Episode guide
Wednesday Downtown: 2026
23 episodes · premiered Jan 7, 2026
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- Episode 1: Electric Chair Game 2025: Tetsuya Morita vs. Hiroshi Yamazoe and more Jan 7, 2026 · 45m “Electric Chair Game 2025”: Saraba Seishun no Hikari’s Tetsuya Morita vs. Aiseki Start’s Hiroshi Yamazoe ▼ Theory: If you approach an acquaintance on the street, only for them to insist…
- Episode 2: [Emergency Live Broadcast] Kishitakano’s Takano Takes on the 10-Meter High Dive Again Jan 21, 2026 · 46m [Emergency Live Broadcast] Kishitakano’s Takano, who failed to make a single 10-meter dive in last year’s “Paper Airplane × High-Dive Catch,” gets another chance in a live broadcast!
- Episode 3: Kishitakano’s Takano Takes on the 10-Meter High Dive Again (Week 2) Jan 28, 2026 · 46m Kishitakano’s Takano returns for another attempt at the 10-meter high dive! After failing to complete the dive in the first round, can he finally overcome his fear and make the jump in…
- Episode 4: The Theory That Farting and Burping at the Same Time Is Nearly Impossible and more Feb 4, 2026 · 45m The Theory That It’s Extremely Difficult to Fart and Burp at the Same Time ▼ What happens when Pumpkin Potato Fly, who reunited just six months after breaking up, is tricked into breaking…
- Episode 5: 2025 Preview Pranks and more Feb 11, 2026 · 45m The annual “One-Week Advance Prank” returns for 2025’s most-pranked victim, the “King of Being Fooled” ▼ Bet on what club activities people were involved in during their school days based…
- Episode 6: The Theory That Spot-the-Difference Gets Twice as Hard When the Two Pictures Are Posted Far Apart and more Feb 18, 2026 · 45m The theory that spot-the-difference gets twice as hard when the two pictures are posted far apart ▼ The theory that comedians can deliver the perfect comeback if a situation from one of…
- Episode 7: Nelsons’ Aoyama Proposal Prank Feb 25, 2026 · 46m Nelsons’ Aoyama has been planning to propose to his longtime girlfriend with an unexpected flash mob… but the surprise goes wildly off script, leading to an unexpected turn of events and…
- Episode 8: WBC Opening Special: “Where’s Ohtani?” Mar 11, 2026 · 45m To celebrate the start of the WBC, the show revisits baseball-related theories and challenges! What surprising fact even left Hamada stunned?
- Episode 9: Moriyama Bigfoot and more Mar 25, 2026 · 45m How far back can you remember? “Quiz: Dinner Memories” ▼ Twenty years ago, Moriyama of Mitorizu looked like a monster. Now he comes face-to-face in the mountains with his former wild self…
- Episode 10: Last-Loser “Interference” Dominoes and more Apr 1, 2026 · 45m A domino game where players are allowed to throw dominoes to interfere with their opponents: “Last-Loser ‘Interference’ Dominoes” ▼ The theory that when struggling celebrities’ YouTube…
- Episode 11: The Theory That Some Twins Have Led Completely Different Lives and more Apr 8, 2026 · 45m The original sport combining competitive eating and throwing, “Sushi Kassen,” returns after a one-year hiatus! A tournament will finally determine the true inaugural champion ▼ The theory…
- Episode 12: The Stand-in Charades Quiz: Part 1 Apr 15, 2026 · 46m Nadal’s confinement series returns after three years, this time with a quiz theme! The target is lured into the mountains, where questions are conveyed solely through gestures without…
- Episode 13: The Stand-in Charades Quiz: Part 2 and more Apr 22, 2026 · 45m The conclusion of “The Substitute Gesture Quiz”! As the target is repeatedly called in and made to answer the quiz questions, can Nadal finally make his escape? ▼ The theory that there are…
- Episode 14: Freezing Cold Street Ya-Kyu-Ken May 13, 2026 · 45m A game of Ya-Kyu-Ken with people on the street, where each player wagers their clothes: win and you take one item of clothing from your opponent; lose and you have to give up one of your…
- Episode 15: The Theory That Guessing Kintaro from Her Stage Name Alone Is Nearly Impossible and more May 20, 2026 · 45m Identify the person based solely on a verbal description used to create a portrait: the “Telephone Portrait Challenge” ▼ The theory that it’s nearly impossible to guess Kintaro from her…
- Episode 16: Everyone’s Theories Special and more May 27, 2026 · 45m Everyone’s Theories Special ▼ The theory that if you see a skinny, bald man wearing a striped turtleneck at a TV station, you’d mistake him for Hyoroku and approach him ▼ The theory that…
- Episode 17: 30-1 Grand Prix 2026 Jun 3, 2026 · 45m 30-1 Grand Prix: Who is the funniest comedian in just 30 seconds? Forty comedy acts compete in a tournament to crown the sixth champion! Judges: Chihara Junior, Kooky!, Hiroya Yamazaki…
- Episode 18: Comedian Parent Matching Game and more Jun 10, 2026 · 45m “Comedian Parent Matching Game,” a game where contestants try to identify comedians’ parents based solely on their appearance ▼ The theory that it’s surprisingly difficult to find someone…
- Episode 19: The Tomoshige Quiz Jun 24, 2026 · 45m A “Tomoshige Quiz” is created using two weeks of secretly filmed footage of Mograider’s Tomoshige, along with interviews with his family and people from his hometown! What new side of this…
- Episode 20: Our Barricade War Jul 1, 2026 · 45m Two teams barricade and defend two neighboring abandoned buildings! With a budget of ¥300,000, they can buy and use any items they want for offense or defense… At sunrise, the teams launch…
- Episode 21: The Flop Dream Match Jul 22, 2026 · 45m Struggling comedians team up with popular comedians to form one-night-only duos in a “Feeling Couple” format, then perform together in “The Flop Dream Match”! Will they bomb as expected…
- Episode 22: The Theory That You’d At Least Know Something About a Work Recommended by a Senior Before Seeing Them Again and more Jul 29, 2026 · 45m The theory that if a senior colleague recommends a movie, show, book, or other work, you’d at least look into it before seeing them again ▼ The theory that punch-permed men in Tokyo are an…
- Episode 23: The Theory That “Scary” and “Funny” Are Two Sides of the Same Coin and more Aug 5, 2026 · 45m The theory that no one has ever skipped straight from calling their mother “Mama” to “Ofukuro” ▼ The theory that “scary” and “funny” are two sides of the same coin.