For a standard Japanese drama with 12 episodes, the usual ratings convention should be that the first episode has the first and second highest ratings of the entire drama, and then the ratings of the second episode will be the same as the first episode.

There is a slight decline, followed by a sharp decline in the third episode. This downward trend usually continues until the seventh or eighth episode, and then there is a desperate rebound here, pulling the ratings to about the third highest in the entire drama.

.In the end, the ratings continued to decline, and finally reached the highest or second highest ratings in the entire drama in the final episode.

Of course, there are exceptions. For example, "HERO" starring Kimura Takuya and "Hansawa Naoki" starring Sakai Masato, the ratings are basically higher every episode, and finally the final episode has the highest ratings. "HERO"

" has created the only ratings miracle in the history of Japanese dramas with an average ratings of more than 20% for each episode of the drama; and the final episode of "Hansawa Naoki" has set the highest ratings for Japanese dramas in the Heisei era. Therefore, this kind of special case is usually

It's a divine drama, or it's the kind of drama that plummets immediately after it's first aired.

After the first episode of "Public Security Class 13 ~Special Incident Investigation Team~" had an average ratings of 24%, the ratings continued to increase in the second episode, directly reaching an average rating of 28%, and even reached the highest ratings in an instant.

The rate directly touched the value of 31%.

When this value came out, the director of the TBS TV station's programming bureau's heart skipped a beat. Now in the 2000s, an average ratings of 15% can be called a "hot drama", and an average rating of 20%

That is already a "hot hit drama". As a result, the instant ratings of "Public Security Class 13~Special Incident Investigation Team~" actually reached over 30%. Does that mean that this TV series has a chance to really be popular?

How about the average viewership rating exceeding 30%?

After seeing this data, the director of the establishment bureau immediately called the director of the TV station. When the director, who was unable to extricate himself in the gentle village of Ginza, a female publicist, heard this data, he found that he actually had someone somewhere.

He felt young! You know, he hadn’t felt what it was like to be young for almost 20 years. If it hadn’t been for the little blue pill invented by his American father, he thought he would have lived softly for the rest of his life.

Naturally, the female publicist felt the director's excitement. She thought it was her own means that made Tai Chang rejuvenate. So when she planned to ask the director to give her a donkey brand bag, the director actually threw her away.

He stepped aside and left in a hurry. The female publicist was puzzled. In the past, the director had to stay with her for half an hour even for the sake of face!

Because of the ratings of the second episode of "Public Security Class 13 ~Special Incident Investigation Team~", executives at all levels of TBS rushed back to the headquarters for a meeting. First, everyone confirmed the details of the ratings with the director of the bureau, and then

Everyone smiled knowingly when they saw the data. The head of the advertising department even loosened his tie and said that the advertising fees will increase next week!

In addition to the joy of the advertising department, the broadcasting department also shed tears of happiness. If you have to judge the most miserable department in the entire TBS TV station, it must be the broadcasting department. As mentioned before, Japan

After the war, the government was reformed according to the model of America's father. Therefore, in order to prevent the media from being controlled by large chaebols, Japan's "Broadcasting Law" stipulates that each prefecture must have its own television and radio stations, and each

TV stations in prefectures cannot send broadcast signals to neighboring prefectures. This determines that in the era of wireless television, Japan has no theoretical national TV stations (except for the public broadcaster NHK).

But if there are policies from above, there are countermeasures from below. Japan's major TV companies have also learned what the American dad did, let's do simulcasting. According to Japan's subsequent revision of the Broadcasting Law, the parent company of each TV station cannot own other TV stations for more than

one-third of the shares to prevent it from becoming a key minority shareholder of other TV stations. Because of this, local TV stations in Japan actually have a lot of freedom. They usually only choose a few programs from the flagship channel of the network for simulcast.

, some TV stations even choose to postpone the simulcast. If there are any major local events, the simulcast content may be cut off.

This is the key to dissatisfaction among advertisers, and the Broadcasting Division is to ensure that local stations broadcast the programs of the flagship channel in multiple simulcasts at the same time and cannot cut the broadcast time and content randomly. If the content broadcast by the flagship channel is popular content,

In terms of potential ratings, the local TV stations must have automatically and consciously synchronously broadcast and guaranteed the duration. But what if not? Fortunately, the ratings and reputation of "Public Security Class 13 ~ Special Incident Investigation Team ~" have exploded collectively. Now it is estimated that

Even those outlying islands know about this TV series, so all local stations naturally broadcast the program obediently. For fear that the flagship station will find fault, if the signal is stuck next time when they broadcast it to you, then their own TV stations will probably be complained by local viewers.

Until death.

"Since the ratings of the second episode are so good, do we need to strengthen advertising?" the station manager asked.

"Director Yingming!" the Director of the Establishment Bureau immediately flattered, "I suggest increasing the intensity and frequency of broadcasting the trailers and promotional videos of this drama on the major channels of TBS. At the same time, we should invite more Mr. Takuya Kimura and all SMAP members

Come to this station to promote the program, all news programs, variety shows and talk shows of this station must send invitations to Mr. Kimura and others!"

TBS TV station wants to increase the promotion of the TV series, and Johnny & Associates cannot remain indifferent. It is true that SMAP now belongs to Johnny's Dream Co., Ltd., but who is the major shareholder of Johnny's Dream Co., Ltd.? Or Johnny & Associates?

So! Although SMAP is semi-independent within Johnny's & Associates, every penny earned by SMAP still belongs to Johnny's & Associates. Therefore, the so-called suppression of SMAP can only be done when SMAP is not making money.

.As long as SMAP can make a lot of money, even Mary Kitagawa, who is most unhappy with SMAP, feels that the five SMAP members are like their own sons.

"Let those guys mention SMAP and Kimura Takuya in their respective programs. Especially in TBS TV programs, we must cooperate with them to promote "Public Security Class 13 ~ Special Incident Investigation Team ~"." Mary Kitagawa said very forcefully.

The company's board of directors announced.

Mary Kitagawa has already gained a lot of power within Johnny's Agency. Even fans know that there is a saying within Johnny's Agency, that is, "When you debut, you will look after your grandpa, but when you quit, you will look after your grandma." This means that what you can do in Johnny's Agency

Not being able to debut depends on Johnny Kitagawa's decision, and whether he will be fired from Johnny's Agency depends on Mary Kitagawa. Therefore, after Mary Kitagawa's words, various artists under Johnny's Agency started praising them.

SMAP.

And SMAP themselves must take this opportunity to announce to everyone that SMAP is the "genius group" of Johnny & Associates. After all, "Public Security Section 13 ~Special Incident Investigation Team~" is not just Kimura Takuya's drama,

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi will also play the leading role in the spin-off series, and will guest star in the series with Shingo Katori, Goro Inagaki and Masahiro Nakai.

As a TV series planning project that lasts for several years, everyone knows that if the entire project becomes popular, it means that SMAP can sit back and relax for the next ten years. Although SMAP has reached a very late stage as an idol group,

If we can continue to extend the life of the group, SMAP is still willing. At the same time, SMAP also wants to take advantage of this long-term plan to try to transform.

Judging from the cases in previous lives, Johnny & Associates’ success or failure was SMAP in the thirty years from the 1990s to the 2020s. The development history of Johnny & Associates can be basically said to be in three stages. The first stage

It was the era of "Broadway Musical Stars" that began with the first generation of Johnny's Group. The Johnny & Associates of this era basically directly applied the set of Broadway and Hollywood musicals to the Japanese society at that time; while the second stage was from the hometown.

The "idol era" started by Yumi. Unfortunately, during this period, due to the poaching of Hiromi Gogo by Burn Production, Johnny & Associates was once in a slump. Later, it relied on "Nano Kon" to turn around, and finally created Hikari Genji, which is called the most famous idol in the history of Japanese idols.

A miraculous combination; the final third stage is the "New Idol Era" created by SMAP, which is equivalent to liberating idols from simple singing and acting to hosting, comedy and other aspects.

The emergence of SMAP can be said to have greatly extended the lifespan of male idol groups. Without the forcible intervention of Johnny & Associates, SMAP can continue to do so. But the problem is that if SMAP continues to exist, what will happen to the junior groups that imitate SMAP?

What to do? In the end, when Johnny & Associates chose to break SMAP's idol halo, it was tantamount to announcing the failure of the "SMAP model". Since even SMAP will eventually be disbanded, what can those groups that imitate SMAP do? Therefore, in the previous life, self-study appeared

After SMAP was disbanded, the entire Johnny & Associates agency fell into a state of turmoil. Judging from the situation when Junxiu Lin was reborn, the decision made by Mary Kitagawa and Keiko Fujishima can be described as a "lose-lose".

The third episode of "Public Security Class 13 ~Special Incident Investigation Team~" was broadcast as scheduled. This time, not only TBS TV station was bombed, but the entire Japanese drama circle was bombed. Because of the "Public Security Class 13 ~Special Incident Investigation Team~"

The average ratings for the third episode not only smoothly exceeded 30%, but also fell very steadily at 34%. At the same time, the ratings in the Kansai region also successfully exceeded 30%, which also proves that this TV series is really

The viewers in Kanto and Kansai are all killing each other! So everyone has even looked at the ratings of the four emerging cities of Chukyo, Sapporo, Sendai, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka. Basically, everyone can be sure that one

The thing is, "Public Security Class 13 ~Special Incident Investigation Team~" is really a hit TV series!

Then all other TV stations except TBS cried. This TV series is not a seasonal drama, it is a half-year drama! It airs for half a year, who will remember other TV stations after half a year? Fortunately, Fuji TV and Asahi TV both remember themselves

Hexiu Productions also has a semi-annual drama, so they all urged it and expressed the hope that their TV series could be broadcast in the winter season.

And just when "Public Security Section 13 ~Special Incident Investigation Team~" was making news in Japan, "The Embalmer" was also making news in the United States. Three weeks after "The Embalmer" was released in the United States,

, and finally screened more than 2,000 screens, which is considered a large-scale release in the United States. And precisely because "The Embalmer" achieved large-scale release, "The Embalmer" not only entered the top ten in the U.S. weekend box office list
Chapter completed!