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Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Running time
  
30 minutes (time slot)

Final episode date
  
1 February 1999

Writers
  
Gord Oxley, Robert Hawke

2.1/10
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Genre
  
Sketch comedy

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
13

First episode date
  
5 October 1998

Network
  
CBC Television

Executive producers
  
Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson

Similar
  
Royal Canadian Air Farce, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Four on the Floor, Rick Mercer Report, The Red Green Show

SketchCom was a 1998 Canadian television comedy series, created by Roger Abbott and Don Ferguson of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. The series aired on Monday evenings, 7:30 pm in most time zones.

The first of the series' 13 episodes aired 5 October 1998 and aired most weeks until early 1999. Different sketch performers were featured in each episode. CBC did not renew SketchCom for the 1999-2000 television season.

Program funding included contributions from Bell Canada's Broadcast and New Media Fund and the Canadian Television Fund.

Episodes and guest performers

Original air dates of selected episodes, with guests:

  • 5 October 1998 - debut
  • 26 October 1998 - Corky and the Juice Pigs
  • 2 November 1998 - Illustrated Men (David Huband, Bruce Hunter and Adrian Truss)
  • 11 January 1999 - Fred's Bicycle Repair Shop and Urban Myth
  • 25 January 1999 - The Stand-Ins, The Bobroom
  • 1 February 1999 - Fast and Dirty
  • References

    SketchCom Wikipedia