What happened at the wedding?! ("Zenkai Girl" - Fuji TV)
What happened at the wedding?! ("Zenkai Girl" – Fuji TV)
A couple more dramas have come to an end since Friday, leaving fans craving for more as usual. The Monday ratings are also included in this report, because it was a public holiday in Japan and therefore part of the long weekend.
Nothing big happened on Friday. “Ikemen desu ne” (TBS) …
Just awesome, and he knows it! ("Yuusha Yoshihiko" - TV Tokyo)
Just awesome, and he knows it! ("Yuusha Yoshihiko" – TV Tokyo)
It was the first weekend after the recent conclusion of all the sporting events, and most programs were able to reclaim their viewer ratings, especially the Saturday drama’s.
Friday still started with a popular TV special, the “31st All Japan High School Quiz“. Unfortunately, the drama special “Majutsu wa Sasayaku” …
Jang Geun Suk made Takimoto Miori beam in "Ikemen desu ne" (TBS)
Jang Geun Suk made Takimoto Miori beam in "Ikemen desu ne" (TBS)
It was a sporty weekend with the continuation of the “Daegu Athletics World Championships 2011” and the two football (soccer) matches of both the national men and women teams.
Fortunately, “Ikemen desu ne” (TBS), the first drama on Friday, aired at it’s regular time of 9pm and therefore avoided …
Kawakubo Takuji as 'Ponji' in "Yuusha Yoshihiko" (TV Tokyo)
Kawakubo Takuji as 'Ponji' in "Yuusha Yoshihiko" (TV Tokyo)
Most of the ratings are back to normal after NTV’s “24 Hour Television” last weekend, and there was only one drama that really lost a lot of viewers between Friday and Sunday.
As usual, let’s start with Friday and the seemingly popular drama “Ikemen desu ne” on TBS. Last week it lost …
Kuroki Meisa & Shirota Yu in "Jiu" (TV Asahi)
Kuroki Meisa & Shirota Yu in "Jiu" (TV Asahi)
This weekend was completely dominated by NTV’s annual “24 Hour Television” special on-air marathon, including the very well-received special drama that sidelined “Don Quixote” on Saturday.
First of all, let’s take a look at the Friday ratings.
Fuji TV’s special drama at 9~10pm didn’t receive a lot of attention, but unfortunately, …
AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko recently blogged a picture of herself and Tokuyama Hidenori from the set of Hana Kimi. Maeda explains that the two of them are like siblings on location, which she is grateful for.
“By the way, I’m holding Tokuyama Oniisan’s guitar in the picture!! Honestly, I’d like to be able to play the guitar…someday,” Maeda wrote, expressing her desire …
:'-| ... "Kingyo Club" (NHK)
:'-| … "Kingyo Club" (NHK)
The biggest winner of the weekend – “Don Quixote” (+2.2%/new season-high); the biggest loser – “Gou” (-4.5%/new season-low).
You won’t spot a lot of green (positive) icons in the listing below, because it was the weekend just before the August Bon Festival (‘Hachigatsu Bon‘). Many people also were attracted by a couple of war specials, and …
Singing about the ratings? ("Ikemen desu ne")
Singing about the ratings? ("Ikemen desu ne")
The second half of the week didn’t bring forth any new surprises.
The prime time for Friday started with a nice drama special called “Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni“, starring Kitagawa Keiko and Koide Keisuke, performing decently during NTV’s movie time slot. Fuji TV also aired a variety special, making it difficult for the …
A stand-off with the ratings. ("Jiu")
A stand-off with the ratings. ("Jiu")
The weekend-report includes one new drama, weak ratings for one ‘danso’ drama, improved ratings for another ‘danso’ drama, terrible ratings for yet another ‘danso’ drama, and a recovered “Don Quixote“.
If you know the air-date of the three ‘danso’ dramas, you should already know the tendency of their ratings from the introductory sentence alone. Anyways, …
You better not make NANA (Kojima Haruna) your enemy. ("Ikemen desu ne")
You better not make NANA (Kojima Haruna) your enemy. ("Ikemen desu ne")
The ‘Drama Prime Time Report’ for the Weekend is here and let’s look at the couple of question marks that have been raised after the previous ratings, especially at the problematic danso dramas.
On Friday the second episode of “Ikemen desu ne” aired, one of three ‘danso’ dramas this …
On July 9th, Maeda Atsuko (who’ll turn 20 years old on the 10th) was surprised by the cast and staff members of “Hanazakari no Kimitachi e~ Ikemen Paradise~ 2011” with an impromptu party! As the 10th is also the date for drama’s first broadcast, she expressed, “This is truly a wonderful 20th birthday. I am happy that we were able …
The highly anticipated drama of this summer, “Hanazakari no Kimi Tachi e ~Ikemen Paradise~ 2011,” also known as “Hana Kimi 2011,” has revealed its trailer to the public. As mentioned before, this drama will feature AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko, actor Nakamura Aoi, and Miura Shohei as the story’s three main characters.
Hana Kimi will begin airing …
AKB48 member Maeda Atsuko updated her official blog, teasing fans with a collaboration between “Hana Kimi” and the popular spring drama, “Marumo no Okite“!
“It’s Mana-chan, Fuku-kun and Mook~ The July 3rd broadcast of ‘Marumo no Okite’ will be its last!!” the idol wrote on her official blog. “Three of the members of ‘Hanazakari no Kimitachi e’ get to …
L to R: Ichikawa Miori, Ooba Mina, Nagao Mariya
L to R: Ichikawa Miori, Ooba Mina, Nagao Mariya
Three members of AKB48’s newly-formed Team 4 have been added to the growing cast of “Hana Kimi“!
As we previously reported, AKB48 member Maeda Atsuko will star as the drama’s main character – who dresses up as a boy to get into an all-boy’s high school – and stunned …
Today, it was revealed that AKB48’s Kashiwagi Yuki (19) will make her debut as an actress in “Hanazakari no Kimitachi e ~Ikemen Paradise~ 2011” with Maeda Atsuko (19), who is also from AKB48. Kashiwagi will be playing a role of a rival to Maeda Atsuko’s character.
Even though Kashiwagi has acting experience, including “Magisuka Gakuen” which featured many AKB48 …
