Longest-running weekly TV comedy panel show

Longest-running weekly TV comedy panel show
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Who
Sho-ten
What
60 year(s)
Where
Japan
When
15 May 2026

The longest-running weekly TV comedy panel show is Sho-ten which has been broadcast weekly by Nippon Television Network Corporation (Japan) for 60 years as of 15 May 2026

Sho-ten is a long‑running TV comedy panel vairety program that began broadcasting on 15 May 1966 on NTV. The program features a panel of rakugoka, or Japanese storytellers, giving witty improvisational responses to prompts in a style called ogiri.