SCTV Channel (1983)
This show was spun off from "SCTV Network 90" which was cancelled after two seasons on NBC. The same cast from 1982-83, with the exception of John Candy, appears on this 45-minute sketch comedy series. It all starts when "SCTV" mastermind Guy Cabellaro announces that he's turning his station into a pay cable channel. The results are amusing, as the same manic humor and wacky characters that made the old SCTV Network so great continued to thrive. Unfortunately, the show was too expensive to produce for Cinemax's tastes and it was cancelled after one year.
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Episode 1 - Soren-Weiss Report / The Happy Wanderers / Melonville Calendar / Maudlin O' the Night
Release Date: 1983-11-22Guy 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. "Melonville Calendar" honors a firefighter. Finally, "The Sammy Maudlin Show" is overhauled to appeal to a younger audience.
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Episode 2 - Hollywood Dirt Tonight / Mel McElroy Film Festival / Gimme Jackie: Lie Detector
Release Date: 1983-12-16 -
Episode 3 - SCTV Special Presentation: It's A Wonderful Film
Release Date: 1983-12-20The whole episode is a parody of ""It's A Wonderful Life.""
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Episode 4 - The Date Debate / Scary Previews
Release Date: 1984-01-03Count Floyd introduces some film previews, including ""Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde,"" ""Cujo II,"" and ""The Mysterious Disappearance of Dr. Tongue.""
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Episode 5 - You're On, Parts 1-3 / SCTV Foreign Film Festival: Das Boobs
Release Date: 1984-01-17 -
Episode 6 - Half Wits: Semi-Finals / Happy Hour: Six Gun Justice / Stars in One
Release Date: 1984-01-31 -
Episode 7 - Spy Wrap / The Great Escape
Release Date: 1984-01-14 -
Episode 8 - Stars in One: Libby Wolfson / Happy Hour: Six Gun Justice / PSA: Stop Julio Iglesias
Release Date: 1984-02-28 -
Episode 9 - Just For Fun / Black Like Vic
Release Date: 1984-03-14 -
Episode 10 - Youth, Do They Give a Damn or What? / Happy Hour
Release Date: 1984-03-27 -
Episode 11 - Allenscam / Mel's Rock Pile
Release Date: 1984-04-10 -
Episode 12 - Oliver Grimley
Release Date: 1984-04-24A parody of ""Oliver Twist"" with Ed Grimley (Short) in the lead role and Tommy Lasorda (Hemphill) as ""The Artful Dodger.""
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Episode 13 - 2009 Jupiter and Beyond
Release Date: 1984-05-08Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, and Ernest Borgnine crash-land on Saturn in a spoof of ""2001: A Space Odyssey."" Also, a behind-the-scenes look at the movie finds co-producers Idella Voudry and Woody Tobias Jr. fighting for creative control.
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Episode 14 - Halfwits / Save The World Parade
Release Date: 1984-05-22 -
Episode 15 - Jackie Rogers Jr. For President / Happy Hour
Release Date: 1984-06-05 -
Episode 16 - Celebrity Fairie Tales / Canadian Gaffes
Release Date: 1984-06-19 -
Episode 17 - You're On / Happy Hour
Release Date: 1984-07-03 -
Episode 18 - Pledge Week
Release Date: 1984-07-17In a desperate effort to save the station, Guy and Edith start a pledge drive. Lola Heatherton returns to SCTV to sing on behalf of the station, but her performance is marred by thinly-veiled personal problems.
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Episode 19 - The Best of SCTV
Release Date: 1988-09-05Guy and Edith plead to the FCC to keep SCTV on the airwaves while clips from the show's heyday are interspersed.