The show was the Australian version of the highly popular SMTV Live in the UK hosted originally by Ant & Dec and Cat Deeley.
In Series One, celebrities in Australia (such as Britney Spears, who helped launch the show) would be featured in the "Strip Search" where Natalie Garonzi would ask as many questions in one minute as she could such as "Cats Or Dogs?
Series One was very successful, sn:tv being the first show on Foxtel to beat The Simpsons from its #1 rating position in more than 7 years.
Segments such as "Wonkey Donkey" and "Mates" (a parody of the television show Friends based on a Chums sketch.)
The series was launched with the help of Britney Spears and had US guests such as Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
After the success of series one, and the leaving of two hosts (Kambo and Nat), Nickelodeon decided to give the show a new format, with new segments and new look.