SMTV Live (1998)
SMTV Live is a 1998 comedy series. It stars Cat Deeley, Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
SMTV Live, also stylised as SM:tv LIVE and in early promotional material SMTV://live, is a British Saturday morning children's television programme, first broadcast on ITV on 29 August 1998 and last broadcast on 27 December 2003. On the surface, the programme did not seem to stray away from the format of other Saturday morning output, featuring an audience of children, competitions and cartoons, though it constantly won in ratings battles with the BBC's Live & Kicking and became ITV's most successful children's programme since Tiswas. The major success of SMTV Live has been attributed in equal parts to Ant & Dec's original presenting partnership with Cat Deeley, its use of thinly-veiled comedic innuendo aimed at older viewers, and its broadcast of the Japanese cartoon series Pokémon. At the height of its popularity, SMTV Live regularly attracted 2.5 million viewers. Ant & Dec's company Gallowgate currently owns the rights to the show.
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What is SMTV Live about?
SMTV Live, also stylised as SM:tv LIVE and in early promotional material SMTV://live, is a British Saturday morning children's television programme, first broadcast on ITV on 29 August 1998 and last broadcast on 27 December 2003. On the surface, the programme did not seem to stray away from the format of other Saturday morning output, featuring an audience of children, competitions and cartoons, though it constantly won in ratings battles with the BBC's Live & Kicking and became ITV's most successful children's programme since Tiswas. The major success of SMTV Live has been attributed in equal parts to Ant & Dec's original presenting partnership with Cat Deeley, its use of thinly-veiled comedic innuendo aimed at older viewers, and its broadcast of the Japanese cartoon series Pokémon. At the height of its popularity, SMTV Live regularly attracted 2.5 million viewers. Ant & Dec's company Gallowgate currently owns the rights to the show.
When was SMTV Live released?
SMTV Live was released on 29 August 1998.
How many episodes does SMTV Live have?
SMTV Live has 291 episodes across 6 seasons.
Cast
- Cat Deeley as Self - Host
- Anthony McPartlin as Self - Host
- Declan Donnelly as Self - Host
- Claire Richards as Self - Host
- Brian Dowling as Self - Host
- Tess Daly as Self - Host
- James Redmond as Self - Host
- Ian 'H' Watkins as Self - Host
- Stephen Mulhern as Self - Host
- Des Clarke as Self - Host
- Shavaughn Ruakere as Self - Host
- Chris Evans as Self - Guest Host