

TV series
Wednesday Downtown
2014–, Japanese, on TBS.
Everybody has theories that they personally cling blindly to regardless of proof or scientific validity. In this entertaining information program, a host of celebrities present their cases for pet theories to studio guests by any means be it academic argument or laughably “out there” logic. Can their theories gain acceptance? Or will they be discarded as pop science that only adds confusion to the world? Find out through exhaustive examination including on-location experiments!
- Seasons
- 13
- Episodes
- 483
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Still running
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Latest episode
S13 E23: The Theory That “Scary” and “Funny” Are Two Sides of the Same Coin and more
Aired 5 August 2026
Seasons 13

2014
2014 · 25 episodes

2015
2015 · 34 episodes

2016
2016 · 34 episodes

2017
2017 · 39 episodes

2018
2018 · 37 episodes

2019
2019 · 38 episodes

2020
2020 · 42 episodes

2021
2021 · 41 episodes

2022
2022 · 41 episodes

2023
2023 · 43 episodes

2024
2024 · 42 episodes

2025
2025 · 44 episodes

2026
2026 · 23 episodes

Specials
2023 · 1 episode
Cast & crew
- Masatoshi HamadaSelf - Host · 483 ep
- Hitoshi MatsumotoSelf - Panel Member · 460 ep
- Toshifumi FujimotoPanel member · 29 ep
- Kenji TamuraSelf - Presenter · 28 ep
- Tomonori JinnaiPresenter · 17 ep
- Shigeo TakahashiSelf - Presenter · 17 ep
- Kazutoyo KoyabuSelf - Presenter · 16 ep
- Eiji KotogePresenter · 14 ep
- Shōhei OsadaPresenter · 12 ep
- Shun MatsuoPresenter · 12 ep
- Akira KawashimaPanel member · 12 ep
- Takayuki HaranishiPresenter · 11 ep
Details
- First aired
- 23 April 2014
- Network
- TBS
- Original title
- 水曜日のダウンタウン
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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How many seasons of Wednesday Downtown are there?
Wednesday Downtown has 13 seasons and 483 episodes, about 60 minutes each.
Is Wednesday Downtown finished?
Wednesday Downtown is still listed as returning series; no new episode date is announced yet.
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