JDrama TV Ratings

ladyusagi wrote:i'm glad that people are actually watching iryu. i only hope the quality is the same as the first season.

Well they're writing their own script instead of following the manga as in season 1 so :fingerscrossed:

"Galileo" premiere gets 24.7%
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The first episode of "Galileo," starring Masaharu Fukuyama and Kou Shibasaki, aired on Monday night. The broadcast pulled in a 24.7% viewership rating, beating out last Thursday's premiere of "Iryu 2" (21.0%). Both shows are in the top three starts of the year, surpassed only by the winter series "Karei Naru Ichizoku" (27.7%), which starred Takuya Kimura.

"Galileo" is Fuji TV's first "Getsu 9" drama to break 20% with the opening episode since the first half of 2006, when the network aired "Saiyuki" (29.2%) and "Top Caster" (23.1%).

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maui wrote:"Galileo" premiere gets 24.7%

But is it any good?

bmwracer wrote:
But is it any good?

It`s a good rating bc the lead actor is not kimutaku.

concertmaster wrote:
Well they're writing their own script instead of following the manga as in season 1 so :fingerscrossed:

they are??? ew...

the manga is great. hope they can manage to make a good show

maui wrote:It`s a good rating bc the lead actor is not kimutaku.

Good point. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
But is it any good?

I like it...my favorite drama of this season so far... :thumbsup:

concertmaster wrote:I like it...my favorite drama of this season so far... :thumbsup:

Bring on the subs...! :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Bring on the subs...! :victory:

Nobody has stepped up to actually do the subs yet, but if the show is as popular as it's looking and keeps these numbers decently coming, I wouldn't be surprised if someone is thrown in there (though not their style of drama, SARS seems kinda free to do it, lol).

EDIT: Appears someone did, though it's a group aptly named 'Newbie-Forever'. I've never heard or seen any of their work, so let's just see how quick and efficient this team (or person as that seems to be the norm now in the subbing world) is with the series.

EDIT 2: AWESOME, I CALLED IT! SARS is doing the hard subs for the series...of course I think this means that Newbie-Forever is going to drop off. That's one thing I don't like about that team, though they are decent in speed and quality, they always seem to step on people's toes...

Tenshigure wrote:


EDIT 2: AWESOME, I CALLED IT! SARS is doing the hard subs for the series...

AWESOME, maybe i should get back into watching something, this and Iryu 2 sound like good candidates :mrgreen:

maui wrote:

It`s a good rating bc the lead actor is not kimutaku.

... considering it's a detective/mystery drama and not school related filled with johnny's is somewhat amazing. :woot:

Tenshigure wrote:
EDIT 2: AWESOME, I CALLED IT! SARS is doing the hard subs for the series...of course I think this means that Newbie-Forever is going to drop off. That's one thing I don't like about that team, though they are decent in speed and quality, they always seem to step on people's toes...

He might still be doing softsubs... More fansubber these days, we're starting to see multiple versions of subs. This person used to translate Korean dramas and doesn't seem to speak fluent English anyway...

tabana wrote:
... considering it's a detective/mystery drama and not school related filled with johnny's is somewhat amazing. :woot:

Non-SMAP Johnny's generally don't hit decent ratings :rolleyes:
I bet they do get very high ratings within their target demographics though :sweat:

i dunno, fukuyama masaharu and kou shibasaki being in galileo probably also contributed to the high ratings. if there were no kimura takuya the one winning all those anan rankings would be fukuyama.

ladyusagi wrote:i dunno, fukuyama masaharu and kou shibasaki being in galileo probably also contributed to the high ratings. if there were no kimura takuya the one winning all those anan rankings would be fukuyama.

I was just saying young Johnny's in general aren't known for high ratings. Only doramas starring SMAP members are auto-high ratings :hehe:
There are few exceptions like HYD and MBMH, but there are much more flops than hits.

Fukuyama Masaharu got numbers from beginning, and he hasn't been in a dorama for years, so I bet a lot of people tuned in for him. And Shibasaki Kou... Nothing with her in main roles have ever flopped yet :naughty:

8thSin wrote:
I was just saying young Johnny's in general aren't known for high ratings. Only doramas starring SMAP members are auto-high ratings :hehe:
There are few exceptions like HYD and MBMH, but there are much more flops than hits.

That's an accurate appraisal, I'd say.

Fukuyama Masaharu got numbers from beginning, and he hasn't been in a dorama for years, so I bet a lot of people tuned in for him. And Shibasaki Kou... Nothing with her in main roles have ever flopped yet :naughty:

Yup.

fukuyama masaharu is in galileo?
okay. must watch

Kanto Region Japanese Autumn Drama Ratings

Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan 2_______ 10.7__11.5__11.0__11.6__11.8__12.2__10.3__09.1__07.2
Galileo ________________________ xx.x__24.7__22.1__21.3__23.6__22.9__21.4__21.9__19.9
Abarenbo Mama _________________ xx.x__15.3__14.2__11.8__11.6__11.7__11.1__11.9
Swan no Baka __________________ xx.x__10.5__09.0__10.4__07.9__07.7__07.3__07.9
Yukan Club _____________________ xx.x__15.9__13.7__12.8__12.3__13.0__12.1__10.3
Hataraki Man ___________________ 15.7__12.3__13.0__11.1__12.6__10.1__12.7__13.2
3nen B gumi no Kinpachi Sensei ____ 13.9__12.5__11.6__11.4__09.3__08.2__08.7__09.3
Iryu 2 ________________________ 21.0__16.8__15.5__15.8__15.0__17.6__14.1__16.6
Oishii Gohan_____________________xx.x__xx.x__13.0__11.7__09.3__07.7__06.5__08.6
Joshi Deka _____________________ xx.x__13.4__10.3__08.4__09.4__08.3__07.8__09.3
Otoko no Kosodate________________xx.x__xx.x__11.8__08.8__08.0__08.7__06.9__08.2
Utahime _______________________ 09.4__07.5__09.8__06.1__08.4__09.2__06.7__07.1
Mop Girl _______________________ 10.2__10.7__11.8__09.7__09.8__10.6__09.8__10.4
Dream Again ___________________ 12.9__10.0__09.5__10.0__08.4__11.8__08.4__09.9
SP ____________________________ xx.x__xx.x__xx.x__14.5__17.6__15.2__15.7__14.1
Hatachi no Koibito ________________13.5__10.4__09.2__07.4__07.3__06.6__06.4__06.6

Drama Specials
Hanaikusa(Inoue Mao) - 12.4
Shabake(Tegoshi Yuya) - 14.4
Ten to Sen (Kitano Beat Takeshi) - 23.8(1st), 23.7(2nd)
Koi no Kara Sawagi Drama Special~ Love Stories IV~ (Horikita Maki, Ishihara Satomi, Mizukawa Asami) - 13.0
Suisei Monogatari - 06.1

Congrats to 'Galileo'. Some people on d-addicts seemed not very impressed by the plot in ep. 1, yet marvelled at its brilliance only after 2nd viewing (or on 2nd thought). IMO a good howdunit is much more difficult to write than a good whodunit because it usually requires some kind of domain knowledge. As a mystery buff, I've pretty much read/watched all the popular American, English, and Japanese mystery novels/'TV series' out there since elementary school. By far my favorite mysteries of all time are still the ones in the TV series 'Banacek' (extremely clever howdunits involving thefts of very unusual items).

concertmaster wrote:Congrats to 'Galileo'. Some people on d-addicts seemed not very impressed by the plot in ep. 1, yet marvelled at its brilliance only after 2nd viewing (or on 2nd thought). IMO a good howdunit is much more difficult to write than a good whodunit because it usually requires some kind of domain knowledge. As a mystery buff, I've pretty much read/watched all the popular American, English, and Japanese mystery novels/'TV series' out there since elementary school. By far my favorite mysteries of all time are still the ones in the TV series 'Banacek' (extremely clever howdunits involving thefts of very unusual items).

Why am I not surprised that you brought up Banacak again? ;)

Looking forward to this series... If the subs show up. :sweat:

Hatachi = dead T.T

I'm personally enjoying the series... Akashiya Sanma will always be the best comedian actor for me!
I used to love Nagasawa Masami, but I don't know... I'm starting to get sick of her because she's always the same in every single series :doh:


I'm kind of surprised Hataraki Man's rating has such an average pattern. I'm absolutely LOVING this series. The acting, direction, humor, music... All perfect. Somewhat average story, but it's probably my favorite conclusion-per-episode series I've seen so far, even better than HERO. I'm totally obsessed with Kanno Miho right now :inlove:
Still hoping for that big jump near the finale.