Editing Hey Hey It's Saturday (section)

== Second cancellation ==
Despite the initially respectable viewership numbers, ratings steadily dropped after the premiere episode of the new series; in the wake of this, on the 7 July 2010 episode, Somers announced on-air that the current run of episodes would conclude on 21 July 2010 and that ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' would be returning for a seven-episode run in October 2010 and be moved back to its original Saturday night timeslot.<ref>[http://www.cricketmx.com/articles/read/hey-hey-its-saturday-ratings-and-2010-season-review/ ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' ratings and 2010 season review] CricketMX.com</ref> The second group of episodes started airing from 16 October 2010, with the season finale on 27 November 2010. However, although still somewhat popular in Melbourne, the ratings of the show nationally were not good enough for Nine to justify the expense of its production, leading to the second cancellation of the show.<ref name=tvt2010>{{Cite web|title=Report: Hey Hey it's Saturday axed|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2010/12/report-hey-hey-its-saturday-axed.html|access-date=12 August 2021|website=TV Tonight}}</ref>

In early 2012, Somers announced that [[Somers Carroll Productions]] had approached other commercial networks in hope for ''Hey Hey's'' return but were unsuccessful despite their best efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/notes/hey-hey-its-saturday/hey-hey/10150583107910872|title=Hey Hey!|website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref> It was also reported that Somers Carroll Productions were also looking into putting on a live stage version of the show in ticketed venues around the country instead.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Daryl Somers to revive 'Hey Hey It's Saturday' for third time?|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/australian-tv/a341336/daryl-somers-to-revive-hey-hey-its-saturday-for-third-time/|access-date=12 August 2021|website=Digital Spy|date=20 September 2011}}</ref>

Beginning in 2014, Somers Carroll Productions started releasing full episodes and highlights videos of the show from year to year on their official website, http://heyhey.tv. The site charges a fee of $6.95 a month to view full episodes from 1977 to 2010, and also features a four-part holiday special from 1974. Much of the early years of the show were not retained by [[GTV-9]] and so are not available on the site or for DVD release. However, home recordings of some material have been included in retrospectives.

In December 2015, Somers announced that he was still in talks regarding ''Hey Hey'' returning "whether it be one or two shows or whatever" in a Christmas video message uploaded to YouTube.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQO-paW9n9I | title = Daryl's Christmas Message 2015 | website = [[YouTube]] | access-date = 20 December 2015}}</ref> Prior to Somers' television return in 2016 as host of ''[[You're Back in the Room (Australian game show)|You're Back in the Room]]'', he also revealed that the Nine Network had approached Somers Carroll Productions for talks regarding a possible return of ''Hey Hey''.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/daryl-somers-on-youre-back-in-the-room-and-hey-hey-its-saturday-20160401-gnw825.html | last = Hawker | first = Philippa | title = Daryl Somers on You're Back in the Room and Hey, Hey it's Saturday | date = 1 April 2016 | newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald | access-date = 24 April 2016}}</ref>