Saturday Night Live Japan

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 (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]