''Juke Box Saturday Night'' was a short-lived Australian television series which aired on Melbourne station

GTV-9 GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network. The station is currently based at studios at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands. GTV-9 is the home of the Australian Open tennis coverage. History GTV-9 was ...

from around November 1957 to January 1958. The series presented a mix of older and new pop hits. 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 ''

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'' and '' The Bert Newton Show''. Notably, the cast included Bob Horsfall,

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and Susan Gaye-Anderson along with the "GTV-9 Dancers". Competition in the time-slot consisted of feature films on

HSV-7 HSV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, its first and oldest station. It launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbou ...

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

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d, 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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*{{IMDb title Nine Network original programming 1957 Australian television series debuts 1958 Australian television series endings Australian live television series Black-and-white Australian television shows Australian English-language television shows Australian music television series Pop music television series