Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flaherty’s daughter, Gudrun, confirmed his death in a statement shared with the New York Times. No exact cause was given, but ...

Comedian Joe Flaherty may have been born in the U.S., but an SCTV castmate says he was an adopted son of Canada. Flaherty — a founding cast member and writer at the beloved Canadian comedy sketch show ...

Joe Flaherty earned guffaws among fans of “SCTV” and “Freaks and Geeks,” but the comedian was also a “mentor” and the “funniest” among his pals, famous friends said Tuesday as word spread of ...

Martin Scorsese’s relationship with Netflix is expanding, with the filmmaker set to direct an untitled comedy special that takes a look back at “Second City Television,” the iconic Canadian sketch ...

Though he worked steadily into the second decade of this century, Joe Flaherty, who died Monday at 82, will be remembered for two series: the Canadian sketch comedy “SCTV,” which sneaked onto American ...

Martin Scorsese, whose mob film The Irishman is being financed, produced and distributed by Netflix, is expanding his relationship with the streaming service. Scorsese will direct an untitled original ...

Conan O'Brien sure loves Canada. He fantasizes about his ghost haunting Toronto because of how much we enjoy comedy — and now he's continued to celebrate Canadian comedy by discussing his love of SCTV ...

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 ...

Joe Flaherty, a constant comic presence in film and TV, best known for his work on the sketch show SCTV and Freaks and Geeks, has died. He was 82. Flaherty’s daughter, Gudrun, confirmed his death in a ...

Second City Television, the famed Canadian sketch comedy series that helped launch the careers of numerous superstars, is making a comeback with a little help from Martin Scorsese. Netflix announced ...