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The CMG Spring Festival Gala (formerly known as the CCTV New Year's Gala; commonly abbreviated in Chinese as Chunwan or 春晚) is a Chinese New Year special gala produced by China Media Group (CMG). The Gala is a live variety show featuring music, dance, and comedy performances alongside official messaging, held annually on Chinese New Year's Eve since it was first aired in February 1983. It was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most watched national network TV broadcast in 2012 and is widely recognized as the world's most watched television program.

The KBS Drama Awards is an awards ceremony presented by the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) for outstanding achievements in Korean dramas aired on its network. It is held annually on 31 December. The highest honor of the ceremony is the "Grand Prize", awarded to the best actor or actress of the year.

Takeshi's Castle is a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990, on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It features the Japanese comedian Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him.

MUSIC STATION (ミュージックステーション) is a popular weekly music variety show that has been on the air since 1986. It airs Fridays at 8pm on TV Asahi and usually has 5-8 J-Pop artists and groups as guests on each show. The two hosts: タモリ (Tamori) and Hironaka Ayaka chat with each artist for a couple minutes before they hit the stage and perform their latest song. The show also runs specials from time to time, along with a yearly 3+ hour (now 4) live performance bonanza around Christmas time called MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE. The show also features Ward E. Sexton as the english announcer voice for introducing the guests and announcing the CD Single Hit Ranking (usually every week) and CD Album Hit Ranking (usually every month). Sexton is known for providing voice over to the Resident Evil (called Bio Hazard in Japan) video game series.

This program -- one of our viewers’ favorites -- brings you the weekly wrap-up of news in the world of entertainment. This year, Entertainment Weekly celebrates its 20th anniversary. Since Park Tae-ho, the program’s executive producer, and Lee So-ra, a famous Korean model, became the emcees of Entertainment Weekly, its rating soared by 7 percent, recording an all-time high in the program’s history. The program’s credibility has enhanced when KBS reporters and producers took charge of its planning firsthand.

SInging contest featuring twenty people from selected towns. Hosted by Song Hae.

‘Adult E-Tele Time Machine’ (Otona no E-Tele Time Machine) is a television programme that has been broadcast on NHK E-Tele since 2 April 2024. It expands upon ‘E-Tele Time Machine’, which has been broadcast since 7 April 2023, to include educational programmes, variety shows and classical music programmes, including those on NHK General TV. There are 30-minute and 50-minute versions; the former focuses on educational programmes such as rakugo, cooking and hobbies, whilst the latter focuses on cultural programmes such as classical music, art and documentaries. Some programmes are available via NHK On Demand.

Korean pop music from 1950's to 1970's.