Top ITV presenters Ant and Dec have signed on for another three years.
The I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Britain’s Got Talent hosts will have been on the network for 30 years by the time their latest contract elapses.
Next year alone, they will appear on new series of Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win, Britain’s Got Talent, I’m A Celebrity South Africa, which returns to screens three years after its first run, and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! The pair work closely with I’m a Celebrity producer Lifted Entertainment but also run a prodco, Mitre Studios, which makes the likes of Limitless Win.
ITV stressed that the exclusive partnership is very much for streaming as well as linear TV, revealing that Ant and Dec’s shows combined have now been streamed on ITVX 688 million times.
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Ant and Dec entered the ITV realm when they presented weekend morning show SM:TV in their early 20s. They have since become total fixtures on the channel and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Britain’s Got Talent remain two of the network’s biggest shows. They have won 48 National Television Awards and 18 BAFTA Television Awards.
There have been ups and downs – Ant has spent time in rehab and Saturday Night Takeaway was placed on indefinite hiatus last year – but it is hard to imagine the channel without them.
Kevin Lygo, Managing Director for Media and Entertainment at ITV, said: “Ant & Dec’s impact upon the world of live entertainment is unrivalled, with their triumphant partnership reigning supreme for over three decades. This new three year working relationship marks an exciting new chapter with ITV, which I have no doubt will be full of yet more unmissable entertainment.”
Ant said the pair are “delighted,” while Dec added that he is “proud of what we have achieved together with ITV over the years.”
