Drama Prime Time Report – December 5th~8th
Monday began with various specials like ‘Nep League‘ (Fuji TV), ‘Otameshika! & Qsama!!‘ (TV Asahi), and ‘Shabekuri 007‘ (NTV). The latter especially was very popular amongst viewers, causing Fuji TV’s Monday drama, ‘Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu‘ to drop down by 0.8% again. It’s the 3rd time this season it dropped down to 14.8%, which is still the drama’s worst rating so far. Compared to previous dramas in the same time slot, however, that’s a very comfortable low tide to swim in.
'Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu' (3x)
Only late-night drama ‘Shinya Shokudo 2‘ (TBS) lost more than 0.5% (-0.7% -> now 1.4%), while ‘Watashi no Host-chan‘ (TV Asahi) lost only 0.3% (now 1.9%).
'Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de' / 'HUNTER' / 'Bitter Sugar'
Of course, this meant that other networks had to give away some of their viewers. TV Asahi was the biggest loser that evening with their Wednesday crime drama, ‘Aibou season10‘. It has yet to regain the strength to withstand shows like the music festival, and so it lost 5.2% compared to last week. 13.1% now marks the drama’s new season-low.
NTV’s ‘Kaseifu no Mita‘ also had to compete against Fuji TV and their music festival, but the target audience for this drama probably didn’t care for at least half of the artists that performed on Fuji TV. Moreover, they wouldn’t have dared to just record ‘Kaseifu no Mita’, because then they wouldn’t be able to talk about it with everyone else the next day. In the end, the music festival left only a scratch (2.0%), resulting in a rating of 27.6% for the drama.
Next week, the drama is expected to break the big 30%, which hasn’t been achieved by a drama since 2007. Just like this week, ‘Kaseifu no Mita’ is going to be 15 minutes longer than usual; however, it will begin at 10:35 p.m. due to the FIFA Club World Cup 2011 Japan Semi Final. Hopefully the Japanese club, Kashiwa Reysol, will reach the semi-final and face FC Santos, which could force even more people to stay in front of the TV that day.
'Aibou season10' / 'Kaseifu no Mita' (2x)
As for ‘Kasouken no Onna 11‘ (TV Asahi), this meant another calm Thursday without any nosedives or joyful leaps. The drama gained 0.4% (now 13.3%). The next drama on TV Asahi, ‘DOCTORS‘, improved by 0.7% and said hello to the 15% for the second time this season.
Also experiencing a rather joyful Thursday was the drama ‘Runaway‘ on TBS, which jumped above the 10% (+0.9% -> now 10.3%). Meanwhile, ‘Mitsu no Aji‘ (Fuji TV) lost 1.2% and dropped below the 10% again. Looking at the average ratings of both dramas, the former was able to overtake the latter in this ranking as well. You can find the average ratings at the bottom of this article.
‘Himitsu Chouhouin Erika‘ (NTV) experienced an awful Thursday. How can you reach a new season-low just one week after a new season-high? In numbers, this meant a drop of 3.9%, stopping at a rating of 2.6%.
'DOCTORS' / 'Mitsu no Aji' / 'Himitsu no Chouhouin Erika'
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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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12/5 – Monday
8:00 pm slot
01 – 
19:00-20:54 – 14.0% 
Nep League SP
02 – 
19:56-20:54 – 13.5% 
Sekai Maru Mie TV! Tokusobu
03 – 
19:00-20:54 – 13.0% 
Otameshika! & Qsama!! SP 04 – 
20:00-20:54 – 10.3% 
Mito Komon 43 (20)9:00 pm slot
01 – 21:00-23:08 – 15.1% 
Shabekuri 007 SP 02 – 21:00-21:54 – 14.8% Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu (08) 03 – 21:00-21:54 – 12.5% Takeshi no TV Tackle ?? – 21:00-22:54 – ??.?% 
Ishi Enjoji ShuInfo:
“Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu”
Cast: Karina, Yoshitaka Yuriko, Oshima Yuko, Inamori Izumi, and more
Caps:
Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu – Karina, Yoshitaka Yuriko, Oshima Yuko, and more
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12/6 – Tuesday
9:00 pm slot 01 – 21:00-21:54 – 15.4% Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (08) 02 – 21:00-21:54 – 11.8% London Hearts 03 – 21:00-23:08 – 11.7% Nep & Imoto no Sekai Banduke SP 10:00 pm slot
01 – 21:54-23:10 – 12.5% 
Hodo Station 02 – 21:00-23:08 – 11.7% Nep & Imoto no Sekai Banduke SP 03 – 22:00-22:54 – 10.9% HUNTER (09) 04 – 
22:00-22:45 – 08.3% Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi (06)11:00 pm slot
01 – 23:00-23:30 – 09.4% Kika Knight 02 – 23:15-24:15 – 08.8% Nakai Masahiro no Ayashii Uwasa 03 – 22:55-23:24 – 03.8% Bitter Sugar (08)late-night slots
?? – 24:55-25:25 – 01.4% Shinya Shokudo 2 (08) ?? – 25:51-26:14 – 01.9% Watashi no Host-chan (10)Info:
> “Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de”
Cast: Sakurai Sho, Kitagawa Keiko, Shiina Kippei, Nomaguchi Tooru, and more
> “HUNTER”
Cast: Yonekura Ryoko, Tanihara Shosuke, Kiritani Mirei, Horiuchi Keiko, and more
> “Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi”
Cast: Maki Yoko, Kimura Tae, Kaho, Nagatsuka Kyozo, and more
> “Bitter Sugar”
Cast: Ryo, Wakui Emi, Suzuki Sawa, Takeyama Takanori, and more
> “Shinya Shokudo 2”
Cast: Kobayashi Kaoru and various guest appearances
> “Watashi no Host-chan”
Cast: unknown bunch of ikemen
Caps:
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de – Kitagawa Keiko, Sakurai Sho, Shiina Kippei and more
HUNTER – Yonekura Ryoko, Toda Keiko and more
Bitter Sugar – Ryo, Arakawa Chika, and more
Shinya Shokudo 2 – Kobayashi Kaoru and more
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12/7 – Wednesday
9:00 pm slot 01 – 19:00-23:18 – 19.9% 
2011 FNS Music Festival 02 – 21:00-21:54 – 13.1% 
Aibou season10 (08) 03 – 21:00-21:54 – 12.9% The! Sekai Gyoten News 04 – 21:30-23:18 – 04.6% Japan47ch Super! Final Ep. SP10:00 pm slot
01 – 22:00-23:09 – 27.6% 
Kaseifu no Mita (09) 02 – 19:00-23:18 – 19.9% 2011 FNS Music Festival 03 – 21:54-23:10 – 08.3% Hodo Station 04 – 21:30-23:18 – 04.6% Japan47ch Super! Final Ep. SPlate-night slots
?? – 
24:59-25:29 – 01.2% QP (10)Info:
> “Aibou season10”
Cast: Mizutani Yutaka, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, and more
> “Kaseifu no Mita”
Cast: Matsushima Nanako, Hasegawa Hiroki, Aibu Saki, Shirakawa Yumi, and more
> “QP”
Cast: Saito Takumi, Kaneko Nobuaki, Watabe Gota, Hayashi Kento, and more
Caps:
Aibou – Mizutani Yutaka, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, and more
Kaseifu no Mita – Matsushima Nanako and more
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12/8 – Thursday
8:00 pm slot 01 – 20:00-20:54 – 13.3% Kasouken no Onna 11 (08) 02 – 19:00-20:54 – 12.8% Super Thursday Variety (various) 03 – 
19:57-20:54 – 11.9% 
Kiseki Taiken! Unbelievable 04 – 
19:35-21:44 – 11.7% 
FIFA Club World Cup 2011 Japan9:00 pm slot
01 – 21:00-21:54 – 15.0% DOCTORS (07) 02 – 19:35-21:44 – 11.7% FIFA Club World Cup 2011 Japan 03 – 21:00-22:09 – 11.2% Tunnels no Minasan no Okage Deshita SP 04 – 21:00-21:54 – 10.3% Runaway (07)10:00 pm slot
01 – 22:00-22:54 – 13.6% Himitsu no Arashi-chan! 02 – 21:54-23:10 – 12.5% Hodo Station 03 – 21:50-22:44 – 11.4% Himitsu no Kenmin SHOW 04 – 22:15-23:09 – 09.6% Mitsu no Aji (09)midnight slot
?? – 23:58-24:38 – 02.6% Himitsu Chouhouin Erika (10)Info:
> “Kasouken no Onna 11”
Cast: Sawaguchi Yasuko, Naito Takeshi, Saito Satoru, Izumi Masayuki, and more
> “DOCTORS”
Cast: Sawamura Ikki, Takashima Masanobu, Higa Manami, Kurokawa Tomoka, and more
> “Runaway”
Cast: Ichihara Hayato, Fukuda Saki, Ueda Tatsuya, Tsukamoto Takashi, and more
> “Mitsu no Aji”
Cast: Kanno Miho, Eikura Nana, ARATA, Mizobata Junpei, and more
> “Himitsu Chouhouin Erika”
Cast: Kuriyama Chiaki, Tonesaku Toshihide, Sugimoto Tetta, Ide Takuya, and more
Caps:
DOCTORS – Sawamura Ikki, Higa Manami, and more
Runaway – Ichihara Hayato, Kumada Sea, and more
Mitsu no Aji – Mizobata Junpei, ARATA, Eikura Nana, Kanno Miho, and more
Himitsu Chouhouin Erika – Kuriyama Chiaki and more
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Drama Overview:
Previous: [Spring 2011] [Summer 2011]| Title Watashi ga Renai.. _ _ Nazotoki wa Dinner.. _ _ HUNTER _ _ Kare,Otto,Otoko Tomodachi _ _ Bitter Sugar _ _ Shinya Shokudo 2 _ _ Watashi no Host-chan _ _ Aibou 10 _ _ Kaseifu no Mita _ _ QP _ _ Kasouken no Onna 11 _ _ DOCTORS _ _ Runaway _ _ Mitsu no Aji _ _ Himitsu Chouhouin Erika _ _ Sengyou Shufu Tantei _ _ 11 Nin mo Iru! _ _ Kaito Royale _ _ Yokai Ningen Bem _ _ Kamisama no Nyobo _ _ Shimei to Tamashii no Limit _ _ Chocho-san _ _ Saka no Ue no Kumo Part 3 _ _ Nankyoku Tairiku _ _ Boku to Star no 99 Nichi _ _ Ore no Sora: Keiji Hen _ _ | ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? 17.0% – 15.7% – 14.8% – 16.1% – 14.8% – 15.4% – 15.6% – 14.8% _ # 18.1% – 16.1% – 16.4% – 16.7% – 15.9% – 14.9% – 15.1% – 15.4% _ # 09.8% – 11.8% – 11.5% – 12.0% – 12.4% – 10.2% – 08.8% – 11.3% – 10.9% _ # 06.5% – 08.7% – 08.2% – 08.2% – 08.7% – 08.3% _ # 03.8% – 05.9% – 04.7% – 04.2% – 04.5% – 03.9% – 04.3% – 03.8% _ # 02.5% – 01.5% – 01.8% – 02.2% – 02.6% – 02.0% – 02.1% – 01.4% _ # 03.0% – 02.3% – 01.9% – 01.5% – 02.0% – 02.1% – 02.1% – 02.3% – 02.2% - 01.9% # 19.7% – 17.4% – 15.0% – 17.0% – 16.5% – 13.9% – 18.3% – 13.1% _ # 19.5% – 18.7% – 19.8% – 19.5% – 22.5% – 23.4% – 23.5% – 29.6% – 27.6% _ # 01.7% – 02.3% – 02.2% – 02.1% – 02.6% – 02.8% – 01.9% – 02.1% – 02.3% - 01.2% # 17.1% – 10.7% – 11.8% – 15.5% – 08.7% – 13.4% – 12.9% – 13.3% _ # 13.7% – 14.4% – 15.7% – 11.6% – 14.3% – 14.3% – 15.0% _ # 12.5% – 10.9% – 09.3% – 07.6% – 09.4% – 09.4% – 10.3% _ # 11.6% – 08.2% – 08.4% – 10.1% – 10.2% – 10.2% – 09.5% – 10.8% – 09.6% _ # 06.3% – 04.1% – 06.0% – 04.7% – 05.6% – 03.9% – 05.3% – 04.0% – 06.5% - 02.6% # 12.6% – 08.7% – 09.5% – 10.3% – 09.5% – 10.2% – 09.5% _ # 11.4% – 09.4% – 07.9% – 08.8% – 07.5% – 07.1% – 09.5% _ # 04.2% – 03.5% – 02.8% – 03.3% – 03.7% – 03.5% _ # 18.9% – 17.1% – 15.8% – 16.7% – 16.2% – 14.3% – 14.9% _ # 10.5% – 09.6% – 09.8% [Finished] (3 Episodes) _ # 06.7% – 07.2% [Finished] (2 Episodes) _ # 13.4% – 10.8% [Finished] (2 Episodes) _ # 12.7% _ # 22.2% – 19.0% – 16.9% – 15.8% – 13.2% – 19.1% – 13.4% – 15.0% _ # 10.2% – 09.7% – 09.0% – 10.4% – 08.3% – 09.6% – 07.8% _ # 06.6% – 07.2% – 06.9% – 05.5% – 07.1% – 06.7% – 05.8% _ # |
Average Ratings:
22.68% – Kaseifu no Mita (+0.62) 16.82% – Nankyoku Tairiku 16.36% – Aibou 10 (-0.47) 16.27% – Yokai Ningen Bem 16.07% – Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (-0.10) 15.53% – Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu (-0.10) 14.14% – DOCTORS (+0.14) 12.93% – Kasouken no Onna 11 (+0.06) 12.10% – Chouchou-san [Finished] 10.97% – HUNTER (-0.01) 10.04% – Sengyou Shufu Tantei 09.97% – Kamisama no Nyobo [Finished] 09.91% – Runaway (+0.06) 09.84% – Mitsu no Aji (-0.04) 09.29% – Boku to Star no 99 Nichi 08.80% – 11 Nin mo Iru! (11:00pm Drama) 08.10% – Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi (+0.04) 06.95% – Shimei to Tamashii no Limit [Finished] 06.54% – Ore no Sora: Keiji Hen (11:00pm Drama) 04.90% – Himitsu Chouhouin Erika (Midnight Drama) (-0.26) 04.39% – Bitter Sugar (11:00pm Drama) (-0.08) 03.50% – Kaito Royale (Midnight Drama) 02.13% – Watashi no Host-chan (02:00am Drama) (-0.03) 02.12% – QP (01:00am Drama) (-0.10) 02.01% – Shinya Shokudo 2 (01:00am Drama) (-0.09)-
17.67% – Gou [Finished]
15.43% – Saka no Ue no Kumo (Part1 ~ Part3)
