Second City Television

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Second City Television
Also known as	Second City TV (1976–1981) SCTV Network 90 (1981–1983) SCTV Channel (1983–1984)
Genre	Sketch comedy
Developed 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 origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	135 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	30 minutes (1976–1981) 90 minutes (1981–1983) 45 minutes (1983–1984)
Original release
Network	Global (1976–1979) CBC (1980–1983) NBC (US, 1981–1983) Superchannel (1983–1984) Cinemax (US, 1983–1984)
Release	September 21, 1976 (1976-09-21) – July 17, 1984 (1984-07-17)
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Second City Television, commonly shortened to SCTV and later known as SCTV Network and SCTV Channel, is a Canadian television sketch comedy show that ran intermittently between 1976 and 1984. It was created as an offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe. It is a rare example of a Canadian show that moved successfully to American television, where it aired on NBC from 1981 to 1983.