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A new round of ratings war has begun again.

The winner of the last round of ratings war was Fukuyama Television, with Kei Fujiwara as the vanguard, while the loser, TTV, also ceased its activities. Even during the ninth month of the spring schedule, it only broadcast a small-budget idol drama casually.

This drama does not have a popular idol, nor does it have a strong production team. The production funds can be saved as much as possible.

And this spring, two challengers, NBC and Fanxing TV, are coming fiercely, aiming at Fukuyama Yukiu, and both have brought out their strongest production teams. No effort has been spared in terms of financial investment.

The challenger from NBC is the family drama "My Ex-Husbands" whose average episode ratings are close to 30%. This ratings performance even surpasses "Furahata Rensaburo". It can be regarded as a very shocking ratings. If it had been broadcast at the same time as "The Longest Vacation", judging from the overlap in the ratings of the two dramas, "The Longest Vacation" would not have achieved such good results.

Fortunately, the first episode of "Hansawa Naoki" and the first episode of this drama are not broadcast on the same day, otherwise the ratings of the first episode of "Hansawa Naoki" are likely to be crushed by this drama.

Under normal circumstances, the first episode of the second season of "My Ex-Husbands" is aired and can reach about 30% of the ratings. However, the first episode of this show is aired unfortunately at the same time as the last episode of "Housekeeper Mita" It's the same day.

Therefore, the ratings of the first episode of this drama will inevitably be seriously affected by "Housekeeper Mita". However, the influence is mutual. The ratings of the final episode of "Housekeeper Mita" will also be lowered because of this. Fujiwara Kei originally wanted to create another history. level ratings, the situation may change.

Fanxingtai's "Kyoto Lover's Notes" is equally aggressive. This pure love drama stars Hoshino Koya and Kudo Minami. It is said that the heroine was originally invited to be Aoi Kono, but Etsuko Fukuyama declined the invitation because Kono Aoi had other work arrangements.

Fanxingtai originally wanted to invite Katsura Arima to be the female lead to capitalize on the popularity of "Long Vacation", but Katsura Arima declined the invitation because she was filming "White Night Journey".

In the end, the crew selected Kudo Minami to play the female lead. During this period, she and Hoshino Koya frequently appeared in major variety shows to build momentum for the new drama.

Both of them are popular idols, and each has a huge fan base. Hoshino Koya recently won the Japanese Drama Life Award for Best Actor, competing with the powerful actor Maya Teruo, and he was even more popular among young actors. He has always been in the limelight, and his popularity is even higher than that of other male artists of the same age, making him a popular star.

Naturally, this pure love drama starring him has received a lot of attention before it even started airing. Many women's magazines even published promotional materials for this drama without even receiving advertising fees from Fanxing Channel. Stills, sweet interactions between the two leading actors, behind-the-scenes footage of the show, etc.

Of course, these magazines are not doing charity, they just publish content based on what readers like to read. Hoshino Koya is very popular now. Two out of every three young girls in Japan have his fans. With a few good works, it is almost certain that he will become a national idol.

"Kyoto Lover's Notes" was broadcast one week later than "Hansawa Naoki". Unfortunately, Kei Fujiwara was caught between the two dramas.

However, East Island Channel and TTV did not participate in this fight and watched the excitement with a relaxed attitude. They have now given up on encircling Fukuyama Yuejiu. Although they also hope that NBC and Fanxing Channel can make some gains and just kill Fukuyama Yuejiu's legs with a stick. lame. But if they were beaten by Fukuyamadai in turn... they would also be happy.

Of course, the best outcome is that these three dramas will fight to the death, and no one will end well.

Some media also behaved like meddlesome people, and began to discuss the final victory or defeat of these three dramas before they were aired.

In an entertainment program on East Island Channel, several hosts were discussing the possible broadcast situation of several dramas at the same time in the spring. They also talked about Kei Fujiwara, a talented screenwriter who has become famous in the past year or so. .

"Imai-kun, there will be three much-anticipated TV dramas in front of the audience this spring. These three works are also quite powerful. They are the sequel to the hit drama, the Yuejiu God drama written by a talented writer, and the new TV series. A masterpiece of pure love from a popular idol. And what’s surprising is that these three works were aired at the same time. At which time? It’s the nine o’clock time slot on Sunday.”

A female host covered her mouth in surprise: "Eh? Is it true?"

Another female host said: "Yes, it feels really incredible. Logically speaking, this is not a weekend time slot. Why do TV stations put their most anticipated TV series in the same time slot to compete? Is this true? Won’t it affect their respective ratings?”

The host named Imai pushed up his glasses and showed a confident smile. He has a doctorate. In the show, everyone often calls him Dr. Imai, playing a knowledgeable character.

Whenever the female host acted silly and made some ridiculous points, he would correct her. He would also answer the female host's questions, always appearing to be knowledgeable and omniscient.

"Of course it will affect, but affecting other people's ratings is their purpose." Imai smiled, "First of all, let me correct your point of view. Nowadays, the time period with the largest audience base is no longer the weekend time period, but the September 9th time period. time period."

"The one that opened up the unprecedented grandness of the September 9th period is Fukuyama Channel among the five major TV stations. The Fukuyama September 9th drama made a big splash last year. Not only did its ratings performance not only have no rivals in the same time period, but it even exceeded the weekend time period."

"Eh? So Fushantai is so powerful?"

"Yes, the strength of Fukuyama Station is very strong. Last year's performance should be the strongest among the five major TV stations."

"Is that so? What's the ranking of Dongdaotai?"

"Uh...ranked fifth."

Dongdaotai is the last of the top five, everyone knows about it, and Dongdaotai himself doesn't mind making fun of it.

"I remember that TTV used to be the king of TV program production. Why, has it become Fukuyama TV now?"

Dr. Imai once again promoted glasses, "Yes, but this was something that only started at the end of 1994. The turning point was the joining of one person, which allowed Fukuyamadai to achieve groundbreaking results in the past year."

"Eh? Who is it?"

The host suddenly took out a humanoid stand of Kei Fujiwara and said, "That's it. The youngest Naoki Award winner, he is also the chief screenwriter of many popular dramas on Fukuyama Station last year, and is responsible for all TV dramas in the September 9th period. He is a well-deserved contributor to Fushantai!"

"It is also because of the influence of Fukuyama Channel's many monthly dramas that the audience base during this time period has gradually exceeded that of the weekend time period. This is not something I just said. Before doing this program, I specially discussed it with the data and statistics department. Passed. Now the total audience base of the September 9th slot is indeed infinitely close to or even surpassing the weekend slot."