Ant and Dec to take a break from Saturday Night Takeaway after 2024 sequence
The award-winning presenting duo stated reaching the “milestone” of 20 sequence appeared just like the “perfect time to pause for a little while and catch our breath”.
The sequence beforehand took a pause in 2009, returning 4 years later in 2013.
We nonetheless have a momentous twentieth sequence to sit up for first so we’ll do our greatest to exit (for now) with a bang in 2024
Saturday Night Takeaway has obtained a number of Bafta and National Television Awards (NTA), together with presenting accolades for McPartlin and Donnelly, since its launch in 2002.
The present consists of a range comical video games, participation from studio viewers members or unsuspecting members of the general public, with a musical or dance efficiency to complete.
It has spawned quite a few well-known segments, together with Win the Ads, Undercover, Get Out Of Me Ear, The End of Show Show and the Happiest Minute of the Week.
McPartlin and Donnelly will proceed their unique working relationship with ITV, as hosts of common reveals together with I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Britain’s Got Talent and Limitless Win.
The pair stated they have been taking “a breather” from the present, which “takes up such a lot of our year”.
“We love making Saturday Night Takeaway, but reaching the milestone of 20 series seemed like the perfect time to pause for a little while and catch our breath,” McPartlin stated.
Donnelly stated: “We still have a momentous 20th series to look forward to first so we will do our best to go out (for now) with a bang in 2024.”
The pair additionally promised “some very special look-backs” and “exciting new items” for the twentieth sequence.
“Next year in 2024 it will be the 20th series of Saturday Night Takeaway and we’ve got some very special look-backs planned, as well as some very exciting new items,” McPartlin stated, in a brief video posted to Instagram.
Donnelly added: “And we’ve also decided that our 20th series next year will be a last one for a little while.
“The show takes off such a lot of our year, we just feel we need a little bit of a breather, and that the show is going to take a little bit of a rest.”
“But before that thought, we’ve got the 20 series to plan!” McPartlin stated.
The most up-to-date sequence of Saturday Night Takeaway launched in February, with ITV1’s largest in a single day viewers of the 12 months, attracting 6.4 million viewers.
Kevin Lygo, ITV managing director, media and leisure, stated: “When you think of Saturday night television you think of Saturday Night Takeaway.
“Over 20 series the show has become a cultural phenomenon, and while we eagerly anticipate what Ant & Dec have up their sleeves for the 2024 series, we completely understand their desire to take a pause, take stock, and think about what the next incarnation of the show might look like.”