I Survived a Japanese Game Show | |
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Genre | Reality Television; Game Show |
Created by | David Sidebotham; Karsten Bartholin (also executive producers) |
Directed by | Kent Weed |
Starring | Tony Sano (TV host, Season 1) Rome Kanda (Majide host)[1] |
Narrated by | Robert Cait |
Country of origin | United States |
Original languages | English Japanese |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Arthur Smith; Kent Weed; Tim Cresenti, David Sidebotham, Karsten Bartholin |
Production locations | Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan |
Running time | 60 minutes 120 minutes (season finale) |
Production companies | A Smith & Co. Productions Babyfoot Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | June 24, 2008 August 5, 2009 | –
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I Survived a Japanese Game Show is an American reality show that saw its first-season premiere on ABC on June 24, 2008. The show followed a group of Americans, who leave the United States for Japan where they competed in a Japanese style game show.[2] The winner takes home US$250,000 (JP ¥25 million).[3] The series won both the Best Reality prize and the overall prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.
On October 9, 2008, it was renewed for a second season.[4] On March 5, 2010, it was announced that ABC had not renewed the show for a third season.[5]