Yes, I think I remember the time slot slated for the PGE dorama supposedly turned out to be Nodame's timeslot. I badly wanted to believe back then that it was all just jumbled information and that in the end, there was going to be PGE dorama after all.

Maki would do well as Sunako, I think, if only because Nobuta was a similar character? Heh. I'm not sure about her as Mizuki though. :/