2008 Summer Season
Series
| Japanese Title | Romaji Title | TV Station | Time Frame | Starring Actors | Theme Song(s) | Episodes | Average Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 篤姫 | Atsu-hime | NHK | Sunday 20:00~20:58 6 January 2008 to Autumn 2008 (14 December 2008) |
Aoi Miyazaki, Kyozo Nagatsuka, Kanako Higuchi, Yoshinori Okada, Sumie Sasaki, Eita, Rie Tomosaka, Maki Horikita, Ryo Katsuji, Kinya Kitaoji, Takaaki Enoki, Ikki Sawamura, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Taizo Harada, Kyoko Maya, Koji Matoba, Yo Kimiko, Hideki Takahashi, Keiko Matsuzaka, Hiroyuki Nagato, Mayo Suzukaze, Yuichiro Yamaguchi, Mikijiro Hira, Yuka Itaya, Matsuda Shota | - | 50 | 24.5% |
| オトコマエ！ | Otokomae! | NHK | Saturday 19:30~20:00 12 April 2008 to 5 July 2008 |
Seiji Fukushi, Takumi Saito, Kyohei Shibata | - | 13 | 9.2% |
| 四つの嘘 | Yottsu no Uso | TV Asahi | Thursday 21:00~21:54 10 July 2008 to 4 September 2008 |
Hiromi Nagasaku, Shinobu Terajima, Reiko Takashima, Michiko Hada | Tanimura Nana "If I'm not the one" |
9 | 9.3% |
| ロト6で3億2千万円当てた男 | Lotto Six de San-oku Ni-senman En Ateta Otoko | TV Asahi | Friday 21:00~21:54 4 July 2008 to 5 September 2008 |
Takashi Sorimachi, Tomoko Nakajima | EXILE "MY FANTASY" |
10 | 6.4% |
| 打撃天使ルリ | Dageki Tenshi Ruri | TV Asahi | Friday 23:15~24:10 25 July 2008 to 26 September 2008 |
Rei Kikukawa | GLAY "I LOVE YOUをさがしてる" (I LOVE YOU wo Sagashiteru) |
10 | 7.2% |
| 太陽と海の教室 | Taiyō to Umi no Kyōshitsu | Fuji TV | Monday 21:00~21:54 21 July 2008 to 22 September 2008 |
Yūji Oda, Keiko Kitagawa, Masaki Okada, Kii Kitano, Gaku Hamada, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Satoshi Tomiura, Mitsuki Tanimura, Atsuko Maeda, Aya Omasa, Yusuke Yamamoto, Manami Kurose, Yuichi Nakamura | UZ "君の瞳に恋してる" (Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru) |
10 | 14.5% |
| シバトラ | Shibatora | Fuji TV | Tuesday 21:00~21:54 8 July 2008 to 16 September 2008 |
Teppei Koike, Suzuka Ohgo, Miki Maya, Naohito Fujiki, Muga Tsukaji | Every Little Thing "あたらしい日々" (Atarashii Hibi) |
11 | 12.5% |
| モンスターペアレント | Monster Parent | Fuji TV | Tuesday 22:00~22:54 1 July 2008 to 9 September 2008 |
Yonekura Ryoko, Yūta Hiraoka | Tokunaga Hideaki "愛が哀しいから" (Ai ga Kanashii Kara) |
11 | 12.2% |
| コード・ブルー -ドクターヘリ緊急救命- | Code Blue -Doctor Heli Kinkyuu Kyuumei- | Fuji TV | Thursday 22:00~22:54 3 July 2008 to 12 September 2008 |
Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki, Erika Toda, Yosuke Asari, Manami Higa | Mr.Children "HANABI" |
11 | 15.6% |
| 33分探偵 | 33pun Tantei | Fuji TV | Saturday 23:10~23:43 2 August 2008 to 27 September 2008 |
Tsuyoshi Domoto, Asami Mizukawa, Katsumi Takahashi, Jiro Sato, Maho Nonami, Shigeyuki Totsugi, Yoshio Kojima | KinKi Kids "Secret Code" |
9 | 9.1% |
| 乙女のパンチ | Otome no Punch | NHK | Thursday 20:00~20:58 19 June 2008 to 24 July 2008 |
Shizuyo Yamasaki, Tomoka Kurotani, Mayuko Iwasa | Namie Amuro "Sexy Girl" |
6 | 8.7% |
| 学校じゃ教えられない！ | Gakkō ja Oshierarenai! | NTV | Tuesday 22:00~22:54 15 July 2008 to 16 September 2008 |
Kyoko Fukada, Shosuke Tanihara, Ran Ito, Aki Asakura, Aoi Nakamura, Riisa Naka, Win Morisaki, Mizuki Kato, Gouki Maeda, Suzu Natsume, Kohei Norizuki, Miyu Yagyu, Daisuke Yanagisawa | - | 10 | 6.4% |
| 正義の味方 | Seigi no Mikata | NTV | Wednesday 22:00~22:54 9 July 2008 to 10 September 2008 |
Mirai Shida, Yu Yamada, Shiro Sano, Yoshiko Tanaka, Osamu Mukai, Kanata Hongo, Saori Takizawa, Mariya Nishiuchi | Okumura Hatsune "ホントはね" (Honto wa ne) |
10 | 10.3% |
| ヤスコとケンジ | Yasuko to Kenji | NTV | Saturday 21:00~21:54 12 July 2008 to 20 September 2008 |
Masahiro Matsuoka, Ryoko Hirosue, Mikako Tabe, Tadayoshi Okura, Sayaka Yamaguchi | TOKIO "雨傘" (Amagasa) |
10 | 13% |
| あんどーなつ | Ando Natsu | TBS | Thursday 20:00~20:54 7 July 2008 to 22 September 2009 |
Shihori Kanjiya, Jun Kunimura, Toshinori Omi, Jun Fubuki, Yoshihiko Hosoda | MONKEY MAJIK "Tada, Arigatou (ただ、ありがとう?)" |
12 | 9.2% |
| 渡る世間は鬼ばかり 9 | Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari Series 9 | TBS | Thursday 21:00~21:54 3 April 2008 to 2009-03-xx |
Ken Utsui | TBA | TBA | N/A |
| 恋空 | Koizora | TBS | Thursday 19:56~20:54 2 August 2008 to 13 September 2008 |
Elena Mizusawa, Koji Seto | Mai Fukui "Ai no Uta (アイのうた?)" |
6 | 6.4% |
| 魔王 | Maou | TBS | Friday 22:00~22:54 4 July 2008 to 12 September 2008 |
Satoshi Ohno, Toma Ikuta, Ryoko Kobayashi, Kei Tanaka, Shugo Oshinari, Tomohiro Waki, Michiko Kichise, Hitori Gekidan, Yuji Miyake, Koji Ishizaka | Arashi "Truth" |
11 | 11.4% |
| Tomorrow -陽はまたのぼる- | Tomorrow -Hi wa Mata Noboru- | TBS | Sunday 21:00~21:54 6 July 2008 to 7 September 2008 |
Yutaka Takenouchi, Miho Kanno, Ittoku Kishibe, Tamaki Ogawa, Tomoka Kurokawa, Harumi Edo, Takanori Jinnai | Hoshimura Mai "ひかり" (Hikari) |
10 | 12.6% |
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