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TV series

You Can't Do That on Television

1979 · 11 seasons · 145 episodes

Created by Roger Damon Price

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Synopsis

You Can't Do That on Television is a Canadian television program that first aired locally in 1979 before airing internationally in 1981. It featured pre-teen and teenaged actors in a sketch comedy format. Each episode had a theme. The show was notable for launching the careers of many performers, including Alanis Morissette, and writer Bill Prady, who would write and produce shows like The Big Bang Theory, Gilmore Girls and Dharma and Greg. The show was produced by and aired on Ottawa's CTV station CJOH-TV. After production ended in 1990, the show continued in reruns on Nickelodeon through 1994, when it was replaced with the similar All That. The show is synonymous with Nick, and was at that time extremely popular, with the highest ratings overall on the channel. The show is also well known for introducing the network's iconic slime. The program is the subject of the 2004 feature-length documentary, You Can't Do That on Film, directed by David Dillehunt.

About 72h 30m to watch every episode. An estimate: 145 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 30 minutes.

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Official options in the United States:

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  • Paramount Plus Essential

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Main cast

  • Christine McGlade
    145 episodes

  • Les Lye
    145 episodes

  • Adam Greydon Reid
    145 episodes

  • Lisa Ruddy
    145 episodes

  • Alasdair Gillis
    145 episodes

  • Klea Scott
    145 episodes

  • Alanis Morissette
    145 episodes

  • Matthew Godfrey
    145 episodes

  • Vanessa Lindores
    145 episodes

  • Vik Sahay
    145 episodes

  • Ruth Buzzi
    2 episodes

  • Abby Hagyard
    1 episode

Seasons