A TV writer finds out the dark side of “Itte Q’s” “last-minute replacement” that is “several times worse than what people think.

The “replacement of the program four hours before airing” is a startling fact.

Do you remember the trouble that occurred in the February 2 episode of NTV’s popular variety program “Sekai no Hattou de Itte Q! A location shoot in Korea was cancelled due to the fact that the collaborator was an organization related to the former Unification Church.

Aside from the reason for the replacement, what shocked many TV people was the sudden change of content “four hours before the broadcast. The surprise was even greater than the public had been led to believe.

A mid-level broadcaster who had been in charge of variety programs at Nippon TV in the past even told me, “I feel like I have seen the dark side of Nippon TV. What does this mean?

The staff members shoot and edit the program and deliver it to the station as a “complete packet. The station’s producers and legal staff check the final version, and only those that are judged to be “OK” are broadcast. A broadcaster mentioned above said, “If a replacement is made four hours before the broadcast, it is not a problem,

The fact that the film was replaced four hours before the broadcast means that it had not been “completely packaged” until just before that time. In other words, they were editing until the very last minute before the broadcast, right?

He says, “Yes, that’s right. The person in charge of planning and directing “Itte Q” is Mr. A, who is known as the number one person at the station when it comes to variety shows. He has planned and directed other popular programs such as “Monday Night Fakashi.

A director who has worked with him once said, “He is a man who never compromises his work.

He never compromises his work. If he thinks something is boring, he will tell you to go back and reshoot it, even if it is just before the deadline. The results of his persistence are reflected in the numbers, so he tries his best to live up to the expectations of the production staff.

It is a highly enthusiastic work environment. That’s all very well, but the director laughed bitterly, saying, “Depending on how you look at it, it’s a bit of a black eye.

When you are checking the program on the day of broadcast with little time to spare, you may miss problems or not have enough time to deal with them. It raises a question mark in terms of crisis management.