THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

Let's put it this way.  SCTV was ALWAYS a better show than SNL, one of the two most overrated American "comedy" shows (the other one's Seinfeld).  Great comedy is always built on an underlying intelligence, something SNL rarely had and certainly doesn't have now.  In fact, the only time SNL was ever genuinely funny or interesting was when Eddie Murphy was there.