John
03-30-2013, 11:22 AM
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway has been renewed by ITV.
The network confirmed that the popular series will return next year via itsTwitter account, posting: "ITV today announces the recommission of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway for 2014."
he show has averaged 7.1 million viewers since its return in February, making it the most watched series since 2005.
Ant McPartlin said: "We've been overwhelmed by the positive reaction to this series, especially after four years off air."
Declan Donnelly added: "We've absolutely loved every minute of the shows this year and can't wait to get working on another series for next year."
ITV's director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell said: "Takeaway has burst back into the schedule this year with some brilliant, original and inventive pieces.
"It is a great tribute to Ant and Dec, and to the team, that it feels so fresh - and its success has shown there is still very much an enduring audience appetite for high quality, prime time entertainment on Saturday nights."
Ant & Dec are currently on course to get their first number one single after performing 'Let's Get Ready to Rhumble' on Saturday Night Takeaway and plan to donate the money made from it to charity.
McPartlin said of the song: "[When we] recorded it, we never really thought much about it, it got to number nine. That's the one song everybody still to this day is on about, it kinda changed everything for us.
"I never thought we'd be performing it 19 years later on a Saturday night TV show."
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The network confirmed that the popular series will return next year via itsTwitter account, posting: "ITV today announces the recommission of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway for 2014."
he show has averaged 7.1 million viewers since its return in February, making it the most watched series since 2005.
Ant McPartlin said: "We've been overwhelmed by the positive reaction to this series, especially after four years off air."
Declan Donnelly added: "We've absolutely loved every minute of the shows this year and can't wait to get working on another series for next year."
ITV's director of entertainment and comedy Elaine Bedell said: "Takeaway has burst back into the schedule this year with some brilliant, original and inventive pieces.
"It is a great tribute to Ant and Dec, and to the team, that it feels so fresh - and its success has shown there is still very much an enduring audience appetite for high quality, prime time entertainment on Saturday nights."
Ant & Dec are currently on course to get their first number one single after performing 'Let's Get Ready to Rhumble' on Saturday Night Takeaway and plan to donate the money made from it to charity.
McPartlin said of the song: "[When we] recorded it, we never really thought much about it, it got to number nine. That's the one song everybody still to this day is on about, it kinda changed everything for us.
"I never thought we'd be performing it 19 years later on a Saturday night TV show."
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