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of the

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and the

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, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a

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subsidiary of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest behind

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. Nippon Television Holdings forms part of Yomiuri's main television broadcasting arm alongside

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flagship

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, which owns a 6.4% share in the company. Nippon TV's studios are located in the

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area of

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and its transmitters are located in the

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Branding

When Nippon TV started in 1953, its English acronym "NTV" was used as its first corporate logo, with a colored version later used in 1972 after the launch of color TV broadcasting. The logo was designed by Takada Masajiro, an assistant professor at

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.In 2003, Nippon TV launched a new corporate logo with the introduction of Nandarou, the broadcaster's mascot. The orange dot in the 2003 logo represents the sun with the 日 in gold representing tradition. The logo was designed by Junichi Fumura, an employee of the broadcaster. On January 1, 2013, Nippon TV changed its logo as part of its 60th anniversary, with the "日" kanji changed to number 0 with a diagonal line inside, to denote starting from zero and starting anew. The change was inspired by the on-screen clock, usually located in the upper left corner of the screen. File:Nippon TV logo (NTV).svg, First logo used from 1953 to 1978 File:Nippon TV logo (NTV, Color).png, Colored version used from 1972 to 1978 (This logo was used again once on the analog shutdown in 2011) File:NTV-logotype.svg, Second logo used between 2003 and 2013. the logo shown here is the version without Nandarou File:Nippon TV logo 2014.svg, Current logo since 2013 File:Ntv-60logo.svg, 60th Anniversary logo in 2013

Monsho logo and Nandarou mascot

In 1978, as part of its 25th anniversary, Nippon TV introduced a Monsho in addition to the corporate trademark.The logo was designed with the Nippon TV's "sun" and the earth represented by the

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, symbolizing NTV's leading position in the television industry.The logo is colored blue, representing clear skies. The Monsho was designed by Masahiro Touzawa, an employee of the broadcaster. File:NTV Symbol 1978.svg, Monsho of Nippon TV from 1978 to 2001 On August 28, 1992, as part of its 40th anniversary, Nippon TV invited

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to design its first mascot. The mascot was shaped like a mouse with the tail of a pig, symbolizing creativity, curiosity, and hard work. The mascot's name was collected from an audience nomination campaign and voted on from 51,026 names. The winning name of the mascot was "Nandarou", literally translating to "What is it?" The mascot was supposed to be used for one year only, but it was used until 2009 after audience popularity.

History

Early stages

The history of Nippon TV began in 1951 with the announcement by

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(best known as the key proponent of

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) that commercial television will be set up in Japan (then under

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-led Allied

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). According to Canadian-Japanese writer Benjamin Fulford, Mundt recommended Matsutarō Shōriki to the

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(which later hired Shōriki as a CIA agent under the codenames "podam" and "pojackpot-1"); with executives of ''

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'' and ''

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'', Shōriki then persuaded then-Prime Minister

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to form a commercial television network in Japan. On July 31, 1952, Nippon TV was granted the first TV broadcasting license for a commercial broadcaster in Japan. The Nippon Television Network Corporation was established in October of the same year. After obtaining the broadcasting license, Nippon Television purchased the land for the construction of the headquarters building in Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (currently the Nippon Television Kojimachi branch office), and began preparations for the broadcast of TV programs.However, due to delays in delivering equipment used for broadcasting, test trials were significantly delayed from their initial scheduled date, resulting in NHK being the first to start broadcasting TV programs.On August 24, 1953, Nippon TV started broadcast trials and four days later, Nippon TV officially began to broadcast TV programs as Asia's first commercial broadcaster, with an animated dove spreading its wings in the logo on its first sign-on. The first TV commercial (for Seikosha clocks) was also aired at the same time Due to high prices, television sets were not widely available at the launch of NTV and NHK. As a result, NTV installed 55 street TVs in the Kanto area in an effort to broaden the advertisement impact. This program was a huge success, attracting 8,000 to 10,000 people to watch sports broadcasts such as professional baseball and sumo wrestling. Plans for the expansion of Nippon TV to whole of Japan wasn't continued due to its given license being restricted to the Kanto area only.As a result, the Yomiuri Shimbun Group filed for a separate TV license in Osaka under the name

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. In 1955, Matsutaro Shoriki stepped down as the president of Nippon TV after being elected to the Japan's House Of Representatives.

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and launch of color TV

With the issuance of a large number of new TV licenses by the Ministry of Post in the late 1950s, Yomiuri Shimbun and Nippon Television began to establish TV stations outside the Kanto area. On August 28, 1958, Yomiuri TV started broadcasting, marking the start of Nippon TV's expansion into the

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. However, due to the close partnership between Nippon TV and the Yomiuri Shimbun, the network's expansion was opposed by local newspapers, and the network's expansion was slower than that of the JNN affiliates, which are less newspaper-oriented. Following TBS' establishment of JNN in 1959, Nippon Television founded the second Japanese television network, NNN, on April 1, 1966, with a total of 19 affiliated stations as founding members. Nippon Television founded the NNS (Nippon Television Network System) in 1972 to improve collaboration among network stations in the field of non-news programming. On September 15, 1959, Nippon Television's stock was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, becoming the first media company in Japan to list its stock. Nippon Television headquarters 1961

Nippon Television applied to the Ministry of Posts in April 1957 for a color television broadcast license, which it received in December of that year. Matsutaro Shoriki returned to Nippon TV as the president of the broadcaster after resigning as the Minister of State in 1958. After taking office as the president, he increased his investment in color television. In December 1958, NTV introduced

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recording in a one-off drama series using American RCA 2-inch quad tape. The first live coverage broadcast from Japan on color TV was the wedding of the Crown Prince (currently Emperor Emeritus Akihito) on April 10, 1959, alongside the first TV program with commercials broadcast in color. In December of the same year, NTV aired Japan's first color VTR broadcast '' Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall'' from NBC (United States). Nippon TV later obtained a broadcasting license for broadcasting programs in color on September 10, 1960. After a year, NTV aired a total of 938 hours of programs broadcast in color. In addition to color TV broadcast, programs produced in black and white color had been increasing. In October 1963, Nippon TV has successfully trialed overnight broadcasts. On November 22, 1963, using a communication satellite relay, NTV conducted the first black-and-white TV transmission experiment between Japan and the United States during coverage of the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. On July 1, 1966,

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’ concert at the

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, part of their Japanese tour, was shown in color on NTV (prerecorded on tape), with the viewing rate reaching 56 percent. After the death of Matsutaro Shoriki on October 9, 1969, Nippon TV and NHK agreed to integrate signal transmission facilities in the

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1970s–1980s

Nippon Television Network (former head office)

When Kobayashi Shoriki (son-in-law of Matsutaro Shoriki) took over Nippon TV in 1969, he continued the progress of TV broadcasting in color. In April 1970, Nippon TV's color programs accounted for 76.4% of total broadcast time, ahead of NHK which was second with 73%. In October 1971, Nippon TV achieved in broadcasting all of its programs in color. However, during this period, due to the economic depression in Japan and the discovery of falsification of financial reports by the Ministry of Finance, Nippon TV was in the state of recession. Ratings of other Japanese commercial TV stations also declined during that period, from competing with Fuji TV for second place in the core bureau for most of the 1960s to competing with Fuji TV and NET TV (currently TV Asahi), and then being pulled away from TBS. This led Kobayashi Shoriki to launch business reforms to promote the outsourcing of program productions and decided to build a new headquarters which enabled them to turn losses into profits in 1972. The non-news counterpart of Nippon News Network,

, was formed on June 14, 1972. Nippon TV had also been successful in exporting its programs around the world, with programs such as

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and

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being aired on the BBC. On January 14, 1973, NTV airs the live satellite relay in Japan for Elvis Presley's show in Hawaii, U.S.A. In October 8 & 15, 1975, the classic film '' Gone with the Wind'' makes its world television premiere on NTV (Part I on the 8th, Part II on the 15th), about 13 months before NBC airs the film in the North America. Nippon TV also started diversifying its operations, opening subsidiaries such as Nippon TV Music, Union Movies, and Nippon Television Services in the early 70s.In the following years, Nippon TV also participated in cultural events such as the restoration of the

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in 1984which took 13 years to restore and costing to ¥2.4 billion and also held two special exhibitions at the

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. On March 9, 1984, Dan Goodwin, aka Spider Dan, Skyscraperman, in a paid publicity event, used suction cups to climb the 10 floor Nippon Television Kojimachi Annex in Chiyoda. On the 25th anniversary of Nippon TV's first broadcast, the broadcaster launched 24-hour TV: Love Saves the Earth, the only telethon in Japanese TV, which achieved high ratings and continued to be aired until the present day.But in the 1980s, ratings continue to decline after Fuji TV and TBS promoted much of their primetime programming.This prompted to increase airtime of its news programs and baseball events. Multichannel television sound broadcasting (using the EIAJ MTS standard) began in December 1982. Nippon TV also launched NCN (now known as Nippon TV NEWS 24) in 1987, being the first news channel in Japan.

1990s and "Triple Crown Ratings"

of Studio Ghibli, Inc. designed Nippon Television's mascot character to commemorate the channel's 40th anniversary in 1993. After entering the 90s, although ratings of its Nippon TV affiliates increased, advertising revenue decreased in 1992 due to the collapse of Japan's bubble economy.The number of Nippon TV affiliates increased to 30 after Kagoshima Yomiuri Television started broadcasting in 1994. In 1992, after Seiichiro Ujiie (former journalist at the

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) became president of Nippon TV, the broadcaster carried out major changes in its programming, such as adjusting its late night news programs to air early than its rivals, and ending certain primetime variety shows to boost ratings.These major changes helped become number 1 in ratings from 1993 to 1994 overtaking Fuji TV.As part of its major renovations in the broadcasting industry, Nippon TV launched its first cable-exclusive channel, CS Nippon TV, in 1996.

2000s

At the start of the new century, Nippon TV and its 29 affiliates won in the triple crown ratings. In December 2000, Nippon TV launched its satellite-exclusive BS Nippon TV.On April 30, 2003, Nippon TV held a completion ceremony at its headquarters in Shiodome, Tokyo, which it took 7 years to build as part of its 50th anniversary from its opening. However, in October of the same year, employees of the network bribed the surveyed households to increase their ratings. This impacted the ratings of Nippon TV most especially on baseball games. Fuji TV took advantage of the incident when it became number 1 in ratings. Nippon TV started digital broadcasting on December 1, 2003. Nippon TV moved to Shiodome on February of the following year, and high definition production also started. With the rising trend for Internet services, Nippon TV launched Dai2 Nippon TV, the first video on-demand service from a commercial broadcaster in Japan. Analog broadcasting ended on July 24, 2011, fully entering digital TV era. Also in 2011, Nippon TV regained the Triple Crown Ratings after 8 years due to high ratings of the drama

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. Although in 2012 and 2013, this was later taken by TV Asahi on ratings of its primetime programming. Nippon TV later regained the Triple Crown Rating in 2014. On April 26, 2012, Nippon Television Network Preparatory Corporation is founded as part of the network's major reorganization. On October 1, 2012, Nippon Television Network Corporation (first) transitions to a certified broadcasting holding company, Nippon Television Holdings, Inc., and Nippon Television Network Preparatory Corporation is renamed Nippon Television Network Corporation (second). On February 1–2, 2013, Nippon TV collaborated with NHK to air a special program related to the first TV broadcasts 60 years ago. On February 27, 2014, Nippon TV acquired the Japanese division of

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. They started airing more programs exclusively to Hulu following its acquisition, which was later criticized from viewers. In 2015, Nippon TV (alongside the other 4 commercial broadcasters in Japan) launched TVer, its free on-demand service. On the Q4 of 2020, they started trials on live online streaming of its channel on TVer. In September 2020, Nippon TV, alongside

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, collaborated to create a system that uses artificial intelligence to predict audience ratings, which was first trialed on its movie block, Friday Roadshow. From Q4 of 2021, the broadcaster officially started its live online streaming of its channel, albeit with the exception of its late-night news program, news zero, and its succeeding program, despite being included in the trial the year before. Since 2021, Nippon TV currently holds the Triple Crown Rating for 11 years.

Coverage

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Basketball

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Wrestling

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Motorsport

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Multi-sport events

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(until 2018)

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After the launch of

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in April 1960, a new group of networks was supposed to be formed between

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Nagoya TV JOLX-DTV, virtual channel 6 (UHF digital channel 22), branded as is the Chūbu region flagship station of the All-Nippon News Network, owned by the , with its headquarters in Nagoya. It is broadcast in Aichi Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, and ...

, Nippon TV, and

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in 1962.But in 1963,

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, which is a key shareholder of Television Nishinippon, disagreed to

's plans to expand in Fukuoka Prefecture.This resulted from Television Nisihinippon to withdrew from being part of Nippon TV and losing Nippon TV's local news base in Kyushu. On April 1, 1966, Nippon News Network was formally launched with 19 founding members. The non-news counterpart of Nippon News Network,

, was formed on June 14, 1972.

Offices

* The headquarters ( Shiodome NTV Tower): 6–1, Higashi-Shimbashi Itchome,

, Japan * Kojimachi Studio (the studios): Nibancho,

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(closed in 2019 for further redevelopments) * Kansai Branch Office: Kintetsu Dojima Building, 2-2, Dojima Nichome,

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TV programs

News

* ''Zip!'' (morning news directed by Ami K) * ''News Every'' (evening news) * ''News Zero'' (late-night news) * ''NNN News 24'' (24-hour news channel)

Former Japanese dramas

2000s

* ''

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'' (瑠璃の島, 2005) * ''Kikujirou to Saki 2'' (菊次郎とさき 2, 2005) * ''Joou no Kyoushitsu'' (女王の教室, 2005) * ''

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'' (ごくせん, 2002/2005/2008) * ''Ai no Uta'' (あいのうた, 2005) * ''

Nobuta wo Produce is a Japanese television drama produced and aired in 2005 by NTV. The television show is based on the book of the same name by Gen Shiraiwa (). The story follows the high school lives of Kiritani and Kusano as they attempt to make a shy Kotani i ...

'' (野ブタ。をプロデュース, 2005) * ''

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'' (花より男子, 2005) * ''Kami wa Saikoro wo Furanai'' (神はサイコロを振らない, 2006) * ''Kui-tan'' (喰いタン, 2006) * ''Gyarusaa'' (ギャルサー, 2006) * ''Primadem'' (プリマダム, 2006) * ''CA to Oyobbi!'' (CAとお呼びっ!, 2006) * ''My Boss My Hero'' (マイ☆ボスマイ☆ヒーロー, 2006) * '' 14-year-old Mother'' (14才の母, 2006) * '' Tatta Hitotsu no Koi'' (たったひとつの恋, 2006) * ''Enka no Joou'' (演歌の女王, 2007) * ''Haken no Hinkaku'' (ハケンの品格, 2007) * ''

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'' (喰いタン, 2007) * ''

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'' (バンビ～ノ!, 2007) * '' Sexy Voice and Robo'' (セクシーボイスアンドロボ, 2007) * ''Juken no Kamisama'' (受験の神様, 2007) * '' Hotaru no Hikari'' (ホタルノヒカリ, 2007) * ''

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'' (探偵学園Q, 2007) * '' Yukan Club'' (有閑倶楽部, 2007) * '' Hataraki Man'' (働きマン, 2007) * ''Dream Again'' (ドリーム☆アゲイン, 2007) * ''Binbou Danshi'' (貧乏男子ボンビーメン, 2007) * ''Saitou-san'' (斉藤さん, 2008) * '' 1 Pound no Fukuin'' (1ポンドの福音, One Pound Gospel, 2008) * ''Osen'' (おせん, 2008) * ''Hokaben'' (ホカベン, 2008) * ''

Gakkō_ja_Oshierarenai! is a Japanese television drama series concerning the life of ten high school students. It stars Kyoko Fukada as their teacher. It first aired on July 15, 2008. Plot Mai Aida (Kyoko Fukada) is a third year English teacher at an all-girls private ...

'' (学校じゃ教えられない！, 2008) * '' Seigi no Mikata'' (正義の味方, 2008) * ''

Yasuko to Kenji is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aruko. ''Yasuko to Kenji'' was serialized in the ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Bessatsu Margaret'' from April 2005 to November 2006. In 2008, the series was adapted into a comedy drama wh ...

'' (ヤスコとケンジ, 2008) * ''Oh! My Girl'' (オー！マイ・ガール！！, 2008) * ''OL Nippon'' (ＯＬにっぽん, 2008) * ''Scrap Teacher'' (スクラップ･ティーチャー, 2008) * '' Kami no Shizuku'' (神の雫, 2009) * ''RESET'' (リセット, 2009) * ''

Zeni Geba is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by George Akiyama. The series was originally serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from 1970 to 1971, with its chapters collected into two ''tankō ...

'' (銭ゲバ, 2009) * ''Moso Shimai'' (妄想姉妹, 2009) * ''Kiina'' (キイナ, 2009) * ''Aishiteiru'' (アイシテル, 2009) * ''The Quiz Show'' (ザ・クイズショウ, 2009) * ''

Samurai High School was a Japanese television series. Synopsis Mochizuki Kotaro is a mild-mannered, unmanly high school student. One day, he visits a library and meets the mysterious librarian Himiko, who recommends to him an ancient book about a heroic general fr ...

'' (サムライ・ハイスクール, 2009)

2010s

* ''

Mother ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of ...

'' (2010) * ''Kinoshita Bucho to Boku'' (( :ja: 連続ドラマ小説木下部長とボク , 木下部長とボク), 2010) * ''

Magerarenai Onna is a Japanese television drama that aired on NTV between 13 January and 17 March 2010. Synopsis Ogiwara Saki (Miho Kanno) is a woman who does not go with the flow of society but forges her own path. She hates flattering men and trying to be nice ...

'' ( 曲げられない女, 2010) * ''Misaki NO.1!!'' ( 美咲ナンバーワン!!, 2011) * '' Deka Wanko'' ( デカワンコ, 2011) * ''Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien'' ( さよならぼくたちのようちえん, 2011) * ''

Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni is a manga series written and illustrated by Fumiyo Kōno which ran from 2007 to 2009 in ''Weekly Manga Action''. It follows the life of Suzu Urano, a young bride with her new family living on the outskirts of Kure City during the Second ...

'' ( この世界の片隅に, 2011) * ''

Kaseifu no Mita is a 2011 Japanese television drama series. A family grieving their mother's recent death hires Akari Mita as a housekeeper to upkeep the house, which has been thrown into disarray. Mita, who is played by actress Nanako Matsushima, will do ...

'' ( 家政婦のミタ, 2011) – the highest watched show of 2011 in Japan * ''Himitsu Chouhouin Erika'' ( 秘密諜報員_エリカ, 2011) * '' Deka Kurokawa Suzuki'' ( デカ_黒川鈴木, 2012) * ''Dirty Mama!'' ( ダーティ・ママ!, 2012) * ''Konna no Idol Janain!?'' ( こんなのアイドルじゃナイン!?, 2012) * ''

Perfect Son is comedy-drama television series starring Hey! Say! JUMP's Ryosuke Yamada and Kyōka Suzuki, which aired on NTV from 21:00-21:54 on Saturday nights from January 14, 2012 to March 17, 2012. The screenplay was written by Shinji Nojima. Synopsis H ...

'' ( 理想の息子, 2012) * '' Sūgaku Joshi Gakuen'' ( 数学女子学園, 2012) * '' Teen Court: 10-dai Saiban'' ( ティーンコート, 2012) * ''Cleopatra na Onnatachi'' ( クレオパトラな女たち, 2012) * ''

Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou (lit. "Private Bakalea High School") is a 2012 Japanese television series. Written by AKB48's producer Yasushi Akimoto, this television series featured Johnny's Hey! Say! JUMP member Yuya Takaki, and members of then Johnny's Jr. now known as ...

'' ( 私立バカレア高校, 2012) * '' Taburakashi'' ( たぶらかし, 2012) * ''Ghost Mama Sousasen'' ( ゴーストママ捜査線, 2012) * '' Sprout'' ( スプラウト, 2012) * ''Totkan Tokubetsu Kokuzei Choshukan'' ( トッカン_特別国税徴収官, 2012) * ''Vision: Koroshi Ga Mieru Onna'' ( VISION_殺しが見える女, 2012) * ''

Akumu-chan is a 2012 Japanese television drama series. Based on the novel ''Yumechigai'' by Riku Onda, this television series stars actress Keiko Kitagawa, singer Gackt, and also child actress Manatsu Kimura. A movie was announced for 2014. This televis ...

'' ( 悪夢ちゃん, 2012) * ''Sugarless'' ( シュガーレス, 2012) * '' Tokyo Zenryoku Shoujo'' ( 東京全力少女, 2012) * '' Muse no Kagami'' (2012) * ''Share House no Koibito'' ( シェアハウスの恋人, 2013) * '' 35-sai no Koukousei'' ( 35歳の高校生, 2013) * ''

Hakuba no Ōji-sama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukizō Saku. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Yukizō Saku, ''Hakuba no Ōji-sama'' was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen' ...

'' (ハクバノ王子サマ, 2013) * '' Gakkō no Kaidan'' (学校のカイダン, 2015) * ''Marumaru Tsuma'' ( ○○妻), 2015) * ''

Majisuka Gakuen (lit. "Majisuka Academy") is a Japanese television drama series about high school delinquents, starring members of idol group AKB48. The first season aired in 2010 on TV Tokyo. A second season Majisuka Gakuen 2 was aired the following year. T ...

4'' ( マジすか学園4, 2015) * '' Jimi ni Sugoi! Kōetsu Girl: Kouno Etsuko'' (2016) * ''

Kyabasuka Gakuen is a 2016 Japanese television drama series starring Sakura Miyawaki and Jurina Matsui. It is the sequel to Majisuka Gakuen 5, set in an alternate timeline where the events of that season never happened but the Majisuka All-Girls High School go ...

'' (2016) * ''Ieuru Onna'' (家売るオンナ, Your Home Is My Business!, 2016) * ''Kaettekita Ieuru Onna'' (帰ってきた家売るオンナ, Your Home Is My Business! Returns, 2017) * ''

Omae wa Mada Gunma o Shiranai is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroto Ida. It began serialization online via Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch website in October 2013 and has since been collected into eight ''tankōbon'' volumes. A 4-episode live-action tele ...

'' (2017) * '' Voice: 110 Emergency Control Room'' (2019) * ''Ieuru Onna no Gyakushū'' (家売るオンナの逆襲, Your Home Is My Business!: 2nd Attack, 2019) * ''Innocence, Fight Against False Charges'' (2019) * ''Nurse in Action!!'' (2019)

Variety

* ''Question for one hundred million people!? Waratte Koraete!'' (1億人の大質問!?笑ってコラえて!) * ''Guruguru Ninety Nine'' (Gurunai, ぐるぐるナインティナイン, ぐるナイ) * ''Sekaiichi Uketai Jugyo'' (世界一受けたい授業) * ''Enta no Kamisama ~the god of Entertainment~'' (エンタの神様 ~the god of Entertainment~) * ''Sekai Marumie! TV Tokusoubu'' (世界まる見え!テレビ特捜部) * ''The! Tetsuwan! DASH!!'' (ザ!鉄腕!DASH!!) * ''Gyoretsu no dekiru Horitsu Sodanjo'' (行列の出来る法律相談所) * ''

Shōten 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. Format The show is based on the Ogiri style of '' rakugo'' ...

'' (笑点;the second longest running TV show in Japan, continuously broadcast since May 1966). * '' Gaki no tsukai'' (

DownTown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ...

's ''Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!'', ガキの使いやあらへんで!!) * ''Arashi no Shukudai-kun'' (嵐の宿題くん) * '' Cartoon KAT-TUN'' (カートゥンKAT-TUN, Kātūn Katūn?) * ''

AKBingo! ''AKBingo!'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese television variety show featuring Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The show aired weekly on Nippon Television. In each episode, members of AKB48 and occasionally their sister groups participate in ...

'' * ''Kyosen to Maetake no Geba Geba 90 pun'' (Gyosen x Maetake's Geba Geba 90 minutes 巨泉×前武ゲバゲバ90分！) * ''Karikyura Mashin'' (Curriculumachine カリキュラマシーン) * ''Music Lovers'' * ''God of Music'' (音楽の神様）

Former

* ''Family Wisdom of the Itos'' (伊東家の食卓) * ''Nazo o toke! Masaka no Mistery'' (謎を解け!まさかのミステリー) * ''Magical Zunou Power!!'' (マジカル頭脳パワー!!) (1990s) * ''Tokujo! Tensei Shingo'' (特上!天声慎吾) * ''

Dotch Cooking Show The (April 17, 1997 – March 17, 2005) was a Japanese cooking show produced by the Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and known for its use of the highest quality and most expensive food ingredients available from both domestic and international s ...

'' (どっちの料理ショー, Yomiuri Telecastiong Corp.)

Movie industry

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Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...

Lionsgate Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, doing business as Lionsgate, is a Canadian-American entertainment company. It was formed by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is currently headquartered ...

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

* Warner Bros.

Animation

The company has intimate connections with

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, led by

. Nippon TV has funded all of the company's productions since ''

Kiki's Delivery Service is a 1989 Japanese Anime, animated fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, adapted from the Kiki's Delivery Service (novel), 1985 novel by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transpor ...

'' (excluding ''

Earwig and the Witch is a 2020 Japanese computer-animated fantasy film directed by Gorō Miyazaki and with a screenplay by Keiko Niwa and Emi Gunji. It is based on the novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones. The original voice cast includes Shinobu Terajima, ...

'', which was fully funded by rival

NHK , also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee. NHK operates two terrestr ...

) and holds the exclusive Japanese rights to broadcast their motion pictures. It has also produced and broadcast popular

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series like ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected i ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Death Note ''Death Note'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to M ...

'', ''

Hajime no Ippo is a Japanese boxing-themed manga series written and illustrated by George Morikawa. It has been serialized by Kodansha in the ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' since October 1989 and collected into 135 ''tank� ...

'',Magical Emi The Magic Star, Orange Road, as well as ''

Detective Conan ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its cha ...

'' and ''

Inuyasha is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from November 1996 to June 2008, with its chapters collected in fifty-six '' ...

'' (which are produced through its

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affiliate,

). NTV produced the first, unsuccessful ''

Doraemon ''Doraemon'' ( ja, ドラえもん ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujiko F. Fujio. The manga was first serialized in December 1969, with its 1,345 individual chapters compiled into 45 ''tankōbon'' volumes and ...

'' anime in 1973; when the second, more successful ''Doraemon'' series premiered in 1979, it was on

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, which remains the franchise's broadcaster to this day. As of now, NTV is currently producing a second anime adaptation of ''

Hunter × Hunter ''Hunter × Hunter'' (stylized as ''HUNTER×HUNTER'' and pronounced "hunter hunter") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōn ...

''. NTV has also been broadcasting the yearly ''

Lupin III , also written as ''Lupin the Third'', ''Lupin the 3rd'', or ''Lupin the IIIrd'', is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Monkey Punch. It follows the endeavors of master thief Arsène Lupin III, the grandson of Arsèn ...

'' TV specials since 1989, which they co-produce with

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. Nippon Television announced on February 8, 2011, that it would make the anime studio Madhouse its subsidiary after becoming the primary stockholder at about 85%, via a third-party allocation of shares for about 1 billion yen (about US$12 million). On January 29, 2014, Nippon Television announced that it will purchase a 54.3% stake in

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and adopt the studio as a subsidiary.

Special TV programs

* Kin-chan and Shingo Katori's All Japan Costume Grand Prix (欽ちゃん&香取慎吾の全日本仮装大賞) * 24 Hour Television, Love Saves the Earth (24時間テレビ「愛は地球を救う」, annual

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on the TV stations of NNS) * Trans America Ultra Quiz (アメリカ横断ウルトラクイズ) ** All Japan High School Quiz Championship (全国高等学校クイズ選手権) *

Nippon Television Music Festival was an annual music awards on the produced by Nippon Television. Grand Prix winners See also *Star Tanjō! is a Japanese talent show from Nippon Television that ran from 1971 to 1983. On October 24, 1982, the series was retitled to r ...

(日本テレビ音楽祭)

Notable person

* Matsutarō Shōriki (Founder)

List of most-watched films

The following is a list of the most-watched films of all time on NTV, .

Notes

References

External links

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Branding

Monsho logo and Nandarou mascot

History

Early stages

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1990s and "Triple Crown Ratings"

2000s

Coverage

Current

Broadcasting rights

Football

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Basketball

Rugby union

Wrestling

Motorsport

Multi-sport events

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Technical Information

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Offices

TV programs

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2000s

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Variety

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Movie industry

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Notable person

List of most-watched films

See also

Notes

References

External links

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and launch of color TV