An Afternoon with SCTV is an unreleased Canadian-American comedy television special directed by Martin Scorsese. The special reunites the cast of Second City Television.
Production Development On April 12, 2018, Netflix announced that Martin Scorsese would direct a then-untitled television special reuniting the cast of Second City Television including Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, and Dave Thomas. Jimmy Kimmel was set as the special's moderator. Producers of the special were expected to include Andrew Alexander, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, and Lindsay Cox.
On May 10, 2018, it was reported CTV would co-produce the special and premiere it in Canada. Additionally, it was confirmed that Rick Moranis would take part in the reunion with his fellow cast members and that additional footage filmed over the summer.
Tickets went on sale to the public on April 23, 2018.
Filming The special was filmed at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on May 13, 2018. The filming reportedly lasted around three hours and played to a live audience of around 1,500 people.
Some crew members of the original show were in attendance as well, including costume designer Juul Haalmeyer, make-up artist Beverly Schechtman and show producer Andrew Alexander. Extended family of the cast were also in attendance, among them Eugene Levy's son Dan Levy and John Candy's wife Rosemary Hobor and their two children, Jennifer and Christopher Candy.
Release The special was scheduled to be released on Netflix internationally and CTV in Canada.
On May 12, 2021, Joe Flaherty revealed in a Facebook comment on a SCTV fan group that the special had been shelved. However, the following day, on May 13 (exactly three years to the day after the special was filmed) Netflix revealed the special had not been shelved, but delayed due to director Martin Scorsese's other commitments. As of 2026, it has not been released. Two people who took part in the reunion (Flaherty and O'Hara) have since died.
In August 2026, Netflix announced a documentary titled SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of, directed by Jason Hehir with Kimmel as an executive producer, to be released on October 30. Netflix promotional material describes the documentary as including "an emotional reunion in Toronto", which Exclaim! reported was "presumably" referring to the 2018 taping.
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