Fumiko wrote:

I personally don't know why Sanadamaru got better ratings than Naotora. Kanbee I can understand since it was decent. Sanadamaru wasted so much screentime on unimportant stuff and super important stuff was rushed. Naotora has its weakness too however there is nothing that ruins the show. Even the NaotoraxNaochika drama was quickly dealt with.

Here's the final ratings for Naotora:

(01) 16.9% – (02) 15.5% – (03) 14.3% – (04) 16.0% – (05) 14.8% – (06) 14.5% – (07) 12.9% –
(08) 13.4% – (09) 14.0% – (10) 12.5% – (11) 13.7% – (12) 12.9% – (13) 13.1% – (14) 12.9% –
(15) 14.4% – (16) 13.7% – (17) 11.0% – (18) 14.3% – (19) 13.6% – (20) 14.5% – (21) 13.2% –
(22) 12.1% – (23) 12.3% – (24) 12.4% – (25) 12.3% – (26) 12.4% – (27) 12.4% – (28) 12.0% –
(29) 11.9% – (30) 11.3% – (31) 10.6% – (32) 12.0% – (33) 12.4% – (34) 11.2% – (35) 11.3% –
(36) 12.1% – (37) 13.3% – (38) 11.7% – (39) 11.7% – (40) 11.6% – (41) 11.8% – (42) 11.9% –
(43) 12.9% – (44) 11.4% – (45) 10.7% – (46) 12.0% – (47) 11.3% – (48) 11.9% – (49) 12.0% – (50) 12.5%

That averages to around 12.6, better than Hana Moyu or Taira no Kiyomori, but still Sanada Maru ended up with 16.6 and I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as Naotora. Looks like the audience dropped Naotora around episode 22 and never came back.

Looks like Juri Ueno's fans haven't forgotten her. The ratings for "Good Doctor" after three episodes:

(01) 11.5% – (02) 10.6% – (03) 11.6% (avg. 11.23)

Bear in mind that this years Taiga, "Segodon" has an average of 13.57 thru episode 27 and the only dramas with higher ratings than "Good Doctor" are "Iryu Sousa 5" averaging 12.20, "Keiji 7-nin Season 4" - 12.03, "Gibo to Musume no Blues" which has Yutaka Takenouchi and Haruka Ayase - 11.73, and "Hagetaka" 11.60.

gaijinmark wrote:

Here's the final ratings for Naotora: (01) 16.9% – (02) 15.5% – (03) 14.3% – (04) 16.0% – (05) 14.8% – (06) 14.5% – (07) 12.9% – (08) 13.4% – (09) 14.0% – (10) 12.5% – (11) 13.7% – (12) 12.9% – (13) 13.1% – (14) 12.9% – (15) 14.4% – (16) 13.7% – (17) 11.0% – (18) 14.3% – (19) 13.6% – (20) 14.5% – (21) 13.2% – (22) 12.1% – (23) 12.3% – (24) 12.4% – (25) 12.3% – (26) 12.4% – (27) 12.4% – (28) 12.0% – (29) 11.9% – (30) 11.3% – (31) 10.6% – (32) 12.0% – (33) 12.4% – (34) 11.2% – (35) 11.3% – (36) 12.1% – (37) 13.3% – (38) 11.7% – (39) 11.7% – (40) 11.6% – (41) 11.8% – (42) 11.9% – (43) 12.9% – (44) 11.4% – (45) 10.7% – (46) 12.0% – (47) 11.3% – (48) 11.9% – (49) 12.0% – (50) 12.5% That averages to around 12.6, better than Hana Moyu or Taira no Kiyomori, but still Sanada Maru ended up with 16.6 and I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as Naotora. Looks like the audience dropped Naotora around episode 22 and never came back.

Sanada Maru and Naotora were both plagued by lack of good writing and funding. Sanada Maru relied too much on modern lexicon-jokes, Naotora was lack of a broader, indepth story and small budget which kept the story limited to a very few sets. Segodan is better with both, but something I can't put my finger on is holding the story back. Every actor/actress is putting 100% into their characters, that has made this Taiga drama very enjoyable to watch.
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Looks like this year's taiga, "Itaden" is struggling in the ratings, already into single digits by episode 6.

01) 15.5% (02) 12.0% (03) 13.2% (04) 11.6% (05) 10.2% (06) 09.9% (07) 09.5%

^ Just as a follow up on "Idaten". As of week 36 it has an average of 8.68% with a low of 5.0% on week 32. It's making "Hana Moyu" look great.

Tried to copy and paste the ratings from every week but got a "spam detected" message.

^ But it gets worse. Episode 39 clocked in with a rating of 3.7%. I guess because it was aired opposite Japan's game in the rugby world cup.

Rugby??? I thought the big sports in Japan were Baseball, Golf, Sumo, and Soccer. Rugby???

A little bit of a bounce back, episode 40 got a 7.0%. Still, when a taiga only gets 7.0

Final ratings in for "Idaten". It ain't pretty. Overall average of 8.2%. High of 15.5% episode 1, low of 3.7% episode 39.

Just as a follow up, top 10 ratings for Fall 2019, the taiga was 10th!!

To the surprise of no one, Doctor X-6 was #1.

18.39% Doctor X 6

14.82% Aibou 18
12.74% Grand Maison Tokyo
11.85% Kasouken no Onna Season 19
10.89% Douki no Sakura
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09.77% Sherlock
09.34% Mada Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
08.45% Ore no Hanashi wa Nagai
08.18% Shounen Torajiro
08.11% Itaden

So far "Kirin ga kuru" seems to be holding up fairly well: (01) 19.1% (02) 17.9% (03) 16.1%.

"Kirin ga kuru" finished last night. Final ratings: Average: 14.35. Highest: Episode 1 - 19.1. Lowest: 11.4. Final episode: 18.4.

This is a page showing taiga ratings over the years (from 2020's Kirin ga kuru to 2003's Musashi). It breaks down the ratings into various categories: average ratings, first episode, last episode, highest and lowest rating). Further down the detailed per episode ratings are also noted.

https://artv.info/taiga.html

Kirin ga kuru did pretty okay if we're talking about the last five years (only beaten by Sanadamaru). Of course we'd never reach the heady days of Atsuhime or even some of the older taiga which averaged over 25%, but I guess after the blip that was Idaten, maybe there's hope for the coming taiga.
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"Seiten wo Tsuke" seems to be holding its own. After six weeks hasn't gone below 15% yet.

1) - 20.0% 2) - 16.9% 3) - 16.7% 4) - 15.5% 5) - 16.2% 6) - 15.5%

^ The optimism was short lived. Episode 1 with 20.0 was the highest, the final episode at 11.2 the lowest, overall average 14.07: https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Seiten_wo_Tsuke/Episode_Ratings

This years taiga "Kamakura dono no 13 nin" had a first episode rating of 17.3. Since that is usually one of the highest rated episodes it doesn't look like this one will break any records.

"Kamakura Dono" up to episode 15, about a third of the way thru. Looks like they'll be in the 12/13 range.

1) 17.3 2) 14.7 3) 16.2 4) 15.4 5) 13.4 6) 13.7 7) 14.4 8) 13.7 9) 14.0 10) 13.6

11) 13.5 12) 13.1 13) 12.9 14) 12.1 15) 12.9

"Kamakura Dono" finished. High rating, episode 1 - 17.3. Low episode 45 - 6.2. Average 12.7

Episode 45 aired opposite Japan's World Cup game against Costa Rica which the reason for the low ratings on that one.

(Tried putting in the individual ratings for each episode but kept getting a "spam detected" message.)

Ratings for "Do Suru Ieyasu" thru episode 9:

1) 15.4 2) 15.3 3)14.8 4) 13.9 5) 12.9 6) 13.3 7) 13.1 8) 12.1 9) 11.8

gaijinmark wrote:

Ratings for "Do Suru Ieyasu" thru episode 9: 1) 15.4 2) 15.3 3)14.8 4) 13.9 5) 12.9 6) 13.3 7) 13.1 8) 12.1 9) 11.8

We've only been able to watch the first two episodes, nothing else has been updated as being subtitled. We've been watching via DramaCool page, can't find it anywhere else??!!
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