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The story
Fuji TV’s late-night variety show “Sashihara Chinatsu” is being canceled at the end of September, barely five months after its launch this past April, according to a report from Josei Jishin. The show’s title is a mash-up of the surnames of its two hosts, Rino Sashihara and Chinatsu Wakatsuki. On 5channel, opinions split over whether the cancellation comes down to sponsor issues or simply weak ratings, with plenty of blunt comments along the lines of “Honestly, it’s impressive it even lasted five months.”
Posted: 2026/09/11 14:00 Last updated: 2026/09/11 15:32
Josei Jishin Editorial Team
Fuji TV’s late-night talk variety show “Sashihara Chinatsu,” which only launched this past April, has reportedly been given an abrupt cancellation at the end of September.
Source: jisin.jp / Original article here
What people said
They're both past their prime anyway
It did look kind of boring
Looks like Paula-chan's ignoring it too. (*´・ω・)(・ω・｀*)ﾈｰ
She seems suited to behind-the-scenes work, so she should focus on that instead
I was actually enjoying it quite a bit
Too bad
Might as well just go off the air at this point
Total waste of airwaves
I'll just run the article through my own AI to make it readable myself, so the media should just stick to plain, accurate, factual news.
A compliance violation seems unlikely here, so maybe it really was just so-so ratings?
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Background and Key Points of This Story
Late-night talk variety shows are usually judged for renewal or cancellation at the boundary of a “kuru” (one broadcast season, roughly three months), so getting canceled after five months counts as relatively short-lived even by that genre’s standards. The article does make clear that the show’s title is a coined term combining the surnames of hosts Rino Sashihara and Chinatsu Wakatsuki, but the original report itself never spells out a concrete reason for the cancellation — the thread’s “poor ratings” and “sponsor trouble” theories are both just speculation. There are also comments wondering whether these “…no wake” (“the reason why…”) style headlines are AI-generated, making the reporting style itself part of the discussion — a wrinkle that isn’t obvious from the article text alone.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Business News+) thread “Even staff were stunned, saying ‘That’s rough’ — the ‘sorry state of affairs’ reason Fuji TV’s new show got canceled after just 5 months.”
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