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Hey Hey It's Saturday

1971 2 h 00 min / per episode 29 seasons · 681 episodes
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Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years, debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later become executive producer of the program. The original producer, Gavin Disney, left the program in the 1980s and Somers then jointly formed his own production company, Somers Carroll Productions, with on-screen partner Ernie Carroll, the performer of Somers' puppet sidekick Ossie Ostrich.

Status
In production
First air date
09/10/1971
Original language
English

Main cast

Seasons and episodes

Specials

6 episodes

Nine re-aired the Hey Hey By Request specials in 2005 and June 2006. Daryl and Nine agreed to a deal for two specials to air in late 2009. They aired in September and October and

Season 1

1 episodes · 1971

Premiering on 9 October 1971, Hey Hey It's Saturday was a Saturday morning children's program in which Somers and Carroll provided "top and tail" segments between cartoon episodes.

Season 2 (1972)

0 episodes

Season 3 (1973)

0 episodes

Season 4 (1974)

0 episodes

Season 5 (1975)

0 episodes

Season 6 (1976)

0 episodes

Season 7 (1977)

1 episodes

This was the final season before the show went into recess, when Daryl and Ossie took the bold step of leaving the Nine Network for the rival 0–10 Network to present a prime time s

Season 8 (1979)

0 episodes

Hey Hey It's Saturday returned to Channel Nine in 1979 after Daryl and Ossie hosted The Daryl and Ozzie show for rival The 0-10 Network the previous year. The show continued its ev

Season 9 (1980)

5 episodes · 1980

Season 10 (1981)

2 episodes

Season 11 (1982)

0 episodes

Season 12 (1983)

0 episodes

Season 13 (1984)

39 episodes · 1984

In 1984, the Nine Network moved the show from its morning timeslot to a primetime slot on Saturday nights, and it was briefly renamed Hey Hey It's Saturday Night before reverting t

Season 14 (1985)

39 episodes

Season 15 (1986)

40 episodes

Season 16 (1987)

40 episodes

Season 17 (1988)

40 episodes

Season 18 (1989)

40 episodes

Season 19 (1990)

40 episodes

Season 20 (1991)

42 episodes

Season 21 (1992)

42 episodes

Season 22 (1993)

42 episodes

Season 23 (1994)

42 episodes

Season 24 (1995)

42 episodes

Season 25 (1996)

41 episodes

Season 26 (1997)

42 episodes

Season 27 (1998)

40 episodes

Season 28 (1999)

41 episodes

Nine Network executives decided toward the end of 1999 to cancel Hey Hey It's Saturday. Somers claimed that he wanted to take the program in a new direction after the departure of

Season 29

20 episodes · 2010

Following the success of the 2009 reunion specials, the show returned in 2010 after a deal was signed for at least 20 new episodes. The show was set to air on Wednesday nights but

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