Editing Saturday (section)

==In popular culture==
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===Regional customs===
* In most countries, Saturday is a [[weekend]] day (see [[workweek]]).
* In [[Australia]], elections must take place on a Saturday.<ref name="Australia Electoral Act">{{cite web |url=http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/act/consol_act/ea1992103/ |title=Electoral Act 1992, s.100–101 |date=1992 |website=www6.austlii.edu.au |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
* In [[Israel]], Saturday is the official [[Shabbat|day of rest]],<ref name="Basic Law Israel">{{cite web |url=http://knesset.gov.il/laws/special/eng/BasicLawNationState.pdf |title=Basic Law: Israel – the Nation State of the Jewish People |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=19 July 2018 |website=knesset.gov.il |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-date=27 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227201211/https://knesset.gov.il/laws/special/eng/BasicLawNationState.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> on which all government offices and most businesses, including some public transportation, are closed.
* In [[Nepal]], Saturday is the last day of the week and is the only official weekly holiday.<ref name="BharatOnline Holidays in Nepal">{{cite web |url=http://www.bharatonline.com/nepal/travel-tips/holidays-in-nepal.html |title=Holidays in Nepal |website=bharatonline.com |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
* In [[New Zealand]], Saturday is the only day on which elections can be held.<ref name="New Zealand Electoral Act 1993">{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0087/latest/DLM309482.html |title=Electoral Act 1993, section 139(1)(b) |date=1993 |website=www.legislation.govt.nz |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref>
* In [[Sweden]] and [[Norway]], Saturday has usually been the only day of the week when especially younger children are allowed to eat [[sweets]], {{lang|sv|[[lördagsgodis]]}} in [[Swedish Language|Swedish]] and {{lang|no|lørdagsgodtteri}} in [[Norwegian Language|Norwegian]]. This tradition was introduced to limit [[dental caries]], utilizing the results of the infamous [[Vipeholm experiments]] between 1945 and 1955.<ref name="Godis är inget vi skojar om">{{cite news |last=Mildner |first=Anders |date=26 January 2014 |title=Godis är inget vi skojar om |trans-title=Candy is nothing we joke about |url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2014-01-25/godis-ar-ingen-vi-skojar-om |language=sv |work=Sydsvenskan |location=Malmö, Sweden |access-date=19 February 2019 }}</ref> (See [[festivities in Sweden]].)
* In the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]], Saturday is the preferred election day.<ref name="Louisiana Election Code">{{cite web |url=https://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/PublishedDocuments/ElectionCode.pdf |title=State of Louisiana Election Code, §402. Dates of primary and general elections |pages=91–93 |date=2018 |website=www.sos.la.gov |access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref>

===Slang===
* The amount of criminal activities that take place on Saturday nights has led to the expression, "[[Saturday night special]]", a [[pejorative]] [[slang]] term used in the United States and Canada for any inexpensive handgun.

===Arts, entertainment, and media===
====Comics and periodicals====
* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' is a single-panel [[webcomic]] by [[Zach Weiner]].
* ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]''
* ''[[Saturday Night (magazine)]]'' (Canada)
* ''[[Saturday Night Magazine (U.S.)]]''

====Films====
* The association of Saturday night with comedy shows on television lent its name to the film ''[[Mr. Saturday Night]]'', starring [[Billy Crystal]].
* It is common for clubs, bars and restaurants to be open later on Saturday night than on other nights. Thus "Saturday Night" has come to imply the party scene, and has lent its name to the films ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', which showcased [[New York City|New York]] [[discotheque]]s, ''[[Uptown Saturday Night]]'', as well as many songs (see below).

====Folk rhymes and folklore====
* In the folk rhyme ''[[Monday's Child]]'', "Saturday's child works hard for a living".
* In another rhyme reciting the days of the week, [[Solomon Grundy (nursery rhyme)|Solomon Grundy]] "Died on Saturday".
* In folklore, Saturday was the preferred day to hunt [[vampires]], because on that day they were restricted to their coffins. It was also believed in the [[Balkans]] that someone born on Saturday could see a vampire when it was otherwise invisible, and that such people were particularly apt to become [[vampire hunter]]s.<ref>{{cite book|author=McClelland, Bruce A.|title=Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead|publisher=[[University of Michigan]]|year=2006|pages=62–79|isbn=978-0-472-06923-1}}</ref><ref name=dimitr>{{cite web|author=Димитрова, Иваничка|year=1983|title=Българска народна митология|url=http://umotvorenia.bgrod.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=132&Itemid=46|language=bg|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308095558/http://umotvorenia.bgrod.org/index.php?id=132&itemid=46&option=com_content&task=view|archive-date=2016-03-08}}</ref> Accordingly, in this context, people born on Saturday were specially designated as {{lang|el-latn|sabbatianoí}} in [[Greek language|Greek]]<ref name=summers>{{cite journal|author=Abbott, George F.|year=1903|title=Macedonian Folklore|journal=Nature|volume=69|issue=1780|url=https://archive.org/details/MacedonianFolklore|pages=221–222|bibcode=1903Natur..69Q.125.|doi=10.1038/069125a0|s2cid=3987217|doi-access=free}} In {{cite book|author=Summers, Montague|orig-year=1929|title=The Vampire: His Kith and Kin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fpaCCyGuMqwC&pg=PA36|year=2008|publisher=Forgotten Books|page=36|isbn=9781605065663}}</ref> and {{lang|bg-latn|sâbotnichavi}} in [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]];<ref name=dimitr/> the term has been rendered in English as "[[Week-day names#Days numbered from Monday|Sabbatarian]]s".<ref name=summers/>

====Music====
;Groups
* [[The Saturdays]] is a female pop group

;Songs
* The [[music of Nigeria|Nigerian]] popular song "''Bobo Waro Fero Satodeh''" ("Everybody Loves Saturday Night") became internationally famous in the 1950s and was sung translated into many languages<ref>{{cite book|last=Silverman|first=Jerry|title=Songs That Made History Around the World|year=1993|publisher=Mel Bay|isbn=978-1-56222-585-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2YRlmJS5VawC&q=%22bobo+waro+fero+satodeh%22&pg=PA63|access-date=2012-07-30|page=62}}</ref> 
* [[Saturday (Fall Out Boy song)|"Saturday" (Fall Out Boy song)]] from the album ''[[Take This to Your Grave]]''
* [[Saturday (Kids in Glass Houses song)|"Saturday" (Kids in Glass Houses song)]] from the album ''[[Smart Casual]]''
* "[[Saturday in the Park (song)|Saturday in the Park]]" is a song by [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
* "Saturday Night" is a song by the [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]] from ''[[Famous Monsters]]''
* "[[Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting]]" is an [[Elton John]] song
* "[[One More Saturday Night (song)|One More Saturday Night]]" is a [[Grateful Dead]] song.

====Television====
* [[Saturday-morning cartoon|Saturday morning]] is a notable television time block aimed at children while generally airing animated [[cartoons]], although in the United States, this has generally been phased out due to American television regulations [[E/I|requiring educational content]] be aired, along with Saturday outside activities for children{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}
* Saturday night is also a popular time slot for comedy shows on television in the US. The most famous of these is ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', a sketch comedy show that has aired on NBC nearly every week since 1975. Other notable examples include ''[[Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell]]''.
* The Grand Final of the popular pan-European TV show, ''[[Eurovision Song Contest]]'', has always aired on a Saturday in May.
* Saturday evenings are a time slot in the [[United Kingdom]], devoted to popular TV shows such as ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'', ''[[The Voice UK]]'', and ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]''. Many family game shows, for example ''Total Wipeout'' and ''Hole in the Wall'', also air on a Saturday evening.
* Saturday night is a popular time for [[professional wrestling]] on television in the United States. ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]'' ran weekly under various titles between 1971 and 2000. [[WWE]] ran ''[[Saturday Night's Main Event]]'' television specials between 1985 and 1992, with a second run coming between 2006 and 2008. ''[[AEW Collision]]'' has run weekly since 2023.

====Video games====
*''[[Saturday Night Slam Masters]]'' – Published by Capcom Wrestling, 1993 video game
*''[[Saturday Morning RPG]]''

===Sports===
* In the [[United Kingdom]], Saturday is the day most domestic fixtures of football are played.
* In the United States, most regular season [[college football]] games are played on Saturday.  Saturday is also a common day for [[college basketball]] games. Most [[mixed martial arts]] events organized by the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] occur on Saturday.