Daryl Somers
Director
Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971)
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.
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Talk, Talk Show
Keywords: tmdb.variety-show, imdb.angel, imdb.talking-animal, imdb.repetition-in-title, imdb.variety-show, imdb.sketch-comedy, imdb.improvisational-comedy + 7 more, imdb.entertainment, imdb.red-faces, imdb.live-audience, imdb.prank, imdb.live-actor-hosts-cartoons, imdb.live-sketch, imdb.competition
Production Companies: Somers Carroll Productions, United Media
Network: Seven Network
Specials
6 episodes
Season 1
1 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)
0 episodes
Season 8 (1979)
0 episodes
Season 9 (1980)
0 episodes
Season 10 (1981)
0 episodes
Season 11 (1982)
0 episodes
Season 12 (1983)
0 episodes
Season 13 (1984)
39 episodes
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
Season 29
20 episodes
Network: Seven Network
Runtime: 120 min.
Episode Runtime: 120 min.
Released: Oct. 9, 1971
Last Air Date: Nov. 27, 2010, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR