SCTV

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SCTV is a Canadian sketch comedy television series known for its satirical take on television broadcasting and for launching the careers of several prominent comedians.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian television series
sketch comedy series
television series
alsoKnownAs SCTV (Second City Television)
surface form: Second City Television
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program
basedOn The Second City
countryOfBroadcast Canada
United States of America
countryOfOrigin Canada
createdAs SCTV (Second City Television)
surface form: fictional television station Second City Television
distributionFormat broadcast television
featuredActor Andrea Martin
Catherine O’Hara
Dave Thomas
Eugene Levy
Harold Ramis
Joe Flaherty
John Candy
Martin Short
Rick Moranis
filmingLocation Edmonton
Toronto
firstAired 1976
genre satire
sketch comedy
hasCultFollowing yes
hasFormat 90-minute episodes
half-hour episodes
hasTheme media satire
parody of celebrity culture
homeMediaRelease DVD
influenced later sketch comedy television series
lastAired 1984
notableCastEnsemble The Second City troupe
notableFor parody of television formats and networks
satirical take on television broadcasting
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBC Television
CTV
surface form: CTV Television Network

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NBC
partOf North American television comedy history
productionCompany SCTV (Second City Television)
surface form: Second City Television
setIn fictional TV station SCTV
spinOff Bob and Doug McKenzie

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