What are some of the American shows that Japanese love to watch?

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1. My students love medical dramas like greys anatomy

2. Here is one list of western (including non-American) programs that are popular in Japan. Use Google translate, if necessary.

   [https://ciatr.jp/topics/34162](https://ciatr.jp/topics/34162)

   [https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=TT&sl=ja&tl=en&op=websites](https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=TT&sl=ja&tl=en&op=websites)

3. Not recent, but anecdotally a lot of Japanese people seem to like or have fond memories of [Full House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_House), for whatever reason.

4. 24 was big here. There was a comedian imitating the main actor too.

5. The Halo show is huge in Japan

6. Full house

7. Full house, Tom and Jerry, Curious George, 24, Prison Break, The-X-Files

8. WWE they love it