SketchCom explained

Genre:	Sketch comedy
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	13
Producer:	Roger Abbott Don Ferguson
Runtime:	30 minutes (time slot)
Network:	CBC

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^[1] and the Canadian Television Fund.^[2]

Episodes and guest performers

Original air dates of selected episodes, with guests:

• 5 October 1998 - debut
• 26 October 1998 - Corky and the Juice Pigs^[3]
• 2 November 1998 - Illustrated Men (David Huband, Bruce Hunter and Adrian Truss)^[4]
• 11 January 1999 - Fred's Bicycle Repair Shop and Urban Myth^[5]
• 25 January 1999 - The Stand-Ins, The Bobroom^[6]
• 1 February 1999 - Fast and Dirty^[7]

References

1. Web site: 1998 Annual Report . 2008-01-14 . Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051223201417/http://www.ipf.ca/Bell/publications_PDF/BFAR1998.pdf . 23 December 2005 . dmy .
2. Web site: 1998-1999 Funding Results . . 2008-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070125124227/http://www.canadiantelevisionfund.ca/archives/9899/funding/ . 25 January 2007 . dmy-all .
3. News: Hotsheet CBC Program Listings . 26 October 1998 . 2008-01-14 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020918202754/http://cbc.ca/insite/HOTSHEET_TORONTO/1998/10/26.html . 18 September 2002 .
4. News: Hotsheet CBC Program Listings . 2 November 1998 . 2008-01-14 . .
5. News: Worth Watching . Bob . Blakey . . 11 January 1999 . C12.
6. News: Worth Watching . Bob . Blakey . . 25 January 1999 . B8.
7. Web site: F&D Press Bits . 2008-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070220105029/http://www.fastanddirty.ca/press.html . 20 February 2007 . dmy .