The program began broadcasting on August 28, 1953 in black and white and then when colour television was introduced to Japan on July 1, 1972, it added little colorful doves forming a circle.
Due to reasons unknown, the program was pulled from the air on 2000, and was replaced by a simple station identification program announcing the handover to NNN News 24's overnight simulcast, and also by a static image of NTV's control room.
Between 2003 and 2008, the analog feed aired a simple animation of the Nippon Television logo forming up.
Just before midnight on July 24, 2011, the date of Japanese analog television switchoff in most regions, the original (colour) version was broadcast on NTV's analog signal in Tokyo, with the addition of "58年間ありがとうございました" (Thank you for 58 years) to the NTV logo screen.
In celebration of Nippon Television's 60th anniversary, the network rebranded on January 5, 2013, and started airing another simple animation featuring the channel's logo with the slogan "Mitai, Ga sekai o kaete iku (見たい、が世界を変えていく, lit.