Nobody can resist her spell. ("Kaseifu no Mita" - NTV)
Nobody can resist her spell. ("Kaseifu no Mita" – NTV)
This week’s first of two Drama Prime Time Reports offers two big winners, “Kasouken no Onna 11” and “Kaseifu no Mita“, which both improved their ratings by 3.0% or more.
Monday already started with some surprisingly high ratings for various shows. TV Asahi was able to shine with “Qsama!!” and …
Will she understand the feeling of love? ("Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi" - NHK)
Will she understand the feeling of love? ("Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi" – NHK)
This week’s first of two Drama Prime Time Reports offers some unsurprising ratings, one new drama, a weak Wednesday due to a public holiday and, as usual, an unwavering “Kaseifu no Mita” that claimed the top spot.
The Monday Fuji TV drama, “Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu” …
Amazed about the ratings? ("Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de" - Fuji TV)
Amazed about the ratings? ("Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de" – Fuji TV)
In this week’s first of two Drama Prime Time Reports, we saw the typical drops in ratings for the second episodes of various dramas. “Kaseifu no Mita” is very close to reaching 20%, and two new dramas premiered on Thursday.
Fuji TV must’ve been the most nervous …
The "Marumo no Okite" special brightened the Sunday evening.
The "Marumo no Okite" special brightened the Sunday evening.
It was an interesting and fun week full of variety specials, the “Freeter” and “Marumo no Okite” drama specials, and several new fall dramas have already gave us a nice taste of the upcoming season.
Monday was still a relatively slow day for us drama fans, but at least the quiz show …
Ashida Mana and Suzuki Fuku say good bye, at least for this season.
Ashida Mana and Suzuki Fuku say good bye, at least for this season.
This past weekend the last three of four spring dramas came to an end, but only one of them said farewell – or rather ’see you again’ – with a bang.
The high school restaurateurs of “Kokosei Restaurant” on Saturday evenings ended with a weak rating below 10%, …
Suzuki Fuku (l.) and Ashida Mana from "Marumo no Okite" hot on the trail of "JIN"
Suzuki Fuku (l.) and Ashida Mana from "Marumo no Okite" hot on the trail of "JIN"
On Friday, the drama “Umareru” dropped down to a new season low while competing against a strong live-action adaption of Higashino Keigo’s novel “11 Moji no Satsujin” and a very strong “Hodo Station“. Meanwhile “Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto” reached its final …
"Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto" (TV Asahi)
"Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto" (TV Asahi)
Horikita Maki’s drama “Umareru” loses ground a bit again after it’s season-high last week, but the remaining Friday dramas continued where they left off.
There is nothing new to report about the ratings of the Saturday only drama, “Kokosei Restauran“. It’s still reaching numbers near the 11% mark.
Sunday was the most interesting of …
Tanimura Mitsuki as a cat in "Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari: PETS"
Tanimura Mitsuki as a cat in "Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari: PETS"
Friday was a nice start into the weekend for the drama viewers. Both, “Umareru.” and “Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto” were able to improve the ratings, with the former even reaching higher ground above the 10% again. It doesn’t look like the competitors had much to do with …
"Koukousei Restaurant" (NTV)
"Koukousei Restaurant" (NTV)
The “Golden Week” ended last week on Thursday, many people took the necessary days off in order to make it a complete week of holidays – and therefore no more dramas had to suffer from the sudden vacation-spree of the masses. However, the weekend and Friday dramas didn’t really suffer from the first batch of holidays in …
Horikita Maki on "Guru-Guru Ninety-Nine" (NTV)
Horikita Maki on "Guru-Guru Ninety-Nine" (NTV)
Not a lot of viewers turned into last week’s premiere of Fuji TV’s Monday drama “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta“. This week it lost some viewers again, but at least it only was a minimal decrease in ratings. This could mean that almost everyone who saw the first episode got …
A press conference for the upcoming medical drama, “Saijou no Meii“, was held on January 5th, and cast members appeared to discuss their new project.
Actor Saito Takumi will be starring in the drama as a genius pediatric surgeon, and he candidly confessed during the event that he’s struggling over the medical terms used in the script. He also can’t seem to pronounce the …
Saito Takumi
Saito Takumi
There have been a lot of announcements about new drama series recently, and here is yet another one!
It’s been recently revealed that Saito Takumi will be starring in the upcoming drama “Saijou no Meii (最上の命医)” as a genius pediatric surgeon. ”Saijou no Meii” is a medical manga on Weekly Shonen Sunday (currently, part two …
Aibu Saki and Higa Manami will be co-starring in a drama special titled “Ashita mo Mata Ikite Ikou” for TBS. Based on a true story, “Ashita mo Mata Ikite Ikou” will exhibit the tragic friendship between volleyball players Kimura Saori and Yokoyama Yumika. Aibu will play as Kimura while Yokoyama is played by Higa.
This drama draws from a …
