My personal guess, based on nothing, is that the network sees COVID as the perfect cover to get rid of the boys as they are starting to really age and replace them on New Years with something that would attract younger audiences.
So they’re willing to take a ratings hit now so that they don’t have a problem in 5-10 years.
We’ll see how that works out, but I am certain we’ve seen our last No Laughing Batsu special.
NTV moved on to Ninety-Nine pretty much with the shows done the past 2 years. Unfortunately as said before, that’s gonna run dry quicker than No Laughing Batsu. Pretty much it’s a bunch of bits with maybe a couple NTV program bits like ItteQ or a drama. It doesn’t matter if there’s a format or not. The Ratings are gonna go underground in time.
My personal guess, based on nothing, is that the network sees COVID as the perfect cover to get rid of the boys as they are starting to really age and replace them on New Years with something that would attract younger audiences.
So they’re willing to take a ratings hit now so that they don’t have a problem in 5-10 years.
We’ll see how that works out, but I am certain we’ve seen our last No Laughing Batsu special.
NTV moved on to Ninety-Nine pretty much with the shows done the past 2 years. Unfortunately as said before, that’s gonna run dry quicker than No Laughing Batsu. Pretty much it’s a bunch of bits with maybe a couple NTV program bits like ItteQ or a drama. It doesn’t matter if there’s a format or not. The Ratings are gonna go underground in time.