Drama Prime Time Report – November 4th~6th
Will he find 'that woman'? ("Kasha" - TV Asahi)
Here is the Friday and weekend edition of the the Drama Prime Time Report, highlighted by a Saturday full of mysteries and monsters.
Friday was a fairly normal day in terms of ratings. As expected, “Sengyou Shufu Tantei” (TBS) was able to recover from last week’s blow and at least gained 0.8%. Unfortunately, it didn’t jump back above the 10% mark, but Fukada Kyoko is already quite used to much lower ratings. The next couple of episodes should give a nice indication of how the average rating at the end of the season will turn out, unless the drama suddenly loses or gains a large number of viewers.
The ratings for the other Friday dramas weren’t that positive this week. “11 Nin mo Iru!” (TV Asahi) lost a lot of ground again with the third episode (-1.5% -> now 7.9%). It’s a charming drama with an even more charming cast, but it doesn’t really bring excitement to people with hardly any anticipation for the next episode. A typical, maybe too ‘normal’, home and family drama.
Midnight drama “Kaito Royale” (TBS) had a great start last week, therefore the loss of 0.7% doesn’t look too serious at the moment. A rating of 3.5% is nothing to be ashamed about and still above the average rating of previous dramas in that time slot.
"Sengyou Shufu Tantei" / "11 Nin mo Iru!" / "Kaito Royale"
Saturday is a heavenly like day for drama fans. Four different dramas, drama specials, and two-hour-dramas competed for viewers at the 9:00 pm time slot.
Most people, knowing the amazing novel its based on, were attracted to the two-hour-drama “Kasha” (starring Kamikawa Takaya and Sasaki Nozomi) on TV Asahi. A whooping 17.0% watched that show, not leaving much room for the only regular drama, “Yokai Ningen Bem” (NTV).
Fortunately the monsters of “Yokai Ningen Bem” didn’t shy away from the tough competition and only lost 1.3%. With 15.8% this episode and a current average of 17.27%, the drama is still in the top four this season. However, it’s closely followed by “Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de“, whose ratings are much more stable. Moreover there are probably going to be a few more difficult Saturdays ahead, making it difficult for this drama to compete with all the other great dramas this season.
If those two shows didn’t spark your interest, how about Mitani Koki’s spin-off drama special “Suteki na Kakushidori” (Fuji TV), or the medical/mystery two-parter “Shimei to Tamashii no Limit” (NHK), starring Ishihara Satomi and Hayami Mokomichi?
Obviously, most viewers were already taken by the two shows mentioned before, but that doesn’t mean that they didn’t have some fun and exciting moments to offer. You better check out all four of them!
"Kasha" / "Yokai Ningen bem" / "Shimei to Tamashii no Limit"
A lot of people sat in front of their TV on Sunday, resulting in a lot of high ratings. Especially at around 8:00 pm it was difficult to find shows that were only watched by less than 10%.
Of course, the volleyball match between the women of Japan and South Korea on Fuji TV attracted a lot of viewers, but also the other variety shows were surprisingly strong. Taiga drama “Gou” (NHK) wasn’t one of those surprises, but at least it didn’t lose any viewers at all compared to last week.
At 9:00 pm, the volleyball match was nearing its end and viewers weren’t able to tune in to other shows, such as “Nankyoku Tairiku” (TBS) or the TV premiere of the movie “Akunin” (TV Asahi). Especially the former has yet to break its fall and reclaim the top, but it looks like that won’t happen until it gets closer the final climax.
“Boku to Star no 99 Nichi” (Fuji TV) had to give up its time slot to the volleyball match and aired almost one hour later than usual. The ratings went down slightly with the late starting time, as it dropped from 9.7% to 9.0%. However, the drop is too low to determine whether that was really the result of the late time slot.
“Ore no Sora: Keiji-Hen” (TV Asahi) also got delayed due to the long runtime of “Akunin”. It aired around midnight and lost 1.4% compared to last week. In this case, after looking at the previous ratings, it’s much more obvious that this one probably lost 1.0% only because it had to air later than usual.
"Gou" / "Boku to Star no 99 Nichi" / "Ore no Sora: Keiji-Hen"
You can check out the ratings of all the fall dramas below the daily report.
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NHK, TBS and TV Tokyo usually don’t disclose the ratings for their shows on a regular basis, therefore they won’t be included in the list below. Certain dramas or drama specials that aired on those channels and might lack ratings are still included with a ??.?% rating. This doesn’t mean that the ratings were too low to recorded.
Improvements and declines will be illustrated with the use of several icons. The colors and the numbers indicate how much the ratings have changed.
An orange color means almost no change, while a red color means the ratings dropped, and a green color means the ratings improved.
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11/4 – Friday
10:00 pm
01 – 
21:54-23:10 – 13.1% 
Hodo Station
02 – 
21:00-22:54 – 12.5% 
Kaiji: Jinsei Gyakuten Game
03 – 
21:30-23:22 – 10.5% 
Kanzaburo Micchakku! Namida no Fukki
04 – 
22:00-22:54 – 09.5% 
Sengyou Shufu Tantei (03)
11:00 pm
01 – 23:30-24:00 – 08.5% 
Hitoshi Matsumoto no OO na Hanashi
02 – 23:15-24:15 – 07.9% 
11 Nin mo Iru! (03)
03 – 23:00-23:30 – 07.7% 
Another Sky
midnight slot
?? – 24:20-24:50 – 03.5% Kaito Royale (02)
?? – 
24:12-24:53 – ??.?% 
Koko ga Uwasa no El Palacio (05)
Info:
>>> “Kaiji”
Cast: Fujiwara Tatsuya, Amami Yuki, Kagawa Teruyuki, Yamamoto Taro and more
> “Sengyou Shufu Tantei”
Cast: Fukada Kyoko, Fujiki Naohito, Kiritani Kenta, Furuta Arata, and more
> “11 Nin Mo Iru!”
Cast: Kamiki Ryunosuke, Mitsura Yasuko, Kato Seishiro, Hoshino Gen, and more
> “Kaito Royale”
Cast: Matsuzaka Tori, Omasa Aya, Fukushi Seiji, Chansung, and more
> “Koko ga Uwasa no El Palacio”
Cast: Takeda Kohei, Sato Eriko, Takeda Rina, Aikawa Yuzuki, Sawayama Rina, Nakamura Shizuka, and Miura Rieko
Caps:
Sengyou Shufu Tantei – Fukada Kyoko
11 Nin Mo Iru – Kamiki Ryunosuke
11 Nin Mo Iru – Kanai Miki
11 Nin Mo Iru – Hirosue Ryoko (special appearance)
Kaito Royale – Omasa Aya
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11/5 – Saturday
9:00 pm slot
01 – 21:00-23:11 – 17.0% 
Kasha
02 – 21:00-21:54 – 15.8% Yokai Ningen Bem (03)
03 – 21:10-23:20 – 09.1% Suteki na Kakushidori
04 – 
21:00-22:15 – 06.7% 
Shimei to Tamashii no Limit (1/2)
Info:
>>> “Kasha” (Based on Miyabe Miyuki’s mystery novel!)
Cast: Kamikawa Takaya, Sasaki Nozomi, Gori, Watanabe Dai, and many more
> “Yokai Ningen Bem”
Cast: Kamenashi Kazuya, Anne, Suzuki Fuku, and more
>>> “Suteki na Kakushidori” (Mitani Koki; “Suteki na Kanashibari” spin-off)
Cast: Fukatsu Eri, Nishida Toshiyuki, Abe Hiroshi, Takeuchi Yuko, and many more
>>> “ Shimei to Tamashii no Limit”
Cast: Ishihara Satomi, Hayami Mokomichi, Fukikoshi Mitsuru, Kurashina Kana, and more
Caps:
Kasha – Kamikawa Takaya, Sasaki Nozomi, and more
Yokai Ningen Bem – Anne
Shimei to Tamashii no Limit – Ishihara Satomi and more
Picaru no Teiri – Oshima Yuko, Yoshitaka Yuriko, and Karina
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11/6 – Sunday
8:00 pm slot
01 – 
19:58-20:54 – 16.6% 
Sekai no Hate Made Itte Q!
02 – 20:00-20:45 – 16.1% Gou – Himetachi no Sengoku (43)
03 – 
19:04-21:44 – 15.0% 
Volleyball WC (Women): Japan vs. South Korea
04 – 19:58-20:54 – 14.4% Daikaizo!! Gekiteki Before-After SEASON II
9:00 pm slot
01 – 21:00-21:54 – 15.8% Nankyoku Tairiku (04)
02 – 19:04-21:44 – 15.0% Volleyball WC (Women): Japan vs. South Korea
03 – 21:00-21:54 – 13.3% Gyoretsu no Dekiru Horitsu Sodanjo
04 – 21:00-23:34 – 12.6% Akunin
10:00 pm slot
* “Boku to Star no 99 Nichi” was delayed due to the Volleyball World Cup of the women!
01 – 22:00-22:30 – 18.4% 
Oshareism
02 – 21:00-23:34 – 12.6% Akunin
03 – 21:50-22:44 – 09.0% Boku to Star no 99 Nichi (03)
midnight slot
* “Ore no Sora” was delayed due to the TV premiere of the movie “Akunin”!
?? – 24:05-24:35 – 07.4% Shin Domoto Kyodai
?? – 
23:40-24:35 – 05.5% Ore no Sora: Keiji-Hen (04)
Info:
> “Nankyoku Tairiku”
Cast: Kimura Takuya, Sakai Masato, Ayase Haruka, Yamamoto Yusuke, and more
>>> “Akunin”
Cast: Tsumabuki Satoshi, Fukatsu Eri, Okada Masaki, Mitsushima Hikari, and more
> “Boku to Star no 99 Nichi”
Cast: Nishijima Hidetoshi, Kim Tae Hee, Taecyeon, Sakuraba Nanami, and more
> “Ore no Sora: Keiji-Hen”
Cast: Shonozaki Ken, Nagai Masaru, Kuninaka Ryoko, Natsuna, and more
Caps:
Boku to Star – Kim Tae Hee
Boku to Star – Sakuraba Nanami
Ore no Sora – Kuninaka Ryoko and Natsuna
Ore no Sora – Okamoto Rei (guest)
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Drama Overview:
Previous: [Spring 2011] [Summer 2011]
| Title Watashi ga Renai.. _ _ Nazotoki wa Dinner.. _ _ HUNTER _ _ Kare,Otto,Otoko Tomodachi _ _ Bitter Sugar _ _ Shinya Shokudo 2 _ _ Watashi no Host-chan _ _ Aibou 10 _ _ Kaseifu no Mita _ _ QP _ _ Kasouken no Onna 11 _ _ DOCTORS _ _ Runaway _ _ Mitsu no Aji _ _ Himitsu Chouhouin Erika _ _ Sengyou Shufu Tantei _ _ 11 Nin mo Iru! _ _ Kaito Royale _ _ Yokai Ningen Bem _ _ Kamisama no Nyobo _ _ Shimei to Tamashii no Limit _ _ Chocho-san _ _ Saka no Ue no Kumo _ _ Nankyoku Tairiku _ _ Boku to Star no 99 Nichi _ _ Ore no Sora: Keiji Hen _ _ |
??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? 17.0% – 15.7% – 14.8% _ # 18.1% – 16.1% – 16.4% _ # 09.8% – 11.8% – 11.5% – 12.0% _ # 06.5% _ # 03.8% – 05.9% – 04.7% _ # 02.5% – 01.5% – 01.8% _ # 03.0% – 02.3% – 01.9% – 01.5% – 02.0% _ # 19.7% – 17.4% – 15.0% _ # 19.5% – 18.7% – 19.8% – 19.5% _ # 01.7% – 02.3% – 02.2% – 02.1% – 02.6% _ # 17.1% – 10.7% – 11.8% _ # 13.7% – 14.4% _ # 12.5% – 10.9% _ # 11.6% – 08.2% – 08.4% – 10.1% _ # 06.3% – 04.1% – 06.0% – 04.7% – 05.6% _ # 12.6% – 08.7% – 09.5% _ # 11.4% – 09.4% – 07.9% _ # 04.2% – 03.5% _ # 18.9% – 17.1% – 15.8% _ # 10.5% – 09.6% – 09.8% # Avg: 9.97% (3 Episodes) _ # 06.7% (2 Episodes) (start) _ # Nov. 19 (2 Episodes) _ # Dec. 4 _ # 22.2% – 19.0% – 16.9% – 15.8% _ # 10.2% – 09.7% – 09.0% _ # 06.6% – 07.2% – 06.9% – 05.5% _ # |
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