Doyo Wide Gekijo

Details

 * Title: 土曜ワイド劇場
 * Title (romaji): Doyo Wide Gekijo
 * Also known as: Saturday Night at the Mysteries / Mystery Theater (KIKU)* / Mystery Theatre (KIKU)*, Saturday Mystery Theater
 * Episodes: 1059 (as of 2008-Oct-25)
 * Genre: Tanpatsu-formatted weekly mystery series
 * Broadcast network: TV Asahi
 * Broadcast period: Saturday 21:00 to 22:54
 * Broadcast start/end: 1977-Jul-02 to 2017-April-08

Synopsis
Doyo Wide Gekijo is a weekly mystery series. Virtually all storylines follow along the following path: Each week features a fresh new cast and storyline.
 * A murder occurs early on.
 * A lead person attempts to solve the case.
 * A murderer is found, and usually confesses.

Theme Songs

 * Anata no Ai ni Naritai, by Karashima Midori (July 6, 1996 - March 29, 1997)
 * Anata no Sono Mune ni, by Matsuda Seiko (April 5, 1997 - September 26, 1998)
 * JOY, by TRF (October 3, 1998 - March 25, 2000)
 * Promised You, by ZARD (April 1, 2000 - December 28, 2002)
 * Hokkyokusei, by Gospellers (January 4 - September 27, 2003)
 * Mosukoshi, by Kiroro (October 4, 2003 - June 30, 2007)
 * Smile again, by BoA (July 7, 2007 - June 26, 2010)
 * (July 3, 2010 - September 24, 2011)
 * (October 1, 2011 - March 30, 2013)
 * (April 6, 2013 - September 24, 2016)
 * (October 1, 2016 - April 8, 2017)

Shows

 * Kyotaro Nishimura Travel Mystery
 * Kurokawa no Techo Special (2005-Jul-2)
 * Kaseifu wa Mita! starring Ichihara Etsuko (1983 to 2008-Jul-12 - 26 episodes)
 * Aibou Pre-Season (2000-Jun-3, 2001-Jan-27, 2001-Nov-10)
 * Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary
 * Terminal Station Series
 * The Young Mistress Plays Detective in the Spa Murder
 * The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta
 * Kariya's Father and Daughter
 * Inspector Souichi Habu
 * Hideki Takahashi's Captain Series
 * Prosecutor Yoko Asahina
 * Family Court Probation Officer Akira Yamanobou
 * Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko
 * Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage
 * Forensic Anthropologist Kumiko Misaki
 * Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney
 * The Aesthetic Salon Murders
 * Odd Detective
 * Case
 * Judicial Instructor Yoshiko Hodaka
 * Department Store Investigator! Murder Mystery
 * Tetsudou Sousakan
 * Saisousa Keiji Kataoka Yusuke
 * Gyakuten Houdou no Onna
 * Romantic Lake Mashuko Murders
 * Koto
 * The Driverless Hearse
 * The Burning Bride
 * Housewife Meiko Murder Mystery
 * Mystery of the Coral Seas
 * Rogue Lawyer Shiro Tatsumi
 * Fire Investigator, Kurenai Renjirou
 * Lost & Found at Tokyo Station
 * 辻真先の婚約旅行殺人事件シリーズ
 * 3 - Murder on the Sanriku Coast - Where the God of Death Dwells (1987)
 * 4 - Noto Peninsula Murders (1988)


 * 迷探偵記者羽鳥雄太郎と駆け出し女刑事シリーズ
 * 4 - The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop (1987)


 * 原教子の「二泊三日の旅」シリーズ
 * 2 - Deluxe Salon Car Engagement Tour Murders - Tateshina Plains and Lake Megami - 2 Nights and 3 Days Tour (1987)


 * 実年素人探偵とおんな秘書の名推理！
 * 2 - Michinoku Reunion Tour Murders (1988)