As the average age of TV viewers gets older, the networks schedule more and more programs about medicine and health. The variety show "Shujii ga Mitsukaru Shinryojo" ("The Clinic Where You Can Find Your Home Physician"; TV Tokyo, Mon., 8 p.m.), hosted by veteran announcer Hitoshi Kusano and comedian Koji Higashino, expands for a two-hour special this week to provide a select group of TV personalities with ningen dokku (comprehensive medical checkups).
In addition to putting celebrities through a battery of detailed tests, doctors from every discipline — internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, even psychiatry — will be present in the studio to answer any questions.
Model-actress Emi Takei, one of the faces of Gucci worldwide, flexes her thespian muscles in the new drama series "Daburu no Higeki" ("Double Tragedy"; TV Asahi, Thurs., 9 p.m.).