Getsuku
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is a Japan
ese abbreviation for , meaning Monday at 9 pm. This is traditionally the time when the most popular TV dramas air in Japan.
games are aired, meaning that throughout the year, there would be no delays in broadcasting (in Japan, due to the popularity of baseball, baseball game broadcasts take precedence over other programming, so shows are often pushed back due to late games).
While all of the stations often aired dramas on Monday nights, it was the popularity of the dramas "Tokyo Love Story" and "The 101st Proposal" that propelled the 9PM slot on Mondays. Fuji TV started branding its 9 pm Monday shows as "Getsuku", and actors and actresses would be interviewed as starring in their first "getsuku". Not long after this branding began, the other stations also started showing their most popular dramas on Monday nights.
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ese abbreviation for , meaning Monday at 9 pm. This is traditionally the time when the most popular TV dramas air in Japan.
History
Fuji TV, one of the major broadcasting companies in Japan, started the pattern of airing the dramas it predicted would be most popular on Monday nights. Mondays are the only night in which no baseballBaseball in Japan
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games are aired, meaning that throughout the year, there would be no delays in broadcasting (in Japan, due to the popularity of baseball, baseball game broadcasts take precedence over other programming, so shows are often pushed back due to late games).
While all of the stations often aired dramas on Monday nights, it was the popularity of the dramas "Tokyo Love Story" and "The 101st Proposal" that propelled the 9PM slot on Mondays. Fuji TV started branding its 9 pm Monday shows as "Getsuku", and actors and actresses would be interviewed as starring in their first "getsuku". Not long after this branding began, the other stations also started showing their most popular dramas on Monday nights.
Dramas that aired on Fuji TV in the getsuku slot
- 1988-「君の瞳をタイホする?」「教師びんびん物語」「あそびにおいでヨ！」「君が嘘をついた」
- 1989-「君の瞳に恋してる！」「教師びんびん物語II」「同・級・生」「愛しあってるかい！」
- 1990-「世界で一番君が好き！」「日本一のカッ飛び男」「キモチいい恋したい！」「すてきな片想い」
- 1991-「東京ラブストーリー」「学校へ行こう！」「101回目のプロポーズ」「逢いたい時にあなたはいない・・・」
- 1992-「あなただけ見えない」「素顔のままで」「君のためにできること」「二十歳の約束」
- 1993-「あの日に帰りたい」「ひとつ屋根の下」「じゃじゃ馬ならし」「あすなろ白書」
- 1994-「この世の果て」「上を向いて歩こう！」「君といた夏」「妹よ」
- 1995-「FOR YOU」「僕らに愛を！」「いつかまた逢える」「まだ恋は始まらない」
- 1996-「ピュア」「ロングバケーション」「翼をください！」「おいしい関係」
- 1997-「バージンロード」「ひとつ屋根の下2」「ビーチボーイズ」「ラブジェネレーション」
- 1998-「DAYS」「ブラザーズ」「ボーイハント」「じんべえ」
- 1999-「オーバータイム」「リップスティック」「パーフェクトラブ！」「氷の世界」
- 2000-「二千年の恋」「天気予報の恋人」「バスストップ」「やまとなでしこ」
- 2001-「HERO」「ラブレボリューション」「できちゃった結婚」「アンティーク～西洋骨董洋菓子店～」
- 2002-「人にやさしく」「空から降る一億の星」「ランチの女王」「ホーム＆アウェイ」
- 2003-「いつも二人で」「東京ラブ・シネマ」「僕だけのマドンナ」「ビギナー」
- 2004-「プライド」「愛し君へ」「東京湾景」「ラストクリスマス」
- 2005-「不機嫌なジーン」「エンジン」「スローダンス」「危険なアネキ」
- 2006-「西遊記」「トップキャスター」「サプリ」「のだめカンタービレ」
- 2007-「東京タワー～オカンとボクと、時々、オトン～」「プロポーズ大作戦」「ファースト・キス」「ガリレオ」
- 2008-「薔薇のない花屋」「CHANGE」「太陽と海の教室」「イノセント・ラブ」
- 2009-「ヴォイス～命なき者の声～」「婚カツ！」「ブザー・ビート〜崖っぷちのヒーロー〜」「東京DOGS」
- 2010-「コード・ブルー2 -ドクターヘリ緊急救命-」「月の恋人～Moon Lovers~」「夏の恋は虹色に輝く」「流れ星」
- 2011-「大切なことはすべて君が教えてくれた」「幸せになろうよ」「全開ガール!!」「私が恋愛できない理由」
External links
- Hatena definition-Japanese
- Fuji TV-Japanese