Owakon TV: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Small and medium subcontractor production companies currently support the TV industry. Chocolate TV is one such company with 20 employees. It undertakes various productions such as varieties, documentaries and dramas. The height of glory of the TV industry is already a thing of the past. Like any ordinary company, they have to be careful of key networks and sponsors as well as struggle to keep alive amidst the meager budgets and tough viewership ratings race. Chocolate TV's president Aramaki Genjiro worked in the industry as a variety programme director and built the company in one generation. The programmes he takes on all have issues. Each time, his employees would unite, devote themselves to producing a programme and ride out the hardships of the TV world.

Series details

• Title: Owakon TV
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2014-07-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-08-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK BS Premium
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25191
• IMDb ID: tt3804202
• TVDB ID: 282881

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-07-01; final listed air date 2014-08-19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Owakon TV on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.