The CBC and BBC Studios are developing the half-hour about a family in a witness protection living next door in the U.K. to Canada’s most-hardened criminals as fellow program members and neighbors. By ...

Comedian Joe Flaherty, a founding member of the Canadian sketch series “SCTV,” has died. He was 82. His daughter Gudrun said Tuesday that Flaherty died Monday following a brief illness. Flaherty, who ...

Joe Flaherty, the actor, writer and comedian known for his roles on the Canadian sketch comedy series “Second City Television” and “Freaks and Geeks,” died on Monday. He was 82. Flaherty’s daughter, ...

While Chicago still ranks as the comedy capital with the Windy City's famed Second City comedy stage, "sister city" Toronto also has its own funny claim-to-fame stage. But of all the characters, the ...

In February, the late comedian's 'SCTV' costar, Martin Short, raised funds for his care after he fell ill to an unknown illness Jim Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Joe Flaherty, best known for his ...

After a successful Canadian run as Second City TV on Global and SCTV on CBC, the cast packed up and moved to America (theoretically) when NBC offered them a timeslot under the title SCTV Network 90.

TORONTO — One of Canada’s best known and most widely trusted public servants, CBC Television, turns 50 today and will mark its birthday with a celebration of its satirical past, even though much of ...

Though the name “Second City Television” implies a comic sensibility rooted in Chicago, “SCTV” was always wilder, more exotic and tougher to pin down. Though it bore some resemblance to the sketch ...

TORONTO — Comedian Joe Flaherty, a founding member of the Canadian sketch series “SCTV,” has died. He was 82. His daughter Gudrun said Tuesday that Flaherty died Monday following a brief illness.

TORONTO — Comedian Joe Flaherty, a founding member of the beloved Canadian sketch series "SCTV," has died. He was 82. His daughter Gudrun said Tuesday that Flaherty died Monday following a brief ...