Ant and Dec share first look at SM:TV Live reunion
The special show will air on Boxing Day!
Last updated 23rd Dec 2020
It's been over three years since Ant and Dec revealed they would be up for an SM:TV reunion with their former co-host Cat Deeley, and on Boxing Day this year, it's FINALLY happening!
The Geordie hosts, who recently wrapped filming for I'm A Celebrity 2020, have teased the hugely-anticipated reunion on their socials, revealing the show will air in the same slot as it did 22 years ago!
Ant and Dec wrote alongside the video, 'We’ve popped a little SM:TV in your stocking that we think yule like… back on the same slot as when it started twenty two years ago! Set your alarms, Boxing Day at 9:25am on @itv you’d be absolutely loopy bonkers to miss it 🎄'. (sic)
In the video, Ant and Dec are stood in the exact same spot in London where they first introduced SM:TV Live way back in 1998. As expected, fans were quick to express their excitement for the reunion show, with many commenting on the new post.
One fan wrote, 'I cannot wait for this. I am only a few years younger than you and like millions of others I grew up with byker grove and smtv. It's going to be a brilliant trip down memory lane 😄'. (sic)
Another wrote, 'Oh my gosh I'm sooooo watching this on Boxing Day @xx_dellasmithhale_xx SM:TV live was the best weekend TV ever!! 😁 xx'. (sic)
Cat Deeley also shared her excitement, commenting, 'Wake up .... get up...... it’s “fresh and funky “ xxxxx'. (sic)
Check out which other TV shows we would love to make a comeback:
Footballers' Wives
Broadcasting between 2002-2006, Footballers' Wives followed fictional Premier League football club Earls Park, as well as all of the drama from both the players and their fiery wives!
Bad Girls
Set inside a fictional women's prison, Bad Girls aired on ITV between 1996-2006 and featured some very famous faces, including Claire King and Debra Stephenson.
Benidorm
Airing for a huge 10 series between 2007 and 2018, ITV/STV sitcom Benidorm was a huge hit with fans. Ever since the show ended, fans have been begging creator Derren Litten to create more.
The Bill
First broadcast in 1983, police drama The Bill certainly proved popular, airing until 2010. The show focused on the lives and work of police officers and starred well-known actors such as Trudie Goodwin, Graham Cole and Mark Wingett.
Don't Try This At Home
Who remembers sitting down in front of the TV on a Saturday night, watching on as Davina McCall helped members of the public take on tough and fearful challenges?
This needs to come back!
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
She was confident, funny, magical AND she had a talking cat. Sabrina made us all want to be a witch!
The show was also rebooted between 2018 and 2020 as a Netflix series called Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.
Ugly Betty
Believe it or not, it's been a massive 16 years since Ugly Betty last aired on our screens! The show, which featured actress America Ferrera, followed a character called Betty Suarez, who despite her lack of 'style', landed a job at a very prestigious fashion magazine.
Where The Heart Is
The British drama, which was filmed in the Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite, proved very popular with viewers between 1997-2006, showcasing the lives of a group of district nurses and their families.
It's a Knockout
It was stupid, it was crazy, but it was certainly fun! It's a Knockout started way back in 1966, but the show made a number of returns on BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5!
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
We'd love to see Will Smith get back into his character alongside Carlton Banks, however we got the next best thing earlier this year, with the Fresh Prince reboot called Bel Air, which was released earlier this year where Jabari Banks played Will Smith.
Stars In Their Eyes
A true classic! Stars In Their Eyes, originally hosted by Leslie Crowther, first aired in 1990 with Matthew Kelly taking over in 1993. The show did make a return with Harry Hill in 2015, but it didn't quite take off!
The Queen's Nose
Who would have thought that rubbing a 50p coin would be so interesting? We used to love watching the adventures of Harmony as she used up her magic wishes.
Gossip Girl
Although the show was given a reboot in 2021 with a brand new cast, it didn't live up to expectations of the original series, which aired between 2007-2012.
Fun House
We used to love watching two schools battle each other in three rounds of madness. Bring back the gunge and Pat Sharp's crazy hairstyles!
Grange Hill
Despite being at school all day, we loved to come home and watch other people be at school. Strange. But gripping story lines and relatable characters had us glued to our screens.
London's Burning
Airing between 1988 and 2002, London's Burning documented the lives of a fictional London Fire Brigade Blue Watch at the fictional Blackwall fire station.
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory was on TV from 2007 until 2019. The show centred around two physicists who shared an apartment, Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter and Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper, and their friendship with Penny, played by Kaley Cuoco, who lived opposite.
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones lasted for eight seasons between 2011 – 2019. The show starred Sean Bean as Eddard 'Ned' Stark and Kit Harington as Jon Snow.
House of Dragons is the new prequel but we really wish we'd have gotten more (or another ending) to the original Game of Thrones TV show. Who knows, maybe when the last book is out they might make some more episodes…
Back in September this year, Ant and Dec teased a reunion would be happening by posting a snap alongside Cat on Twitter.
Sharing an up to date photo of the trio and one from the original TV show, the boys wrote, ''Excited? #reunion'.
SM:TV originally started broadcasting on the 29th August 1998 and continued to broadcast on Saturday mornings. For the majority of its time on air it featured Ant and Dec who were fresh out of Byker Grove, along with Cat Deeley, who was a model at the time. The show quickly became ITV's most successful kids TV show since Tiswas.
Its popularity was mainly down to the celebrity guests and featured sketches including Chums, a parody of Friends and Eminemmerdale a parody of Eminem and Emmerdale.
SM:TV ended in 2003 without any of the original presenters after Cat left in 2002 to present Fame Academy.
The Story of SM:TV Live will air on Boxing Day at 9.25am on ITV.
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