Korea's "Herald POP" conducted an annual inventory of Korean dramas in 2023 on the 17th. It believed that the two highlights of Korean dramas this year are female-themed TV dramas and historical dramas.
reported that the biggest feature of this year's Korean dramas is "Women's World", with two heroines dominating the screen. At the beginning of this year, the female workplace drama "The Agency" achieved a high ratings of 16% in South Korea with the outstanding performance of the heroine Lee Bo-young, which laid a good foundation for the popularity of female-themed works. In April this year, Uhm Jung-hwa's wonderful performance in "Doctor Cha Ji-sook" earned the show's final episode a high ratings of 18.5%. In addition, "Evil", "Hercules Kim Nam Soon", "Diva on the Uninhabited Island", etc. have achieved good ratings.
"Agency" poster
This year is also a good year for Korean historical dramas. The most typical one is the popularity of "Lovers". Dramas such as "The War of Goryeo and Khitan" and "The Story of Martyred Lady Park's Contract Marriage" have also attracted the attention of the audience. According to the latest poll results released by Gallup Korea, actor Nam Goong Min, who starred in "Lovers", won the "Most Popular Korean Drama Actor in 2023". The drama topped the list of the most popular Korean dramas in October and November, and the heroine Ahn Eun-jin also ranked fourth on the list of "Most Popular Korean Drama Actors". Ranking second and third respectively are actress Park Eun-bin who starred in "Diva" and Song Hye-kyo who starred in "Dark Glory". Song Joong-ki, the star of "The Chaebol's Youngest Son," ranked fifth.
Stills of "Lovers"
Korean media also mentioned that some dramas were changed from 2 episodes per week to 1 episode per week for various reasons. Some dramas ended in an anticlimactic manner and the ratings were not high. In addition, some popular dramas have launched second and third seasons one after another, but their performance has been polarizing.
