Nihon TV's long-running documentary series, "Super TV," changes its name this week. The first installment of "Antenna 22" (Monday, 10 p.m.) is about the "crisis" that the host-club business is facing as its most popular stars grow past their prime.
The bulk of the program focuses on the fortunes of Shinjuku's most popular and famous place for women-of-means to meet and patronize handsome young men: Club A151, whose most popular employee quits without warning despite the fact that he makes at least 10 million yen a month. The documentary attempts to get to the bottom of the host's reasons for leaving the trade and looks at the stable of young studs who hope to fill his Italian shoes.
The program also looks at New Ai, one of Tokyo's oldest host clubs, whose most popular host inexplicably angers his main patron during a party held to celebrate the host's 29th birthday.