FUJI tops TV Ratings for 2009 in all Major Time Periods

Written By: guyjin on January 12, 2010 No Comment

Fuji Television Network was the highest rated TV network for 2009 across the three major time periods of ‘Golden Time’ (7PM to 10PM), ‘Prime Time’ (7PM to 11PM) and All day (6AM to Midnight). The triple win was achieved for the 6th year in a row by the Fuji Network.

All time periods saw slight increases for Fuji, with average ratings of 13.5% for Golden Time, 13.4% for Prime Time and 8.6% over the whole day. The increases may have been due to the fact that Fuji was celebrating its 50th year of broadcasting in 2009, with a number of special broadcasts throughout the year. The year culminated with its broadcast of the Japan Figure Skating Championships, which marked an audience of 28.9% on December 27, making it one of the top 10 programs of the year.

Fuji’s regular variety programs also contributed to the win, especially the highly rated ‘Nep League’ (Monday nights at 7PM), which had a regular place in the weekly list of top 10 rated programs. Nep League had an average rating of 19.6% for the year, which was fully 3% higher than 2008. It also had the distinction of marking 20 weeks in a row above 20%, from June 1 to November 16, showing the show’s sustained popularity.

The second placed network across all time periods was NTV, with NHK sharing second place during Golden Time, with an average rating of 12.4%.