Drama Prime Time Report – 12/21~12/23
Drama Prime Time Report – 12/21~12/23
The weekend before Christmas featured a few more concluding dramas.
On Friday, Fuji TV aired the second episode of the drama special ‘Akujotachi no Mes: Episode 2‘ starring Nakama Yukie, but the ratings fell short of expectations gathering only 9.5% of the viewers during prime time. One year ago, the first episode still recorded 14.0%. …
Drama Prime Time Report – 12/14~12/20
Drama Prime Time Report – 12/14~12/20
Several dramas have come to an end during the last seven days.
On Friday, ‘Ooku ~Tanjou~‘ (TBS) finished with a slight rise of 1.3% (rating: 8.3%), but its season-average still went down by a few points to 8.5%. Overall, it’s a mediocre result and not exactly beneficial for the upcoming movie, but Kanno Miho is …
On December 20th, a “baton touch” ceremony between the current NHK Taiga drama star and upcoming Taiga drama star, was held at NHK Broadcasting Center. Matsuyama Kenichi who is starring in ongoing Taiga drama “Taira no Kiyomori“, and Ayase Haruka who will star in next Taiga drama “Yae no Sakura” attended the ceremony.
At the “passing the baton” ceremony, the stars …
Drama Prime Time Report – 12/07~12/09
Drama Prime Time Report – 12/07~12/09
Things aren’t exactly getting easier for the dramas towards the end of this season, but at least some of the final episodes are standing out a bit.
The Friday dramas ‘Ooku ~Tanjou~‘ (TBS) and ‘Tokumei Tantei‘ (TV Asahi) performed similarly to last week. The latter aired its ninth and final episode this week, but the …
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/30~12/02
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/30~12/02
Most of the weekend dramas didn’t suffer additional losses this week and some were even able to regain a couple of viewers.
The Friday drama timeslot was opened by the two-hour drama ‘Akuto‘ on Fuji TV, starring Takizawa Hideaki among many others. It recorded a decent rating of 13.1% and was only beaten by …
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/22~11/25
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/22~11/25
It was another awful weekend for most of the dramas with various new negative records.
Due to the public holiday on Friday, this report also includes the ratings from Thursday. As usual, many people didn’t stay home at the evening before the holiday to watch TV and those who did only watched their most favorite …
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/16~11/18
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/16~11/18
The majority of the Friday / Weekend dramas have lost some viewers again compared to last week, but there are also a few positive trends.
On Friday, the baseball match on TBS delayed the following programs, including the drama ‘Ooku ~Tanjou~‘, by exactly one hour. This means that said drama had to air in the …
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/09~11/11
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/09~11/11
The drama ratings have somewhat stabilized over the weekend, but at least there where no bad surprises.
The Friday drama ‘Ooku ~Tanjou~‘ (TBS) gained a couple of viewers (plus 1.3%) and recorded a rating of 8.9%, while the 11:00 pm night drama ‘Tokumei Tantei‘ (TV Asahi) was able to maintain its high rating above 10%.
On …
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/02~11/04
Drama Prime Time Report – 11/02~11/04
It was a disappointing weekend for the most of the fall dramas, while NHK premiered their latest mini drama series.
The Friday drama ‘Tokumei Tantei‘ (TV Asahi) dropped 1.1%, but it still managed to record a good rating of 10.4%. ‘Ooku ~Tanjou~‘ (TBS) is still struggling around 7~8% (minus 0.3%; rating: 7.6%). Meanwhile, Fuji TV …
Drama Prime Time Report – 10/26~10/28
Drama Prime Time Report – 10/26~10/28
It’s that season of the year when the important baseball matches get people glued to their TVs, and although it may take away some views, it can also bring about positive affects on the ratings of the fall dramas.
The latest big baseball match began on Saturday, so the Friday prime time drama ‘Ooku ~Tanjou~‘ …
Drama Prime Time Report – 10/19~10/21
Drama Prime Time Report – 10/19~10/21
The second-episode itch has hit all weekend dramas of the new fall season again and ‘MONSTERS’ has proved itself against baseball.
You better not expect any good news about the ratings when it comes to dramas and their second episodes. It’s the time for many nosedives and only some occasional surprising surges. This weekend the …
Drama Prime Time Report – 10/12~10/14
Drama Prime Time Report – 10/12~10/14
The weekend brought forth a total of six new fall dramas, including three actual prime time dramas and one very strong 11:00 pm drama.
TBS started off Friday with the premiere of ‘Ooku ~Tanjou~ (Arikoto – Iemitsu Hen)‘ starring Sakai Masato and Tabe Mikako. The ‘Ooku‘ series usually earns ratings around 15%, but the latest …
Drama Prime Time Report – 10/01~10/07
Drama Prime Time Report – 10/01~10/07
The mid-season is slowly making way for the fall season, even though it’s only a faint indication at the moment, much like the leaves of trees slowly changing colors to welcome the new season.
A couple of midnight and late-night dramas were the first to come out of their hiding in the dark of the …
Drama Prime Time Report – 09/24~09/30
Drama Prime Time Report – 09/24~09/30
The remaining late-night summer dramas have finally aired their last episodes as well.
Tuesday drama ‘Dragon Seinendan‘ (TBS) ended with a season-average of 1.27%. ‘VISION~Koroshi ga Mieru Onna‘ (NTV) ended on a bad note on Thursday and recorded a season-average of 3.02%. The Saturday teenage romance ‘Sprout‘ (NTV) also witnessed a bad rating for its …
Drama Prime Time Report – 09/21~09/23
Drama Prime Time Report – 09/21~09/23
The summer season has now come to an end with the last few remaining prime time dramas airing their final episodes over the weekend.
On Friday, TBS aired the last episode of the drama ‘Kuro no Onnakyoshi‘. It was a disappointing finish with a rating of 8.0% (minus 1.2%), which is a new personal low. …
