(Seoul News) Lee Young-Ae, the queen of the Korean Wave, returned to the showbiz. The ratings of "Saimdang" fell to single digits.
South Korea’s Asia Business Herald, South Korea’s Nielsen released a ratings survey yesterday, showing that the seventh episode of "Saimdang" aired on the evening of the 15th had a national average rating of 9.7%. The ratings of the first and second episodes of "The Division" reached 15.6% and 16.3% respectively, but from the third episode onwards, the ratings dropped sharply.
"The Division" is Li Yingai's first comeback work after 13 years of "Dae Jang Geum", which attracted widespread attention at home and abroad before it was broadcast, using 100% pre-production methods. However, after the episode was broadcast, the response was not satisfactory. Although the leading actors Lee Young Ae and Song Seung Heon had remarkable acting skills, the audience was fatigued with the theme of traveling through time and space. With the slightly chaotic plot, the ratings continued to decline. In order to attract the audience, the production team re-edited the fifth episode, but it still failed to save the audience decline. The KBS 2TV drama "Chief Kim", which was broadcast at the same time as
and "The Division", surpassed the top with 16.1% of the ratings, and won the simultaneous ratings champion.
In addition, the SBS drama "The Defendant" starring Jicheng and Girl's Generation member Yuri, due to its tight plot, the seventh episode's ratings exceeded 20%, and it became the simultaneous ratings champion with 20.9%, a significant increase of 2.3 from the previous episode's 18.6%. %, at the same time refresh the episode's own ratings record.
