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September 4, 2024 9:11 am  #1


The TV Station That Single Handedly Saved SCTV

It was in Edmonton and TV critic Bill Brioux recalls how his local hometown independent came to the rescue of a show teetering on the brink of extinction - even if the cast wasn't crazy about living there. 

Toasting Edmonton’s CITV, hotbed to the best of SCTV, on its 50th

 

September 4, 2024 9:31 am  #2


Re: The TV Station That Single Handedly Saved SCTV

In this 1982 interview with David Letterman, the late John Candy and the more recently departed Joe Flaherty talk about SCTV on NBC and the show's experiences in Edmonton. The Edmonton segment starts at the 6:00 mark.