Galileo

* Title: ガリレオ
* Title (romaji): Galileo
* Tagline: 嘘を突く 謎を解く
* Tagline (romaji): Uso wo tsuku, nazo wo toku / See through the lies, solve crimes.
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Detective, mystery
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership ratings: 22.0(Kanto)
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-15 to 2007-Dec-17
* Air time: Monday 21:00
* Theme song: KISS Shite by KOH+


Synopsis

In "Galileo," Fukuyama Masaharu plays a genius physicist and university associate professor, Yukawa Manabu, who solves difficult mysteries. Affectionately known as Tantei Galileo ("Detective Galileo"), Yukawa is brilliant, an all-round sportsman, tall and handsome but eccentric. Yukawa's partner is a rookie cop, Utsumi Kaoru (Shibasaki Kou), a hot-blooded woman with a strong sense of justice. -- jade_frost

Cast

* Fukuyama Masaharu as Yukawa Manabu
* Shibasaki Kou as Utsumi Kaoru
* Kitamura Kazuki as Kusanagi Shunpei
* Shinagawa Hiroshi as Yuge Shiro
* Watanabe Ikkei as Kuribayashi Hiromi
* Maya Miki as Jonouchi Sakurako
* Hayashi Tsuyoshi as Murase Kensuke
* Aoi as Taniguchi Saeko
* Fukui Hiroaki as Kobuchizawa Takashi
* Takayama Miyako (高山都) as Watanabe Miyuki
* Ito Takahiro as Mori Eita

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Mop Girl

* Name: モップガール
* Title (English): Mop Girl
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Mystery, fantasy, comedy
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership ratings: 10.2(Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TV Asahi
* Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-12 to 2007-Dec-14
* Air time: Friday 23:15
* Theme song: Destination Nowhere by ERIKA

Synopsis

Kitagawa plays the part of the slow but hardworking Momoko, a low-ranking employee at a funeral services company who carries a mop as part of her job. However, Momoko happens to possess a strange ability. Whenever she comes across the corpse of someone who has left strong feelings behind, she travels back in time to save that person from his or her fate. --Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-1587)

Cast

* Kitagawa Keiko as Hasegawa Momoko
o Miyama Karen as young Hasegawa Momoko
* Tanihara Shosuke as Ohtomo Shotaro
* Asami Reina as Ookouchi Hina
* Takaoka Sousuke as Wakayama Akira
* Sato Jiro as Higashi Shigeo
* Magii as Yokouchi Atsushi
* Watanabe Natsuna as Nakamura Tamaki
* Ikezu Shoko as Kataoka Miki
* Hori Mayumi
* Honda Hirotaro as Hasegawa Ryuji
Guests

* Morishita Yoshiyuki as Policeman (ep1)
* Ogura Hisahiro (ep1)
* Sakai Ayana (ep2)
* Hosho Mai (ep3)
* Katagiri Hairi (ep3)
* Koide Saori (ep4)
* Sakamoto Makoto (ep4)
* Hashimoto Satoshi (ep5)
* Sato Hitomi (ep6)
* Kubota Masataka (ep7)
* Kase Taishu (ep8)
* Abe Tsuyoshi (ep10)
* Matsuzawa Kazuyuki

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Dream Again

* Title: ドリーム☆アゲイン
* Title (English): Dream Again
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Sports/human drama
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership ratings: 10.2 (Kanto)
* Broadcast network: NTV
* Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-13 to 2007-Dec-15
* Air time: Saturday 21:00
* Theme song: Aoku Yasashiku by Kobukuro

Synopsis

This original series stars Takashi Sorimachi as the pro baseball player Shunsuke Ogi, who is forced to retire after a shoulder injury. He continues to train in hope of returning to the game, but a sudden accident leads to his death. God decides to give him a second chance, placing his soul into the body of another man - a wealthy fund company manager - but adjusting to his new life isn't easy... --Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/articles/Fall_2007_Drama_Preview)

Cast
* Sorimachi Takashi as Ogi Shunsuke / Asahina Takaya
* Kato Ai as Ninomiya Satsuki
* Shida Mirai as Fujimoto Hina
* Aota Noriko as Ushiyama Momoko
* Suga Takamasa as Hishinuma Tsukasa
* Miyake Hiroki as Kumada Tsunehito
* Watanabe Tetsu as Maeda Kenzo
* Segawa Eiko (瀬川瑛子) as Nakata Kayo
* Kodama Kiyoshi as Tanaka

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Hatachi no Koibito

* Title: ハタチの恋人
* Title (romaji): Hatachi no Koibito
* Also known as: 20-year-old Lover
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Romantic comedy
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership ratings: 08.2(Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-14 to 2007-Dec-16
* Air time: Sunday 21:00
* Theme song:
o Opening theme: Because It's Not Love by The Pipettes
o Insert song: Pick It Up by Fergie

Synopsis

Hatachi no Koibito tells the story of Inoue Keisuke, a married salaryman. At the age of 50, he begins thinking about his purpose in life. By chance, he encounters Sawada Yuri, a 20-year-old graphic design student full of hopes and dreams for the future. Because of her resemblance to his girlfriend from long ago, he finds his heart unexpectedly beating faster... --Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/articles/Fall_2007_Drama_Preview)

Cast


* Akashiya Sanma as Inoue Keisuke
* Nagasawa Masami as Sawada Yuri
* Tsukamoto Takashi as Kawamura Yukio
* Morishita Aiko as Inoue Sayuri
* Kimura Midoriko as Ms. Nakajima
* Kurose Manami as Inoue Risa
* Koizumi Kyoko as Sawada Eri
* Megumi Toshiaki as the convenience store employee
* Ichimura Masachika as Suzuki Futa
* Fukui Hiroaki as the INF Tokyo employee
* Gamo Mayu (蒲生麻由) as Takeuchi Miki
* Watanabe Hitoshi (渡邉等士) as Inoue Yusuke

Guests

* Kikuchi Kinya as the INF Tokyo GM (ep1-4,10)
* Nakamura Masaya (ep1-4,7)
* Arakawa Yoshihiko (荒川仁彦) (ep1,3-4,7)
* Toyama Toshiya (ep1)
* Ogino Nao (荻野なお) (ep1)
* Kakeda Makoto (掛田誠) (ep1)
* Nakamura Taizo (中村泰三) (ep1)
* Uemura Rinko (植村りんこ) (ep1,3-4,7)
* Yoshimi Sumimaro (吉見純麿) (ep1)
* Kurosawa Sachiko (黒澤佐知子) (ep1,3-4,7)
* Nanami Kaoru (七海かおる) (ep1)
* Tsubokura Yoshiyuki (坪倉由幸) (ep1)
* Yatabe Shun (谷田部俊) (ep1)
* Sugiyama Hiroyuki (杉山裕之) (ep1)
* Nishitani Aruto (西谷有統) (ep1)
* Yamazaki Shizuka (山崎静香) (ep1,4,7)
* Shimozuka Kyohei (下塚恭平) (ep1)
* Yasoda Yuichi (八十田勇一) (ep2-3)
* Shibata Jiro (柴田次郎) (ep2)
* Kikawa Junichi (木川淳一) (ep2)
* Takaki Masahiro (高木将大) (ep2)
* Shiina Taizo (椎名泰三) (ep3,10)
* Otsuka Hiroshi (大塚洋) (ep3)
* Takada Ikue (髙田郁恵) (ep3)
* Yanagida Tsutomu (柳田努) (ep4)
* Tachibana Ayano (ep4-5)
* Sunaga Kei (ep5)
* Kanno Tatsuya (菅野達也) (ep5)
* Hamada Maha (濱田万葉) (ep5)
* Nishihara Chieko (西原ちえこ) (ep5)
* Tsuji Yoshihito (辻義人) (ep5)
* Tanaka Mitsutaka (田中充貴) (ep5)
* Morikawa Kazuma (森川数間) (ep6-7)
* Masuda Naohiro (升田尚宏) (ep6)
* Ono Chizuru (小野ちづる) (ep6)
* Seiwa Taichi (清和太一) (ep8)
* Nakayama Katsumi (ep10)

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Utahime

* Title: 歌姫
* Title (romaji): Utahime
* Also known as: Songstress / Diva
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Romance
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 07.9(Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-12 to 2007-Dec-21
* Air time: Friday 22:00
* Theme songs:
o Main theme: SEISYuN by TOKIO
o Insert theme: change the world by Eric Clapton

Synopsis

Koizumi Akira, a son of a popular songstress, travels to a small-town cinema in far-off Kochi Prefecture to watch the closing movie before the theatre shuts its doors forever. The movie takes place in the same village but during the Showa 30s (1950s), in the years following the war. The story follows a young soldier who washes ashore on the beach one day, having lost his memory. He is "adopted" by the family who owns the village cinema and given the name Shimanto Taro. Although his past remains a mystery, Taro becomes good friends with many of the villagers, discovering his love for movies and falling in love with a feisty young girl.

Cast
* Nagase Tomoya as Shimanto Taro/Koizumi Akira
* Aibu Saki as Kishida Suzu/Matsunaka Ruriko
* Takada Junji (高田純次) as Kishida Katsuo
* Fubuki Jun as Kishida Hamako
* Sato Ryuta as Croissant no Matsu
* Ohkura Tadayoshi as Jinguji-kun (James)
* Okouchi Nanako as Kohinata Izumi
* Toyama Kyoko as Mary
* Akiyama Ryuji as Akutagawa Tadashi
* Iijima Bobobo (飯島ぼぼぼ) as German
* Ono Ryo as Matsunaka
* Furuya Ikko as Yamanouchi Oyabun
* Judy Ong as Koizumi Sakura
* Koike Eiko as Oikawa Miwako
* Saito Yuki as Sabako
* Nishimura Kiyotaka (西村清孝) as Kohinata Shinkichi
* Maruyama Akira (丸山麗) as Russia
* Taguchi Kazumasa (田口主将) as Dr. Kamayatsu
* Tanaka Hideyuki (田中秀幸) as the narrator

Guests

* Okada Yoshinori as Moririn (ep1)
* Sato Megumi as Mika (ep1)
* Koshimura Tomokazu (越村友一) as Hoodlum A (ep1-3,5-10)
* Sawada Masashi (澤田誠志) as Hoodlum B (ep1-3,5-10)
* Hisa Issei (比佐一成) as the cigar shop owner, Chinmo-san (ep1-3,5-11)
* Akira Tetsunori (明樂哲典) as the fisherman Panty-kun (ep1-3,5-11)
* Teramoto Sumina (寺本純菜) as Suzu (10 years old) (ep1-3,5-10)
* Hikita Hidemi (疋田英美) as Izumi (16 years old) (ep1,3,8)
* Yamamoto Yuusuke (山本祐輔) as the emcee (ep1-2)

* Kikawa Junichi (木川淳一) (ep1)
* Henmi Tsutomu (辺見務) (ep1)
* Imaizumi Amane (今泉あまね) (ep1)
* Kinbara Yasunari (金原泰成) (ep1)
* Abe Mitsuko (阿部光子) as Hamako's grandma (ep4)
* Sugita Kippei (杉田吉平) (ep5-6)
* Takemori Risa (竹森りさ) (ep5)
* Matsumura Yuki as Hisamatsu (ep8-10)
* Ono Ryo (小野了) as Matsunaka Keiichiro (ep11)

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Iryu 2

Season 2
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 16.8(Kanto)
* Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-11 to 2007-Dec-20
* Air time: Thursday 22:00
* Theme song: ONE by AI

Synopsis

In Iryu 2, Asada Ryutaro wages a new battle against the realities of Japan's medical care system. The government has drafted legislation to tackle the recent inflation of medical fees; hospitals have entered an era in which they will go bankrupt if they aren't independently run. At the same time, hospital mergers and takeovers are also taking place. Additionally, the obstetrics and pediatrics departments are being closed in succession, and there are inadequate doctors in the region - issues that are closely related to these hospital management problems. Now, hospitals, like the average corporation, face collapse if they are not profitable. -- jade_frost

Cast


* Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryutaro
* Uchida Yuki as Kataoka Kazumi
* Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
* Otsuka Nene as Kodaka Nanami
* Kitamura Kazuki as Kirishima Gunji
* Abe Sadao as Arase Monji
* Mizukawa Asami as Satohara Miki
* Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keisuke
* Natsuki Mari as Kito Shoko
* Kishibe Ittoku as Noguchi Takeo
* Ikeda Tetsuhiro as Kihara Takehiko
* Sato Jiro as Matsudaira Kotaro
* Shiga Kotaro as Zenda Hideki
* Takahashi Issei as Toyama Seiji
* Nakamura Yasuhi as Nomura Hirohito


Notes

* The first episode aired as a two-and-a-half hour special.

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