Native Name: | 水曜日のダウンタウン |
Genre: | Variety |
Narrated: | Jun Hattori |
Director: | Kentaro Fujii Shuichi Yanagioka |
Presenter: | Downtown (Masatoshi Hamada, Hitoshi Matsumoto) |
Producer: | Yoshiyuki Sakamoto Hideki Watanabe |
Opentheme: | PUNPEE, "水曜日のダウンタウンOP" |
Country: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
Runtime: | 60 minutes |
Network: | TBS |
Last Aired: | present |
is a Japanese variety show hosted by the Japanese owarai duo, Downtown. The show has been broadcast on TBS since 2014.
In each episode, a Japanese entertainer is invited to appear on the show as a host and present various trivial theories, to a group of panellists. After a brief discussion with the panel, the theories are tested during the show.
Presentation of Theory
An entertainer (usually a comedian) appears to present a theory they think is true. This theory is challenged by the Wednesday Downtown via a re-enactment of the situation, a ranking based on street surveys or interviews.
Viewer's Theory
Theories submitted by viewers via the Wednesday Downtown official website are collected and presented by a representing comedian, usually Tamura Kenji.
Dokkiri (Prank)
Theory that ropes unsuspecting celebrities (usually comedians) into a prank to see how they react. This kind of theory can range from being as elaborate as faking an arrest to being as simple as hiding in one's closet.
Mixed Battle
Monomane (Impersonation)
SASUKE
Morning Battle
Two participants (comedians, usually Kuro-chan) are blindfolded and led to a shooting location where they will sleep for the night. The staff wakes them up promptly in the morning and the two immediately engage in a battle of the staff's choice (ex. eating hotdogs, shooting a goal, jumping hurdles)
The panel always consists of Matsumoto and four other celebrity guests. The usual formation from left to right are "male comedian", "female tarento", "male tarento", "female tarento", Matsumoto.
Often appearing as either panelist or presenters.