Drama Prime Time Report – March 14th~17th

"We've made it!"

"We've made it!"

The Drama Prime Time Report is back after we had to skip the report for March 11th~13th due to the emergency earthquake/tsunami broadcasts on all channels and the resulting cancellation of all dramas that aired during those days. Even NHK decided to cancel the broadcast of their taiga drama on Sunday, which had been unheard of for …


Drama Prime Time Report – March 7th~10th

On Monday “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” reached a new season-high, but it’s still a bit lacking for a Monday drama.

The viewership of the  Tuesday drama “CONTROL” didn’t change at all while “Utsukushii Rinjin” was able to climb up to 13.6%.

“Aibou season9” has come to an end on Wednesday with another 2h special that achieved 20%, …


Drama Prime Time Report – February 28th~March 3rd

"It's those ratings again..."

"It's those ratings again…"

On Monday, “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” managed to stay above 10%, but had to give away 1.1% compared to last week.

Unfortunately, the ratings for the Tuesday dramas “CONTROL” and “Utsukushii Rinjin” decreased as well, probably due to a very strong final episode of the show, “Kaikin! Story“.

“Aibou Season 9” wasn’t able …


Shonan no Kaze’s Wakadanna to guest star in “Misaki Number One!!”

Member Wakadanna (of the popular reggae band, ‘Shonan no Kaze‘) has been picked up to guest star in an episode of NTV’s on-going drama, “Misaki Number One!!“.

The singer was already involved in the drama (albeit indirectly), by featuring on JAMOSA’s theme song for the series, “Nanika Hitotsu feat. JAY’ED & Wakadanna“. Now, the musician will be playing as himself for the drama, in which …


Drama Prime Time Report – February 21st~24th

Ouch!

Ouch!

It looks likes “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” will be able to stay up there at 12% for a little longer and won’t have to bear the title of becoming the worst Monday drama, unless they completely screw up in the second half of the show. Fuji TV also aired the omnibus drama “Propose Kyodai” …


Komatsu Ayaka turns on her adult charm for “Big Comic Spirits”

The 24-year-old idol and actress Komatsu Ayaka can currently be seen as a hostess and good friend of the heroine in the drama, “Misaki Number One!!”  In the drama, Karina is playing the #1 hostess, Misaki, but with her newest pictorial for “Big Comic Spirits“, Ayaka leaves no doubt that she could take the spotlight of a #1 woman anytime.

Thanks to her …


Drama Prime Time Report – February 14th~17th

Wake up! No time for love, the ratings are here!!

Wake up! No time for love, the ratings are here!!

The recent progress of the story, “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” on Monday must have hooked a few more viewers than normal as the ratings continued to improve a little. The fifth episode achieved an average of 12.1% and therefore performed the best for the season …


Drama Prime Time Report – February 7th~9th

"A sweet prime time report for you!"

"A sweet prime time report for you!"

It’s not necessarily a reason for celebration, but it was the first Monday that “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” didn’t drop in ratings. Of course, a recover of 0.5% is nothing significant, but at least it’s hanging in there above the important mark of 10% for another episode. Prior …


Drama Prime Time Report – January 31st~February 3rd

"Zzzzz... I wanna go home and watch dramas!"

"Zzzzz… I wanna go home and watch dramas!"

More tabloids and Internet communities continue to speculate whether Fuji TV is going to keep their Monday drama slot or not, because “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” simply doesn’t want to stop falling in the ratings.  As longtime drama fans should know, there has been a huge decrease …


Drama Prime Time Report – January 24th~27th

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 …


Drama Prime Time Report – January 17th~20th

"Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta" (Fuji TV)

"Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta" (Fuji TV)

In the third week of January, Fuji TV has finally started airing their Monday drama with the long title, “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta“, starring Toda Erika, Miura Haruma, and Takei Emi, even though the latter isn’t officially part of the starring cast. The first episode …


Drama Prime Time Report – January 10th~13th

"Misaki Number One!!" (NTV)

"Misaki Number One!!" (NTV)

We’ve got ourselves a total of 8 new dramas during the first 4 days of this season’s second week! That should be reason enough to celebrate like Karina in the picture above.

Saito Takumi and Higa Manami kicked things off on Monday with the TV Tokyo drama “Saijo no Meii” and it had a decent start, …


Kis-My-Ft2 to sing for upcoming drama, “Misaki Number One!!”

Previously, tokyohive reported that a new drama “Misaki Number One!!” will start on January 12th. Starring alongside main lead, Karina, are two of Kis-My-Ft2’s members, Fujigaya Taisuke and Kitayama Hiromitsu.

It’s just been revealed that Kis-My-Ft2’s song, “No.1~FIRE BEAT“, was chosen as its opening theme song!

“FIRE BEAT” is Kis-My-Ft2’s original song from 2007, but it’s never been released as a …


Which 2011 Winter drama is under the most pressure to deliver?

Starting this month, there will be many dramas released for the 2011 Winter schedule. The lineup consists of many different genres, from love stories to “who-done-it” mysteries, but which dramas have already caught the attention and expectations of the viewers?

Oricon Style has recently revealed the results of their 2011 Winter drama season ranking, so check out the results below!


First teaser for “Misaki Number One!!” starring Karina

NTV has relaunched the official site of the upcoming drama “Misaki Number One!!” in addition to releasing a short teaser.

In the drama, actress Karina is starring as Misaki, a hostess turned teacher. She is a number one hostess in Roppongi Hills, but due to some strange incidents she suddenly ends up working as a teacher at a senior high school …


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