The drama of the “New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day specials are back one after another” due to Masahiro Nakai’s “trouble with a woman”.

A strange incident two weeks before the “Nakai scandal

The “90 million yen woman scandal” involving former “SMAP” star Masahiro Nakai (52) rocked the entertainment world during the year-end and New Year holidays. Since the beginning of the year, the super idol who had taken the world by storm disappeared from TV, radio, and commercials.

On January 7, the last regular terrestrial broadcast, “The! The World Ohten News 4-hour SP” (NTV) on January 7, his last regular terrestrial broadcast, cut all of Nakai’s scenes, despite the fact that he and Shofukutei Tsurube (73) were the double MCs. The editing was so outrageous that only Tsurube was shown alone. ……

The editing was unusual in that it showed more of the dancers than the MCs. There was a VTR without any wipes, so they must have added more VTRs in a hurry in response to the Nakai scandal. Although there was a sense of discomfort, I was impressed by the editing skills that made the program work as a prime-time show on Nippon TV,” said a producer from a key station.

The decision to drop the program was made in response to the news of Nakai’s “90 million yen trouble with a woman,” but other stations are also busy dealing with the situation. AP, a production company, was silent.

At TBS, projects that were once adopted but put on hold due to “production difficulties” are being resurrected one after another. The project I had submitted for the year-end and New Year’s holidays was suddenly decided to be aired in March. When I asked him about it, he said, “There is an opening in the Friday slot, and there is nothing to air until March. The slot was not filled. It was about two weeks before the “Nakai scandal” broke out that the special program began to be resurrected.

This suggests that TBS had decided at an early stage to suspend the broadcast of “Masahiro Nakai’s Friday Smile Tatakas”. The show will be on the air until March, which may mean that the slot will be filled with a special program and another regular program will be made available after the spring reorganization.

A photo of them kissing was leaked.

Meanwhile, Mr. A, a Fuji programming executive who is said to have matched Nakai with the female victim, said , “He was a celebrity in the TV industry, so there was no end to the conversation.

The day after the Nakai scandal broke, Mr. A was the talk of the town. I also heard a leading broadcaster say, ‘I heard that Mr. A has been suspended from work. However, it is common for female TV announcers and female employees to be summoned to VIP entertainment. It was just a bad habit in the TV industry that finally came out into the open, and no one seemed particularly surprised.

According to this broadcaster, even after the “Nakai scandal” was reported, Mr. A continued to appear at dinners and meetings with related parties. A Fuji employee continued.

When we were arguing with a major entertainment agency about rates for online distribution, I was impressed that Mr. A was always on the other side’s shoulders. In the best sense of the word, he is a talent first. I heard that some kissing and bed photos were circulating, but he was also someone who had no shortage of women-related rumors.”

Nakai was the MC of many programs, and the station employees who rose to the top and the production companies that had been enriched by his patronage are now in a state of fear and anxiety.

The power structure of the TV industry may change drastically.