Drama viewership ratings for the week of June 17-23, 2019
by SailorJumun
What’s everyone watching this week? What’s everyone rooting for? While I, myself, am not tuning in to most of these shows, there are quite a lot of underdogs that I find myself cheering on. For instance, Monday-Tuesday rom-com The Secret Life of My Secretary will be ending next week, and it’s yet to pass the 5 percent mark. You can do eeet!
Wednesday-Thursday rom-com My Absolute Boyfriend hasn’t been doing so well either, especially with fellow romance dramas Angel’s Last Mission: Love and One Spring Night taking all the viewers. One Spring Night even managed to pull ahead on Wednesday, bringing in 8.1 percent. Meanwhile, with weekend shows, there wasn’t much change — not that they have to worry with those high numbers. I guess it’s a great time to be a weekend cable drama.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of June 17-23, 2019
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, June 17 | |||
| Perfume | 9 | KBS | 4.9% |
| Perfume | 10 | KBS | 6.4% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 9 | MBC | 5.9% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 10 | MBC | 7.5% |
| The Secret Life of My Secretary | 25 | SBS | 3.0% |
| The Secret Life of My Secretary | 26 | SBS | 3.8% |
| The Wind Blows | 7 | JTBC | 4.7% |
| Abyss | 13 | tvN | 2.2% |
| Tuesday, June 18 | |||
| Perfume | 11 | KBS | 4.8% |
| Perfume | 12 | KBS | 6.7% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 11 | MBC | 6.1% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 12 | MBC | 7.7% |
| The Secret Life of My Secretary | 27 | SBS | 3.4% |
| The Secret Life of My Secretary | 28 | SBS | 4.2% |
| The Wind Blows | 8 | JTBC | 5.2% |
| Abyss | 14 | tvN | 2.0% |
| Wednesday, June 19 | |||
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 17 | KBS | 6.8% |
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 18 | KBS | 7.9% |
| One Spring Night | 17 | MBC | 5.0% |
| One Spring Night | 18 | MBC | 8.1% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 21 | SBS | 2.0% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 22 | SBS | 2.5% |
| Rescue Me 2 | 13 | OCN | 2.7% |
| Search Query: WWW | 5 | tvN | 3.1% |
| Thursday, June 20 | |||
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 19 | KBS | 6.5% |
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 20 | KBS | 7.9% |
| One Spring Night | 19 | MBC | 6.1% |
| One Spring Night | 20 | MBC | 7.7% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 23 | SBS | 3.1% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 24 | SBS | 2.6% |
| Rescue Me 2 | 14 | OCN | 2.9% |
| Search Query: WWW | 6 | tvN | 3.6% |
| Friday, June 21 | |||
| Nokdu Flower | 33 | SBS | 5.1% |
| Nokdu Flower | 34 | SBS | 6.0% |
| Chief of Staff | 3 | JTBC | 4.4% |
| Saturday, June 22 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 53 | KBS | 22.8% |
| Mother of Mine | 54 | KBS | 28.7% |
| Different Dreams | 27 | MBC | 3.0% |
| Different Dreams | 28 | MBC | 4.5% |
| Different Dreams | 29 | MBC | 4.2% |
| Different Dreams | 30 | MBC | 5.1% |
| Nokdu Flower | 35 | SBS | – |
| Nokdu Flower | 36 | SBS | 6.2% |
| Chief of Staff | 4 | JTBC | 4.4% |
| Voice 3 | 13 | OCN | 3.9% |
| Arthdal Chronicles | 7 | tvN | 5.8% |
| Sunday, June 23 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 55 | KBS | 26.4% |
| Mother of Mine | 56 | KBS | 33.6% |
| Voice 3 | 14 | OCN | 4.8% |
| Arthdal Chronicles | 8 | tvN | 6.5% |
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1 Moonbean
June 23, 2019 at 6:25 AM
The Secret Life of My Secretary definitely deserves more love than it's getting but I can't say the same for My Absolute Boyfriend. It's just not a good drama.
I am watching a surprising number of currently airing shows by my standards and wish more love for Search WWW which is truly fantastic, so far my favorite show of 2019, and I think Ardhdal turned a corner with episode 7, I can't wait for the next episode. I hope they did not shoot themselves in the foot by that overly long introduction and people will give it another chance. Why did hide their ace so long?
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OhSoEnthusiastic
June 24, 2019 at 9:20 PM
Second the sentiment about Secret Life of My Secretary. It's a hidden gem that deserves more love and recognition.
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2 WishfulToki
June 23, 2019 at 7:32 AM
I’m sad that NOKDU FLOWER isn’t pulling the numbers that reflect how good it is. 😔
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ash27
June 23, 2019 at 8:40 AM
Same. It should be getting all the views. But I'm glad its numbers aren't low, at least.
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sunlight
June 23, 2019 at 11:28 AM
The numbers are very low for weekend dramas but luckily not as bad as different dreams.
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kiara
June 23, 2019 at 10:16 AM
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kiara
June 23, 2019 at 10:18 AM
NOKDU won't be remembered for the ratings but quality. I just hope that the unmatched ratings won't discourage others from making more historically conscious sageuks.
I've been waiting for 4 years since JEONG DO-YEON for Jung Hyun-min to write another sageuk. With him, history is delivered in a creative, articulate, intelligent, passionate way. A real treat for the history fans.
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WishfulToki
June 23, 2019 at 1:12 PM
I like fusion/fantasy sageuks, but I was getting tired of them. I needed something meatier like this.
I've just finished SIX FLYING DRAGONS so watching another drama on those events might be too much, but I'm putting JEONG DO-JEON on my list for later. Thanks!
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mared
June 25, 2019 at 1:17 AM
even big budgeted drama like athral c... is not getting good numbers..
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3 Athena
June 23, 2019 at 8:33 AM
Perfume is holding steady at a pretty good number and so is One Spring Night. They are my 'go-to' shows right now. I am a little disappointed that One Spring Night hasn't managed to pull out of the crowd, it is just that much better than the other shows.
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4 luckyduc
June 23, 2019 at 10:01 AM
How is WWW doing so poorly in Korea? Granted I like Spring and Angel too but WWW is my absolute must watch.
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sph_7
June 23, 2019 at 10:44 AM
This is pretty average ratings for tvN drama without a Hallyu star. The high ratings dramas in the summer last year was an aberration. Unfortunately/fortunately tvN is still focusing of diversity of content and not what pulls the highest ratings.
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5 myra
June 23, 2019 at 10:29 AM
Who can tell me what drama will follow The secret life of my secretary? And again why isn't Joseon survival included here?
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sph_7
June 23, 2019 at 10:48 AM
Joseon Survival probably isn’t coming into top 20 so doesn’t get reported.
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Nina
June 23, 2019 at 11:26 AM
There is no drama it supposed to be followed by LSG variety show but no dates have been announced.
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bong-soo
June 23, 2019 at 11:52 AM
I had the same concern when Channel A’s TWELVE NIGHTS aired. There were a faithful few of us beanies who watched but it’s ratings were minuscule.
Its highest AGB Nationwide rating was 0.608% for episode 2.
Sorry for the digression.
JOSEON SURVIVAL’s AsianWiki page has ratings through episode 4 so hopefully it will be updated.
I have watched through episode four at ODK.
I am aware that the opening scene of episode 3 turned off a number of beanies to the extent that they dropped it.
I hope that scene is a one off of writer-nim/director-nim being tone deaf to how a scene like that would be perceived.
I was impressed with Song Won-Seok’s emotional performance in episode 4 I like the sweet romantic pairing of him and Park Se-wan (INAR’s Pi). I liked the introduction of his “crew”. I took a look at the trailers and (not to spoil) but it looks like the boys of Joseon come to the future to help our hero out. I haven’t given up.
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ohduhree
June 23, 2019 at 8:44 PM
Twelve Nights ❤
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larelle79
June 26, 2019 at 1:45 PM
Twelve Nights was one of my favorites of 2018. I wonder if the once a week format has something to do with it.
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6 sunlight
June 23, 2019 at 11:29 AM
What has happened to drama ratings these days? These numbers aren't even crossing 10 percent. Have people given up live television completely?
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7 agoodheart
June 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM
Search: WWW needs more love. The whole show is awesome and particularly I'm so glad Im Soo-Jung took on this role, it fits her so well.
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fan
June 23, 2019 at 4:50 PM
+1 My Fave. Women are fabulous. Work is interesting. ceo is cool, dialog as well as music is wonderful. The show is refreshing and interesting.
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8 Kairoskat 💐
June 23, 2019 at 2:58 PM
Perfume's rating is going steady. Hopefully it maintains within the range or better if it goes higher 😊.
I think MBC's new 9pm timeslot is working for them, considering the ratings are picking up.
However there's this article that discussed is the new time slot really working (https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/057/0001361174)? According to the article, One Spring Night and Investigation Couple 2 were expected to rake in high ratings due to Pretty Noona's popularity and also Investigation Couple 1's popularity. Both dramas were expected to win the ratings game even if they were aired at 10pm against other dramas. In conclusion, the timeslot is still in experiment stage and MBC experimented with sure-hit dramas. It will be interesting to see how the timeslot will work with relatively less popular dramas.
Well..I think the 9pm timeslot will stay for now. It's not bad to have different drama timeslots..more options for viewers. Regardless..I don't contribute to ratings anyways 🤣
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9 OldLawyer
June 23, 2019 at 4:21 PM
I note that SEARCH QUERY WWW is on a cable channel but is actually outperforming ABSOLUTE BOYFRIEND.
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Kurama
June 24, 2019 at 5:38 AM
I think Absolute Boyfriend is in the top 3 of the worst ratings for the 3 big channels.
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10 Live4dmoment
June 24, 2019 at 5:21 AM
It seems the 9pm timeslot of MBC is working. Their shows even managed to lead the ratings. Oh well all i care is one spring night. The show just gives me all the feels. I hope the last 6 episodes will deliver.
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11 OhSoEnthusiastic
June 24, 2019 at 10:25 PM
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12 mared
June 25, 2019 at 1:14 AM
it's sad for kdrama, only Mother Of Mine is enjoying double digits...
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14 violetarose
June 26, 2019 at 10:57 AM
arthdal has low ratings ? this just shows that koreans are stupid and only watch and care about dramas that has cute stuff and aegyo and repetitive stories
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mano
June 26, 2019 at 11:40 AM
Don't rule out the possibility that perhaps the drama is indeed sucks.
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