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Daryl Somers

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Daryl Somers

Born August 6, 1951 · Geelong, Victoria, Australia (age 75)

Daryl Paul Somers is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday and continued his television celebrity and status as host of the live-performance program Dancing with the Stars. Somers was honoured in 2004 with the award of a Me…

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Hey Hey It's SaturdayHey Hey It's Saturday · 1971
Hey Hey It's Saturday
★ 8.21971
SeriesComedyFamily
Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years, debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later become executive producer of the program. The original producer, Gavin Disney, left the program in the 1980s and Somers then jointly formed his own production company, Somers Carroll Productions, with on-screen partner Ernie Carroll, the performer of Somers' puppet sidekick Ossie Ostrich.
The NewsreaderThe Newsreader · 2021
The Newsreader
★ 7.52021
SeriesDrama
An unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious bisexual reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.
The Best of the Best and Worst of Red FacesThe Best of the Best and Worst of Red Faces · 2022
The Best of the Best and Worst of Red Faces
2022
SeriesComedyReality
Daryl Somers presents Hey Hey It's Saturday's most popular, funny and weird Red Faces acts of all time. Also discover where some big names got their break, and what it was like to be a judge.

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