The greatest in the world, IMHO, on par with British television and light years ahead of American television. Describing Japanese TV within the scope of one node is difficult to do... so here are the highlights:

NETWORKS

• NHK
• Nippon TV
• TV Tokyo
• TBS
• Fuji TV
• TV Asahi

SATELLITE

• BS
• WOWOW

PROGRAMS (see also anime)

• Asayan
• Crayon Shin-chan
• Digimon
• Doraemon
• dorama
• Double Score
• Downtown
• Dragon Ball
• Gakko e iko!
• Gundam
• Hey!Hey!Hey!
• Hey! Spring of Trivia
• Hippare
• Iron Chef
• Koko ga hen da yo, nihonjin
• Lupin III
• Music Cocktail
• Music Station
• News Station
• Ojamajo Doremi
• Ohayo Nippon
• Pokemon
• Red and White Song Battle
• Quiz Hexagon
• Takeshi's Castle
• TV Champion
• Ultraman
• Utaban

TARENTO

• Beat Takeshi
• Vivian Hsu
• Ishii Rika
• Kimura Takuya
• Sannin Matsuri
• SMAP
• Tamori

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/msg me with additions.