SCTV (1976)★ 8.9/10
- Comedy
Directed by: George Bloomfield, Milad Bessada, John Blanchard
Written by: Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, John Candy
The staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.
- Original title
- SCTV
- Storyline
- Sketch comedy show set around the fictitious TV station SCTV. The programs broadcast by SCTV were parodies of films and other television shows. They included "Farm Film Report", Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Bob!", "Monster Horror Chiller Theatre", and "Great White North." Other skits involved the staff of SCTV, like president Guy Caballero, clueless newscaster Earl Camembert, washed up actor Johnny LaRue, and leopard-skin print wearing station owner Edith Prickley.
- Rating
- 8.9 / 10 · 3,332
- Companies
- Second City Entertainment, Old Firehall Productions, CanWest Global Television Network, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Blair Entertainment, Comedy Central, Ha! TV Comedy Network, ITV - Independent Television, Nick at Nite, Rhino Home Video, Rhodes Productions, Shout! Factory, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Umbrella Entertainment, Western International Communications Ltd., Western International Communications
- Release dates
- CA September 21, 1976
- US September 1, 1977