Hiroshi Sekiguchi to Resign from ”Sunday Morning” in March, Launch New Program on BS in April

Hiroshi Sekiguchi, the host of “Sunday Morning” (TBS), will be leaving the show for the last time on March 31.

This is a long-running program that has continued for over 36 years since 1987, but Sekiguchi will be leaving the show at the end of March. He will be replaced by freelance announcer Takako Semba.

In the broadcast on March 24, Sekiguchi said, “See you next week,

See you next week.

but did not mention that the next week would be his last.

One would think that Hiroshi Sekiguchi would finally retire (……), but that is not the case.

From April 21, he will be hosting a new program on BS-TBS, “Sekiguchi Hiroshi no Kono Dareru! (Sundays at noon) on BS-TBS from April 21.

However, according to a TV station official, it is “inevitable” in the entertainment industry.

According to a TV station official, however, it is “inevitable” in the entertainment industry. It is not uncommon to find that station employees who were ADs when the program was first launched have become executives, and it is common for them to be unable to stand up to the bigwigs who have contributed so much to the station.

When Mr. Mino Monta graduated from the “Kenmin Show,” he prepared a replacement morning program, “Asa kara Mino Monta” (Yomiuri TV, Kansai local), to keep his good name. If it didn’t get the numbers he wanted, we said, “With your understanding, we’ll have you retire.

As expected, Mino’s program was cancelled after about seven months.