• Home
  • Movies
  • TV Shows
  • Anime
  • Live Sports
  • Home
  • Movies
  • TV Shows
  • Anime
  • Live Sports
Account

© 2026 Streamheaven. All rights reserved.

DMCA

You Can't Do That on Television

7.4

SeriesComedy197911 Seasons

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.

Play now

Episodes

  1. 1Live!Feb 3, 1979 · 30mThe main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured a Panasonic radio as a prize for one of the phone-in competitions, as most of the episodes from this 1979 season. This episode also featured a segment on baton twirling. The episode contains the well-known scene where Ross (before a major costume revamp) teaches Jono Gebert how to do a weather forecast on an actual CJOH news/weather set.
  2. 2ShoestringFeb 10, 1979 · 30mTim constantly tries to get a date with Cindy, but keeps looking like a fool, losing her to Jim and David. To add insult to injury, he keeps being forced into wearing a dress…and he can't seem to find his pants, forcing him to go home wearing a bright, pink dress.
  3. 3Nickel and DimeFeb 17, 1979 · 30mThe main plot for this episode is unknown, but it featured kids' jokes and opinions filmed at the Winterloo slide at Ottawa's N.A.C.
  4. 4PeanutsFeb 24, 1979 · 30m
  5. 5RepeatMar 3, 1979 · 30m
  6. 6Ottawa DirectorMar 10, 1979 · 30mOnly one scene remains in existence from this episode. In the scene Tim is the dungeon and is told not to pull the chains. He does not listen and gets slimed.
You Can't Do That on Television poster

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.

Created by
Roger Damon Price
Genres
Comedy
Status
Ended
First aired
February 3, 1979
Last aired
July 21, 2004
Seasons
11
Episodes
145
Episode length
30m
Language
English
Countries
Canada, United States of America
Networks
CTV, Nickelodeon
Production
Carleton Productions
  • CChristine McGlade
  • LLes Lye
  • Adam Greydon Reid
L
Lisa Ruddy
  • AAlasdair Gillis
  • Klea Scott
  • Alanis Morissette
  • MMatthew Godfrey
  • VVanessa Lindores
  • Vik Sahay
  • Ruth Buzzi
  • AAbby Hagyard

    Stream

    • Paramount Plus Premium
    • Paramount Plus Essential
    • Paramount Plus Apple TV channel
    • Paramount+ Amazon Channel
    • Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel

    Availability for your region. Streaming data provided by JustWatch.

    • Thomaxz★ 8March 12, 2017

      This old commedey series, is pretty fun, when you get to know some gags, like the slime when the "actor" "says" -''I don't know' It has been the kickstarter on Nickeleodeon, and problay also where the slime part, which you still can see in Kids Choice Award. If you do not know, this old series, give it a try.

    • 1Season 11979 · 14 episodes
    • 2Season 21981 · 13 episodes
    • 3Season 31982 · 13 episodes
    • 4Season 41983 · 13 episodes
    • 5Season 51984 · 26 episodes
    • 6Season 610 episodes
    • 7Season 720 episodes
    • 8Season 85 episodes
    • 9Season 925 episodes
    • 10Season 101990 · 5 episodes
    • 11Season 112004 · 1 episodes

    More like this

    8.0

    Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

    2005

    6.7

    Jackass

    2000

    7.4

    Who's the Boss?

    1984

    7.8

    Second City Television

    1976

    6.8

    Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

    1968

    7.7

    The Carol Burnett Show

    1967

    7.8

    The Larry Sanders Show

    1992

    6.7

    Coach

    1989

    7.7

    Key & Peele

    2012

    7.2

    Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

    2007

    7.0

    A Black Lady Sketch Show

    2019

    6.4

    Crank Yankers

    2002

    7.8

    All That

    1994

    6.8

    The State

    1994

    7.9

    iCarly

    2007

    6.6

    Shifting Gears

    2025

    6.4

    Too Close for Comfort

    1980

    7.3

    On the Buses

    1969

    7.3

    Burning Love

    2012

    6.6

    The Brittas Empire

    1991