Drama viewership ratings for the week of July 20-26, 2020
by SailorJumun
It seems that we’ve reached a stasis, with the majority of shows settling in. For some, they’ve settled in to a rather small audience, but hey, everyone’s got their audiences. My Unfamiliar Family is one drama that’s always had a consistent audience, floating around 4 percent. It finished its run this Tuesday with an all-time high rating of 5.4 percent.
The midweek lineup is still looking pretty sad, even with the addition of United Effort to Accomplish One Thing (my, what a mouthful). The newest drama came in to 3.9 percent and went down the next day to 3.3 percent. It is the drama’s first week, though, so we’ll have to wait and see where it goes.
The weekend lineup didn’t show much change, with the exception of Graceful Friends. The drama made a jump from 3.7 percent last week to 4.6 percent this week. Again, it’s still pretty early — only its third week — so anything could happen. Backstreet Rookie and It’s Okay to Not Be Okay will be ending soon, so I wonder how their last few episodes will do.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of July 20-26, 2020
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, July 20 | |||
| Men Are Men | 5 | KBS | 3.4% |
| The Good Detective | 5 | JTBC | 4.3% |
| My Unfamiliar Family | 15 | tvN | 4.4% |
| Tuesday, July 21 | |||
| Men Are Men | 6 | KBS | 3.3% |
| The Good Detective | 6 | JTBC | 4.4% |
| My Unfamiliar Family | 16 | tvN | 5.4% |
| Wednesday, July 22 | |||
| Memorials | 7 | KBS | 3.0% |
| United Effort to Accomplish One Thing | 1 | MBC | 3.9% |
| Was It Love | 5 | JTBC | 2.0% |
| Thursday, July 23 | |||
| Memorials | 8 | KBS | 3.2% |
| United Effort to Accomplish One Thing | 2 | MBC | 3.3% |
| Was It Love | 6 | JTBC | 1.8% |
| Friday, July 24 | |||
| Backstreet Rookie | 11 | SBS | 7.7% |
| Graceful Friends | 5 | JTBC | 4.6% |
| Saturday, July 25 | |||
| Once Again | 69 | KBS | 24.2% |
| Once Again | 70 | KBS | 28.7% |
| Backstreet Rookie | 12 | SBS | 7.6% |
| Graceful Friends | 6 | JTBC | 4.4% |
| Train | 5 | OCN | 1.0% |
| It’s Okay to Not Be Okay | 11 | tvN | 5.7% |
| Sunday, July 26 | |||
| Once Again | 71 | KBS | 29.6% |
| Once Again | 72 | KBS | 33.0% |
| Train | 6 | OCN | 1.4% |
| It’s Okay to Not Be Okay | 12 | tvN | 5.3% |
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1 FiyaShady
July 26, 2020 at 6:43 AM
Consistent rating for IOTNBO. Which is good.
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2 flatwhite
July 26, 2020 at 6:44 AM
Memorials ❤
It's fun and refreshing, period.
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3 neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
July 26, 2020 at 6:49 AM
Ending for My Unfamiliar Family crossed the 5%! Yey!!
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4 panshel
July 26, 2020 at 7:01 AM
Did good word of mouth lead to Graceful Friends' ratings jump? I waited four episodes for Lee Tae-hwan to die.
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5 cat-cric-kat
July 26, 2020 at 7:07 AM
convenience store is such a nice bait, could have done much better.
Divorce family this week episodes were good for an avg. viewer.
Milf is got what weekend drama gets - same audience.
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6 bong-soo
July 26, 2020 at 9:19 AM
While waiting for my third crime drama tvN's FLOWER OF EVIL to commence I am enjoying both JTBC's THE GOOD DETECTIVE and OCN's TRAIN.
TGD found its audience at episode one and so far through six episodes it has maintained very good ratings (with an average of over 4 percent) for a cable drama.
What is a mystery (if you will) to me is TRAIN's poor ratings. I really don't get it. As far as I am concerned Yoon Shi-yoon and Kyung Soo-jin are giving fine performance with a great script (so far).
I took a look at some of the recent OCN Sat/Sun dramas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_OCN#Saturday%E2%80%93Sunday
My research. Excluding TRAIN I count 13 OCN Sat/Sun dramas going back to 2018. Of those 13 only 4 had an average rating over 4 percent: VOICE 2, PLAYER, VOICE 3 and WATCHER. 2 came close but did not reach 4 percent: BAD GUYS 2 and LIFE ON MARS.
OCN must be used to some dramas not having great rating on Sat/Sun.
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Krabkrab
July 26, 2020 at 3:45 PM
1-3% seem to be the norm for OCN. IMO Train deserves better than 1%. I heard it's doing better on re-runs
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mindy
July 26, 2020 at 3:55 PM
I think OCN shows in general tend to do better on re-runs from what I've read, which I find interesting. Maybe people like thrillers but watch them secondary to other shows?
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bong-soo
July 26, 2020 at 4:13 PM
@krabkrab and @mindy,
Hopefully TRAIN is being watched one way or the other.
I thought perhaps the time it aired (10:30 pm) might be a factor but probably not. TEAM BULLDOG (part of OCN's Dramatic Cinema series immediately preceded TRAIN and it had an average rating of 2.840%.
Another current Sat/Sun cable drama (TV Chosun's KING MAKER) airs later and it appears that it will have an average rating close to 5%.
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alasecond
July 26, 2020 at 6:11 PM
interesting
I watched ep 1 and 2 and was super disappointed in acting (more in FL, but even YSY didn't appeal to me despite knowing very well he is a good actor)
Despite feeling the pull of the story.. the direction or acting (can't pinpoint) made me never go back..
I guess drama has improved
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ohduhree
July 28, 2020 at 7:46 AM
Me too. I'm watching Train. It has actually become my most anticipated drama week after week. It has better storytelling than the previous parallel worlds story we had. And the stakes are higher. I hope it gets better ratings because it's really good. YSY is killing it. I know he's played tough guy before but he really suits the role in this one. It's my first time watching KSJ and I can say that I like her.
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7 OldLawyer
July 26, 2020 at 12:38 PM
BACKSTREET ROOKIE continues to do well, as it should. It is a good rom-com with actual laughs.
ONCE AGAIN is holding its share- it is a good weekender but does not seem to be able to break the 30% mark.
It was nice to see my unfamiliar family break the 5% mark. It was a great show.
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BLOSSOM
July 27, 2020 at 10:10 AM
I really like Backstreet Rookie but for a series to be considered successful, isn't it supposed to get about 10% rating per episode when it's broadcast on one of the big three stations?
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OldLawyer
July 27, 2020 at 11:13 AM
No, because so many people do not watch shows these days during the designated time slot- the way we all watched shows 30 years ago. If you look at these ratings you will see that only the weekender ONCE AGAIN is over the 10% mark - and that BACKSTREET ROOKIE is actually the 2nd highest watched show on the list. So it is successful - but not perhaps blockbuster successful.
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myrrana
July 28, 2020 at 3:56 PM
Vagabond managed to cross double digit ratings in some of its episodes but it is only considered mid hit in Korea. Further, it was also aired in Netflix, the biggest online streaming platform in the world. So, I don't know what cross to your mind to claim BSR a success when it is not.
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KL
July 28, 2020 at 8:36 PM
It's successful compared to other currently airing dramas but it's not unheard of for a drama to get 8% ratings but BR fans act like it's a massive accomplishment, it's very strange.
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OldLawyer
July 28, 2020 at 9:26 PM
Be careful not to compare apples and oranges. 3 or 4 years ago all ratings were higher in total. We have noticed an over-all decline. The problem is that the ratings only measure how many people watch a show at the moment it is broadcast. But now that streaming is commonplace people are getting to watch their shows when they want to, rather than on the network's schedule.
In other words, the Roku stick, together with home wifi routers, has altered the viewing landscape. This major shift has happened not over decades but only two or three years. The COVID19 crisis has only served to accelerate the shift.
As a result the only numbers that now matter are the relative numbers- in other words only the ratios comparing one show to another in terms of viewers. By this measure- the only accurate one we presently have- BACKSTREET ROOKIE is currently a serious success, given that it surpasses all other shows in ratings except the excellent weekender ONCE AGAIN.
8 bong-soo
July 26, 2020 at 8:15 PM
The Nielsen ratings are out for episodes 20 and 21-final for little TV Chosun’s S/S sageuk: WIND, CLOUDS, AND RAIN/KING MAKER: THE CHANGE OF DESTINY:
Episode 20: 5.178%
Episode 21: 5.916%
Source:
https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Wind,_Clouds,_and_Rain/Episode_Ratings
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WishfulToki
July 27, 2020 at 6:32 AM
@marcusnyc20 Did it finish with 21 episodes? That's an unusual number.
I should get back to it I think. I was taking a break from Joseon sageuks.
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bong-soo
July 27, 2020 at 8:31 AM
Yes @wishfultoki KING MAKER is finished with episode 21.
I will watch episode 21 tonight. Kudos to the KM Viki team for having the episodes subbed so quickly.
I enjoyed KM and recommend it. Also it will be awhile before the next sageuk arrives ie QUEEN CHEORIN and NEW SECRET ROYAL INSPECTOR.
Did you get a group together to watch KIM SOO ROO?
I noticed that Kocowa (KBS, SBS, MBC) is releasing/bringing back some older dramas such as Son Hyun-joo's THE CHASER (SBS 2010) and Song Seung-heon's sageuk DR. JIN (MBC 2012). Maybe MBC's KIM SU-RO, THE IRON KING will be disentombed and made available. That would be nice.
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bong-soo
July 27, 2020 at 8:44 AM
Sorry @wishfultoki! I mixed up my Sageuk Sages lol. It was @kiara who suggested a group watch for KIM SU-RO, THE IRON KING. A non-Joseon era drama would be nice to watch.
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WishfulToki
July 27, 2020 at 9:34 AM
Actually, I was considering KIM SU-RO and @kiara suggested making it a group watch. I've managed to watch Episode 1 so far and wrote a mini-recap of it with comments in this hijacked thread: https://www.dramabeans.com/2010/05/main-character-posters-out-for-kim-suro/comment-page-2/#comment-3695850
Beware massive spoilers.
kiara
July 27, 2020 at 9:40 AM
@wishfultoki, @marcusnyc20
Oh I didn't know you started.
Thank you for the mini recap <3. I'll start this weekend.
9 BLOSSOM
July 27, 2020 at 6:51 AM
I wonder why Memorial doesn't enjoy a higher rating - it's such a refreshing drama and the acting is superb.
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10 Jezz
July 27, 2020 at 9:17 AM
I wondered if Chip-In/United Effort to Accomplish One Thing will soon be turning into a disastrous flop and it might that it will join as the poorest rated MBC drama series this year along with 365: Repeat the Year, Find Me in Your Memory and Kkondae Intern.
Acording to sources that I ever found...
https://www.hancinema.net/mbc-slump-taking-longer-143233.html
http://stoo.asiae.co.kr/article.php?aid=65954319086
... it says that MBC looked like a temporal un-rebound for former dramaland for awhile in a bit of a year. I believe that SBS and KBS/KBS2 still took led in the national ratings.
Last, not at least, SF8 will be rebounding due to big eight sci-fi film/TV digital mediums by acclaimed film/TV directors.
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