"Kaseifu wa Mita!," a long-running drama that is part of TV Asahi's "Doyo Wide Gekijo" (Saturdays 9:00pm), is coming to a close this year. The show has had roughly one episode a year in that time slot since 1983, with all of them starring actress Etsuko Ichihara as a temp housekeeper assigned to upper class households. So far, the 25 single episodes have averaged a 21.5% rating. The drama was also given an 11-episode series in a different time slot in the fall of 1997.

The 26th and final episode on "Doyo Wide Gekijo" will air on July 12. Shiro Sano and Rino Katase have also been cast.

Ichihara, who is now 72 years old, was also the star of another long-lasting drama, "Obasan Deka Sakura Otome no Jikencho." It had 15 episodes between 1994 and its end last September.