List of SCTV episodes

The following is a list of episodes for the television series Second City Television (SCTV).

Season 1

Aired on Global[1]

• The cast consists of John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis, and Dave Thomas.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Synopsis
1	1	Backstage	September 21, 1976
2	2	Murder at SCTV	October 21, 1976
3	3	Ethnic Humour	November 18, 1976
4	4	Crosswords	December 16, 1976	Guest starring John Geilgud and Ralph Richardson.
5	5	Match Unto My Feet	January 13, 1977	Guest starring Valri Bromfield.
6	6	Memoirs of Anton Chekhov	February 10, 1977
7	7	Dialing For Dollars	February 24, 1977
8	8	Shock Theatre	March 10, 1977
9	9	Philosophy Street / A Fistful of Ugly	March 24, 1977
10	10	Therese et Joe	April 7, 1977
11	11	Broads Behind Bars	April 21, 1977	Guest starring Mary Margaret O'Hara.
12	12	The Taxidermist	May 5, 1977
13	13	Ben Hur	May 19, 1977
14	14	The Hefty Neil Story	September 19, 1977
15	15	Leave It to Beaver	September 26, 1977
16	16	Goodbye America	October 3, 1977
17	17	Galaxy 66	October 10, 1977
18	18	Madame Blitzman	October 17, 1977
19	19	The $129,000 Question	October 24, 1977
20	20	Dr. Tongue's House of Wax / SCTV Boogie	October 31, 1977
21	21	The Sammy Maudlin Show	November 7, 1977
22	22	World at War	November 14, 1977
23	23	The Grapes of Mud	November 21, 1977
24	24	Officer Friendly	November 28, 1977
25	25	The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes	December 5, 1977
26	26	Lust for Paint	December 12, 1977

Season 2

Aired on Global[2]

• Harold Ramis' last season. He only appears in the first and third episodes of the season. John Candy and Catherine O'Hara also briefly left after this season.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Synopsis
27	1	Premiere	September 16, 1978
28	2	Bob Hope Desert Classic	September 23, 1978
29	3	Kidnapping of Moe Green	September 30, 1978
30	4	SCTV Solid Gold Telethon	October 7, 1978
31	5	Writer's Strike	October 14, 1978
32	6	Municipal Election	October 21, 1978
33	7	Farm Film Report / Arabs	October 28, 1978
34	8	The Mirthmakers / Happy Endings	November 4, 1978
35	9	Undersea World	November 11, 1978
36	10	Edith Prickley, Station Manager	November 18, 1978
37	11	SCTV 30th Anniversary Show	November 25, 1978
38	12	Whispers of the Wolf / The Occult	December 2, 1978
39	13	Bad Acting In Hollywood	December 9, 1978
40	14	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	December 16, 1978	Guest starring Peter Aykroyd.
41	15	Fighting Air Dogs	December 23, 1978
42	16	Death Takes No Holiday	December 31, 1978
43	17	Rock Concert	January 6, 1979
44	18	Fantasy Island	January 13, 1979
45	19	On the Waterfront Again	January 20, 1979
46	20	SCTV Disco	January 27, 1979
47	21	Pipeline	February 3, 1979
48	22	Consumer Action Line	February 10, 1979
49	23	Relaxing With Raoul / Dining With LaRue	February 17, 1979
50	24	The Flaming Turkey	February 24, 1979
51	25	Best Of (1)	March 3, 1979
52	26	Best Of (2)	March 10, 1979

Season 3

Aired on CBC[3]

• Robin Duke, Rick Moranis, and Tony Rosato join the cast, replacing John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, and Harold Ramis. Duke and Rosato both left at the end of the season to join the cast of Saturday Night Live. Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin only do the show part-time.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Synopsis
53	1	Lee A. Iacocca's Rock Concert	September 19, 1980
54	2	Thursday Night Live	September 26, 1980
55	3	Death of a Salesman	October 3, 1980
56	4	My Factory, My Self	October 10, 1980
57	5	Death Motel	October 17, 1980
58	6	The Lone Ranger Show	October 24, 1980
59	7	Play It Again, Bob	October 31, 1980
60	8	Gaslight	November 7, 1980
61	9	Man's Ability to Imitate	November 14, 1980
62	10	Mel's Rock Pile	November 21, 1980
63	11	The Sammy Maudlin Show	November 28, 1980
64	12	Hugh Betcha's Night Gallery	December 5, 1980
65	13	Star Wars	December 12, 1980
66	14	Hollywood Salutes Its Extras	December 19, 1980
67	15	The Irwin Allen Show	December 26, 1980
68	16	Big Brother	January 2, 1981
69	17	Two Way TV / Pit Bulls	January 9, 1981
70	18	Alpha Channel	January 16, 1981
71	19	Midnight Express Special	January 23, 1981
72	20	Cookery Crock / Cartoon Coroner	January 30, 1981
73	21	The Mating Game	February 6, 1981
74	22	Gene Shalit's America	February 13, 1981
75	23	Mel's Rock Pile: MacArthur Park	February 20, 1981
76	24	Dick Cavett	February 27, 1981
77	25	The Cisco Kid	March 6, 1981
78	26	Best Of	March 13, 1981

Season 4

Aired on CBC (Canada), NBC (U.S.)[4][5][6]

Cycle 1

• John Candy and Catherine O'Hara rejoin the cast, and Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin return to doing the show full-time.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Synopsis
79	1	One On the Town	May 15, 1981	Levon Helm performs.
80	2	Polynesiantown	May 22, 1981	Guest starring Dr. John.
81	3	Southside Fracas	May 29, 1981	Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes perform.
82	4	Repeats	June 19, 1981
83	5	Lunchtime Street Beef	July 3, 1981
84	6	Moral Majority	July 10, 1981
85	7	Pledge Week	July 17, 1981
86	8	Bouncin' Back To You	July 24, 1981	The Tubes perform.
87	9	The Great White North	July 31, 1981	Guest starring Ian Thomas.

Cycle 2

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Synopsis
88	10	CCCP 1	October 16, 1981	Al Jarreau performs.
89	11	I'm Taking My Own Head, Screwing It On Right, and No Guy's Gonna Tell Me It Ain't	October 23, 1981	The Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams perform.
90	12	Zontar	October 30, 1981	Guest starring Bonar Bain and Natalie Cole.
91	13	Walter Cronkite's Brain	November 6, 1981	Rough Trade performs.
92	14	Doorway to Hell	November 20, 1981	Eugene Fodor performs.
93	15	The Godfather	December 11, 1981	James Ingram performs.
94	16	SCTV Staff Christmas Party	December 18, 1981
95	17	Teacher's Pet	February 12, 1982	The Boomtown Rats perform.
96	18	Midnight Video Special	February 19, 1982	Talking Heads and The Plastics perform.

The Best of SCTV Specials

Title	Original air date	Synopsis
Special #1	January 16, 1982
Special #2	January 22, 1982
Special #3	January 29, 1982

Cycle 3

• Martin Short joins the cast. This would be the final season for Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Synopsis
97	19	The Great White North Palace	April 16, 1982	Tony Bennett performs.
98	20	Pre-Teen World Telethon	April 23, 1982
99	21	The People's Global Golden Choice Awards	May 1, 1982	Third World performs.
100	22	3D Stake from the Heart	May 14, 1982
101	23	Pet Peeves / The Happy Wanderers	May 21, 1982	Guest starring Carl Perkins.
102	24	Chariots of Eggs	June 5, 1982	Hall and Oates perform.
103	25	Battle of the PBS Stars	July 16, 1982	Guest starring Joe Greene and Rocky Bleier Dave Edmunds performs.
104	26	Rome, Italian Style	October 15, 1982	Guest starring Jimmy Buffett.
105	27	The Days of the Week / Street Beef	October 22, 1982	Guest starring Bill Murray.

Season 5

Aired on CBC (Canada), NBC (U.S.)[7][8]

Cycle 4

• John Hemphill and Mary Charlotte Wilcox join the cast as featured players. Despite having left the series, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis, and Dave Thomas all make guest appearances.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Synopsis
106	1	Sammy Maudlin 23rd Anniversary / CBC	November 5, 1982
107	2	Indecent Exposure	November 12, 1982	Guest starring Fred Willard and John Mellencamp.
108	3	Melonvote	November 19, 1982	Guest starring Linda Hopkins.
109	4	Jane Eyrehead	November 26, 1982	Guest starring Robin Williams. America performs.
110	5	Towering Inferno	December 10, 1982
111	6	Christmas	December 17, 1982	Andraé Crouch performs.

Cycle 5

• This would be John Candy's last season. Catherine O'Hara guest stars in the season finale.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Synopsis
112	7	A Star Is Born	January 28, 1983	Crystal Gayle guest stars.
113	8	SCTV Classifieds / Vic Arpeggio	February 11, 1983
114	9	Bobby Bittman's Retirement	February 18, 1983	Ben Vereen guest stars.
115	10	Sweeps Week	February 25, 1983
116	11	South Sea Sinner	March 11, 1983	Betty Thomas guest stars.
117	12	Midnight Cowboy II	March 18, 1983

Season 6

Aired on Superchannel (Canada), Cinemax (U.S.)[9]

• John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas all make guest appearances.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Synopsis
118	1	Maudlin O' the Night	November 22, 1983
119	2	Gimme Jackie / Australia	December 6, 1983
120	3	It's a Wonderful Film	December 20, 1983	Guest starring John Corbett.
121	4	The Date Debate / Scary Previews	January 3, 1984
122	5	You're On / Das Boobs	January 17, 1984
123	6	Stars In One: Bob Hope / Happy Hour	January 31, 1984
124	7	Stalag SCTV	February 14, 1984	Guest starring Fred Willard.
125	8	Diary of a Female Person / Happy Hour	February 28, 1984
126	9	Just For Fun / Black Like Vic	March 13, 1984
127	10	Youth, Do They Give A Damn or What? / Happy Hour	March 27, 1984
128	11	Allenscam	April 10, 1984
129	12	Oliver Grimley	April 24, 1984
130	13	2009, Jupiter and Beyond	May 8, 1984
131	14	Half Wits / Save the World Parade	May 22, 1984
132	15	Jackie Rogers, Jr. for President / Happy Hour	June 5, 1984
133	16	Celebrity Fairie Tayles / Canadian Gaffes and Practical Amusements	June 19, 1984
134	17	You're On / Happy Hour	July 3, 1984
135	18	Pledge Week	July 17, 1984

References

1. "SCTV Guide - Episodes - Series 1". www.sctvguide.ca. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
2. "SCTV Guide - Episodes - Series 2". www.sctvguide.ca. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
3. "SCTV Guide - Episodes - Series 3". www.sctvguide.ca. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
4. "SCTV Guide - Episodes - Series 4 Cycle 1". www.sctvguide.ca. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
5. "SCTV Guide - Episodes - Series 4 Cycle 2". www.sctvguide.ca. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
6. "SCTV Guide - Episodes - Series 4 Cycle 3". www.sctvguide.ca. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
7. "SCTV Guide - Episodes - Series 5 Cycle 4". www.sctvguide.ca. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
8. "SCTV Guide - Episodes - Series 5 Cycle 5". www.sctvguide.ca. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
9. "SCTV Guide - Episodes - Series 6". www.sctvguide.ca. Retrieved August 15, 2018.