Otsukaresama deshita, Mao-chan!!!
Got this from an NHK staff tweet.
Mao-chan just had her Ohisama crank up tonight at around 8PM JST. Tweets also said Kengo Kora teared for a bit. :)
I expect news coverage for this by tomorrow unless it is eclipsed by the Shimada Shinsuke resignation news that stormed the geinoukai on this same night two hours after