Post by lostinube on Dec 7, 2012 9:18:25 GMT -5
www.tbs.co.jp/eng/programsales/news/en2012120714.html
Only pointing this out because between this show and the DEKITA special kind of shows that TBS has an interest in sports variety programs and is probably why SASUKE and pseudo-Sportsman seem to have some support by the station. I do not really like the show all that much but they have been inserting more course-like challenges whereas before it was straight up competition between comedians and pro (usually female) athletes. It is basically the closest thing to Kinniku Banzuke these days even though it is very different.
This is the same show that caught flack in Korea because they supposedly misrepresented the skill level of some of the comedians when they took on a female Korean kickboxer.
www.japanprobe.com/2011/08/24/japanese-comedians-beat-up-korean-woman/
Only pointing this out because between this show and the DEKITA special kind of shows that TBS has an interest in sports variety programs and is probably why SASUKE and pseudo-Sportsman seem to have some support by the station. I do not really like the show all that much but they have been inserting more course-like challenges whereas before it was straight up competition between comedians and pro (usually female) athletes. It is basically the closest thing to Kinniku Banzuke these days even though it is very different.
This is the same show that caught flack in Korea because they supposedly misrepresented the skill level of some of the comedians when they took on a female Korean kickboxer.
www.japanprobe.com/2011/08/24/japanese-comedians-beat-up-korean-woman/