Heading to the Ground cut again
by javabeans
Honestly, this has to suck for Heading to the Ground: Not only did MBC already cut the broadcast down by several episodes due to poor ratings, it has made an additional cut. What seems worse (to me) is the way in which they approached the matter, because viewers found out from a notice that ran after this Thursday’s episode that read, “The last episode will air next Wednesday.” Viewers were surprised to have the show end earlier than expected; this means there’s only one more episode, and MBC will broadcast a foreign documentary on Thursday.
The soccer drama starring idol star U-Know Yunho in his acting debut was initially supposed to wrap on November 12 with Episode 20. After two episodes were shaved from the series and one episode was postponed due to sports, the Episode 17 finale was moved up to November 5 to allow Hero to premiere a week earlier than scheduled. With the additional cut, the drama will now end on November 4 with Episode 16.
Heading to the Ground got off to a rough start with criticism for its star’s weak acting, which was followed by a slew of complaints over its confusing storyline that had nothing to do with the drama’s purported theme of soccer. Its ratings lagged in the 3%-4% range, and when competitor drama IRIS came along it drove a nail into the coffin; right after IRIS‘s 25% premiere, MBC announced the first cut to Heading. You’re Beautiful has held steady with 9%-10% ratings; Heading‘s most recent episode drew a 3.7%.
I get that Heading is not performing well, and it sounds like it’s riddled with flaws, but I do wish MBC would take more care with its underperforming series. A show may be subpar, but these last-minute scheduling changes only handicap the series further, and thus never gives it the chance to be the best version of itself. Then again, sounds like Heading may just need to be put out of its misery.
Via Segye
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26 MJ
October 31, 2009 at 8:03 AM
So sad.
I really enjoy this drama. Go Yunho!
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27 hao-sama
October 31, 2009 at 9:37 AM
meh, what a waste of resources, they filmed 20 but showed only 16.
poor yunho. i mean, his acting actually exceeded expectations since he did improve exponentially, but the scriptwriting just sucks, not to mention the fact that ara's acting wasn't that satisfactory either.
i do hope that Changmin's drama does better. the scriptwriting team does sound superb, with the writers of Into the Sun and Coffee Prince doing a collaboration together.
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28 herena
November 1, 2009 at 2:36 AM
@22 ambs
Yes totally agree. I know this is mean but I don't really care if HTTG has low ratings! Why can't the ratings of You're beautiful boost from 10%? Although it is not that bad, but it certainly deserves MUCH MORE.
Of course I agree that ratings are about comercial, money, sponsor etc, but it is also a form of acknowledgement for the actors. If you are part of the cast and crew, of course you will be glad to know that your show is receiving high ratings right? The cast and crew don't know that YB has so many fans out there! I mean, just look at the number of views and ranking from viikii and mysoju, they are totally topping the viewership online. If only they take online viewership into account.
Same for Heading to the ground, their viewership on mysoju isn't THAT horrible if you compare it to TV ratings. With low ratings and continuous cutting from MBC, I doubt they are in the mood to perform any better.
Well in conclusion, I feel that people should start changing their mindset already, ratings should not be a way to gauge a show's popularity, it's not even an accurate reflection!
As for Yunho, i feel really bad for him. He is in DBSK. But I watched one ep of it and couldnt stand his exaggerated acting. His role doesn't fit his image I guess, plus the plot is so draggy. I really hope he will get a better role next time, if well....he even has another chance?
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29 Rant and/or Rave
November 5, 2009 at 2:46 AM
i think YH DID improve in terms of acting, and i LOVE lee yoon ji and lee sang yoon and the other casts but go ara is the biggest disappointment *sigh* always thought she's a pretty good young actress (watched "who are you") but somehow in HTTG, she's just eehhh...
i don't understand why they're cutting ONE more episode and airing a foreign documentary instead *confused*
at least let it has a proper ending for the people who actually watches it since day one =/
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30 MRS. LEE
December 19, 2009 at 5:35 PM
The main actress was terrible, I seen her in other drama and she alway come up short. YH did improve with each episode, but the co-star actess was the only navagation in this other wise maze of a storyline. Potato and CB had great chemistry, if they would have turn the romance toward them they probably would have complete the 20 episode, even a newbie writer they interaction was so endearing it could have been sucessful. Instead they insisted on making a square fit a circle and expect me to believe they should be together because they on the poster. K-drama is not about the words but action and the facial expression and the scene that make your husband cringes, because he know you going to want to reacting that one moment when you put yourself in place of the actress on the screen. The whole CB and HB ended for me when CB and Potato did the stairway scene, it was a wrap, it almost cause my divorce if I ask my husband to carry me up the stair one more time chanting my name it won't just be my name he forget....hahahahaha
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31 httgfan
January 23, 2010 at 9:58 AM
@MRS. LEE: I am not trying to sound offensive here but I think you probably are just envious of Go Ah Ra because not only is she beautiful, but a good actress as well.
Is it just me, or most women out there dislike her- maybe its because they're just envious of her. I personally think she's even prettier than most Korean actresses. What I like about her is that when she acts (especially in funny scenes)she is not trying to look cute, unlike most Korean actresses. I think her dance performance in Episode 10 was quite extraordinary. I'm not sure if other actresses can perform it perfectly as Go Ah Ra had done it.
I really like HTTG. And I think Yunho did very well, especially during the scenes when Cha Bong Gun gets smitten by Hae Bin's sweetness :) His acting looked so natural. His acting skills may not be appreciated in his home country, but in other parts of the world he is greatly appreciated.
MBC should have not relied on the ratings of the drama. Just because it was low, doesnt mean nobody's watching it or gonna watch it anymore. It's pretty unfair for the drama's cast and crew who prepared very well, only for the last 4 episodes to be cut. ANd its not like the whole country gave the rating, some just love watching HTTG!
Over all, I give HTTG FIVE STARS!!!
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32 Dorothy
March 23, 2010 at 12:16 PM
=( I personally thought that the drama was REALLy good and yunho's acting was also really good. I don't get why ppl think that the drama is confusing.... It makes sense to me
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33 TRUTHism
June 24, 2013 at 9:39 PM
httgfan told the absolute truth.
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