The following is a list of episodes for the television series Second City Television (SCTV).
Season 1 Aired on Global "Season 1" is actually produced in two distinct 13-episode blocks, over a fifteen month period. The cast consists of John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis, and Dave Thomas. All are also listed as writers (except Martin and O'Hara on the initial broadcasts of the first four episodes -- this was later corrected on syndicated prints), with Ramis as head writer.
No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air dateSynopsis 1 1 Backstage September 21, 1976 2 2 Murder at SCTV October 21, 1976 Guest starring Jayne Eastwood 3 3 Ethnic Humour November 18, 1976 4 4 Crosswords December 16, 1976 Guest starring John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. 5 5 Match Unto My Feet January 13, 1977 Guest starring Brenda Donohue; Valri Bromfield appears briefly, uncredited. 6 6 Memoirs of Anton Chekhov February 10, 1977 7 7 Dialing For Dollars February 24, 1977 8 8 Shock Theatre March 10, 1977 9 9 Philosophy Street / A Fistful of Ugly March 24, 1977 10 10 Therese et Joe April 7, 1977 11 11 Broads Behind Bars April 21, 1977 Mary Margaret O'Hara appears, uncredited. 12 12 The Taxidermist May 5, 1977 13 13 Ben Hur May 19, 1977 14 14 The Hefty Neil Story September 19, 1977 15 15 Leave It to Beaver September 26, 1977 16 16 Goodbye America October 3, 1977 17 17 Galaxy 66 October 10, 1977 18 18 Madame Blitzman October 17, 1977 19 19 The $129,000 Question October 24, 1977 20 20 Dr. Tongue's House of Wax / SCTV Boogie October 31, 1977 21 21 The Sammy Maudlin Show November 7, 1977 22 22 World at War November 14, 1977 23 23 The Grapes of Mud November 21, 1977 24 24 Officer Friendly November 28, 1977 25 25 The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes December 5, 1977 26 26 Lust for Paint December 12, 1977
Season 2
Aired on Global After a nine-month break, the show returns for Season 2. The cast consists of John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas. Harold Ramis also returns, but only appears in the first and third episodes of the season. He remains as head writer until close to the end of the season.
No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air dateSynopsis 27 1 Premiere September 16, 1978 28 2 Bob Hope Desert Classic September 23, 1978 29 3 Kidnapping of Moe Green September 30, 1978 30 4 SCTV Solid Gold Telethon October 7, 1978 31 5 Writer's Strike October 14, 1978 32 6 Municipal Election October 21, 1978 33 7 Farm Film Report / Arabs October 28, 1978 34 8 The Mirthmakers / Happy Endings November 4, 1978 35 9 Undersea World November 11, 1978 36 10 Edith Prickley, Station Manager November 18, 1978 37 11 SCTV 30th Anniversary Show November 25, 1978 38 12 Whispers of the Wolf / The Occult December 2, 1978 39 13 Bad Acting In Hollywood December 9, 1978 40 14 Alfred Hitchcock Presents December 16, 1978 Peter Aykroyd has an uncredited bit part. 41 15 Fighting Air Dogs December 23, 1978 42 16 Death Takes No Holiday December 31, 1978 43 17 Rock Concert January 6, 1979 44 18 Fantasy Island January 13, 1979 45 19 On the Waterfront Again January 20, 1979 46 20 SCTV Disco January 27, 1979 47 21 Pipeline February 3, 1979 48 22 Consumer Action Line February 10, 1979 49 23 Relaxing With Raoul / Dining With LaRue February 17, 1979 50 24 The Flaming Turkey February 24, 1979 51 25 Best Of (1) March 3, 1979 52 26 Best Of (2) March 10, 1979
Season 3
Aired on CBC After a year-and-a-half, SCTV returns for season three. Returning cast members are Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, and Dave Thomas; they are joined by new cast members Robin Duke, Rick Moranis, and Tony Rosato. (John Candy and Catherine O'Hara were not in the cast this year, but would return.) Although they appear in every episode, Levy and Andrea Martin film all their sketches and scenes on a "part-time" basis.
No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air dateSynopsis 53 1 Lee A. Iacocca's Rock Concert September 19, 1980 54 2 Thursday Night Live September 26, 1980 55 3 Death of a Salesman October 3, 1980 56 4 My Factory, My Self October 10, 1980 57 5 Death Motel October 17, 1980 58 6 The Lone Ranger Show October 24, 1980 59 7 Play It Again, Bob October 31, 1980 60 8 Gaslight November 7, 1980 61 9 Man's Ability to Imitate November 14, 1980 62 10 Mel's Rock Pile November 21, 1980 63 11 The Sammy Maudlin Show November 28, 1980 64 12 Hugh Betcha's Night Gallery December 5, 1980 65 13 Star Wars December 12, 1980 66 14 Hollywood Salutes Its Extras December 19, 1980 67 15 The Irwin Allen Show December 26, 1980 68 16 Big Brother January 2, 1981 69 17 Two Way TV / Pit Bulls January 9, 1981 70 18 Alpha Channel January 16, 1981 71 19 Midnight Express Special January 23, 1981 72 20 Cookery Crock / Cartoon Coroner January 30, 1981 73 21 The Mating Game February 6, 1981 74 22 Gene Shalit's America February 13, 1981 75 23 Mel's Rock Pile: MacArthur Park February 20, 1981 76 24 Dick Cavett February 27, 1981 77 25 The Cisco Kid March 6, 1981 This episode features a few sketches with the regular cast, but most of the show consists of an episode The Cisco Kid with redubbed dialogue. This piece was actually an unsold pilot from 1978 featuring the voices of Martin Short, Steven Kampmann, Peter Torokvei and Don Dickinson, all members of the Second City Toronto cast between 1977 and 1979. Short would later join SCTV as a cast member. 78 26 Best Of March 13, 1981
Season 4
Aired on CBC (Canada), NBC (U.S.)
Only two months after season 3 ends, season 4 starts. Tony Rosato and Robin Duke both leave the show to be cast members on Saturday Night Live, which was infamously doing poorly with critics and in the ratings at that time, so much so that NBC actually started airing SCTV (named SCTV Network 90) as a possible replacement for SNL. John Candy and Catherine O'Hara rejoin the cast, and Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin return to doing the show full-time.
The cast now consists of John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas. Many of the early season 4 episodes contain rerun sketches from seasons one to three. Former cast members Harold Ramis, Tony Rosato and Robin Duke can sometimes be seen in these sketches, but are uncredited.
For the final three episodes of the season, Martin Short (who first appeared on the "Cisco Kid" episode in season three) is added to the cast.
Cycle 1
No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air dateSynopsis 79 1 One On the Town May 15, 1981 Levon Helm performs. 80 2 Polynesiantown May 22, 1981 Guest starring Dr. John. 81 3 Southside Fracas May 29, 1981 Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes perform. 82 4 Repeats June 19, 1981 83 5 Lunchtime Street Beef July 3, 1981 Robert Gordon performs. 84 6 Moral Majority July 10, 1981 85 7 Pledge Week July 17, 1981 Roy Orbison performs. 86 8 Bouncin' Back To You July 24, 1981 The Tubes perform. 87 9 The Great White North July 31, 1981 Guest starring Ian Thomas.
Cycle 2
No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air dateSynopsis 88 10 CCCP 1 October 16, 1981 Al Jarreau performs. 89 11 I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right, and No Guy's Gonna Tell Me It Ain't October 23, 1981 The Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams perform. 90 12 Zontar October 30, 1981 Guest starring Bonar Bain and Natalie Cole. 91 13 Walter Cronkite's Brain November 6, 1981 Rough Trade performs. 92 14 Doorway to Hell November 20, 1981 Eugene Fodor performs. 93 15 The Godfather December 11, 1981 James Ingram performs. 94 16 SCTV Staff Christmas Party December 18, 1981 95 17 Teacher's Pet February 12, 1982 The Boomtown Rats perform. 96 18 Midnight Video Special February 19, 1982 Talking Heads and The Plastics perform.
The Best of SCTV Specials
TitleOriginal air dateSynopsis Special #1 January 16, 1982 Special #2 January 22, 1982 Special #3 January 29, 1982
Cycle 3
No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air dateSynopsis 97 19 The Great White North Palace April 16, 1982 Tony Bennett performs. 98 20 Pre-Teen World Telethon April 23, 1982 99 21 The People's Global Golden Choice Awards May 1, 1982 Third World performs. 100 22 3D Stake from the Heart May 14, 1982 101 23 Pet Peeves / The Happy Wanderers May 21, 1982 Guest starring Carl Perkins. 102 24 Chariots of Eggs June 5, 1982 Hall and Oates perform. 103 25 Battle of the PBS Stars July 16, 1982 Guest starring Joe Greene and Rocky Bleier. Dave Edmunds performs. 104 26 Rome, Italian Style October 15, 1982 Guest starring Jimmy Buffett. 105 27 The Days of the Week / Street Beef October 22, 1982 Guest starring Bill Murray.
Season 5 Aired on CBC (Canada), NBC (U.S.)
For season 5, the cast consists of John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, and Martin Short. Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas all leave as cast members, though O'Hara and Thomas return for guest appearances, as does former cast member Harold Ramis.
John Hemphill and Mary Charlotte Wilcox join the cast as featured players.
Cycle 4
No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air dateSynopsis 106 1 Sammy Maudlin 23rd Anniversary / CBC November 5, 1982 107 2 Indecent Exposure November 12, 1982 Guest starring Fred Willard, Harold Ramis, and John Mellencamp. 108 3 Melonvote November 19, 1982 Guest starring Linda Hopkins. 109 4 Jane Eyrehead November 26, 1982 Guest starring Robin Williams. America performs. 110 5 Towering Inferno December 10, 1982 111 6 Christmas December 17, 1982 Andraé Crouch performs.
Cycle 5
No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air dateSynopsis 112 7 A Star Is Born January 28, 1983 Crystal Gayle guest stars. 113 8 SCTV Classifieds / Vic Arpeggio February 11, 1983 114 9 Bobby Bittman's Retirement February 18, 1983 Ben Vereen guest stars. 115 10 Sweeps Week February 25, 1983 116 11 South Sea Sinner March 11, 1983 Betty Thomas guest stars. 117 12 Midnight Cowboy II March 18, 1983 Catherine O'Hara guest stars.
Season 6 Aired on Superchannel (Canada), Cinemax (U.S.)
For season 6, the cast consists of Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, and Martin Short. John Hemphill and Mary Charlotte Wilcox also return as featured players.
John Candy left the show after season 5, but returns for the season 6 opener. Former cast members Catherine O'Hara and Dave Thomas also make guest appearances.
No. in seriesNo. in seasonTitleOriginal air dateSynopsis 118 1 Maudlin O' the Night November 22, 1983 Guest starring John Candy, Debra McGrath. 119 2 Gimme Jackie / Australia December 6, 1983 Guest starring Dave Thomas. 120 3 It's a Wonderful Film December 20, 1983 Guest starring Charles Palmer and Catherine O'Hara. 121 4 The Date Debate / Scary Previews January 3, 1984 Guest starring Valri Bromfield, Dave Thomas and Catherine O'Hara. 122 5 You're On / Das Boobs January 17, 1984 123 6 Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour January 31, 1984 Guest starring Dave Thomas and Catherine O'Hara. 124 7 Stalag SCTV February 14, 1984 Guest starring Fred Willard. 125 8 Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour February 28, 1984 126 9 Just For Fun / Black Like Vic March 13, 1984 127 10 Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour March 27, 1984 128 11 Allenscam April 10, 1984 Guest starring Catherine O'Hara. 129 12 Oliver Grimley April 24, 1984 130 13 2009, Jupiter and Beyond May 8, 1984 131 14 Half Wits / Save the World Parade May 22, 1984 132 15 Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour June 5, 1984 133 16 Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements June 19, 1984 134 17 You're On / Happy Hour July 3, 1984 135 18 Pledge Week July 17, 1984 Guest starring Catherine O'Hara.
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