Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 25-31, 2021
by SailorJumun
This week, we added two new shows, both of them crime thrillers — Inspector Koo and Chimera. The former garnered 2.6 percent and the latter garnered 0.8 percent. Jirisan, our addition from last week, continued to have strong numbers, though it did drop to 7.9 percent.
We also said goodbye to a few more shows. Lovers of the Red Sky wrapped up with an all-time high of 10.4 percent, while Yumi’s Cells wrapped with 2.5 percent. Yumi’s Cells was reported to have multiple seasons, however, so we’ll be seeing more of those cute little cells soon.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 25-31, 2021
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, Oct. 25 | |||
| The King’s Affection | 5 | KBS | 5.7% |
| Lovers of the Red Sky | 15 | SBS | 8.9% |
| High Class | 14 | tvN | 4.8% |
| Tuesday, Oct. 26 | |||
| The King’s Affection | 6 | KBS | 5.5% |
| Lovers of the Red Sky | 16 | SBS | 10.4% |
| High Class | 15 | tvN | 5.1% |
| Wednesday, Oct. 27 | |||
| Dal-li and Gamjatang | 11 | KBS | 4.9% |
| Reflection of You | 5 | JTBC | 2.4% |
| Hometown | 11 | tvN | 1.2% |
| Thursday, Oct. 28 | |||
| Dal-li and Gamjatang | 12 | KBS | 5.4% |
| Reflection of You | 6 | JTBC | 2.7% |
| Hometown | 12 | tvN | 1.5% |
| Friday, Oct. 29 | |||
| One the Woman | 13 | SBS | 16.0% |
| Yumi’s Cells | 13 | tvN | 2.0% |
| Saturday, Oct. 30 | |||
| Young Lady and Gentleman | 11 | KBS | 26.9% |
| One the Woman | 14 | SBS | 16.9% |
| Inspector Koo | 1 | JTBC | 2.6% |
| Chimera | 1 | OCN | 0.8% |
| Yumi’s Cells | 14 | tvN | 2.5% |
| Jirisan | 3 | tvN | 7.9% |
| Sunday, Oct. 31 | |||
| Young Lady and Gentleman | 12 | KBS | 30.0% |
| Inspector Koo | 2 | JTBC | 2.6% |
| Chimera | 2 | OCN | 1.4% |
| Jirisan | 4 | tvN | 9.4% |
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1 Evin
October 31, 2021 at 7:18 AM
Is it just me or is Jirisan extremely boring? I'm not even surprised the ratings fell but wow 3% is something.
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ananke
October 31, 2021 at 4:48 PM
3 is the episode #; rating, 7.9%
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mindy
October 31, 2021 at 5:27 PM
I think they meant it dropped 3% from episode 2 (10.7%)
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ananke
November 4, 2021 at 8:07 AM
Ok thank you, that makes more sense!
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jammzz
October 31, 2021 at 5:25 PM
Actually, you saw it wrongly. It was Episode 3 with rating 7.9% . Not 3% for rating . But gladly it went back to 9.4% in Episode 4! My mum and I enjoy watching it though; maybe to each his own :)
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Lai Pei Yee
October 31, 2021 at 5:52 PM
Boring? Usually the first four episode of kdrama are not the best episodes to determine the quality of the drama. There are dramas that gives that image but ultimately walk away with more than 10% at the end, like Vincenzo and so on. Besides there are now more competitions from ocn, sbs and jtbc.
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yayabean
October 31, 2021 at 9:09 PM
I like all the actors, I like the writer, but can't seem to get into it.
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2 denwanai
October 31, 2021 at 9:44 AM
Loved Yumi's Cells! Such a delight <3
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yayabean
October 31, 2021 at 1:39 PM
It sure was!! I thought there were two more episodes left of Yumi's Cells and watched episode 14 not realizing that was the season finale...
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bbstl 🧹
October 31, 2021 at 9:33 PM
Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Expected to think it was dumb and drop it.
Looooooved it ❤️❤️❤️
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3 Anonymous
October 31, 2021 at 10:00 PM
Can we talk about the absolute disaster that is Chimera's ratings? It wouldn't catch my attention if it didn't star Park Hae Soo who's ultra hot off Squid Game super success. Yet absolutely no interest in this drama. Perhaps one crime solver too many?
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miss h
November 1, 2021 at 8:33 AM
It was a scandal-ridden drama filmed in 2019 that OCN seems to be burning off now because Park Hae-soo was in Squid Game. It doesn't seem like OCN promoted it much in Korea.
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Anonymous
November 1, 2021 at 10:53 AM
I see. Thanks for the context.
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fogcity
November 2, 2021 at 10:28 AM
What were the scandals?
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4 Alluvial_Fan
November 1, 2021 at 7:15 AM
Glad to see Inspector Koo added to the report. It might be a little too quirky for mainstream Kdrama fans but it is intriguing. Love the selectively mute sidekick and the gamer motifs. Not seeing many parallels with Killing Eve except for two FLs who are flip sides of the same obsessive coin. Kudos to the writing/production and acting teams on the first two episodes. Hope it's a 12, not a 16 ep series.
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mindy
November 1, 2021 at 7:42 AM
It is 12 episodes!
I really enjoyed the premiere week and I’m glad the ratings held steady for the two episodes. Love that all our main players are women, and they all subvert your typical female drama character archetypes. Seeing Kim Hae-sook as practically a mob boss is a delight!
And yes, the most prominent male character being a mute softboi is 💯
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5 wapz
November 1, 2021 at 1:16 PM
I hope Yumi's cells did well at Tving because this show is a gem. If I'm not wrong it airs first on Tving and then late at night on Tvn so that could explain the sub par ratings because given how the show was, I would also like to watch it as soon as a new episode releases.
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6 Lehappyrosa
November 1, 2021 at 6:02 PM
One The Woman deserves more ratings. It's so awesome! :D
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