Development On April 12, 2018,
Netflix announced that
Martin Scorsese would direct a then-untitled television special reuniting the cast of
Second City Television including
Joe Flaherty,
Eugene Levy,
Andrea Martin,
Catherine O'Hara,
Martin Short, and
Dave Thomas.
Jimmy Kimmel was set as the special's moderator. Producers of the special were expected to include
Andrew Alexander, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, and Lindsay Cox. On May 10, 2018, it was reported
CTV would co-produce the special and premiere it in Canada. Additionally, it was confirmed that
Rick Moranis would take part in the reunion with his fellow cast members and that additional footage filmed over the summer. Tickets went on sale to the public on April 23, 2018. Some crew members of the original show were in attendance as well, including costume designer Juul Haalmeyer, make-up artist Beverly Schechtman and show producer Andrew Alexander. Extended family of the cast were also in attendance, among them Eugene Levy's son Dan and John Candy's wife Rosemary Hobor and their two children, Jennifer and Christopher Candy. ==Release==