Editing Hey Hey It's Saturday (section)

== First cancellation ==
Nine Network executives decided toward the end of 1999 to cancel ''Hey Hey It's Saturday''. Nine cited various reasons for the axing, including a dip in ratings, an ageing audience and a need to cut costs at the network; however, the program still attracted an average of 1.2 million viewers.<ref name=smh99>{{cite news | title = From the Archives, 1999: The party's over for Hey Hey It's Saturday| work = [[Sydney Morning Herald]]| pages = 1| date = 18 November 2019| url = https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/from-the-archives-1999-the-party-s-over-for-hey-hey-it-s-saturday-20191118-p53blz.html| access-date = 21 August 2021 }}</ref> Somers had also claimed that he wanted to take the program into a new direction after the departure of Carroll, but the budget to redevelop the show was deemed excessive. The final episode ran for 240 minutes, an hour longer than was scheduled. After a break of a few years, Somers moved on to host ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' on the Seven Network in 2004.

Nine re-aired the ''Hey Hey By Request'' specials in 2005 and June 2006. Also, on Nine's quiz show ''[[Temptation (Australian game show)|Temptation]]'', ''Hey Hey's'' [[Wilbur Wilde]] and [[John Blackman]] appeared in May 2006 as part of ''Temptation's'' Logies Superchallenge, and both represented the show. Dickie Knee also made a brief appearance.

In October 2006, the Seven Network began airing old Red Faces segments as a part of a show called ''The Best and Worst of Red Faces'', which had originally screened on the Nine Network in the 1990s.

In June 2007, Daryl Somers received funding from the Seven Network to produce a pilot for a new Saturday Night format.<ref>{{cite news | title = Hey Hey It's back again| work = [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph]]| pages = 1| date = 23 June 2007| url = http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,21951918-5006002,00.html| access-date = 3 April 2008 }}</ref>

During the 2008 [[Logies]] ceremony, Daryl Somers presented an award for the "Most Outstanding Children's Program". Prior to announcing the winner of the award, Somers did a skit with Dickie Knee and Plucka Duck.