The show was a segment of the information program Tsuiseki ( " ) that aired on NTV from April 1988 to March 1994, but after the program ended, it began to be broadcast irregularly as a one-shot special program of two to three hours under the title Hajimete no Otsukai. Yoriko Tsutsui and Akiko Hayashi's picture book of the same name (published in English as Miki's First Errand) was the inspiration for the program's launch.
