Utaban
Utaban (うたばん) was a Japanese music variety show, broadcast weekly from October 15, 1996 until March 23, 2010[1] on TBS.The show's theme song, played during the opening sequence and closing credits, was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra.Originally supposed to be called "J-Pop Hour",[citation needed] it was hosted by Takaaki Ishibashi, of comedy duo Tunnels, and Masahiro Nakai, leader of boy band SMAP.Project idol group Morning Musume were frequent guests on the show, at one point appearing almost weekly.It was reformatted into a new show called The Music Hour (ザ・ミュージックアワー), also hosted by Ishibashi and Nakai, which aired on TBS from April 20 to September 14, 2010.