Saturday Night Live Japan (サタデー・ナイト・ライブ JPN) was a Japanese late-night live television sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast that aired both on Fuji TV and Fuji TV NEXT. It was adaptation of Saturday Night Live on NBC that relies more on the konto style of comedy.[1]
| Saturday Night Live Japan | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Saturday Night Live JPN |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (Fuji TV) 3 (Fuji TV NEXT) |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Tokyo, Japan |
| Running time | 45 mins. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji TV |
| Release | October 27 – November 17, 2012 |
Format
editThe show has two main hosts, Koji Imada and Sanma Akashiya, and is aired monthly every first week rather than weekly. The show still contains the same format of having a guest star appear on the show along with a guest singer or band performing at the end.[2]
References
edit- ^ "'Saturday Night Live' Japan (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. 13 June 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ "Live from Tokyo, it's Saturday Night!". The Japan Times. 8 July 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
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