Really tried to watch and to like Now We Are Breaking Up, but it is just not for me. The King’s Affection is like my favourite desert.

I'm rooting for MBC because every sageuk this year got 10 percent -- Secret Royal Investigator, River Where the Moon Rises, Lovers of the Red Sky, and assuming The King’s Affection by its finale -- and The Veil was so close.

Saturday is brutal. I'm glad The Red Sleeve managed to maintain its numbers.

Inspector Koo's numbers make me sad.

Happiness isn't doing too bad considering tvN's stupid scheduling.

My November watch list and favorite by far :
- The Red Sleeve Cuff : so sweet and funny! I love that the first 2 episodes showing friendships between the court ladies, gossiping and sneaking around the palace at forbidden hours, making pact with seniors.

And I'm loving it that these first episodes don't focus heavily on corruption genre (at least at this moment)
- Happiness : I'm not a fan of zombie genre, I can't even get pass Kingdom's first 2 episodes, but Happiness offer some kind of light and different storyline.

- Jirisan

- Secret Royal Inspector : It has a bit of dragging scenes, but so far so good

- Let Me be Your Knight

Now, We are Breaking up is terrible. Song Hye Kyo cannot act (or refuses to act - not sure which one it is). The story is all over the place a and the editing is very choppy. Alot of pretty visuals to detract from the lack of everything else.

I think the ratings for the first two episodes of tvN’s SECRET ROYAL INSPECTOR & JOY are quite respectable. Now that the setup is out of the way let’s see what happens.

It probably not an even playing field to pit tvN (cable) (Taecyeon) vs. MBC (terrestrial) (Junho) but it will be kind of fun to see if a horse race in the ratings develop between these two guys. I have money on both of them since I will be watching and rooting for both so I don’t have a favorite. (Maybe if truth be told a very little preference to Taecyeon since I think Junho would be the favorite in this two horse race. I always like the underdog. We shall see.)

I'm really happy for King's Affection 😊

They do well on Netflix too.

It's the middle of the drama and I'm still excited to watch it, it wasn't the case for the last sageuks Lovers of the Red Sky or River Where the Moon Rises...

Jirisan is doing respectably, I am only on episode 4, so not caught up. I am really liking Happiness, so I hope that soon the ratings reflect what an interesting and quirky drama it is.

I tried watching both "Now we are breaking up" and "Red sleeve cut" (unfortunately international view does not count for rating). As a drama lover and observer, Now we are breaking up is just normal story with glossy fashion for visual only. I am sorry! While Red sleeve cut really has impressive acting, both emotions and humors, the charismatics cast, simple but beautiful traditional customs, light realistic make up, great music (very elegant and refreshed at the same time). I don't care much about history (I'm not Korean to know these things) but it is very charming and it is a true heart-fell romance I have to say! Of course it is only 2 episodes. But Red sleeve cut wins my heart first!

I am not sure I understand why Jirisan has such high ratings

The Red Sleeve is my sageuk on this current shows airing. Other shows I am watching are Idol The Coup, Happiness and Jirisan. I am a bit disappointed with the first episode of Secret Royal Inspector and Joy but I will watch episode 2 so can better assess if I will stick with the show.

I am not yet done with HaeChi so I have another saguek on my plate.

The ratings for YOUNG LADY AND GENTLEMENT are rising for a reason- including the fact that we are setting up for many plotlines and apparently three secondary romances. But also because this show is squarely facing its central issue- an age gap- and doing so honestly (so far). There are real natural serious issues with this situation and how they are handled, mis-handled, resolved or not will make for some interesting writing.