You Can't Do That on Television - Season 9 - Eps 10: Time
The Days of Our Lives will not be seen at this time so that we may present... The budget for the show has been cut so it must be filmed in black and white. All the kids go into a decolorization machine. When the producers realize that color shows are more profitable the kids can't switch back. In their attempts to overcome the glitch, they turn the show into a silent movie at the end.
About You Can't Do That on Television
Title: You Can't Do That on Television
First Air Date: 1979-02-03
Last Air Date: 2004-07-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.444/10 (from 18 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 12
Total Episodes: 145
Network: CTV Nickelodeon
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Carleton Productions
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.
Cast
Christine McGlade
Les Lye
Adam Greydon Reid
Lisa Ruddy
Alasdair Gillis
Ruth Buzzi
Klea Scott
Alanis Morissette
Matthew Godfrey
Vanessa Lindores
