Drama Prime Time Report – April 16th~April 19th
Seven new dramas aired their first episodes between Monday and Thursday, including the much-anticipated Monday drama of Fuji TV.
The fifth season of the Monday drama ‘Hancho‘ (TBS) seems to be off to a nice season with an improvement of 2.3% between the first and second episode. Fuji TV can say the same about their Monday drama ‘Kagi no Kakatta Heya‘, starring Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi, Toda Erika, and Sato Koichi. The first episode, that follows Ohno as a ‘lock and key’ otaku, attracted 18.9% viewers, which is the highest start for a Monday drama since ‘Tsuki no Koibito’ in the spring season of 2010.
On Tuesday, Fuji TV continued with the premiers and aired the first episode of ‘Legal High‘ starringSakai Masato and Aragaki Yui. However, with a rating of only 12.2%, the lawyer comedy belongs to the less appealing, mediocre dramas of that time slot. It better not drop much lower than that or it will become one of this season’s bigger disappointments for the network.
Meanwhile, ‘37-sai de Ishani Natta Boku‘ (Fuji TV) only lost 0.1% compared to last week. The peculiar late-night drama ‘Kodomo Keisatsu‘ (TBS) starring child actor Suzuki Fuku also premiered that night and recorded a rating of 2.3%.
Drama fans can finally turn on the TV on Wednesday again. TV Asahi and NTV both aired the first episode of their new Wednesday dramas, but neither really achieved an outstanding result. The detective drama ‘Answer‘ (TV Asahi) starring Mizuki Alisa started with 11.9%, while ‘Cleopatra na Onnatachi‘ (NTV) – the drama about cosmetic surgery starring Sato Ryuta – started with 9.9%. Both time slots have seen much better ratings already and there wasn’t that much unusual competition from the other networks. The ratings for the second episodes tend to be much lower than for the first episode, but those two shows need an opposite development.
Kanjani8’s Nishikido Ryo said hello again on Thursday with the start of ‘Papadol!‘ (TBS). An initial rating of 11.6% is good, but it’s not exactly a drama that makes you anticipate its next episode. Will it be able to stay at this level?. Meanwhile, ‘Kaeru no Oujo-sama‘ rose above the 10% mark with its second episode, which must have resulted in a collective sigh of relief at Fuji TV. Now it only has to stay that way or rise even further.
Midnight drama ‘Taburakashi‘ (NTV) lost another 1.1% and is now down to 2.2%.
(Screencaps might contain spoilers!)
04/16 – Monday
morning slot
?? – 08:00-08:15 – 18.0%
Umechan Sensei
8:00 pm slot
01 – 19:00-21:48 – 13.6% Otameshika! SP
02 – 20:00-20:54 – 12.5%
Hancho 5 (02)
03 – 19:56-20:54 – 09.9% Sekai Maru Mie! TV Tokusobu SP
04 – 20:00-20:54 – 06.7% HEY!HEY!HEY! MUSIC CHAMP SP
9:00 pm slot
01 – 21:00-22:09 – 18.3%
Kagi no Kakatta Heya (01) // START
02 – 19:00-21:48 – 13.6% Otameshika! SP
03 – 21:00-22:48 – 11.6% Ippunkan no Fukaii Hanashi SP
?? – 21:00-22:54 – ??.?%
Totsugawa Keibu 47
late-night slot ?? – 26:04-26:34 – ??.?%
Soup Curry (01) // START
Info:
> ‘Hancho 5‘
Cast: Sasaki Kuranosuke, Higa Manami, Ozawa Yukiyoshi, Fukushi Seiji, and more
> ‘Kagi no Kakatta Heya‘
Cast: Ohno Satoshi, Toda Erika, Sato Koichi, and more
> ‘Soup Curry‘
Cast: Morisaki Hiroyuki, Yasuda Ken, Totsugi Shigeyuki, Oizumi Yo, and more
Caps:
Hancho 5
Kagi no Kakatta Heya
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04/17 – Tuesday
morning slot
?? – 08:00-08:15 – 19.4%
Umechan Sensei
9:00 pm slot
01 – 19:00-21:48 – 14.1% London Hearts SP
02 – 21:00-22:09 – 12.2%
Legal High (01) // START
03 – 21:00-22:48 – 08.8% Chosaigen! Mystery SP (new)
10:00 pm slot
01 – 21:54-23:10 – 15.1% Hodo Station
02 – 22:15-23:09 – 13.1%
37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku (02)
03 – 21:00-22:48 – 08.8% Chosaigen! Mystery SP (new)
04 – 22:00-22:50 – 04.4%
Kaitakushatachi (03)
late-night slot
?? – 24:55-25:25 – 02.3%
Kodomo Keisatsu (01) // START
Info:
> ‘Legal High ‘
Cast: Sakai Masato, Aragaki Yui, Namase Katsuhisa, Koike Eiko, and more
> ‘37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku ‘
Cast: Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Mizukawa Asami, Mimura, Yaotome Hikaru, and more
> ‘Kaitakushatachi ‘ (already aired on NHK BS Premium)
Cast: Mitsushima Hikari, Ishida Takuya, Ayano Go, Yamashita Rio, and more
> ‘Kodomo Keisatsu ‘
Cast: Suzuki Fuku, Katsuji Ryo, Marius Yo, Honda Miyu, and more
Caps:
Legal High
Kodomo Keisatsu
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04/18 – Wednesday
morning slot
?? – 08:00-08:15 – 16.7%
Umechan Sensei
9:00 pm slot
01 – 21:00-21:54 – 16.0% The! Sekai Gyoten News
02 – 21:00-21:54 – 11.6% Honma Dekka!? TV
03 – 21:00-21:54 – 11.4%
Answer (01) // START
10:00 pm slot
01 – 21:54-23:10 – 13.5% Hodo Station
02 – 22:00-22:54 – 12.9% Picaru no Teiri
03 – 22:00-23:09 – 09.9%
Cleopatra na Onnatachi (01) // START
Info:
> ‘Answer‘
Cast: Mizuki Alisa, Tanabe Seiichi, Igarashi Shunji, Tachibana Keita, and more
> ‘Cleopatra na Onnatachi‘
Cast: Sato Ryuta, Inamori Izumi, Yo Kimiko, Kitano Kii, and more
Caps:
Answer
Cleopatra na Onnatachi
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04/19 – Thursday
morning slot
?? – 08:00-08:15 – 19.7%
Umechan Sensei
8:00 pm * No ‘Shin Omiyasan’ due to figure skating!
01 – 19:14-21:54 – 14.6%
ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
02 – 19:57-20:54 – 13.2% Kiseki Taiken! Unbelievable
03 – 19:00-20:54 – 11.3% Mina no Amekan SP (new)
9:00 pm
01 – 19:14-21:54 – 14.6%
ISU World Team Trophy in Figure Skating
02 – 21:00-21:54 – 13.2% Tunnels no Minasan no Okage Deshita
03 – 21:00-22:06 – 11.6%
Papadol! (01) // START
04 – 21:00-22:48 – 11.4% Docchi no Ryori Show (revival)
10:00 pm
01 – 21:54-23:10 – 15.9% Hodo Station
02 – 22:00-22:54 – 10.7%
Kaeru no Oujo-sama (02)
03 – 21:00-22:48 – 11.4% Docchi no Ryori Show (revival)
04 – 22:00-22:50 – 04.6%
Tempest (02)
midnight slot
?? – 23:58-24:38 – 02.2%
Taburakashi (03)
Info:
> ‘Shin Omiyasan 9‘
Cast: Watase Tsunehiko, Kyono Kotomi, Toda Keiko, Washio Machiko, and more
> ‘Papadol!‘
Cast: Nishikido Ryo, Yuuka, Kawashima Umika, Takahata Atsuko, and more
> ‘Kaeru no Oujou-sama‘
Cast: Amami Yuki, Ishida Yuriko, Oshima Yuko, Oshima Yoko, and more
> ‘Tempest‘ (already aired on NHK BS Premium)
Cast: Nakama Yukie, Tanihara Shosuke, Tsukamoto Takashi, Takaoka Saki, and more
> ‘Taburakashi‘
Cast: Tanimura Mitsuki, Yamamoto Koji, Danta Yasunori, Shirahane Yuri, and more
Caps:
Papadol!
Kaeru no Oujou-sama
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NHK, TBS and TV Tokyo usually don’t disclose the ratings for their shows on a regular basis, therefore they won’t be included in the list below. Certain dramas or drama specials that aired on those channels and might lack ratings are still included with a ??.?% rating. This doesn’t mean that the ratings were too low to recorded.
Improvements and declines will be illustrated with the use of several icons. The colors and the numbers indicate how much the ratings have changed.
An orange color means almost no change, while a red color means the ratings dropped, and a green color means the ratings improved.
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Drama Overview (Spring 2012):
Previous:
[Spring 2011] [Summer 2011] [Fall 2011] /
[Winter 2012] Title
Hancho 5
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Kagi no
Kakatta Heya
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Hokago wa
Mystery to Tomoni
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Legal High
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37-sai de Isha
ni Natta Boku
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Kaitakushatachi
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Kodomo Keisatsu
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Answer
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Cleopatra na
Onnatachi
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Shin Omiyasan 9
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W no Higeki
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Papadol!
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Kaeru no
Oujo-sama
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Tempest
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Taburakashi
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Mou Ichido
Kimi ni, Propose
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Toshi Densetsu
no Onna
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Mikeneko Holmes
no Suiri
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Mirai Nikki
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Shiritsu
Bakaleya Koko
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ATARU
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Kazoku no Uta
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Kurohyo 2
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Taira no
Kiyomori
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Umechan Sensei
(highest % per week)
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(00) 00.0% – (00) 00.0% – (00) 00.0% – (00) 00.0% – (00) 00.0% – (00) 00.0%
(01) 10.2% – (02) 12.5%
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(01) 18.3%
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Start: April 23rd
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(01) 12.2%
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(01) 13.2% – (02) 13.1%
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(01) 04.3% – (02) 03.1% – (03) 04.4%
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(01) 02.3%
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(01) 11.4%
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(01) 09.9%
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(01) 14.1%
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Start: April 26th
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(01) 11.6%
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(01) 09.0% – (02) 01.7%
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(01) 05.9% – (02) 04.6%
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(01) 05.0% – (02) 03.3% – (03) 02.2%
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Start: April 20th
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(01) 10.3%
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(01) 15.9%
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Start: April 21st
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(01) 03.3%
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(01) 19.9%
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(01) 06.1%
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(01) 01.5% – (02) 01.0%
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(01) 17.3% – (02) 17.8% – (03) 17.2% – (04) 17.5% – (05) 16.0% – (06) 13.3%
(07) 14.4% – (08) 15.0% – (09) 13.4% – (10) 14.7% – (11) 13.2% – (12) 12.6%
(13) 11.3% – (14) 13.7% – (15) 12.7%
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(W01) 20.5% – (W02) 20.9%
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Average Ratings (Spring 2012):
19.90% – ATARU
18.30% – Kagi no Kakatta Heya
15.90% – Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri
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14.67% – Taira no Kiyomori [taiga drama]
14.10% – Shin Omiyasan 9
13.15% – 37-sai de Ishani Natta Boku (-0.05)
12.20% – Legal High
11.60% – Papadol!
11.40% – Answer
11.35% – Hancho 5 (+1.15)
10.30% – Toshi Densetsu no Onna [11:00 pm drama]
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09.90% – Cleopatra na Onnatachi
09.85% – Kaeru no Oujo-sama (+0.85)
06.10% – Kazoku no Uta
05.25% – Tempest (-0.65)
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03.93% – Kaitakushatachi (+0.23)
03.50% – Taburakashi [midnight drama] (-0.65)
03.30% – Shiritsu Bakaleya Koko [late-night drama]
02.30% – Kodomo Keisatsu[late-night drama]
01.25% – Kurohyo 2 [late-night drama]
(The average ratings are based on the episode ratings listed above. There can be differences between the calculated averages and the official announcements at the end of each season.)Source :
Tokyohive
