was a Japanese music variety show, broadcast weekly from October 15, 1996 until March 23, 2010 on TBS. The name of the show is an abbreviation of , meaning "music program". A special version of the show, running for two hours, was occasionally aired under the name , an abbreviation of , meaning "special program". The show's theme song, played during the opening sequence and closing credits, was "

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History

The show was first broadcast on October 16, 1996. Originally supposed to be called "J-Pop Hour", it was hosted by

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were frequent guests on the show, at one point appearing almost weekly. Nakai was briefly replaced by TBS announcer Shin'ichirō Azumi in late June 2006, due to

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. After 13 and a half years on air, the show made its final broadcast on March 23, 2010. It was reformatted into a new show called , also hosted by Ishibashi and Nakai, which aired on TBS from April 20 to September 14, 2010.

Performers

Moderators (MC)

Others

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References

External links

Official Site
(Japanese) Japanese variety television shows Japanese music television series TBS Television (Japan) original programming 1996 Japanese television series debuts 2010 Japanese television series endings {{Japan-tv-prog-stub