{{About|the TV series|the song|Jukebox Saturday Night}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox television | genre = Music | country = Australia | language = English | network = GTV-9 | first_aired = {{Start date|1957|11|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|1958|1|df=y}} | related = The Astor Show }} '''''Juke Box Saturday Night''''' was a short-lived Australian television series which aired on Melbourne station GTV-9 from around November 1957 to January 1958.
The series presented a mix of older and new pop hits.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1958-01-23 |title=Saturday Television |page=7 |work=The Age |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HEwRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dJUDAAAAIBAJ&dq=juke-box-saturday-night+channel-9&pg=4169,2999875 |access-date=2022-05-22}}</ref> The series featured the cast lip-syncing hit recordings by other artists, in a manner similar to ''Hit Parade''. Such series were eventually rendered obsolete by 1959, due to series such as ''Six O'Clock Rock'' and ''The Bert Newton Show''. Notably, the cast included Bob Horsfall, Diana Trask and Susan Gaye-Anderson<ref>{{Cite news |date=1958-01-30 |title=Saturday Television |page=7 |work=The Age |department=Radio/TV Supplement |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IkwRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4124,3972740 |access-date=2022-05-28}}</ref> along with the "GTV-9 Dancers".
Competition in the time-slot consisted of feature films on HSV-7 and varying programs on ABV-2 (depending on the week, this ranged from a feature film, live variety, telerecorded variety, a documentary, and even swimming coverage).
It is not known if any of the live episodes were ever kinescoped, although this is unlikely given the short run of the series, and it is possible (though not confirmed) that the series is lost.
In early 1958 the series became/was replaced with by ''The Astor Show'', which had a format similar to ''Hit Parade''.
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Category:Nine Network original programming Category:1957 Australian television series debuts Category:1958 Australian television series endings Category:Australian live television series Category:Black-and-white Australian television shows Category:English-language Australian television shows Category:Australian music television series Category:Pop music television series