I know, for some reason it’s feels like it’s making time go backwards😬
I have a feeling the two episodes will be a joy but the wait between each week will be tough and it will be another drama I will be wishing I had been disciplined enough to wait for the season to end so I could binge watch it.
The production is just not letting me be “cautiously optimistic” or chill enough to wait for the binge. They just want us to frantically run around in circles. *pouts*
Kdrama music is so good! Because everyone needs a General in their life, “I Am Woodalchi” from Faith–and the writers provided a decent ending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufpw5J2dfV4
Yes, the Woodalchi theme-song is still running through my head! Seems that the tree has been used in other dramas. What I really liked about the tree setting was the yellow mums encircling it’s base.
King Gongnim is popular in KdramaLand; he has been the subject of several dramas and the Kmovie “Frozen Flower.”
Yeah, I had to replay that conversation and I’m wondering if it was just the translation or is it something we won’t understand until the next episode?
Needed some Lee Min-Ho on my screen so I’m watching “Faith, Great Doctor” for the first time, which features Welcome to Samdalri parents, unforgiving father Sang-Tae and haenyeo mother Mi-Ja. Seen it?
I started it last week but I didn’t like the first episode, so I left it “on hold”. Maybe I wasn’t in the mood for a medical drama, and I didn’t like the FL (I know I can’t judge her in one episode), so I started Iljimae instead.
I’ll give it another try.
I did not know what that was at the time. A friend asked me if I wanted to watch a Korean drama, and I said yes, not knowing what to expect. I was hooked right away, so 24 episodes did not intimidate me. The longest dramas I have watched are Jumong (81 episodes, but well paced) and Queen Seondeok (62 episodes).
The wardrobe looks like someone went crazy in a fabric store. Some of the fabric and trim combinations don’t seem like the 1300s. A lot of it looks like fabric for curtains and pillows. I’m not sure about the jewelry and the shoes. The black king’s robe is different, too.
Ratings 2023 Top 50 Series January 2024
28.371% World of the Married
26.95% Reborn Rich
23.779% SKY Castle
21.683% Crash Landing on You
18.803% Reply 1988
18.680% Goblin
18.493% Dr. Cha
18.129% Mr. Sunshine
17.534% Extraordinary Attorney Woo
17.371% Mr. Queen
17.038% Crash Course in Romance
16.852% Under the Queen’s Umbrella
16.582% Love (featuring Marriage & Divorce) 2
16.548% Itaewon Class
16.044% Agency
14.636% Vincenzo
14.587% Our Blues
14.412% 100 Days My Prince
14.142% Hospital Playlist 1
14.080% Hospital Playlist 2
13.789% King the Land
12.665% Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
12.544% Signal
12.067% Lady in Dignity
12.032% The Good Bad Mother
12.001% Hotel del Luna
11.566% The Red Balloon
11.513% Twenty-Five Twenty-One
11.509% Reply 1994
11.195% Prison Playbook
11.105% Little Women
10.999% The Uncanny Counter
10.851% The Crowned Clown
10.715% My Kids Give Me a Headache
10.663% Jirisan
10.512% Mine
10.420% Strong Girl Nam-Soon
10.395% Love (featuring Marriage and Divorce) 3
10.335% Show Window: The Queen’s House
10.329% Encounter
10.081% Military Prosecutor Doberman
10.068% Welcome to Samdal-ri
10.025% Membories of the Alhambara
9.991% Another Miss Oh
9.759% Bossam: Steal the Fate
9.731% Dazzling: The Light in Your Eyes
9.668% Strong Woman Do Bong-soon
9.656% Love (featuring Marriage and Divorce)
9.651% Alchemy of Souls: Light & Shadow
9.618% Behind Your Touch
The list has been updated to reflect each show’s highest rating episode as per Nielsen Korea as of January 20, 2024.
It’s subject to change should a new drama rate higher in the future.
It does not include shows from public channels (KBS, SBS, MBC) which naturally have more viewers.
Thanks for sharing impressed that some of the more recent dramas like Under the Queen’s umbrella, King the Land and Welcome to Samdalri made it into the list. Shocked the Good bad mother was so high and had more than Prison Playbook and Twenty five, twenty one.
Yes, the new dramas on the are impressive, but Dr. Cha surprised me. I really enjoyed “The Good Bad Mother.” It would be interesting to know the streaming data versus broadcast.
Thanks for the ranking. It reaffirms my belief that what each person likes is not based on ratings. It seems like my favorites, most of them, don’t make the cut to this list.
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 23, 2024 at 1:56 PM
The stars are out for “Queen of Tears!” Song Joong-Ki will be making an appearance!
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/descendants-sun-reunion-kim-ji-124603238.html
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 23, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Squee … fun, fun. Oooh! why are they giving us these drips of information and whetting our excitement more.
@Reply1988 help!
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 23, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I know, for some reason it’s feels like it’s making time go backwards😬
I have a feeling the two episodes will be a joy but the wait between each week will be tough and it will be another drama I will be wishing I had been disciplined enough to wait for the season to end so I could binge watch it.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 23, 2024 at 7:31 PM
The production is just not letting me be “cautiously optimistic” or chill enough to wait for the binge. They just want us to frantically run around in circles. *pouts*
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 22, 2024 at 5:30 AM
What if English had Korean grammar? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jUX8h0u3jHs
zindigo
February 22, 2024 at 6:20 AM
😂 TTMIK is my favorite place to learn Korean! They are so creative with their content.
Anne18
February 22, 2024 at 6:27 AM
The Yoda talk 😆👍
Cecee
February 23, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Not saying I’m following TTMIK on every social media platforms… But maybe I do! lol
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 1:16 PM
😂 Thanks for sharing!
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 21, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Look: Flower Boys! Check out this BBC article on the male pageant for “Mr. International Korea.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZwCkQdOk0U
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 20, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Kdrama music is so good! Because everyone needs a General in their life, “I Am Woodalchi” from Faith–and the writers provided a decent ending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufpw5J2dfV4
zindigo
February 21, 2024 at 5:07 AM
This is a great soundtrack! My favorite song on this one is Love by Rumble Fish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcpPwWiDK9E&ab_channel=Yozohhh10
Kim Hee Sun is so incredibly beautiful in this drama.
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 21, 2024 at 8:11 PM
That is another nice piece, and the setting seems more inline with the time period–like a folk song from Goryeo or Yuan.
Snow Flower
February 21, 2024 at 5:10 PM
You finished it! I remember the tree from the last scene.
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 21, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Yes, the Woodalchi theme-song is still running through my head! Seems that the tree has been used in other dramas. What I really liked about the tree setting was the yellow mums encircling it’s base.
King Gongnim is popular in KdramaLand; he has been the subject of several dramas and the Kmovie “Frozen Flower.”
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 20, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Finale Marry My Husband: show gave all 10 years!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 20, 2024 at 10:15 AM
I like that PMR and MMH took the time to give us a “proper” ending – with happy family moments and pictures.
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 19, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Ep 15 Marry My Husband: well-done show, setup like the calm before the storm. Wait, what was that conversation with Ji-Won and Grandpa?
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 19, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 19, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Was Pang catnapping on the job? The ginger cat didn’t make an appearance in this episode.
zindigo
February 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Yeah, I had to replay that conversation and I’m wondering if it was just the translation or is it something we won’t understand until the next episode?
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 18, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Oh no, I missed the 5th anniversary of my gateway drama, Crash Landing On You, Episode 16 aired Feb 16, 2019. Love you Ri-Ri!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gOcNVWN9_Y
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 18, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Sorry Beanies, but I had brain-freeze at the thought of Captain Ri catching Se-Ri. It was Feb 16, 2020, only 4 years ago. Time for my annual re-watch!
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 18, 2024 at 11:31 AM
7-8 Doctor Slump, because Park Hyun-Sik is the best at aegyeo, “puing puing!”
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 20, 2024 at 10:04 AM
❤
PS – I like your display name. 👍👌
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 17, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Kdrama music is so good: opening theme from Tell Me That You Loved Me (yes I loved you, show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMHjKKx0n6Y
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 16, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Admiring the talent of @kmromrell — I love excel and analytics! Thanks for your additions to the Beanie Google drive docs.
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
@kiara inspired an opposite of “Mane of Glory” list. Saguek-fantasy hair fails: Sung-Hoon, “Faith.” Yours?
https://www.soompi.com/article/906061wpp/manes-glory-good-bad-ugly
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 14, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Needed some Lee Min-Ho on my screen so I’m watching “Faith, Great Doctor” for the first time, which features Welcome to Samdalri parents, unforgiving father Sang-Tae and haenyeo mother Mi-Ja. Seen it?
Isa is always time travelling
February 14, 2024 at 11:22 PM
I started it last week but I didn’t like the first episode, so I left it “on hold”. Maybe I wasn’t in the mood for a medical drama, and I didn’t like the FL (I know I can’t judge her in one episode), so I started Iljimae instead.
I’ll give it another try.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 15, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Ah ha! Will like to hear your views on it.
Watching old(er) dramas are tricky. It is almost as if they are from another world.
Snow Flower
February 15, 2024 at 2:47 PM
My very first kdrama!
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 15, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Impressive that you began with a 24-episode fusion-sageuk!
Snow Flower
February 15, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I did not know what that was at the time. A friend asked me if I wanted to watch a Korean drama, and I said yes, not knowing what to expect. I was hooked right away, so 24 episodes did not intimidate me. The longest dramas I have watched are Jumong (81 episodes, but well paced) and Queen Seondeok (62 episodes).
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 15, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Cool! Six Flying Dragons and Empress Chi are on my list.
Snow Flower
February 15, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Both are great!
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 15, 2024 at 3:14 PM
The wardrobe looks like someone went crazy in a fabric store. Some of the fabric and trim combinations don’t seem like the 1300s. A lot of it looks like fabric for curtains and pillows. I’m not sure about the jewelry and the shoes. The black king’s robe is different, too.
Snow Flower
February 15, 2024 at 4:28 PM
There are some fantasy elements in the drama, so the costume designer was not aiming for authenticity.
korfan
February 16, 2024 at 3:44 AM
I do remember watching Faith. Hope you enjoy it!
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 13, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Marry My Husband 14: candy apple red high heels for all!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 13, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Red or nothing!! 👠
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 12, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Marry My Husband: that elevator scene is brutal!
korfan
February 13, 2024 at 3:42 AM
He is just an awful person. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. None.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 16, 2024 at 2:47 AM
NGL but sometimes I wonder if they have to go “that” far to show a negative character in a supposed rom-com.
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 11, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Lee Sung Kyung’s cameo in episode 6 of Doctor Slump is adorable! https://www.soompi.com/article/1641971wpp/lee-sung-kyung-makes-park-shin-hye-jealous-in-doctor-slump-cameo
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 10, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Happy Spring Festival, aka Lunar New Year, Beanies! Recorded on my China tour with SS Orchestra in Beijing, 2009-10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqcNumLugNM
Enjoy the music @snowflower !
Snow Flower
February 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Such a fun piece!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 11, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Wish you a Happy Lunar New Year. May it be filled with magic and music.
Thank you for sharing the musical piece. It really felt like flowers blooming. 🌸
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 9, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Me: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XA-m7qUFP6k
zindigo
February 9, 2024 at 11:40 AM
😂😂😂
Kodra aka PPP
February 9, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Me, too! 🤣🤣🤣
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 15, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Me: Every single day!!! 😂
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 9, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Love fangirling with y’all! I’m not articulate, but I am enthusiastic. @cozybooks asked “what does DB mean to you?” My answer is here http://www.dramabeans.com/2019/06/community-finding-fans-like-me/
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 8, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Feb 8, 2024 up a beanie level to “Goblin’s Underpants”!
From Kdrama Goblin- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ72CNde3h4
Kids Song, English- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOKJ5quzgB0
Elinor lives in the realm of the Impossible
February 8, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Congratulations! You are strong and stretchy! 😁
korfan
February 8, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Congratulations!
mugyuljoie is preciousss
February 8, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Yay!
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
🥳Congratulations, on your levelling up.
cozybooks
February 9, 2024 at 12:24 AM
So smart to commemorate it like this!
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Congratulations! You got a promotion right into the New Year!! Well done. 😊
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 7, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Ratings 2023 Top 50 Series January 2024
28.371% World of the Married
26.95% Reborn Rich
23.779% SKY Castle
21.683% Crash Landing on You
18.803% Reply 1988
18.680% Goblin
18.493% Dr. Cha
18.129% Mr. Sunshine
17.534% Extraordinary Attorney Woo
17.371% Mr. Queen
17.038% Crash Course in Romance
16.852% Under the Queen’s Umbrella
16.582% Love (featuring Marriage & Divorce) 2
16.548% Itaewon Class
16.044% Agency
14.636% Vincenzo
14.587% Our Blues
14.412% 100 Days My Prince
14.142% Hospital Playlist 1
14.080% Hospital Playlist 2
13.789% King the Land
12.665% Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
12.544% Signal
12.067% Lady in Dignity
12.032% The Good Bad Mother
12.001% Hotel del Luna
11.566% The Red Balloon
11.513% Twenty-Five Twenty-One
11.509% Reply 1994
11.195% Prison Playbook
11.105% Little Women
10.999% The Uncanny Counter
10.851% The Crowned Clown
10.715% My Kids Give Me a Headache
10.663% Jirisan
10.512% Mine
10.420% Strong Girl Nam-Soon
10.395% Love (featuring Marriage and Divorce) 3
10.335% Show Window: The Queen’s House
10.329% Encounter
10.081% Military Prosecutor Doberman
10.068% Welcome to Samdal-ri
10.025% Membories of the Alhambara
9.991% Another Miss Oh
9.759% Bossam: Steal the Fate
9.731% Dazzling: The Light in Your Eyes
9.668% Strong Woman Do Bong-soon
9.656% Love (featuring Marriage and Divorce)
9.651% Alchemy of Souls: Light & Shadow
9.618% Behind Your Touch
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 7, 2024 at 6:25 PM
The list has been updated to reflect each show’s highest rating episode as per Nielsen Korea as of January 20, 2024.
It’s subject to change should a new drama rate higher in the future.
It does not include shows from public channels (KBS, SBS, MBC) which naturally have more viewers.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 7, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Thanks for sharing impressed that some of the more recent dramas like Under the Queen’s umbrella, King the Land and Welcome to Samdalri made it into the list. Shocked the Good bad mother was so high and had more than Prison Playbook and Twenty five, twenty one.
Kurama
February 8, 2024 at 12:09 AM
It’s hard to judge. It depends about the airing day and time, the other dramas that were airing at the same time, etc.
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 8, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Yes, the new dramas on the are impressive, but Dr. Cha surprised me. I really enjoyed “The Good Bad Mother.” It would be interesting to know the streaming data versus broadcast.
panshel
February 7, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Did you know Wikipedia has a list that’s updated in real time? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_drama#List_of_highest-rated_series_on_cable_television
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
February 7, 2024 at 11:43 PM
That’s good to know, thanks for sharing.
Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 8, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Thanks for the link. That article has lots of interesting information.
🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
February 12, 2024 at 11:12 AM
😍 Wow!! Thanks for sharing.
mmmmm
February 8, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Thanks for the ranking. It reaffirms my belief that what each person likes is not based on ratings. It seems like my favorites, most of them, don’t make the cut to this list.