Groundbreaking comedy series SCTV left a massive cultural dent on pop culture, reshaping the comedy landscape with its edgy humor and proving that razor-sharp satire didn’t need a New York address or the Saturday Night Live stage to change television.
The scrappy Canadian upstart became a launching pad for some of the most influential comic voices of the last half-century, blending dead-on media parody with character work. With its fearless send-ups of Hollywood, musicians, local TV, and celebrity culture, SCTV helped expand sketch comedy and paved the way for generations of performers who saw that smart, weird, and wildly specific could also be universal.