Don't dating rumors circulate with pretty much every romcom if both participants are publicly single? That said, in this case the chemistry is strong, but even as someone who enjoys the show and the leads together, I'm still somewhat surprised it has resonated like this so early on. The numbers are really impressive! And although I agree with others that "19th" is the superior drama, its ratings are good, too--they just aren't as amazing as KTL's so it looks like they're not getting the love the deserve.

I would have liked to see "Heartbeat" go up in its second episode as that was stronger than the first, imo (I did like both, though). But if they can hit 5% that would be respectable for a MT timeslot.

I think the audience forgets they are actors. If chemistry on screen is all it takes then the couple in Something in the rain were off the scale and they should be the ones married with a baby!

I am not sure the Korean/international divide holds up with these two shows. I read that international fans prefer King the Land as well.

I don't get the hype about King Of The Land. Firstly the title sounds like a historical drama about a warring monarch uniting a troubled country and being crowned it's king. Of course it's about a hotel and the VVIP Lounge. After 3 episodes I my impression is that it is just an average drama with average acting and plot. There is nothing new for a blase drama viewer like me to rave about. The beginning of the drama does not inform the viewers the FL's childhood in greater detail for us to understand who she is, her background etc. All we know is she spent parts of her childhood at the King Hotel during her vacation with her mother. Where is her mother now, is she still around? As for the ML, his half sister's animosity and their relationship when we as viewers first saw them together and in later parts of the drama is still to be revealed for surely we will discover in future episodes. The typical cold chaebol father common in Kdramas is there without any back story. The snatches of conversation between father and children are so disjointed and frigid one can hardly view them as being related. I can understand a father who is so busy running a huge organisation and has no time for his family, but not how these 3 members can call themselves a family. No mothers around? No maids in the mansion they call home? Where are the servants that maintain the mansion? This drama is so contrived and illogical.

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What a pity he couldn't fly up the cliff. 😂

Or to quote the ‘Junho Borg’, resistance is futile.

I am merely commenting on the ratings in this news item which only reflects SK ratings. I cant comment nor compare international ratings because those are not published numbers in this article. All I know is that 19thlife is also in the top 2 on Netflix in my country so it is popular here too. I cant speak for other countries.