| Yoru no Hit Studio | |
|---|---|
 Title screen from 1976-1985 | |
| Genre | Music |
| Presented by | Takehiko Maeda Mari Nishimura Shinsuke Minami Jun Inoue Ichiro Furutachi Mariko Kaga |
| Composers | Kenjiro Hirose (until Deluxe) Tsugutoshi Gotō (Super) |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 1,131 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 54 minutes (regular, Super) 1 hour 50 minutes (Deluxe) |
| Production company | Fuji Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji Television |
| Release | November 4, 1968 – October 3, 1990 |
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Yoru no Hit Studio (夜のヒットスタジオ, Yoru no Hitto Sutajio), was a Japanese music television program. Broadcast live weekly on Fuji TV from 1968 until 1990. During its broadcast history, it frequently changed its titles, presenters, air time and day. The program is also colloquially known as Yoru Hit (夜ヒット, Yoru Hitto) and Hit Studio (ヒットスタジオ, Hitto Sutajio).
During its broadcast time since 1978, a superior TBS music program The Best Ten (ザ・ベストテン, Za Besuto Ten) start broadcast, which unlike Yoru no Hit Studio, includes its own music ranking chart, which was similar to Oricon Music Charts and their rankings were equally recognized.[1]
Since the end of program in 1990, between 1991 and 1997 various special programs were broadcast once a year. The program has been re-broadcast on the cable television channel Fuji TV One from 1999 until 2011. The order of broadcasting was from the July 1976 broadcast until March 2009 (later again in October 2023),[2][3] and from April 2009 onward 2011, the broadcasts were broadcast retroactively from the April 1974.
In May 2010, Oricon Style published the results of the national survey of "Music programs that I would like to see revived", Yoru no Hit Studio placed second place behind The Best Ten, which placed first place.[4] In November 2023, news website Shunkan Josei Prime published the same survey, Yoru no Hit Studio placed second place behind The Best Ten, which placed first place, both of them regaining same place as in 2010 survey charts.[5] The surveyors answered the reason behind revival for Gorgeous stage sets, full chorus singing with live orchestra performance, singers performing songs from a wide range of genres, collaboration projects, beautiful costumes.[5]
- ^ "『ザ・ベストテン』生歌・生演奏が基本 中継でも生バンドにこだわる". News Post Seven. January 11, 2020.
- ^ "『夜のヒットスタジオ 傑作選』1976年から時系列順に放送". news.mynavi.jp (in Japanese). September 15, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "『夜のヒットスタジオ 傑作選』フジテレビTWO ドラマ・アニメ／フジテレビTWOsmartで放送・配信！". fujitv-view.jp (in Japanese). September 15, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "復活して欲しい音楽番組、1位は「ザ・ベストテン」". life.oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). May 5, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ a b "《復活してほしい音楽番組》3位『HEY!HEY!HEY!』、2位『夜のヒットスタジオ』を抑えて1位に輝いたのはランキング形式を根づかせた伝説の番組！". jprime.jp (in Japanese). November 20, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.