Ant and Dec announce indefinite ‘pause’ from Saturday Night Takeaway – Fakazakamp

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have exited Saturday Night time Takeaway.

In a launch obtained by Deadline, the ITV presenting duo introduced they’d take an indefinite break from the present Saturday Night time Takeaway following subsequent 12 months’s season.

The season would mark Ant and Dec’s tenth in a row after taking a four-year hiatus from 2009 to 2013. It will additionally mark the present’s twentieth season in complete.

Anthony stated of the pair’s choice in a press release, “We love making Saturday Night time Takeaway, however reaching the milestone of 20 sequence appeared like the right time to pause for a short while and catch our breath.”

After releasing the upcoming season in 2024, ITV has determined to pause the present completely reasonably than discover new hosts. Ant and Dec have agreed to proceed presenting I’m A Superstar…Get Me Out Of Right here!, Britain’s Obtained Expertise, and Limitless Win as a part of their unique cope with the broadcaster.

“Once you consider Saturday evening tv you consider Saturday Night time Takeaway,” ITV Media and Leisure MD, Kevin Lygo, added in his personal assertion. “Over 20 sequence the present has develop into a cultural phenomenon, and whereas we eagerly anticipate what Ant & Dec have up their sleeves for the 2024 sequence, we fully perceive their need to take a pause, take inventory, and take into consideration what the subsequent incarnation of the present may seem like.”

Saturday Night time Takeaway first launched in 2002. Since launching, the present has gained Most Standard Leisure Programme on the Nationwide Tv Awards and the BAFTA for Leisure Programme, amongst different awards.