First episode rating of "Gine ~ Sanfujinka no Onna tachi"

"Gine Sanfujinka no Onna tachi" aired its first episode on 14 Oct and achieved a rating of 14.8% for its debut. This was much higher than the previous offering in summer, "Akahana no Sensei" which debuted at 9.4% and had an average rating of 8.3%. As such, "Gine" is deemed to have crossed the passing mark since medical dramas do relatively well traditionally.