Martin Scorsese To Direct a SCTV Reunion Comedy Special For Netflix
If you are familiar with the Canadian sketch comedy series Second City Television, you'll be happy to learn that Martin Scorsese is going to direct a retrospective comedy special for Netflix that revolves around SCTV.
The special will explore the legacy of SCT and it will reunite original stars Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, and Joe Flaherty. They will come together to discuss the series with Jimmy Kimmel who will be moderating the discussion.
The panel will be called An Afternoon with SCTV, and thanks to Variety, we have the following information on how the series will come together:
The panel, which will be filmed in front of a live audience at Toronto’s historic Elgin Theatre on May 13, will be included as part of the special, and will be produced by longtime SCTV producer Andrew Alexander, along with Emma Tillinger Koskoff of Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions and Lindsay Cox of Insight Productions.
SCTV ran for six seasons between 1976 and 1984 and also included the likes of John Candy, Robin Duke, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis. SCTV helped launch the careers of so many funny and talented people!