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Daryl: Hey Hey was never replaced

"We went out for 10 years and nothing replaced us," says Daryl Somers ahead of Hey Hey's return.

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Like the true Hey Hey fans, Daryl Somers is looking forward to his show returning to its rightful night of Saturday this weekend.

While it’s not at it’s traditional 6:30pm, few would begrudge the 7:30pm start it has been given.

The show’s biggest challenge this weekend will be the last ever hour of The Bill at 8:30pm. Even RocKwiz comes back with a new special at 9:20pm on SBS.

Somers tells News Limited that many presumed the show had been axed after it vanished off screen in July.

“I’m fighting that at the moment – people coming up to me and saying, ‘I thought the show had finished,’ ” he says. “It (the intention to do two seasons) got lost somewhere (in the reporting).

The 2010 season had always been intended to run in two blocks.

As wiih previous interviews, including TV Tonight, Somers insists the show won’t be changing (although there were also previous quotes that emphasized the differences, embracing Facebook and technological advances).

“We are going into this lot of shows not having to revolutionise the way we do it. The essence of the show is fun.

“The show was developed as a Saturday show . . . it’s a more relaxed slot for us.

“We went out for 10 years and nothing replaced us. There have been ample opportunities for something to replace us and it never happened.

“Hey Hey is still viable. I always thought it was viable and hence why we came back.”

Source: Daily Telegraph

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  1. I hate it when people complain about Hey Hey will be on 7.30 not 6.30, just be greatfull it’s coming back on Saturday nights!! Hope HHIS goes well and comes back next year, but Daryl Summers is silly to stick to the old format!

    At least the set designer could update the background to make it look modern.

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