In the late 1970's, manzai became popular through the TV shows on the Fuji television channel, namely "Kao Meijin Gekijo" and "THE MANZAI," and some mid-career and young manzai-shi including duos of Yasushi YOKOYAMA and Kiyoshi NISHIKAWA, Kausu and Botan NAKATA, Comedy No.1, Two-Beat, Sento and Ruisu HOSHI, The Bonchi, Norio NISHIKAWA and Yoshio KAMIGATA, Shinsuke and Ryusuke as well as BB achieved significant popularity.
1970年代後半にはフジテレビの番組『花王名人劇場』、『THEMANZAI』からマンザイブームが起こり、横山やすし・西川きよし、中田カウス・ボタン、コメディNo.1、ツービート、星セント・ルイス、ザ・ぼんち、西川のりお・上方よしお、紳助・竜介、BB(漫才)などの中堅や若手漫才師が人気を集めた。