'Otenki Oneesan' (TV Asahi)
'Otenki Oneesan' (TV Asahi)
It was a mediocre weekend for the dramas.
Two out of the four prime time spring dramas improved compared to the previous weekend. ‘Otenki Oneesan‘ (TV Asahi) recorded a rise of 0.9% and ‘TAKE FIVE‘ (TBS) had a gain of merely 0.6%. The other two dramas lost viewers, among which ‘35 Sai no Koukousei‘ (NTV) received …
'Doubles ~ Futari no Keiji' (TV Asahi)
'Doubles ~ Futari no Keiji' (TV Asahi)
The lack of viewers during the Golden Week holidays influenced the ratings, but the unfavorable placing of the public holidays lessened the effect a bit this year.
There was even one drama that gained quite a few viewers this weekend. ‘Yae no Sakura‘, NHK’s taiga drama, managed to gain 2.0% this Sunday and reached …
'TAKE FIVE' (TBS)
'TAKE FIVE' (TBS)
It was the beginning of the Golden Week with the first holiday on April 29th, which meant a busy weekend – although not particularly in front of the TV. Fortunately the peak of the holiday traffic is only expected on the next weekend with a holiday on Friday and Monday.
The TV ratings haven’t been affected that much, …
'Sora Tobu Kouhoushitsu' (TBS)
'Sora Tobu Kouhoushitsu' (TBS)
The first episode of the Friday drama ‘TAKE FIVE‘ (TBS) was the only spring premiere over the weekend. The thief drama starring Karasawa Toshiaki recorded an unspectacular rating of 12.3%, although it’s not exactly a bad rating for this drama time slot at 10:00 pm.
The rest of the weekend dramas experienced a disillusioning second week with …
'35 Sai no Koukousei' (NTV)
'35 Sai no Koukousei' (NTV)
More than a handful of spring dramas have premiered last week.
Fuji TV unveiled both of their Tuesday prime time dramas on the same date and both of them began with a mediocre start. Neither ‘Kamo, Kyoto e Iku.‘ – starring Matsushita Nao – nor ‘Kasuka na Kanojo‘ – starring Katori Shingo, were able to impress …
'Rich Man, Poor Woman in New York' (Fuji TV)
'Rich Man, Poor Woman in New York' (Fuji TV)
Most of the spring dramas will finally premiere this or next week.
As for the previous week, there were already a couple of premieres of midnight and late-night dramas. ‘Detarame Hero‘ (NTV) – starring Sato Ryuta – aired its first episode on Thursday and recorded a rating of 3.6%, which is somewhat …
'Biblia Koshodo no Jiken Techo' (Fuji TV)
'Biblia Koshodo no Jiken Techo' (Fuji TV)
Only two prime time dramas and a couple of late-night dramas were left from the winter season.
Monday drama ‘Biblia Koshodo no Jiken Techo‘ (Fuji TV) recorded an underwhelming finale with a poor rating of 8.1%, which meant a drop of 3.0% compared to the previous week. The sharp drop was caused by multiple …
'Yakou Kanransha' (TBS)
'Yakou Kanransha' (TBS)
Four more dramas have reached the end of the winter season over the weekend.
The most noteworthy final among the remaining Friday/weekend dramas was achieved by ‘Yakou Kanransha‘ (TBS). It recorded a viewer rating of 13.9%, which meant a rise of 2.9% compared to the previous episode and the highest rating of the drama throughout this season. Naturally …
'Nobunaga no Chef' (TV Asahi)
'Nobunaga no Chef' (TV Asahi)
This weekend, the Sunday drama ‘Tonbi‘ (TBS) solidified itself as the most popular drama of the spring season after the long-running detective drama ‘Aibou‘, at least in terms of ratings. The family drama aired its grand finale this week and managed to record a great episode-rating of 20.3%, which is the highest single-episode rating of …
'Nakuna, Hara-chan' (NTV)
'Nakuna, Hara-chan' (NTV)
The world baseball classics greatly influenced the programming and the ratings of the weekend. NHK’s taiga drama ‘Yae no Sakura‘ was the biggest loser among the weekend dramas and recorded a new personal negative record of 12.6%, which meant a drop of 2.5% compared to the previous Sunday. ‘dinner‘ (Fuji TV) and ‘Karamazov no Kyodai‘ (Fuji TV) …
'Cheap Flight' (NTV Drama Special)
'Cheap Flight' (NTV Drama Special)
No weekend drama was able to improve its season-average this week, which was also due to the 2013 World Baseball Classics that shifted many viewers towards a single network.
The biggest and almost only improvement compared to the previous week was recorded by ‘Yakou Kanransha‘ (TBS) with a plus of 1.6%. It was also the only …
'dinner' (Fuji TV)
'dinner' (Fuji TV)
This weekend, ‘Nobunaga no Chef‘ (TV Asahi) and ‘Nakuna, Hara-chan‘ (NTV) were able to polish their season-average a little. While the former actually recorded its highest rating so far this season with 11.8%, the latter recorded the best improvement of all weekend dramas compared to last week with a rise of 1.3%.
The highest drama rating of the …
'Karamazov no Kyodai' (Fuji TV)
'Karamazov no Kyodai' (Fuji TV)
No drama was able to improve its season-average rating over the weekend, but ‘Yae no Sakura‘ (NHK) shrugged off last week’s poor rating that was caused by the extended weekend and the figure skating competition on another network. ‘Yakou Kanransha‘ (TBS) also managed to regain a good amount of viewers compared to last week.
The only …
On February 12th, actress Kuroki Meisa held a press conference for ongoing Taiga drama “Yae no Sakura” at the NHK broadcasting center. This is her first comeback drama after she gave birth to her daughter back in September, and she’s been participating in the filming for the drama starting on the 7th.
In the drama, Kuroki will play “Nakano …
'Yakou Kanransha' (TBS)
'Yakou Kanransha' (TBS)
Three dramas were able to improve their average ratings over the last four days – ‘dinner‘ (Fuji TV), ‘Hancho 6‘ (TBS), and ‘Nobunaga no Chef‘ (TV Asahi).
The other dramas had difficulties finding their audience on the extended weekend with a public holiday on Monday. Especially with Fuji TV’s ‘Four Continents Figure Skating Championships‘, it put a burden …
