SCTV Channel

7.4

1983•45m

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.

Seasons

19 Episodes • Premiered 1983

1. Soren-Weiss Report / The Happy Wanderers / Melonville Calendar / Maudlin O' the Night

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. "Melonville Calendar" honors a firefighter. Finally, "The Sammy Maudlin Show" is overhauled to appeal to a younger audience.

2. Hollywood Dirt Tonight / Mel McElroy Film Festival / Gimme Jackie: Lie Detector

3. SCTV Special Presentation: It's A Wonderful Film

The whole episode is a parody of ""It's A Wonderful Life.""

4. The Date Debate / Scary Previews

Count Floyd introduces some film previews, including ""Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde,"" ""Cujo II,"" and ""The Mysterious Disappearance of Dr. Tongue.""

5. You're On, Parts 1-3 / SCTV Foreign Film Festival: Das Boobs

6. Half Wits: Semi-Finals / Happy Hour: Six Gun Justice / Stars in One

7. Spy Wrap / The Great Escape

8. Stars in One: Libby Wolfson / Happy Hour: Six Gun Justice / PSA: Stop Julio Iglesias

9. Just For Fun / Black Like Vic

10. Youth, Do They Give a Damn or What? / Happy Hour

11. Allenscam / Mel's Rock Pile

12. Oliver Grimley

A parody of ""Oliver Twist"" with Ed Grimley (Short) in the lead role and Tommy Lasorda (Hemphill) as ""The Artful Dodger.""

13. 2009 Jupiter and Beyond

Paul 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.

14. Halfwits / Save The World Parade

15. Jackie Rogers Jr. For President / Happy Hour

16. Celebrity Fairie Tales / Canadian Gaffes

17. You're On / Happy Hour

18. Pledge Week

In 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.