Saturday Night Live Japan

Saturday Night Live Japan (サタデー・ナイト・ライブ JPN) is a Japanese late-night live television sketch comedy and variety television program broadcast that aired both on Fuji TV and Fuji TV NEXT. It is adaptation of Saturday Night Live on NBC that relies more on the konto style of comedy.[1]

Saturday Night Live Japan
Also known asSaturday Night Live JPN
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6 (Fuji TV)
3 (Fuji TV NEXT)
Production
Production locationsTokyo, Japan
Running time45 mins.
Release
Original networkFuji TV
Original releaseOctober 27 (2012-10-27) 
November 17, 2012 (2012-11-17)

Format

The 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

  1. "'Saturday Night Live' Japan (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  2. "Live from Tokyo, it's Saturday Night!". The Japan Times. Retrieved January 18, 2018.


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