Ant and Dec, hosts of Saturday Night Takeaway on ITV, have dropped a huge hint SM:TV could be returning.
The Geordie presenters fronted the Saturday morning children’s series for three years between 1998 and 2001.
They joined forces with Cat Deeley, who continued to host after the duo’s departure, for memorable sketches such as Chums, a parody of Friends.
But aside from an ITV reunion documentary in 2020 – and a Chums get-together on Takeaway in 2021 – there hasn’t been a telly comeback for SM:TV… yet.
Ant and Dec view on SM:TV comeback
Speaking recently with the Huffington Post, Ant said both he and Dec would “love” an SM:TV revival to occur.
He indicated during an interview in February they would be keen to “bring it back in some form”.
However, two decades on from SM:TV’s heyday, Ant also suggested it might not be their faces in front of the cameras.
We’d love to do something with it.
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