Popular idol group AKB48 has just announced that they will have their own television show!

The show will be titled "Naruhodo! High School" and will begin broadcasting in April, every Thursday at 7:00 PM JST. AKB48 had previously appeared on a show of the same name last year, where the girls performed experiments to learn new things and received advice, among other short segments. Their May 30th broadcast of "Naruhodo! High School" recorded an impressive 8.0% viewer rating despite its evening time slot, while their October broadcast earned an even higher rating of 11.0%. Because of the overwhelming fan response for new episodes, the decision has been made to turn "Naruhodo! High School" into a weekly television show.

"It still doesn't feel real," commented Oshima Yuko on their now regular variety show. "But since they've always been saying 'Aim for primetime!' when we started the show until now, I'm really happy." Kashiwagi Yuki chimed in happily, "It's been my one dream to (appear on) a primetime TV show."

In order to show the charms of the members to viewers who aren't already AKB48 fans, the group's name was intentionally left out of the title. Only twenty members will appear in each episode of "Naruhodo! High School" in order to focus on each girl.

"I think it's a great chance for you to learn each of our names," replied Takahashi Minami."We're going to risk everything by crossing the border of 'idol' and challenge it with all our might. I want to try hard so that all the viewers will be able to say, 'Ah, I see' (when they watch our show)."

Don't miss the first episode of this highly anticipated new show!

Source: Yomiuri