Hey Hey It's Saturday

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 show featuring 'comedy, audience participation and novelty games', simply titled The Daryl and Ossie Show.

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 evolution, beginning with the recruitment of popular Queensland TV presenter Jacki MacDonald as a co-host.

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 to its original name. During this time, Hey Hey also became one of the most important TV venues for both local and international music, film and TV stars.

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 Caroll, but the budget to redevelop the show was deemed excessive. The final episode ran for 240 minutes, an hour longer than was scheduled.

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 retain the title Hey Hey It's Saturday with Daryl Somers returning as host. The show returned on 14 April 2010 with over 1.5 million viewers.