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Shōten

Shōten (笑点; "Laughing Point") is a Japanese TV comedy program that has been continuously broadcast on Sunday evenings on Nippon TV since 15 May 1966, making it the second-longest running variety TV show in Japan.

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Genre
Owarai, Variety show
Country of origin
Japan
Directed by
Ken Obata, Jin Obata
Executive producer
Motoi Umehara
Network
NNS (NTV)
Original language
Japanese

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Shōten

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples17
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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Shōten

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Country of origin · 1
Shōten → Japan
Directed by · 1
Shōten → Ken Obata, Jin Obata
Executive producer · 1
Shōten → Motoi Umehara
Genre · 1
Shōten → Owarai, Variety show
Network · 1
Shōten → NNS (NTV)
Original language · 1
Shōten → Japanese
Production company · 1
Shōten → Nippon Television
Production location · 1
Shōten → Korakuen Hall
Release · 1
Shōten → May 15, 1966 (1966-05-15) – present
Running time · 1
Shōten → 30 minutes

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShōtenCountry of originJapan1.00infobox
ShōtenDirected byKen Obata, Jin Obata1.00infobox
ShōtenExecutive producerMotoi Umehara1.00infobox
ShōtenGenreOwarai, Variety show1.00infobox
ShōtenNetworkNNS (NTV)1.00infobox
ShōtenOriginal languageJapanese1.00infobox
ShōtenProduction companyNippon Television1.00infobox
ShōtenProduction locationKorakuen Hall1.00infobox
ShōtenReleaseMay 15, 1966 (1966-05-15) – present1.00infobox
ShōtenRunning time30 minutes1.00infobox
ShōtenStarringShunpūtei Shōta (Host) San'yūtei Kōraku San'yūtei Koyūza Hayashiya Taihei Katsura Miyaji Shunpūtei Ichinosuke Tatekawa Harenosuke Takao Yamada1.00infobox
ShōtenTheme music composerHachidai Nakamura1.00infobox

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