Why “Downtown DX” was suddenly replaced three hours before the broadcast.

There are expectations that the program will be aired one week later than usual.

On January 23, “Downtown DX” (NTV, produced by Yomiuri TV) will air “Downtown DX Tonight,

Tonight’s Downtown DX will be a rerun of the May 9, 2024 episode due to a change in the broadcast schedule.

The announcement was made on the official X (formerly Twitter) approximately three hours before the broadcast, and was replaced by the rebroadcast. The scheduled performers that day were Umezawa Tomio (74), Izukawa Tetsuro (60), Chihara Jr. (50), Kawai Ikuto (37), and the comedy duo “Diane”. The sudden change in the program’s content was greeted with a number of questions from the general public,

What happened?

“Why?

I wanted to watch it. I wanted to watch it.

I wanted to watch it.

Doubts deepened further. Some viewers expected that the program originally scheduled to air on January 30 would be moved back one week, but in fact, Yuya Tegoshi (37), Shigeru Matsuzaki (75), Tetsuya Morita (43) and Kayo Noro (41) from “Saraba Seishun no Hikari” and others appeared on the program. In the end, the episode scheduled to air on the 23rd was not aired, and the reason why it was replaced by a rerun was not revealed.

This situation led to speculation on the Internet and other media,

“Did Ikuto Kawai do an impersonation of Nakai?

“Is it just going to be left in storage?

Some people on social networking sites were asking such questions as, “Did Ikuto Kawai do an impersonation of Nakai? A source close to the show revealed the following.