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Second City Television

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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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Not streaming in United States

Checked Jul 22, 2026

Second City Television premiered September 21, 1976. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

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

Season 6 episodes

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Episode 1

Maudlin O' the Night

45m

(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.

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Episode 2

Gimme Jackie / Australia

45m

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.

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Episode 3

It's a Wonderful Film

45m

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.

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Episode 5

You're On / Das Boobs

45m

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.

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Episode 6

Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour

45m

"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.

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Episode 7

Stalag SCTV

45m

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.

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Episode 8

Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour

45m

Happy Hour shows another episode of Six Gun Justice, and Brock Linehan features Libby Wolfson's struggles to produce her new film.

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Episode 9

Just For Fun / Black Like Vic

45m

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.

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Episode 10

Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour

45m

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.

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Episode 11

Allenscam

45m

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.

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Episode 14

Half Wits / Save the World Parade

45m

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."

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Episode 15

Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour

45m

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.

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Episode 16

Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements

45m

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

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Episode 17

You're On / Happy Hour

45m

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.

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about Second City Television

Cast

John CandySelf - Various Characters
Robin DukeSelf - Various Characters
Joe FlahertySelf - Various Characters
Eugene LevySelf - Various Characters
Rick MoranisSelf - Various Characters
Andrea MartinSelf - Various Characters
Catherine O'HaraSelf - Various Characters
Martin ShortSelf - Various Characters

Credits

Written by
Harold Ramis, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Sheldon Patinkin

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
136
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • CBC TelevisionCanada
  • Global TVCanada
  • Super ChannelCanada
  • Old Firehall Productions
  • Second City Entertainment

Themes

parodysketch comedy