Update to the Summer 2012 ratings race - 30 Jul 12

Here are the ratings of episodes shown between Wednesday and Sunday:

Tokkan Ep 4 - 10.9% (2nd lowest to date)
Keishichou Sousa Ikka 9 Kakari Ep 4 - 13.0% (same as its first episode; highest rating so far)
Iryu Sousa Ep 2 - 13.7% (0.4% higher than its first OA)
Kyoto Chiken no Onna Ep 2 - 9.4% (6.6% lower than its first OA)
Beginners Ep 3 - 5.9% (lowest to date)
Higashino Keigo Mysteries Ep 4 - 7.8% (joint lowest to date with Ep 2)
VISION Ep 3 - 3.2% (0.2% higher than Ep 2)
Kuro no Onna Kyoushi Ep 2 - 10.4% (2.5% lower than Ep 1)
Boys On The Run Ep 3 - 7.3% (1.9% higher than Ep 2)
Ghost Mama Sousasen Ep 4 - 9.5% (lowest to date; first episode to get below-10%)
Sprout Ep 4 - 2.6% (0.3% lower than Ep 3)
Omo ni naitemasu Ep 3 - 2.2% (4.4% lower than Ep 2)
Beautiful Rain Ep 5 - 9.5% (3.5% lower than Ep 4)

And this is how the average ratings ranking looks like now:

1) GTO 13.65%
2) Iryu Sousa 13.50%
3) Rich Man, Poor Woman 12.77%
4) Kyoto Chiken no Onna 12.70%
5) Summer Rescue 12.13%
6) Keishichou Sousa Ikka 9 Kakari 12.08%
7) Ghost Mama Sousasen 11.68%
8) Kuro no Onna Kyoushi 11.65%
9) Tokkan 11.45%
10) Iki mo dekinai natsu 11.10%
11) Beautiful Rain 10.70%
12) Higashino Keigo Mysteries 8.93%
13) Beginners 8.10%
14) Boys On The Run 6.73%
15) Naniwa Shounen Tanteidan 6.63%
16) Omo ni naitemasu 5.13%
17) VISION 3.43%
18) Sprout 2.60%
19) Soumatou Kabushikigaisha 2.40%

Indeed, Kyoto Chiken no Onna fails to maintain its super-high rating in its debut episode and slips to No.4 in the overall ranking. Besides the possible reason that its story might not have kept viewers interested, I am guessing that taking two weeks to air the 2nd episode could have weakened its momentum quite a bit.
 
I'm actually quite surprised about GTO because remakes usually don't fare so well. There's been a mix of positive and negative reviews about the new Onizuka and Fuyutsuki combination and the storyline but I think it does have a pretty stable viewership base in the 13% region. Iryu Sousa is proving to be a dark horse too and may just give GTO a run for its money. The dramas in the No.1 to No.11 position are very close to one another so we might see a reshuffle on a weekly basis.
 
Beautiful Rain looks so precariously close to the below 10% group that another slip may cause it to go under. On the other hand, Higashino Keigo Mysteries still struggles to keep a steady rating base as it continues being top of the pack, albeit in the below-10% group.