Best Variety Shows:
HaKaTa Hyakkaten
(2012-2013 - 3 Seasons + HaKaTa Annex (S3)) - My Rating: 4/5
An initial set of 12 episodes aired from October 7, 2012 to January 13, 2013. Later a second set of 8 episodes aired from January 26 to March 30, 2013, under the name of HaKaTa Hyakkaten 2-Gokan (original title: HaKaTa百貨店 2号館).
In 2015 Hakata Hyakatten Season 3 started under the name HaKaTa Hyakkaten 3-Gokan (original title: HaKaTa百貨店 3号館). Each episode also has an extra segment called HaKaTa Hyakkaten Annex where a random member takes over the MC duties from Sashihara Rino. In this segment the members talk about anecdotes within the group, rankings of members or stories that happened between them.
About the show:
The show features HKT48 members as "products" in a store (hence the title, "Hakata Department Store"). Each show a different guest (a member of AKB48 or one of their sister groups) is the "customer", who must choose her oshimen from within the members. Host Sashihara Rino acts as salesperson, suggesting "products" to the "customer". The group members take part in different competitions in order to convince the guest to choose them as oshimen. At the end of each episode, the guest announces her oshimen and awards her a badge with the guest's picture on it. Then Sashihara, the guest and the oshimen chosen by the guest go out to eat at a restaurant in Hakata. In HaKaTa Hyakkaten 3-Gokan the guest changed from members to people from the entertainment business who don't know or don't have any interest in HKT48.
HKT48 Tonkotsu Mahou Shoujo Gakuin
(2013) - My Rating: 3/5
About the show:
This show features HKT48 members in a fantasy school for magical girls where they receive a guest from the entertainment business each episode, who talks with them, answers questions or teaches them gags & other entertainment tips. At the end of an episode the guest gives out a "Best Magical Girl badge", much like in HaKaTa Hyakkaten.
HKT48 Shakariki 48!
(2014) - My Rating: 3.5/5
About the show:
This show features HKT48 members getting the challenge of doing a part-time job for a short period of time. Episodes focus on one single member in an actual part-time work environment. The end goal is to collect enough money to make custom-designed umbrellas for fans to win through a lottery.
HKT48 vs. NGT48 Sashikita Gassen
(2016) - My Rating: 4/5
About the show:
This show features members of both groups participating head-to-head in contests, pranks, physical prowess challenges, or idol appeal battles to try and reel in a victory for their group. It is hosted by Sashihara Rino, with Kitahara Rie as co-host. A special Hulu-online-service-only segment runs alongside the show, called "HKT48xNGT48 Tabe shoujo", where three members of either group go out to eat together in a local restaurant and talk. A small preview of this segment is included at the end of each regular episode.
HKT Bingo
(2018) - My Rating: 3.5/5
About the show:
HKT48 members take on a challenge for Owarai (Japanese comedy acts that are geared to stand-up or TV performances) with the theme of "seriously challenging comedy" such as comics, tales, and flip charts, performing skits, sketch comedy they will enter the comedy award race at the end of the season and aim to be in the final. It was more like comedy auditions and there were a panel of judges who do the selection, provide tips and advise to the members. A mini-series T"HKT48's Laughter Road" in the program has a complete version including unreleased video released on the video distribution service Hulu along with the program.
Show Descriptions from Stage48 & Wikipedia Japan
Shows mentioned above are what I have watched up until Oct, 2020
More to come!!
- HKT Variety
- HKT48 no Goboten!
- HKT48 no Odekake
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