SCTV, Volume 1 - Network 90 (5 Disc Set)

Product Description Available for the first time on home video, in a 5-disc DVD box set. It covers the first nine 90-minute episodes which aired on NBC (and later in syndication), and also includes tons of special features.This two-time Emmy-winner ran for two years on NBC Amazon.com At long last, SCTV is on the air... or at least on DVD! While it never reached the ratings heights or pop culture cachet of Saturday Night Live, SCTV did garner critical buzz and a devoted cult following. As with the Python boys, the ensemble members, and the characters they created to populate the fictional Melonville TV network, are revered in hipper comedy circles. In this respect, SCTV is Letterman to SNL's Leno. This essential five-disc set collects the first nine episodes of the series' Network 90 incarnation, which brightened NBC's Friday late-night lineup in 1981. While original cast member Harold Ramis had since left the show, and Martin Short would join the following year, John Candy, Eugene Levy