You Can't Do That on Television
Seen it?1979 | 11 seasons | 30 min | Comedy
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Solid across the board without standing out anywhere. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- 11 seasons, but most episodes stand on their own, so you can dip in anywhere (about 30 minutes each).
- What might put you off
- Made in 1979: an older pace and style.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
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- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Ran for 11 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 91K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Sunday Safe Bet. Here's how each season stacks up.
- Season 11979 · 14 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 21981 · 13 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 31982 · 13 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 41983 · 13 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 51984 · 26 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 610 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 720 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 85 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 925 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 101990 · 5 episodesNot rated yet
- Season 112004 · 1 episodeNot rated yet
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Cast & crew
Created by Roger Damon Price
- Christine McGlade
- Les Lye
- Adam Greydon Reid
- Lisa Ruddy
- Alasdair Gillis
- Klea Scott
- Alanis Morissette
- Matthew Godfrey
- Vanessa Lindores
- Vik Sahay