Drama viewership ratings for the week of July 8-14, 2019
by SailorJumun
There’s a lot to unpack for this week’s ratings, so let’s jump right into it. For the Monday-Tuesday time slots, pretty much every drama is performing well except for fantasy rom-com Perfume. Similarly, for the Wednesday-Thursday time slots, everything is performing well except for sci-fi rom-com My Absolute Boyfriend.
Thursday actually saw the finales of Angel’s Last Mission: Love and One Spring Night. The two dramas had been fighting for first place the last few weeks, but it was the latter that ended up coming out on top, achieving its highest rating of 9.5 percent. Still, I’m a bit annoyed that neither of these shows ever reached 10 percent.
Over the weekend, we also had the finales of Nokdu Flower and Different Dreams. It was the latest addition, however, that really caught my attention; the new Hong Sisters drama Hotel del Luna premiered to a whopping 7.3 percent. Its first episode and it’s already surpassed every other cable show currently airing — now that’s impressive.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of July 8-14, 2019
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, July 8 | |||
| Perfume | 21 | KBS | 4.2% |
| Perfume | 22 | KBS | 4.7% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 21 | MBC | 6.1% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 22 | MBC | 8.3% |
| The Wind Blows | 13 | JTBC | 3.9% |
| Designated Survivor: 60 Days | 3 | tvN | 4.3% |
| Tuesday, July 9 | |||
| Perfume | 23 | KBS | 4.3% |
| Perfume | 24 | KBS | 4.9% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 23 | MBC | 7.1% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 24 | MBC | 9.0% |
| The Wind Blows | 14 | JTBC | 3.5% |
| Designated Survivor: 60 Days | 4 | tvN | 4.2% |
| Wednesday, July 10 | |||
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 29 | KBS | 6.8% |
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 30 | KBS | 7.8% |
| One Spring Night | 29 | MBC | 6.2% |
| One Spring Night | 30 | MBC | 8.0% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 33 | SBS | 1.8% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 34 | SBS | 1.7% |
| Search Query: WWW | 11 | tvN | 4.0% |
| Thursday, July 11 | |||
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 31 | KBS | 5.1% |
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 32 | KBS | 7.2% |
| One Spring Night | 31 | MBC | 7.4% |
| One Spring Night | 32 | MBC | 9.5% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 35 | SBS | 2.4% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 36 | SBS | 2.0% |
| Search Query: WWW | 12 | tvN | 3.5% |
| Friday, July 12 | |||
| Nokdu Flower | 45 | SBS | 4.7% |
| Nokdu Flower | 46 | SBS | 6.0% |
| Chief of Staff | 9 | JTBC | 4.4% |
| Saturday, July 13 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 65 | KBS | 22.3% |
| Mother of Mine | 66 | KBS | 26.9% |
| Different Dreams | 39 | MBC | 3.0% |
| Different Dreams | 40 | MBC | 4.3% |
| Nokdu Flower | 47 | SBS | 6.0% |
| Nokdu Flower | 48 | SBS | 8.1% |
| Chief of Staff | 10 | JTBC | 5.3% |
| Watcher | 3 | OCN | 3.7% |
| Hotel del Luna | 1 | tvN | 7.3% |
| Sunday, July 14 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 67 | KBS | 25.7% |
| Mother of Mine | 68 | KBS | 30.4% |
| Watcher | 4 | OCN | 4.5% |
| Hotel del Luna | 2 | tvN | 7.6% |
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1 Kurama
July 14, 2019 at 6:27 AM
I'm happy that OSN ended up so well :)
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2 agoodheart
July 14, 2019 at 6:51 AM
I'm glad to see yet again Search: WWW reaching a new record with the rating, albeit a bit disappointed that it has to be ep 11 (lame triangle). Ep 12 had my heart though.
Pleasantly surprised with Hotel de Luna's first ep rating. Lee Ji-eun will always have my support, but for the moment I wish Search: WWW could reach over 5 because it so deserves it.
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Cloggie
July 14, 2019 at 7:09 AM
Is it wrong that I just want to know the ratings of What's Wrong With my Mother-in-Law?
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agoodheart
July 14, 2019 at 7:13 AM
😄 We know that it's over 20%!
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Zora
July 14, 2019 at 9:09 PM
😂 😆 😂
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3 coolgirl
July 14, 2019 at 7:04 AM
I'm waiting for Watcher to top the 5%. It's more likely that the sunday's episode can reach those numbers.
Different Dreams was burdened all along its run by the controversy about its hero: KWB (he was a a major leader of the independence fight but took North Korea's side after because he was communist) and never was appreciated for its own value.
The competition with Nokdu Flower didn't help either.
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fan
July 14, 2019 at 2:39 PM
DD is good, but Nokdu Flower- It's such great drama. Well done! It's shame that it didn't get better ratings. They did great job on ending (it was hopeful, not all tragic) and I'm so grateful they skipped on (JBJ) torture scene. Kudos to all casts!
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4 bong-soo
July 14, 2019 at 7:26 AM
Does anyone have an idea why one of my go to ratings site
http://inkinews.com/
hasn't been updated since 4 July? Its last twitter post is dated 5 July.
I hope all is well.
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kiara
July 14, 2019 at 7:54 AM
He is probably on vacation :).
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bong-soo
July 14, 2019 at 7:59 AM
I hope so.
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5 Athena
July 14, 2019 at 10:44 AM
I don't dislike Partners in Justice (Investigation Couple) but I am disappointed that Perfume isn't beating them in viewership. I adore Perfume and now that One Spring Night is over, it is the only show I am actually looking forward to every week.
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Kairoskat 💐
July 14, 2019 at 2:52 PM
Perfume and Partners in Justice are not in the same timeslot to be considered competition. PIJ has no competitors in its timeslot. Whereas Perfume has variety shows and 1/2 of cable dramas to go against.
I adore Perfume too. I do think the ratings does not do the drama justice. I'm camping on Naver for Perfume updates, even some Kviewers wonder why are the ratings low. Heh. I do think the reduced viewership has something to do with the established variety shows Perfume is going against now.
On a positive note, kviewers who do watch it seem to have only positive words to say. Or positive comments > negative ones. Yay to that!
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Mel
July 14, 2019 at 3:36 PM
What variety shows does Perfume air against?
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Kairoskat 💐
July 14, 2019 at 7:53 PM
Disclaimer: this is all based on observation of ratings
SBS
Monday Same Bed Different Dreams: last week's rating 7.9%
Tuesday Flaming Youth: last week's rating 7.7%
Both SBDF and FY are buzzworthy variety shows. I watched SBDF before, it's like WGM but it involves married celebrities doing daily stuff. Some couples are more entertaining than the others.
MBC
Mondays Straight: Last week's rating 3.4%
Sample of stuff covered by the show: https://www.soompi.com/article/1334407wpp/mbcs-straight-reports-new-details-about-yang-hyun-suks-involvement-in-prostitution-mediation
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6 OldLawyer
July 14, 2019 at 12:34 PM
I am still waiting for Viki to post Hotel Del Luna- so far they simply say "Coming Soon". It looks like a lot of fun.
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Athena
July 14, 2019 at 3:14 PM
Could wait. Watched on another *cough cough* website.
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Athena
July 14, 2019 at 3:14 PM
~~Couldn't~~
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OldLawyer
July 14, 2019 at 3:47 PM
I fully understand what you just said.
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7 junglia
July 14, 2019 at 1:28 PM
Wow, Hotel Del Luna even beat Chief of Staff? Thats crazy to me. I'll have to check it out.
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8 Live4dmoment
July 14, 2019 at 7:26 PM
Feels good that OSN ended up with their highest ratings in the last episode. Well deserved:)
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9 welh
July 15, 2019 at 6:11 AM
I saw the first episode of Hotel Del Luna. The production values were very good. But it seems the story and premise will borrow heavily from Miyazaki work's, especially "Spirited Away" and "Howl's Moving Castle." IU was stunning and stylish.
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