SCTV's Programming Day
SCTV spoofed every type of programming imaginable: local newscasts, investigative journalism, soap operas, kids shows, trash journalism, late night talk shows, cooking shows, panel and game shows, etc. And some of SCTV's shows became famous in themselves, most notably The Great White North, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre, and Mel's Rock Pile.
What follows is a rough estimate of what an average programming day at SCTV might look like.
Note: The sketch summaries on the following pages are cross referenced to the guide using the following scheme:
[S - E (S)] where S is the series number, E is the episode number, and S is the sketch number; so [6 - 14 (3)] means the sketch is the third in episode 14 of series 6.
Station Announcements
Message from Guy Caballero, Owner and President
Message from Edith Prickley, Station Manager
Morning
Farm Film Celebrity Blow Up with Big Jim McBob and Billy Sol Hurok
Farm Report/Rock Concert/Farm Film Report
Sunrise Semester
SCTV AM News Today with Floyd Robertson and Earl Camembert
Cooking With Marcello with Marcello Sebastiano
Carl's Cuts with Carl and Fred Scutz
The Merv Griffin Show with Merv Griffin
Afternoon
Dining With LaRue/LaRue By Night/Street Beef with Johnny LaRue
Mr Science/Cooking With LaRue/Game Shows/Specials
Melonville Calendar with Yolanda Devillbis
Crazy Crafts with Molly Earle
You! with Libby Wolfson
The Days of the Week
Happy Hour with Happy Marsden
Mailbag/Critic's Corner with Bill Needle
Starting Out/Wrong Side of the Bed/Theatre Beat/Shoot for the Stars/Stand Up and Be Counted/TV Talk
High Q/Half Wits with Alex Trebek
The Great White North with Bob and Doug McKenzie
The Fishin' Musician with Gil Fisher
Prime Time
SCTV News/Nightline Melonville with Floyd Robertson and Earl Camembert
One On the Town/13 Minutes/60-20/Election Central
Comment with David Brinkley
SCTV News Special Report with Walter Cronkite and David Brinkley
Fireside Chat with Mayor Tommy Shanks
Money Talks with Brian Johns
Stars In One with Brock Linehan
National Midnight Star/Hollywood Dirt Tonight
The Happy Wanderers with Stan and Yosh Shmenge
Super Specials with Lola Heatherton
Masterpiece Theatre with Alistair Cook
Mean Joe Greene Playhouse
SCTV Movie of the Week
SCTV Foreign Film Festival
Late Night
The Sammy Maudlin Show with Sammy Maudlin and William B Williams
Solid Gold Telethon/Maudlin's Eleven/The William B. Show/Maudlin O' the Night
SCTV Boogie/SCTV Disco/Mel's Rock Pile with Rockin' Mel Slirrup
Monster Chiller Horror Theatre with Count Floyd
3D House of Beef/3D Stake From the Heart/Scary Little Christmas/3D Firing Line/Scary Previews
Dialing For Dollars with Moe Green, Walter Cronkite
The Gerry Todd Show/Midnight Video Special with Gerry Todd
Sermonette/Words to Live By/Signoff
Advertisers
SCTV had as much fun mocking television advertising as it did programming - some of the most memorable characters on SCTV were ad pitch men. Most of the advertising on SCTV tended to be as local and low-budget as the programming.
Harry, the Man with the Snake on His Face
Tex and Edna Boil's Prairie Warehouse and Curio Emporium
The Driftwood Inn
Al Peck
The Phone Company
Crazy Hy's
Johnny LaRue
Videotech
K-Tel
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