Broadcast History
Banzai first aired in the United Kingdom on the digital channel E4. It was repeated a few months later on E4's parent channel, Channel 4. It has been repeated on 3 other channels in the UK: Challenge, Dave and 4Music. It was later picked up for broadcast in Canada by Citytv, which broadcasted the original uncut episodes. It was broadcast in the USA for a short time only, and in a different format where the segments were cut up and interspersed with a movie. Then in 2003, Fox picked up the series in the United States (and Americanized it by editing content and saying that some of the people were from the United States instead of parts of the UK), airing its first episode on 13 July. After six episodes, however, pressure from Asian American groups led Fox to drop the show. In early 2004, the show found a new American home on Comedy Central. Re-runs moved once again on 6 March 2006 to G4's late night block, Midnight Spank. The recently-opened Philippine cable channel Jack TV also runs Banzai in a primetime weekend slot. Philippine channel RPN also runs the series every Thursday night at 7:30pm. It also airs in Australia on Fox8 and Channel V. In early 2002, it was also broadcast in Italy on MTV Italy on Friday nights with Italian dubbing.
Banzai is sometimes mistaken for a Japanese-produced show, such as on Comcast's interactive guide. It is, in reality, a British show.
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