■The number of views for the first episode of “The Beginning of the Sea” on TVer has exceeded 4.62 million!
The first episode of the Fuji TV drama “The Beginning of the Sea” (every Monday from 9pm), starring Meguro Ren (Snow Man), which aired on July 1st, has been viewed over 4.62 million times (※1) on the official commercial TV distribution service “TVer”.
This broke the previous record for the number of views for the first episode of any drama ever streamed on TVer within eight days of its release.
The previous record for the highest number of views for the first episode of any drama streamed on TVer in the eight days after its release was 4.43 million views (※2) by Fuji TV’s “Silent” (October 2022 season), which was the first record in 1 year and 8 months.
In addition to the first episode, TVer will also be streaming the second episode, which will be broadcast on July 8th, and will also be streaming the third episode in real time from 9:00 p.m. on July 15th (※3).
(C) Fuji Television
*1: Measurement period: July 1 to July 8, 2024
Number of video plays of VOD-only programs on TVer (calculated by Video Research)
The number of views from real-time distribution and catch-up playback is excluded.
Excludes catch-up services from broadcasters and other companies’ platforms
*2: Measurement period: October 6th to October 13th, 2022
Number of video plays of VOD-only programs on TVer (calculated by Video Research)
The number of views from real-time distribution and catch-up playback is excluded.
Excludes catch-up services from broadcasters and other companies’ platforms
*3: Refers to simultaneous broadcasting of programs broadcast on terrestrial television. Real-time distribution is only available on PCs, smartphones, and tablet apps. Viewing using TV apps or Chromecast is not possible.
Program Information
Fuji TV NetworkMonday 9pm drama “The Beginning of the Sea”
Every Monday 21:00-21:54
Screenplay: Miku Ubukata
Cast: Ren Meguro, Kasumi Arimura, Sena Izumiya, Kotone Furukawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Shinobu Otake, and others
Theme song: back number “To New Lovers”
“The Beginning of the Sea” Episode 1 ※TVer
https://tver.app/4eIiY8R
“The Beginning of the Sea” program page ※TVer
https://tver.app/3RMHa07
Drama “The Beginning of the Sea” program website ※Fuji TV
https://www.fujitv.co.jp/uminohajimari/
