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AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS Celebrates 23rd Anniversary
2012.06.20
“AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS (AFV)”, the American version of TBS’s FUN TV WITH KATO-CHAN AND KEN-CHAN: FUNNY HOME VIDEO CORNER celebrates its 23rd anniversary. After the ABC Network (Disney/ABC) began airing AFV in 1989, the show became the longest-running primetime entertainment program in the 60-year history of the ABC network in the autumn of 2006. Produced by Vin Di Bona, four-time Emmy award-winning producer, recipient of George Foster Peabody Award and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, under license from TBS, AFV will go into its 23rd year in the fall of 2012. It is rare for a single program to keep airing more than 10 years due to the fierce competition of US TV networks. The show became part of history in 2009 when The Smithsonian Institution selected the show for inclusion into their permanent entertainment collections. It is safe to say that nearly every American is familiar with this long-running series and maintain enjoying high popularity over two decades. The number of the video clips which have been contributed by the audiences is nearly 1,000,000. In addition, the total prize for the best video clips exceeds $12,500,000. In partnership with TBS’s exclusive format and variety program agent, Bellon Entertainment, TBS brought AFV to the world in 1988 and it stands as the most successful Japanese format to date. The shows are produced by only American stuffers and casts with Japanese original clips occasionally airing. |
