Mezamashi TV

*Mezamashi TV*
Mezamashi TV
	The Mezamashi TV studio set used from 2012
Country of origin	Japan
Production
Running time	155 minutes
Original release
Network	Fuji TV
Release	April 1, 1994 –; present

Mezamashi TV (めざましテレビ, Mezamashi Terebi) is a Japanese news magazine show broadcast every weekday on Fuji TV from 4:55 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Mezamashi is a form of the Japanese verb mezamasu (to wake up).

Mezamashi TV has several spin-off shows such as Mezamashi TV Aqua (めざましテレビアクア) (replacing Meza News which ended in March 2014), which is aired before Mezamashi TV for viewers in the Kanto region starting at 4:00 am (stations in some areas will air Meza News at 5:00 am) which ended in March 2018 and Mezamashi Saturday (めざましどようび), the Saturday supplement of Mezamashi TV which airs at a later time from 6:00 to 8:30 am, and Mezamashi 8 which is a replacement to Tokudane! from March 29, 2021.^[1]

History

In the first half of the 1990s, several news magazine shows of Fuji TV in the morning were discontinued after a short period because of low television ratings. The new show featured two presenters, Norikazu Otsuka and Akiko Yagi. Otsuka was a freelance presenter who had been a presenter at NHK. Mezamashi TV was first broadcast on April 1, 1994.

In 1997, Natsuko Kojima was appointed as an additional main newscaster.^{[citation needed]} In 2003, Aya Takashima was appointed as a new main newscaster.^{[citation needed]}

Main parts

Kyo no Uranai CountDown!

Kyo no Uranai CountDown! (今日の占いカウントダウン！, "today's horoscope countdown") is a fortune-telling segment. This segment has continued since the beginning of Mezamashi TV.

Kyo no Wanko

Kyo no Wanko (きょうのわんこ, "Today's doggie") is a segment that shows interesting dogs in Japan. This segment has been continuing since 1994. This part is narrated by Kikue Nishiyama.^{[citation needed]}

Main presenters

Norikazu Otsuka (April 1994 – November 2011)^[2]
Toshihiro Ito (November 2011 – March 2012)
Masaharu Miyake (April 2012 – present)
Yūmi Nagashima
Yōko Ozawa　(September 2015 – September 2016)
Shinichi Karube

References

^ "『とくダネ！』3月末で22年の歴史に幕小倉智昭「席を譲る時が来たようです」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
^ "Announcer Otsuka Norikazu diagnosed with leukemia". Tokyograph. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] "『とくダネ！』3月末で22年の歴史に幕小倉智昭「席を譲る時が来たようです」". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2021-03-23.

[tokyograph20111106-2] "Announcer Otsuka Norikazu diagnosed with leukemia". Tokyograph. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

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