Second City Television

Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. It ran from 1976 to 1984.

Performers

The show's original cast included John Candy (1976-79, 1981-83), Joe Flaherty (1976-84), Eugene Levy (1976-84), Andrea Martin (1976-84), Catherine O'Hara (1976-79, 1981-82), Harold Ramis (1976-78) and Dave Thomas (1976-82), many of whom had previously been regulars on The David Steinberg Show. All of the original featured cast went on to successful careers in American film and television. Rick Moranis (1980-82), Tony Rosato (1980-81) and Robin Duke (1980-81) joined the cast for Season 3 to replace Candy and O'Hara. Rosato and Duke were called upon by Dick Ebersol to help fix Saturday Night Live in the Spring of 1981, while Candy and O'Hara returned for SCTV's network debut on NBC. Martin Short (1982-84) joined the cast at the tail-end of Season 4 to replace Thomas and Moranis.

Related Topics:
John Candy - Joe Flaherty - Eugene Levy - Andrea Martin - Catherine O'Hara - Harold Ramis - Dave Thomas - The David Steinberg Show - Rick Moranis - Tony Rosato - Robin Duke - Dick Ebersol - Saturday Night Live - NBC - Martin Short

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