Drama viewership ratings for the week of Sep. 25-Oct. 1, 2023
by DB Staff
The Chuseok holiday brought about a lot of preemptions and scheduling changes this week, but that didn’t stop a) Behind Your Touch from ending its run at over 9%, or b) 7 Escape from blasting full steam ahead.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of September 25 – October 1, 2023
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, September 25 | |||
| My Lovely Boxer | 10 | KBS | 0.9% |
| Twinkling Watermelon | 1 | tvN | 3.1% |
| Tuesday, September 26 | |||
| My Lovely Boxer | 11 | KBS | 0.9% |
| Twinkling Watermelon | 2 | tvN | 3.3% |
| Wednesday, September 27 | |||
| The Kidnapping Day | 5 | ENA | 3.5% |
| Destined With You | 11 | JTBC | 2.0% |
| Thursday, September 28 | |||
| The Kidnapping Day | 6 | ENA | 3.2% |
| Destined With You | 12 | JTBC | 2.1% |
| The Killing Vote | — | SBS | — |
| Friday, September 29 | |||
| 7 Escape: War for Survival | 5 | SBS | 5.6% |
| Saturday, September 30 | |||
| Behind Your Touch | 15 | JTBC | 6.4% |
| Live Your Own Life | 4 | KBS | 11.1% |
| 7 Escape: War for Survival | 6 | SBS | 7.3% |
| Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun | — | tvN | — |
| Sunday, October 1 | |||
| Behind Your Touch | 16 | JTBC | 9.3% |
| Live Your Own Life | — | KBS | — |
| Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramun | — | tvN | — |
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1 Jezz
October 2, 2023 at 5:03 AM
What a disappointed ratings week.
- My Lovely Boxer and Live Your Own Life hit the lowest rating this week due to Korean people watching 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou or even Korean people spent Chuseok holidays/vacation. I hope and pray that Live Your Own Life will soon be hit 20% range in the coming weeks. I still hope that My Lovely Boxer will likely hit the 3% range during the episode 12/final episode.
- Behind Your Touch totally failed to reach 10% and can't have a double digit. It was one of Kdramas with the non-finale highest ratings. The highest rating was from last week with episode 14 (where an episode ended with cliffhanger when Seon-woo died by a serial killer) with 9.6%.
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2 panshel
October 2, 2023 at 5:34 AM
In just two episodes, Twinkling Watermelon has almost reached its predecessor My Lovely Liar's highest ratings of 3.446%.
I feel sorry for My Lovely Boxer for falling under 1%, but at least with its finale airing next week, there's nowhere to go but up.
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3 Blue (@mayhemf)
October 2, 2023 at 5:35 AM
I thought BYT will touch the 2 digits in the final! But glad it did well in Korea with decent ratings, given its genre.
Kidnapping day is staying in its zone. Hope it continues to do well.
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Minka
October 2, 2023 at 7:01 AM
I thought so too. Ep 14 hit 9.6%, so I expected finale episode would be higher. I wonder if the holidays was a factor. But nevertheless, they did great!
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Britney
October 2, 2023 at 10:39 AM
I think the holidays may have been factor
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4 Seon-ha
October 2, 2023 at 5:46 AM
I can’t help but wonder if these stats demonstrated that some folks ended up with @missvictrix’s “Finale Freeze” with BYT. I got my bean, but I found that they were difficult episodes to watch if you weren’t fully invested in the characters.
As for DWY, I’m not surprised that it’s where it is. Everyone is expecting a bittersweet ending at this point…so why watch. Everyone except me, of course. I just love the pain of dashed hopes, I guess.
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DancingEmma
October 2, 2023 at 12:39 PM
Don’t be solipsistic. Some of us have been watching it alongside you! (In my case, whether you want it or not)!
I like the core of DWY more than you know.
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DancingEmma
October 2, 2023 at 12:56 PM
I worried you might misconstrue my tone. So, we’re clear, I was joking about you being solipsistic!
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Seon-ha
October 2, 2023 at 1:09 PM
But, Emma, I am solipsistic…😉
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DancingEmma
October 2, 2023 at 1:11 PM
I don’t have enough evidence of that!🥰
5 Soyesterday
October 2, 2023 at 5:55 AM
As the only Beanie watching Escape of 7, I'm not surprised by its gradually increasing ratings.
The drama is a sh*tshow in the worst and the most entertaining way possible, I'm sticking with this car crash till the paramedics arrive
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6 kiara
October 2, 2023 at 6:01 AM
I never thought I'd see a KBS weekender this low in ratings, even during Chuseok.
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Soyesterday
October 2, 2023 at 6:10 AM
Weekenders have been struggling since Young Lady and Gentleman, that was the last mega hit weekender.
The ones that followed were nowhere near as good as classic weekenders and they didn't resonate with audiences.
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OldLawyer
October 2, 2023 at 6:21 AM
So true. But this one seems to be starting well.
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kiara
October 2, 2023 at 7:40 AM
I'm waiting for my 3 favorite senior veterans, Yoo Dong-geun (What Happens to My Family), Kim Yeong-cheol (My Father Is Strange), and Chun Ho-jin (My Golden Life), to return and headline a weekend show.
Their career seems to be forever thriving, so it'll take a good script to bring them back.
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DancingEmma
October 2, 2023 at 12:44 PM
@kiara: Not Weekender related but I loved Chun Hojin’s role in the Twinkling Watermelon’s first ep. I hope there is much more of him in it.
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kiara
October 2, 2023 at 2:03 PM
@dncingemma, I'm not watching TW, but he is a wonderful actor. No one does bitchface better than Chun Hojin. 😂 I love him to pieces! One of my favorite K-drama grandpas.
I hope you get to see more of him, too.
PYC
October 2, 2023 at 9:13 PM
I maybe wrong but the veteran line-up is an important factor for watching, or not, a weekender (or at least to me). The three dads / grand dads mentioned by @kiara are the top tiers that I like to watch. I like Kim Yeong-cheol, in particular, who can be the kindest dad but also the most evil gangsters boss. Chun Ho-Jin’s expression is rather one note to me but his bitch face is classic.
The lacking of any favorite harobolji or halmoni is a reason I haven’t started Live Your Own life.
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kiara
October 3, 2023 at 8:45 AM
".. but his bitch face is classic."
It's like Jang Hyuk and his infectious, over-the-top laughs.
Britney
October 2, 2023 at 10:44 AM
I wonder why shows don't resonate with audiences.
I saw some variety shows have difficulities capturing and maintaining audiences.
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AsianDramaniac
October 2, 2023 at 11:57 PM
Asian Games did draw away a large audience, I believe.
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welh
October 4, 2023 at 2:32 AM
It is nonstop all all networks, the same event being
shown on 3 different networks.
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7 Britney
October 2, 2023 at 11:10 AM
I'm liking Twinkling Watermelon so I'm hoping the show continues getting attention. I hope it continues the light whimsy feeling.
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DancingEmma
October 2, 2023 at 12:40 PM
But it also deals with profound issues.
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hacja
October 2, 2023 at 12:58 PM
Yes--Should you join a band with your Dad? What if he is a better rocker than you? (@dncingemma -- just teasing--I really like the show.)
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DancingEmma
October 2, 2023 at 1:12 PM
I look forward to your teasing so carry on.
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8 peiyeelai
October 2, 2023 at 12:01 PM
Chuseok or not, makjang remains the dominant genre in Korea, especially when it is written by the Penthouse writer and feature a star-studded cast. Comedy can never come close to beating it.
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DancingEmma
October 2, 2023 at 1:22 PM
I thought given the stresses of life, comedy would be liked more but then again, KD comedies are rarely just comedies. Mostly, they are either tragicomic or distinct genres of comedy and melo in one drama.
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Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
October 5, 2023 at 9:21 AM
The keen sense of humour and the most unexpected places they find it is so unique to Korean dramas that it's a surprise to me comedies do not do that well in Korea.
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