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TIME IS MONEY THE CELEBRITY LIFE HACK SHOW

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Time is Money is the hilarious celebrity Life Hack show where your favourite stars share the time saving secrets of their success – and where viewers with the best life-hacks go home with a fat cash prize, proving once and for all that: Time is Money.

We live in increasingly pressurised times where much of our time is spent trying to save time! Take a quick look at your phone – just how many ‘time-saving’ apps have you got on it right now? Now ask yourself how many of them actually work? Right… then delete them then… I guess… how long would that take?

Time is Money is the show that really saves you time in your day to day life to free you up to do the things that you should be doing, like horse-riding, skiing, or something else you might see other people doing on the TV. Playing polo, maybe.

Time is Money is fiendishly simple. Our hosts introduce a panel of funny and crazy celebrities that show us their favourite life hacks. Little tips and tricks from the stars that have helped them get along and can now improve our lives by making things so, so much simpler. Some are fun, some are silly, some are extremely messy or dangerous, but most of them have the ultimate in ‘take-home TV’ – they can improve your life!

Action Heroine Cheer Fruits

アクションヒロイン チアフルーツ   액션 히로인 치어후르츠   動作女英雄 水果啦啦隊

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

What starts as a project for a small-town festival gains traction when local heroines begin getting scouted for popular TV programs. At the urging of her aunt, a prefectural governor in Hinano City, high school senior Misaki Shirogane signs up to become a "heroine fighter" for her area - but everything changes when she realizes that a local superhero show might be the way to rescue their town from serious financial jeopardy! But can they recruit all the girls and resources needed in the short time before the bills come due?

Aim for the Bouquet

ブーケをねらえ!   부케를 노려라   瞄準!! 新娘捧花大搶奪!

Aim for the Bouquet asks the question "would you want to marry the mystery celebrity?" This format's unique feature is a "voice audience" made up of 100 single men when the guest celebrity is female, or single women when the guest is a man. After each question, the voting audience decides whether they approve of the celebrity's answer. While the viewer can see and hear the celebrity guest, the celebrity's identity is electronically hidden from the voting audience who, uninfluenced by any preconception, form their opinions based only on the answers given. Conflict, humor and surprising results build to the dramatic conclusion.

Call me The Shadow : Adventures of a Housewife Detective

専業主婦探偵 〜私はシャドウ   전업주부 탐정~나는 그림자   家庭主婦偵探~我是影子

75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 8 eps|9 episodes

Full-time homemaker, Serina, is madly in love with her elite securities manager husband, Takefumi. But ever since they got married two years ago as two incurably infatuated lovers, her husband has changed. He has begun to find her unmitigated affection towards him to be “over the top” and “irksome.” As a result, he has begun to avoid her. Then one evening returning from a dinner party, Serina finds herself caught up in a little incident where she encounters a private detective named Haruki. She ends up taking a job working at his office. Though somewhat clumsy and wielding no particular talent to speak of, Serina gradually realizes that she was made for detective work. And in the process of striving for the affection of the husband she loves, she too finds herself changing and growing into a beautifully strong and independent woman.

Dream Animals THE MOVIE

たべっ子どうぶつ THE MOVIE

90min

Dream Animals biscuits, a long-selling snack beloved by Japanese since its launch in 1978 has been sold in more than 20 countries around the world and features the animal names written in English on the biscuits. The product has enjoyed an explosion in popularity in recent years as merchandise, especially among young people. Now for the first time, the product is given treatment as an animated movie called Dream Animals: The Movie. How will these animal biscuit characters behave and sound as they embark upon a thrilling adventure while tugging at your heartstrings with endearingly rich personalities.

Monster Stairs

モンスターステアーズ   몬스터 계단   恐怖階梯

The Quiz Show with comic consequences. Each step of the Monster Stairs represents a possible answer. The contestant tries to climb to the step with the correct answer to win a point for their team. Those who stop on the wrong step are sent tumbling by the Monster Stairs.

My Little Chef

マイリトルシェフ   나의 작은 요리사   我的小廚師

60 min. x 10 eps.|10 episodes

Seri, an unknown yet talented female chef from the country, arrives in Tokyo to work at French restaurant, Etoire, but discovers that they have gone out of business due to the departure of their main chef. Together with the restaurant’s former manager, she opens a French restaurant of her own and begins to recreate the flavors her late father mastered as a famous gourmet chef. Unfortunately, Etoire returns with an unscrupulous manager, and to make matters worse, Seri learns that it happens to be owned by her birth mother living in Paris who she hasn’t seen since she was a child. Seri wonders if her passion and skill will be enough to succeed.

Revue Starlight

少女歌劇 レヴュースタァライト   소녀극장 레뷔 스타라이트   少女☆歌劇 REVUE STARLIGHT

30 min.|12 episodes

Childhood friends Karen and Hikari made a promise that, together, they would one day become the next theatrical stars. Real life got in the way of their childhood dream when Hikari moved away, but Karen never forgot her promise. Years later, the two friends finally have their chance when they’re invited to a mysterious audition. However, the two are not the only ones who have trained for this moment, and they must now compete with others whom all share the same dream of performing on stage.

SAKABA: Bar Hopping Women

おんな酒場放浪記   여성 술집방랑기   女人們的酒場放浪記

15 min series|100+ eps

A female edition of the popular “SAKABA: Bar Hopping Report by Rui Yoshida” for women. Since first airing in 2003, the “SAKABA: Bar Hopping Report by Rui Yoshida” team has introduced viewers to some 500 drinking holes across the country and reported on over 1,500. But this time, drink loving women foray into the “middle aged male world” by hitting the program’s hand-picked establishments.

The Good Listener

SAKURA 〜事件を聞く女〜   사쿠라 ~사건을 듣는 여자~   SAKURA~傾聽事件的女人~

115 min × 1 ep / 60 min × 9 eps|10 episodes

Undercover cop Sakura Mizusawa assumes many faces as she teams up with a hot-blooded detective, Masato Takeuchi, to form a crime-solving tag team with an ear for the truth.
With an uncanny ability to connect all the disparate voices she hears undercover, Sakura goes in complete pursuit of criminals, giving her undivided attention to incidents that could happen to anyone and alleviating the suffering of the weak and disadvantaged.
Join her in this fun and raucous old school police story that promises a tearfully moving finish and plenty of lessons about right and wrong. Great for the whole family, young and old!

Ties of Shooting Stars

流星の絆

75min. x 2 eps. / 60min. x 8 eps.|10 episodes

“When we grow up… We’ll kill him together”. Koichi, Taisuke, and Shizuna are three siblings whose parents had been brutally murdered when they were just elementary school children, and they vowed to avenge the death of their parents. Fourteen years later, their vengeful plan unravels countless new facts. A shocking revelation leads to an overwhelmingly emotional ending. What will become of the siblings who have lived their lives solely in reliance of their bond alone?