The cast and schedule have been largely finalized! The “last key man” for the revival of the “Gakihitashi Year-End Special,” which has reached its final stage.

After three years, the countdown to the revival of the New Year’s Eve tradition is ticking away.

The popular year-end special program “Downtown no Gaki no Tsukasa ya Aarente,” which has been broadcast for 15 years since 2006 and recorded the highest viewer rating for 11 consecutive years since 2010, is now on the countdown to its revival! Never Laugh at Me Series” (Nippon Television Network Corporation). The last program not to be broadcast was “Never Laugh at the Great Poor GoTo Las Vegas 24H! in 2008, but the move to revive the series is finally reaching a critical stage. A key station official said.

The reason why the program was not broadcast for the last time in 2008 is that the BPO (Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization) announced that it was under deliberation regarding “variety shows that make painful things funny,” and the content of the program was leaked to an outside source just before its broadcast at the end of 2008. In addition, the content of the program was leaked to the public just before its broadcast at the end of 2008, which infuriated Mr. Matsumoto (Hitoshi, 60) and caused a feud between him and NTV. Although production negotiations continued behind the scenes during this period, Mr. Matsumoto stubbornly refused to budge, mainly for these two reasons, and the program was never realized. The fact that Matsumoto’s own motivation had dropped so much due to the mannerism of the program project also made it difficult to revive the program.

Three years have passed, however, and in addition to the softening of the feud between Yoshimoto Kogyo and NTV, Matsumoto and Masao Hamada (60) are said to be gradually changing their minds.

The turning point was last August’s broadcast of “Downtown vs. No? The turning point was last August’s broadcast of “Downtown vs. NTV’s desperate attempts to compromise with the viewers were successful, and Mr. Matsumoto and Mr. Hamada softened their attitude toward the program. In addition, both members of “Downtown” turned 60 years old this year. The plan to make this year’s year-end special the final episode of the series and to make it a blockbuster special and a grand finale was discussed, and the plan to make this year’s year-end special a reality was quickly discussed.

The schedule of the main cast members and other related parties, as well as tentative arrangements for locations, etc., have already been made. The filming has been done from the latter half of October to November, and the schedule for this year’s special will be the same.

All the arrangements for the revival of the special program are in place, but the go-ahead to finalize the program has not yet been given. The final key is not Matsumoto …… but Hamada. A source in the entertainment industry said, “Up to now, there has been no word on the decision of the special program.

This is the year when Mr. Matsumoto and Mr. Hamada each have the right to make the final decision on the special program. Mr. Matsumoto has already taken the stance, ‘If Hamada is going to do it, then I will follow his will. The rest will depend on Hamada-san’s final decision, but I have high hopes.

This magazine contacted NTV to ask about the final preparations for the revival of the special, but did not receive a response by the deadline.

Since this is a program that many people have been waiting for, we look forward to hearing the good news.