Winter Drama” Ratings Are No Longer Everything

The winter dramas are always very strong. Last year, “Heaven and Hell: Two Psychos,” scripted by Yoshiko Morishita, became a hot topic, and “The Story of My House,” scripted by Kankuro Kudo, garnered high acclaim. This year also saw the release of “DCU,” a collaboration between Hollywood and TBS’s signature drama slot “Sunday Gekijo,” and the popular original story by Masaki Sugata (28). (Fuji Television), “Not to be Called a Mystery” (Fuji Television), “Fight Song” (TBS), written by Yoshikazu Okada and starring Kaya Kiyohara (20) in her first starring role in a commercial TV drama series, and “The Last Song” (TBS), starring Yugawa (YUGAWA), “The Last Song” (TBS), “The Last Song” (TBS), “The Last Song” (TBS), “The Last Song” (TBS), “The Last Song” (TBS), “The Last Song” (TBS), and “The Last Song” (TBS). The popular series “My Neighbor’s Chikara” (TV Asahi), written by Kazuhiko YUKAWA and starring Matsumoto Jun (38) and Ueto Aya (36), is also in the pipeline.

The table below summarizes the household ratings and core ratings (ratings among men and women aged 13-49) for major winter dramas.

As expected, “DCU” is performing well, ranking first in household viewer ratings and third in core ratings, but drama watcher Masahiro Kitagawa is critical of the drama, saying, “Hiroshi Abe (57, starring) is a waste of money.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to have a terrorist as the enemy throughout the story. The film is so focused on evil without even depicting the premise of the antagonistic structure that it is hard to get emotionally involved in the story. Each of the characters has a sub-story, and I suppose they are gradually connected and the mystery of the terrorist is solved, but it is too complicated to get into my head. I was personally looking forward to seeing Nakamura Anne (34), who I have been paying attention to since she was a model and has recently been focusing on her acting career, in an important role, but I was also disappointed that she died prematurely in the third episode. ……

Housewife drama watcher Kazumi Yoshii concurred.

She said, “The story is too much about politics and terrorism, perhaps trying to create a sense of scale, and the setting of a diver with handcuffs is not utilized. It would have been better if they had simply depicted the various incidents that occur underwater.

A TBS official said, “We have to make a lot of adjustments even for a single script.” The disadvantages of working with Hollywood seem to be conspicuous so far.

On the other hand, “Not to Mention Mystery” is being described as “the most successful” this season by producers from various stations.

Not only are the viewer ratings up, but the distribution of the program has been extremely strong. The number of views has broken all previous records (13.26 million views as of February 8), and Fuji’s in-house staff is excited. (A producer at a key station).

In addition to successfully incorporating the original story into the drama, the story is simple and the premise is carefully drawn, so even children can enjoy it,” praises the aforementioned Mr. Yoshii.

The story is basically set in one place, such as an interrogation room or a hospital. The story progresses through the exchange of dialogue. The reason why we are attracted to the story even though there are no dramatic developments is because we cast the actors based on their skills, not on their popularity. Masaki Sugata has a great presence, and Sari Ito (27) has a great taste.

Matsuya Onoe (37), who plays a detective, is outstanding. He is a big guy who looks good in detective fashion, and the quality of his facial expressions is amazing. He has completely abandoned the good looking guy (laughs). The kids are laughing hysterically and looking forward to Detective Ogami’s turn.”

Doctor White” (Fuji), in which Minami Hamabe (21) plays “a woman with zero communication skills but genius diagnostic abilities,” is fighting the good fight, with core viewer ratings growing later and coming in fourth place.

Hamabe, who is said to be the best young actress in the industry, plays the lead role, so that alone makes the show worth watching. In terms of content, it is similar to “The Good Doctor” played by Kento Yamazaki. Yamazaki was a doctor with savant syndrome, but Hamabe has mysterious amnesia, and there will be a remarkable development in the future,” said Kitagawa.

Drama production staff at commercial broadcasters point out that the “strangeness of the programming” is also a factor in the strong performance.

Fuji brought its Tuesday night 9:00 p.m. slot to Monday night 10:00 p.m. during last fall’s reorganization. Dr. White” is successfully capturing the viewers of the previous Monday 9 series, “Mystery, Not to Mention”. The move of the broadcast time is a great success. The upcoming Monday 9 series will continue to be topical, with Haruka Ayase (36) in the April airing and Kentaro Sakaguchi (30) and Anne (35) in the July airing, so it is likely that dramas in the Tsuki 10 slot will continue to get good numbers.”