SCTV (1976)

Comedy

Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.

IMDb rating: 8.5 (3,345 votes)
Episode average: 8.0 -0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Netflix
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1976)

7.78 avg 26 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 23 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Backstage	7.6	119
2	Murder at SCTV	7.6	98
3	Ethnic Humour	7.6	86
4	Crosswords	7.8	88
5	Match Unto My Feet	7.8	83
6	Memoirs of Anton Chekhov	7.6	80
7	Dialing for Dollars	8.1	79
8	Shock Theatre	7.8	78
9	Philosophy Street	7.8	71
10	Therese et Joe	7.6	72
11	Broads Behind Bars	7.6	69
12	The Taxidermist	7.8	69
13	Ben Hur	7.8	70
14	The Hefty Neil Story	7.8	68
15	Leave It to Beaver	8.2	73
16	Goodbye America	7.7	68
17	Galaxy 66	7.7	67
18	Madame Blitzman	7.8	66
19	The $129,000 Question	7.8	62
20	Dr. Tongue's House of Wax/SCTV Boogie	8.0	64
21	The Sammy Maudlin Show	7.7	62
22	World at War	7.8	65
23	The Grapes of Mud	7.9	65
24	Officer Friendly	7.8	64
25	The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes	7.9	63
26	Lust for Paint	7.8	67

Season 2 (1978)

7.92 avg 26 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 23 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Season 2 Premiere	7.9	64
2	Bob Hope Desert Classic	8.7	93
3	Kidnapping of Moe Green	7.6	62
4	SCTV Solid Gold Telethon	8.0	62
5	Writer's Strike	7.7	60
6	Municipal Election	7.9	61
7	Farm Film Report/Arabs	7.6	62
8	Mirthmakers/Happy Endings	7.7	59
9	Undersea World	7.9	60
10	Edith Prickley, Station Manager	8.1	60
11	SCTV 30th Anniversary Show	8.0	59
12	Whispers of the Wolf/The Occult	7.8	59
13	Bad Acting in Hollywood	8.0	59
14	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	8.0	56
15	Fighting Air Dogs	7.6	57
16	Death Takes No Holiday	8.0	59
17	Rock Concert	8.0	56
18	Fantasy Island	8.2	61
19	On the Waterfront Again	8.0	60
20	SCTV Disco	7.9	59
21	Pipeline	7.8	58
22	Consumer Action Line	8.1	58
23	Relaxing with Raoul/Dining with LaRue	7.7	59
24	The Flaming Turkey	7.8	60
25	The Best of Season 2: Part 1	8.0	59
26	The Best of Season 2: Part 2	8.0	59

Season 3 (1980)

8.18 avg 26 episodes 8.4 → 8.2 24 min avg

Saved best for last

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lee A. Iacocca's Rock Concert	8.4	60
2	Thursday Night Live	8.2	58
3	Death of a Salesman	8.1	58
4	My Factory, My Self	8.2	58
5	Death Motel	8.1	57
6	The Lone Ranger Show	8.2	57
7	Play It Again, Bob	8.3	61
8	Gaslight	8.2	58
9	Man's Ability to Imitate	8.1	57
10	Mel's Rock Pile	8.4	66
11	The Sammy Maudlin Show: Bob Hope in China	8.2	59
12	Hugh Betcha's Night Gallery	8.1	56
13	Star Wars	8.0	57
14	Hollywood Salutes Its Extras	8.0	57
15	The Irwin Allen Show	8.2	60
16	1984: Big Brother	8.3	60
17	Two Way TV/Pit Bulls	8.2	57
18	Alpha Channel	8.5	63
19	Midnight Express Special	8.1	58
20	Cookery Crock/Cartoon Coroner	8.1	56
21	The Mating Game	8.2	59
22	Gene Shalit's America	8.2	57
23	Mel's Rock Pile: Richard Harris	8.4	65
24	Dick Cavett	8.2	60
25	The Cisco Kid	7.7	41
26	The Best of Season 3	8.2	53

SCTV (1976)

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