Ant and Dec CANCEL SM:TV Live’s 20th anniversary reunion special

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by Wendy Douglas |
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Now this is disappointing!

When we heard that our favourite Saturday morning TV gang were getting back together for a special one-off live show, we couldn't have been more excited.

The return of SM Live was officially announced in February last year with Ant saying at the time: “ITV have just agreed. It’s going to go ahead and it’ll be in August 2018, 20 years after it aired.”

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Dec chipped in: “They are onboard now, and we have had our first discussions about it, and it looks like it is going to go ahead.”

SM Live was the ONLY show worth watching as you lay on the sofa in your pyjamas, eating cereal and resisting your mum's instructions to feed the cat or you know, actually get dressed.

Wonky Donkey, Challenge Ant, Chums... all TV gold.

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But now our Saturday morning TV dreams have been dashed as reports claim the planned anniversary programme, which would have featured the original hosts, Ant, Dec and Cat Deeley, has been cancelled.

Nooooooooooo!

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Apparently it's all down to the threesome's heavy work schedules getting in the way and with Ant and Dec hosting I'm A Celebrity, Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain's Got Talent and a new ancestry show, it looks like we won't be seeing our favourite SM sketches for a while yet.

A source told The Sun: “Ant and Dec are perfectionists and they don’t want to do anything by halves.

“Given the massive interest in the show’s comeback, they have decided to give themselves another year to make sure it’s absolutely perfect.

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I think we'd all like to see this kind of thing again soon... ©ITV/Rex/Shutterstock

“It’s now looking like it will be a 21st anniversary celebration, rather than the 20th. They’re aiming for 2019 instead."

But 2019 is so far away. What can we do to make you reconsider?

Whenever it finally airs, we'll be waiting with our cup of tea and Rice Krispies.

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