''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. The series featured the cast lip-syncing hit recordings by other artists, in a manner similar to ''

Hit Parade A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined either by sales or airplay. The term originated in the 1930s; ''Billboard'' magazine published its first music hit parade on January 4, 1936 ...

''. Such series were eventually rendered obsolete by 1959, due to series such as ''

Six O'Clock Rock ''Six O'Clock Rock'' was an Australian rock and roll television show broadcast on ABC from 28 February 1959 to 1962 at 6 p.m. on Saturdays. Program synopsis Inspired by the BBC program '' 6.5 Special'', it had a similar format to its rival ...

'' and ''

The Bert Newton Show ''The Bert Newton Show'' was an Australian television series which aired from 1959 to 1960. Aired at 6:30PM Saturdays on Melbourne station GTV-9, it was aimed at teenagers and featured acts lip-syncing their songs. It competed with the popular A ...

''. Notably, the cast included Bob Horsfall,

Diana Trask Diana Roselyn Trask (born 23 June 1940) is an Australian-born country and pop singer. In the early 1960s she was a regular pop music performer on United States TV shows, ''Don McNeill's Breakfast Club'' and ''Sing Along with Mitch''. From 1968 ...

and Susan Gaye-Anderson 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

kinescope Kinescope , shortened to kine , also known as telerecording in Britain, is a recording of a television program on motion picture film, directly through a lens focused on the screen of a video monitor. The process was pioneered during the 1940 ...

d, although this is unlikely given the short run of the series, and it is possible (though not confirmed) that the series is

lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

. In early 1958 the series became/was replaced with by ''

The Astor Show ''The Astor Show'' was an Australian television series which aired in 1958 on Melbourne station GTV-9. In the series, the cast danced to and mimed hit recordings (a mix of contemporary and older hits). The series ended with the 31 August 1958 broa ...

'', 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 English-language television shows Australian music television series Pop music television series