short

Self - Various Characters

John Hemphill

Self - Various Characters

Mary Charlotte Wilcox

Self - Various Characters

Seasons & Episodes6 seasons · 136 episodes

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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.

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.

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.

E4The Date Debate / Scary Previews

Jan 3, 198445m

Count Floyd and Woody Tobias Jr co-host a new movie review show, Scary Previews

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 133 episodes. Second City Television has ended. It has a rating of 7.8/10 based on 32 votes. The cast includes Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, John Hemphill.