Nippon TV, Rabbit Films Team on ‘Silent Library’ Format Adaptation – Global Bulletin
Naman Ramachandran Japan’s Nippon TV has teamed with Finland’s Rabbit Films for the Finnish-language version of Nippon TV’s unscripted format “Silent Library.”The Finnish version, hosted by popular presenter Riku Rantala, will air from Feb. 15 on Star Channel and is titled “Silent Library Suomi.” Since its launch as an international format in 2007, local versions have been developed in more than 20 countries around the world, including a hit U.S. version that launched on MTV in 2009. First airing in 2001 on Nippon TV, “Silent Library” is created by Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto and produced by Nippon TV in association with Yoshimoto Kogyo. In the show, there are six contestants, one librarian, and other people who sit randomly at the tables in the library. During the show, the contestants must endure crazy pranks but must always keep silent because the show takes place in a library.