Season 1 • Episode 19
LatestGuy and Edith plead to the FCC to keep SCTV on the airwaves while clips from the show's heyday are interspersed.
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.
Acting
Five future comedy legends at absolute peak inventiveness.
Writing
Meta-premise lets them roast pay cable while spending its money.
Production
Cinemax budget = more fake commercials than SCTV Network ever dreamed.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
John Candy's absence was due to his exploding film career; he was shooting 'Splash' and 'Brewster's Millions' during production.
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