ITV star ‘lets slip’ Ant and Dec’s plans to bring back iconic TV show

ITV star ‘lets slip’ Ant and Dec’s plans to bring back iconic TV show
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ITV star ‘lets slip’ Ant and Dec’s plans to bring back iconic TV show
Author: Ruth Lawes
Published: Jan, 28 2025 17:12

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. ITV star Cat Deeley has hinted her former co-presenters Ant and Dec could be reviving a beloved 90s kids’ TV show.

 [Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/REX/Shutterstock (297056g) Anthony McPartlin, Cat Deeley and Declan Donnelly SMTV CDUK TV PROGRAMME - 1998]
Image Credit: Metro [Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/REX/Shutterstock (297056g) Anthony McPartlin, Cat Deeley and Declan Donnelly SMTV CDUK TV PROGRAMME - 1998]

The This Morning star, 48, cut her teeth in the world of presenting alongside the Geordie duo, both 49, on SM:TV Live. The children’s programme aired every Saturday morning for five years from 1998 until it was axed in 2003. However, on today’s This Morning, Cat appeared to let slip the I’m A Celebrity presenters had plans to reboot SM:TV Live after more than two decades.

 [Ant with his hand in the air and Dec biting his nail during an interview]
Image Credit: Metro [Ant with his hand in the air and Dec biting his nail during an interview]

Cat and co-host Ben Shephard had been interviewing Stephen Mulhern, 47, who reminisced about 90s and 00s kids’ TV and said he ‘missed’ the Saturday morning programming block. The Stas In Their Eyes presenter then teased: ‘Actually, Ant and Dec have been talking about maybe bringing back a Saturday morning kids’ show. Be great if they did.’.

 [Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock (15122158z) Ben Shephard, Cat Deeley, Stephen Mulhern 'This Morning' TV show, London, UK - 28 Jan 2025]
Image Credit: Metro [Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock (15122158z) Ben Shephard, Cat Deeley, Stephen Mulhern 'This Morning' TV show, London, UK - 28 Jan 2025]

Ant and Dec previously told Metro they felt ‘passionate’ about the importance of Saturday morning TV – and were gunning for its comeback; even if they aren’t involved. ‘I don’t think we could host it now, we’d have to let a younger generation do it,’ Ant said.

 [Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock (15122158aj) Stephen Mulhern 'This Morning' TV show, London, UK - 28 Jan 2025]
Image Credit: Metro [Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock (15122158aj) Stephen Mulhern 'This Morning' TV show, London, UK - 28 Jan 2025]

‘We feel passionately that those kind of Saturday morning TV shows on terrestrial telly are important to kids, as important now as when we were growing up. ‘It’s where you see your music, it’s where you see all your cultural references, it’s where you are informed about what other kids like to watch and see and so you feel like you should become a fan too.

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