Mezamashi TV

Mezamashi TV
File:めざまスカイ(The “Mezama-Sky” Studio).JPG The Mezamashi TV studio set used from 2012
Country of origin	Japan
Production
Running time	155 minutes
Release
Original network	Fuji TV
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	April 1, 1994 – Present
External links
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Mezamashi TV (めざましテレビ, Mezamashi Terebi) is a Japanese news magazine show broadcast every weekday on Fuji TV from 5:25 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Mezamashi is a form of the Japanese verb mezamasu (to wake up).

Mezamashi TV also 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) and Mezamashi Saturday (めざましどようび), the Saturday supplement of Mezamashi TV which airs at a later time between 6:00 and 8:30 am.

Broadcast times

• Fuji TV, TV Miyazaki and other 23 TV stations in the Fuji TV network except TV Oita: from 5:25 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
• Fuji TV, TV Miyazaki and other 23 TV stations in the Fuji TV network except TV Oita (after broadcasts of soccer matches): from 5:45 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
• Kansai TV (on January 17 every year): from 5:55 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
• Ishikawa TV and TV Nagasaki: from 5:55 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.

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. In 2003, Aya Takashima was appointed as a new main newscaster.

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.

Main presenters

• Norikazu Otsuka (April 1994 - November 2011)
• Yuumi　Nagashima
• Youko　Ozawa
• Shinichi Karube

External links

• Official website (Japanese)