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Second City Television

197630m / epComedy

First aired

September 21, 1976

7.8

TMDB Score

78% match · 32 votes

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S01 · E01

Backstage

Season 1 · Sep 21, 1976 · 30m

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E01Playing

Backstage

Sep 21, 1976 · 30m

E02▶

Murder At SCTV

Oct 21, 1976 · 30m

E03▶

Ethnic Humour

Nov 18, 1976 · 30m

E04▶

Crosswords

Dec 16, 1976 · 30m

E05▶

Match Unto My Feet

Jan 13, 1977 · 30m

E06▶

Memoirs of Anton Chekhov

Feb 10, 1977 · 30m

E07▶

Dialing For Dollars

Feb 24, 1977 · 30m

E08▶

Shock Theatre

Mar 10, 1977 · 30m

E09▶

Philosophy Street

Mar 24, 1977 · 30m

E10▶

Therese et Joe

Apr 7, 1977 · 30m

E11▶

Broads Behind Bars

Apr 21, 1977 · 30m

E12▶

The Taxidermist

May 5, 1977 · 30m

E13▶

Ben Hur

May 19, 1977 · 30m

E14▶

The Hefty Neil Story

Sep 19, 1977 · 30m

E15▶

Leave It to Beaver

Sep 26, 1977 · 30m

E16▶

Goodbye America

Oct 3, 1977 · 30m

E17▶

Galaxy 66

Oct 10, 1977 · 30m

E18▶

Madame Blitzman

Oct 17, 1977 · 30m

E19▶

$129 000 Question

Oct 24, 1977 · 30m

E20▶

Dr Tongue's House of Wax

Oct 31, 1977 · 30m

E21▶

Sammy Maudlin Show

Nov 7, 1977 · 30m

E22▶

World at War

Nov 14, 1977 · 30m

E23▶

The Grapes of Mud

Nov 21, 1977 · 30m

E24▶

Officer Friendly

Nov 28, 1977 · 30m

E25▶

The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes

Dec 5, 1977 · 30m

E26▶

Lust for Paint

Dec 12, 1977 · 30m

E27

E27▶

Best Of (US)

30m

The inaugural show introduces several major characters, including Johnny LaRue, Earl Camembert, Floyd Robertson and Moe Green. It features a somewhat tenuous wraparound concept involving LaRue - according to Dave Thomas' book, the running time for this episode ran well past 30 minutes, much of the linking material for the wraparound being cut to achieve the final running time. The show also introduces four programs that would feature frequently throughout the show's run: Sunrise Semester, a vehicle for an assortment of characters to educate viewers, would end up appearing in every series except the last; Words To Live By, the inspirational station signoff, would also appear frequently in the first three series; SCTV News; and Masterpiece Theatre, hosted by Alistair Cook.