FY2012 Annual Average Audience RatingsiApril 2nd, 2012 – March 31st, 2013j
Golden: 12.4% (1st Place), Prime: 12.7% (1st Place), Prime-2: 8.5% (1st Place), All-day: 7.8% (2nd Place)
FY2012 Second Half Average Audience RatingsiOctober 1st, 2012 – March 31st, 2013j
All-day:8.1% (1st Place), Golden: 12.9% (1st Place), Prime: 13.2% (1st Place), Prime-2: 8.9% (1st Place)
January-March Period Average Audience RatingsiDecember 31st,2012 – March 31st 2013j
All-day: 8.3% (1st Place), Golden: 12.9% (1st Place), Prime: 13.1% (1st Place), Prime-2: 9.1% (1st Place)
March Average Audience RatingsiMarch 4th – March 31st, 2013j
All-day: 8.3% (1st Place), Golden 13.2% (1st Place), Prime 13.4% (1st Place), Prime-2:9.9% (1st Place)
TV Asahi is top in three categories of the 2012 fiscal annual audience ratings adding #1 in the golden-time slot to its top two finishes for the calendar year of 2012. The triple crowns for the yearly averages published April 1st, 2013 are: 12.4% for golden-time(19:00 – 22:00), 12.7% for prime-time(19:00– 23:00), and 8.5% for prime-2(23:00- 25:00). The all-day average (6:00 – 24:00) was 7.8%, placing us second with 0.1 point difference to first place. We are very happy to share the joy of such achievements with everyone involved and we are most grateful to our viewers for their loyal support.
Our dramas did very well in FY2012: the series gAIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo -Season 11h reaffirmed its strength with steady high ratings throughout its 2 terms covering six months with a new partner detective introduced in the Season 11. The final episode marked the record-breaking highest rating of the entire series. And our new drama, gDoctor-Xh, also became a mega-hit, ranking top in ratings for all dramas produced by commercial broadcasters in FY2012.
The driving power in the steady increase of our annual golden and prime-time ratings to reach the top was the strong line-up of our regular variety shows, gOtameshi-ka!,h gQuiz Presentation Variety: Lord Qh and gLondon Heartsh which kept their steady high ratings throughout the year, along with our flagship late-evening weekday news show "Hodo Station." Our special programs also contributed much to our rating results: exciting major sports coverage such as gFIFA World Cup Brazil Asian Qualifiersh, gISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series,h and gWorld Baseball Classich; special one-off dramas commemorating the 55th anniversary of the launch of our station, gThe Drama Specials Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Death of a Master Detective Fiction Writer Seicho Matsumoto: eFatal Photof and eThe Housekeeperfh; gAIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo -Season 11 New Year Specialh; and gDream Challenge 2013F Who are the Champions by the Super Duo Tunnels!!g