‘SCTV’ on Netflix: You Can Finally Watch the Groundbreaking Sketch Comedy Show That Launched Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, and More!

Great news, comedy nerds! SCTV, the classic Canadian sketch comedy show that launched the careers of legends like Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, John Candy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, and more is now streaming on Netflix. SCTV, also known as Second City Television, first premiered in 1976 on Canada’s Global Television Netflix, before jumping to CBC in 1980. The show itself is a satire of television; each episode follows the broadcast day of a fictional TV station in “Melonville.” (There’s even some hilarious push and pull over whether Melonville is in Canada or the USA.) SCTV soon became a smash hit in Canada and amongst comedy insiders. In fact, the recent Netflix documentary, Marty, Life is Short, recounts how Martin Short initially passed on the series and later seethed