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The show started with a thirty-minute format on the Global Television Network, which ran from 1976-1979. After that, the show was picked up by [[CBC]] and expanded to an hour. During this era, the show's most popular characters, Bob and Doug McKenzie, debuted. The show was expanded to ninety minutes in 1981 when [[NBC]] picked it up as late-night programming (this version was known as ''SCTV Network 90''). During this stretch of the run, coupled with the fact that it was neither live nor taped before a live audience, it was able to push the boundaries of traditional sketch comedy. It won 15 [[Emmy Award]]s over its network lifespan. A final season of 45-minute episodes aired on Superchannel in Canada and Cinemax in the U.S. (as ''SCTV Channel'') over 1983-84. |
The show started with a thirty-minute format on the Global Television Network, which ran from 1976-1979. After that, the show was picked up by [[CBC]] and expanded to an hour. During this era, the show's most popular characters, Bob and Doug McKenzie, debuted. The show was expanded to ninety minutes in 1981 when [[NBC]] picked it up as late-night programming (this version was known as ''SCTV Network 90''). During this stretch of the run, coupled with the fact that it was neither live nor taped before a live audience, it was able to push the boundaries of traditional sketch comedy. It won 15 [[Emmy Award]]s over its network lifespan. A final season of 45-minute episodes aired on Superchannel in Canada and Cinemax in the U.S. (as ''SCTV Channel'') over 1983-84. |
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Not to be confused with Scituate Community TV (which is what you'll find if you search for SCTV in the Internet Archive). |
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