Memorials deserves better! It's a really good show!

convenience store did well by placing baits at right time. Better use of consumer data. They knew whom they were targeting and marketing worked. You have to measure the level of audience at the earliest.That's how you do business. Consumer isn't king and that's why there exist laws and acts to prevent them from unscrupulous practices of business houses.
As for election - audience is giving it what it deserves. You can fool and manipulate the consumer but don't be right in their face. Even that number looks high for such a trash.

The King: Eternal Monarch fans will be somewhat relieved to know that despite its abysmal ratings and negative reception by Koreans, Backstreet Rookie has eclipsed it in both aspects:

- Record-low average ratings of 6.3 in SBS’s Friday-Saturday prime-time drama time slot ever since its introduction, beating the previous one held by Nokdu Flower at 6.6 (The King: Eternal Monarch itself was second lowest when it finished its run with an average of 7.7)
- Record-low average ratings of any SBS drama in 2020 (The King: Eternal Monarch held the previous record for prime-time dramas in 2020 since SBS’s daily drama Want a Taste? had an average of 7.4)
- While The King: Eternal Monarch suffered from controversies such as mistakes of Japanese depictions and excessive PPL, Backstreet Rookie had calls for it to be cancelled and even received official warnings by regulation authorities

Not all hope is lost though:
- The current SBS daily drama Mom has an Affair has an average of 6 with 40 more episodes to go (or 8 weeks), when this drama ends in October it might just have an average lower than 6.3 and Backstreet Rookie will no longer hold the title of lowest average rating for any 2020 drama (though it’ll still hold the title for prime-time dramas in 2020 then)
- The two new SBS prime-time dramas Do You Like Brahms? and Alice premiering later this month might just get worse average ratings -> Of particular interest is the latter drama starring Joo Won in his comeback drama post military service just like Lee Min Ho and Ji Chang Wook (We’ll ignore the mess that was Melting Me Softly): will he be able to escape the curse and break the pattern?

I'm so happy for The Good Detective! I'm having so much fun while watching and I'm invested in the story. It's been a while (probably since Watcher) that a crime /police drama didn't hook me like that (and I've watched quite a few since).

I also think Memorials deserves better, not only because of the production itself, but it's pure rom-com, and nothing seems out of place.

Wed & Thu at 21:30PM people need to choose between Memorials, Chip In and Was it love? I'm not watching Was it love so I don't know how good it is, but I would be in trouble if I had to choose between Memorials and Chip In lol, so I'm not surprise that all the attention isn't focus in only one drama.
But what I don't understand is what happens with Flower of evil's ratings since this one is at 22:50PM and let's be honest, this drama's on fire.

I will miss BACKSTREET ROOKIE. It was so good- and the ending left me with a tear in my eye and a smile on my face. Episode 16 got 9.5% - and deserved it. And when Kim Yoo-jung said she took this part because the show was about family people scoffed but this actually turned out to be much more true than anyone might have suspected at first.

ONCE AGAIN is the best weekender in a while. It deserves the rating which it is getting.

Happy for BR. People can scoff all they want to. But the fact that this drama did those numbers despite the huge controversies and backlash before and during the show is a feat. Please don’t compare this with a sageuk or big name production before it. Those are expected to do much better and if they didn’t, don’t trash BR to make their numbers look better.

BR is a drama with heart. Not perfect but it’s really not bad and quite meaningful.

I love "Train" but unfortunately, their rating doesn't reflect the greatness of the show. They have yet broken 1.5% so far, with two more episodes remaining to close the series. It has been facing some very strong competition. Also, it's hard for the Sci-Fi, suspense categories to compete during the weekend when a lot of people just try to chill and relax (hence the comedy, romantic drama are more popular.