KSCI-18/KXLA-44 (SoCal) JDramas

Hmm, is anyone watching either of these stations anymore?

Ever since Dotch got pulled, I've completely lost interest. :sweat:

the show that replaced it was kind of interesting, if only they had subs, i'd probably watch it more. Other than Furin and some random jatv news i dont watch much anymore..
i dont watch sundays, cause the nephews are here watching nature or something else. If i get my own tv, that may change, but i still need to be in bed around 9-10pm

I gave up watching for now.

They still have not straightened out making the video darker than normal.

Secondly I'm not into dramas where each episode is a story. I like one story for the duration of the drama. For a moment I thought they had a catarsis when they slipped and showed two interesting dramas in a row, The Family and , HYD 1. Now they are back to regular boredom. If I want to watch police themed dramas I can turn on any American channel. Exactly what I'm trying to get away from. I want the Doramas that make Japanese entertainment so interesting and enjoyable.... Love Gen, Long Vacation, Pride, Last Christmas, Brother Beat, etc.
:sweat:

Well, ralph you might want to watch next week's episode of Jikou Keisatsu. The "guest star" is Chizuru Ikewaki.

gaijinmark wrote:Well, ralph you might want to watch next week's episode of Jikou Keisatsu. The "guest star" is Chizuru Ikewaki.

I was aware of that and I am making an exception. Konoha is always super no matter how small the part. :applaud:

I'm surprised that you haven't seen Jiko Keisatsu already... Unless it's not your cup o' tea.

Jikou keitatsu is definitely not on my radar screen of dramas that I would care to watch. I'm simply not geared for detective dramas which as I said I could watch ad nauseum on American TV. Why would I watch them in foreign language when I'm trying to get away from the boring daily American TV fare.

I think you're underestimating Jiko Keisatsu... It's not a hard-boiled police series by any means... It's more in the vein of Columbo and Banacek... :)

But even that probably doesn't sell you on the drama, I reckon. :sweat:

OK. I'm watching the sunday night imitation police drama on ch18 now out of respect for Ikiwaki Chizuru. It's worse than American police drivel. No suspense... no drama. nothing to hold my attention except of course just seeing Ikiwaki.
My what a beautiful young lady she is becoming. I hope she will soon appear again and again in real jdramas. Her incredible acting skills are so misused in these meaningless skits. :shamefulcry:

The Kohaku schedule was announced during the break. Wow. Back to 5 hours.... 8:30pm to 1:30 am. And I see in the lineup that Mai-K is not in the competition this year.... That's sad....
But on the other hand Mika Nakashima and Ai Otsuka will be present.
And naturally the SMAP guys. One of them will be MC for the red team.
:mrgreen:

Well, like Racer said, it's not really a hard-boiled police drama. I call it a "quirky Columbo" You already know who the bad guy is, the fun is in watching Joe Odagiri and all the oddball characters he meets along the way. It doesn't help the way channel 18 chops it up with such long commercial breaks either. :grumble:

gaijinmark wrote:Well, like Racer said, it's not really a hard-boiled police drama. I call it a "quirky Columbo" You already know who the bad guy is, the fun is in watching Joe Odagiri and all the oddball characters he meets along the way.

Exactly... The trip is as fun as the destination. :victory:

I'll take that over a bloated tear-jerker or a heavy-handed drama any day of the week.

Just a reminder, the Red/White Music Battle thing is on starting @ 8:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Although, the last couple years it seems to have gone downhill, just my opinion.

gaijinmark wrote:Just a reminder, the Red/White Music Battle thing is on starting @ 8:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Although, the last couple years it seems to have gone downhill, just my opinion.

Is it because of the guest performers or something else?

gaijinmark wrote:Just a reminder, the Red/White Music Battle thing is on starting @ 8:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Although, the last couple years it seems to have gone downhill, just my opinion.

Also ch18 manages to screw portions up... last year they left out a segment and then there was the fiasco with the imitation nude scene that had to be redone so as not to offend the sensitivities of - who again? Certainly not the watching public.... but the censors live in their own little clinically clean laboratories. :banghead:

Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan http://jdorama.com/drama.1055.htm will be starting on channel 44 1/20/08 7 p.m.

gaijinmark wrote:Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan http://jdorama.com/drama.1055.htm will be starting on channel 44 1/20/08 7 p.m.

I just noticed that also on the Runbaord forum. Once again it's a short story compilation.... but this time I may watch it. I think hotel situation comedies lend themselves to short story collections.... so I will try a couple of weeks. For sure far more than solving a case after the fact with no meaningful resolution. :woot:

ralphm1999 wrote:

I just noticed that also on the Runbaord forum. Once again it's a short story compilation.... but this time I may watch it. I think hotel situation comedies lend themselves to short story collections....

Saw epi 1 tonite, obviously it's not going to make anybody forget Long Vacation but I think Toshikyuki Nishida should be able to keep me entertained. [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote: Saw epi 1 tonite, obviously it's not going to make anybody forget Long Vacation but I think Toshikyuki Nishida should be able to keep me entertained. [/list:u]

I recorded the broadcast...

Let's see how it looks... Transferring it to my PC right now.

EDIT: Here's a couple of screencaps (click to enlarge).

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Channel 18 starting on Feb. 3rd, with english subtitles:http://jdorama.com/drama.1187.htm[/list:u] Basically Double Kitchen again, but with Esumi and Sawamura as the newlyweds.

gaijinmark wrote:Channel 18 starting on Feb. 3rd, with english subtitles:http://jdorama.com/drama.1187.htm[/list:u] Basically Double Kitchen again, but with Esumi and Sawamura as the newlyweds.

Interesting timing: a DVD-rip of the original Double Kitchen is available on D-Addicts... :)