Drama viewership ratings for the week of April 1-7, 2024
by DB Staff
Getting ridiculously close to breaking records, this weekend’s Queen of Tears clocks in at 19.0%, and that’s basically everything you need to know this week.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of April 1-7, 2024
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, April 1 | |||
| The Midnight Studio | 6 | ENA | 2.2% |
| Nothing Uncovered | 5 | KBS | 2.9% |
| Wedding Impossible | 11 | tvN | 2.8% |
| Tuesday, April 2 | |||
| The Midnight Studio | 7 | ENA | 1.8% |
| Nothing Uncovered | 6 | KBS | 3.2% |
| Wedding Impossible | 12 | tvN | 3.7% |
| Friday, April 5 | |||
| Wonderful World | 11 | MBC | 11.4% |
| 7 Escape – Resurrection | 3 | SBS | 3.8% |
| Saturday, April 6 | |||
| Hide | 5 | JTBC | 4.5% |
| Beauty and Mr. Romantic | 5 | KBS | 15.0% |
| Wonderful World | 12 | MBC | 6.8% |
| 7 Escape – Resurrection | 4 | SBS | 2.7% |
| Queen of Tears | 9 | tvN | 15.6% |
| Sunday, April 7 | |||
| Hide | 6 | JTBC | 5.0% |
| Beauty and Mr. Romantic | 6 | KBS | 16.0% |
| Queen of Tears | 10 | tvN | 19.0% |
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1 Jezz
April 8, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Praying for 20%+ rating for Queen of Tears this weekend, Show!
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Jezz
April 8, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Speaking of Queen of Tears, this Kdrama also became the top-rated Kdrama of the week ending April 7, 2024 and weekender Beauty and Mr. Romantic became runnerup.
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indyfan
April 8, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Is this a first? Where a weekender has lower ratings than a show? I don't believe I've seen that in my short time following the ratings. And is tvN paid but KBS not?
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Blue (@mayhemf)
April 8, 2024 at 5:30 AM
QoT at times feels like a high budget fast track weekender to me with its large family and focus on characters and relationships. There had been a focus on family this weekend so I am not surprised.
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Blue (@mayhemf)
April 8, 2024 at 5:30 AM
I mean, I am surprised but also not 😂😂
Seon-ha
April 8, 2024 at 5:42 AM
This has also been my impression, viewed from afar, @mayhemf (that QoT is structured like a weekender). The two previous 진짜-weekenders were so tedious and poor that QoT outstripping them doesn't surprise me either what with its star power.
And it's too bad--BMR is sweet and there are already more interesting story arcs happening than in all of LYOL.
Ah well--the weekender beanies will be over here in the corner, in it for the long-haul :)
indyfan
April 8, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Oh spot-on you and @attiton. I'm finally catching up to QoT, and I started by ffw'd all the side plots, but now I care about a few of them a fair bit. It really is a weekender in disguise, a really well done one.
But, yes, BMR has a long run ahead of it. If it's good, it has all the time to make up the numbers.
kiara
April 8, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Spot on, @mayhemf! It follows the Weekender formula but has a high budget, fewer episodes, and many familiar talents.
I watched the pilot eps, then jumped to the latest two and felt like I didn't miss anything in between.
Korea will never get tired of their chaebol dramas.
OldLawyer
April 8, 2024 at 7:28 AM
You are exactly right: QoT is almost compressed version of a weekender.
PYC
April 8, 2024 at 1:17 PM
QoT follows the successful formula of CLOY as a large ensemble piece built from the ML’s and FL’s contrasting worlds. The latest in-laws countryside sojourn reminds me the North Korean ducklings’ visit to South Korea, down to the T even in episode count. It’s indeed like a family weekender.
Nevertheless, you need to have both the budget and writing- as well as acting-craft to make it en engaging run to be a mega hit. Few dramas could achieve this though.
Aunt Tim
April 8, 2024 at 5:32 AM
It is the first tvN entry to outrank a weekender since they changed their sched to Sat-Sun in 2017.
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kiara
April 8, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Not the first, but it’s one of those rare times where a weekday drama surpasses a weekender. KBS has been sleepwalking in this time slot for too long.
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kiara
April 8, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Oops, I guess it wouldn't be a weekday drama but a regular weekend drama. LOL
Mandy
April 8, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Yes it’s the first time a tvN drama has overtaken a terrestrial weekend drama. Not even CLOY was able to do that. But to be fair, the current KBS weekenders are just not faring well. The last time a KBS weekend drama reached 30% was 2 years ago…
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2 indyfan
April 8, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Given its middling finale, I think Wedding Impossible scraped by with a respectable 3.7%. And how could Wonderful World lose half its audience from Friday to Saturday. Maybe they were all watching QoT if they overlap on Saturday.
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3 Blue (@mayhemf)
April 8, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Oh my! QoT rating 😱. It even exceeded a weekender!!
WI ended with decent rating.
Happy for NU! I think this show picked up and ratings have marginally improved.
I am losing interest in Hide. Ratings are staying put.
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Mandy
April 8, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Nothing Uncovered actually has quite the knetz following. It doesn’t translate too well on the ratings side but it’s literally the only other drama being talked about on the major Korean social media cafes.
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4 Aunt Tim
April 8, 2024 at 5:31 AM
QoT has already surpassed Reply 1988 in the rankings with loads of eps to go. It might actually break CLOY’s record on Sunday.🤞
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emsel
April 8, 2024 at 6:03 AM
CLOY is no more the target for QoT. It is now betting against the 3 highest rated JTBC dramas
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Aunt Tim
April 8, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Hopefully surpassing Reborn Rich at least so KSH can lock in that Baeksang Best Actor nod.
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jerrykuvira
April 8, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Not the best metric to lock in the nod.
Baeksang is not a ratings based award ceremony (I've quite followed its trend) so...
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Aunt Tim
April 8, 2024 at 6:31 AM
I'm holding to that hope especially when we literally had Kim Hee-ae and Lee Sung-min winning their nods for the Top 2 cable dramas. And KSH has a decent track record at the Baeksangs anyway so one big🤞
peiyeelai
April 8, 2024 at 6:28 AM
It is based on the jury's decision. Otherwise, why Boyhood and YYS are nominated?
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Aunt Tim
April 8, 2024 at 8:45 AM
YSW convincingly played a high schooler as a 35 y/o, while YYS nailed his as a psychopath far from his usual roles. But again, never say never for the jury to suddenly sway into the popularity side.
Mandy
April 8, 2024 at 12:57 PM
@aunttim I know what you mean, and your examples are accurate but I also don’t think KSH necessarily needs the “help” per se lol. There are 6 more episodes left, and he’s been getting a lot of critical acclaim right from the get go. I’m pretty sure his best scenes are still to come so I’m sure he can win by merit.
panshel
April 8, 2024 at 2:05 PM
I'm rooting for Ryu Seung-ryong to win Best Actor.
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kiara
April 9, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Ryu Seung-ryong or Namkoong Min for me. I have my gripes with MD, but Nam was just fantastic in this role.
panshel
April 9, 2024 at 9:51 AM
@kiara I'm rooting for Ahn Eun-jin to win Best Actress, though I predict Ra Mi-ran will win.
kiara
April 9, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Ra Mi-ran has the advantage for sure.
5 Soyesterday
April 8, 2024 at 5:42 AM
It looks like tvN has has gotten its goove back first Marry my husband now Queen of tears doing big numbers, i have yet to see the latter but i love Kim Ji-won, she is extremely underrated.
Hide's veiwership numbers have been quietly inching upwards despite very little promotion or hype, never underestimate the star power of Lee Bo-young.
Weekenders continue to struggle, i wonder if this is a case of changing veiwership patterns or just the fact that the last few weekenders have been mediocre and a far cry from the classics like "Once Again" and "Father is strange"
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emsel
April 8, 2024 at 6:11 AM
The last few weekenders were just plain bad, but weekenders in general are slowly starting to see decreasing viewership. 50 episodes is too much of one's time, so without much substance, fast paced storyline audiences' interest will wane.
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OldLawyer
April 8, 2024 at 7:55 AM
My hypothesis is that it is the lack of writers capable of handling the multiple plotlines of a weekender. It has only been two years since YOUNG LADY AND GENTLEMAN was posting ratings in the 30s- even the mid 30s for a few episodes. The writer of BEAUTY AND MR. ROMANTIC is the same writer who gave us YOUNG LADY AND GENTLEMAN. So, we will see.
But the other factor is simply that more shows are now crowded onto the weekends. When one of those shows is as good as QUEEN OF TEARS (which is my favorite currently broadcasting show) even if it does not broadcast at the exact same time, it still has an impact as people have only so many hours in the day and have to choose when they will be watching and when they will do other things. But QoT's run will end soon and we will see what happens as it is unlikely that we will see another show that catches fire like that.
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Mandy
April 8, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Yes agreed. There is too much of a crowd for weekend dramas irrespective on time slots. There’s only so much free time one has on the weekends so be sitting down and watching multiple dramas in different time slots. Particularly not when one drama’s run time including ads is almost 2 hours lol. QOT is a bit of an outlier but in general, even if it’s exact hour on the dot, I wish they’d just distribute it to the weekdays!
I keep harping on this, but if someone would just take the risk and put a high profile drama on a weekday, it can still reach the 15%+ mark if it’s good. For example KES’s new drama.
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PYC
April 8, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Spot on, there are so many dramas over the weekend unlike the old days that viewers might have changed even their ‘viewing clock’ on Saturday and Sunday.
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vienibenmio
April 8, 2024 at 10:21 AM
That's why I don't watch weekenders anymore. I watched one and by the end it felt more like an endurance test. I was SO sick of it
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tabong is ironing the crosswalk
April 8, 2024 at 10:47 AM
"The last few weekenders were just plain bad". Exactly.
I think I dropped the past 4 or 3 weekenders in just the first two or three weeks.
And there's too much to watch on the weekends these days. Practically all the shows are airing those days.
I feel like it's better to just watch the regular dramas during the weekend, and watch a daily drama during the week.
Maybe the times are changing.
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emsel
April 8, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Watching a daily drama during the mid week sounds good because no one airs anything during mid week, but daily dramas are on a crazier level than weekenders. The only fresh content with daily dramas is they give chances to newbies and unknown faces. Great way to start a acting career.
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tabong is ironing the crosswalk
April 8, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Not lately tho.
Be My Dream Family, The Smile in Your Eyes and Unpredictable Family were way more focused than any of the last few weekenders I tried to watch.
Weekenders these days don't feel like "family" dramas imo. There's just a bunch of annoying and frustrating characters in one show. But the daily dramas I just mentioned knew exactly what they were about.
Be My Dream Family was such a gem. Family goals, and top tier character development.
Unpredictable Family didn't stay behind either.
TSIYEyes wasn't all that, but the main family was adorable.
Except for It's Beautiful Now, I feel like the last few weekenders almost made me pull my hair out.
3 Dumb Siblings was the most painful weekender I've watched in my life (and I only watched half of it). People say TRHC was even worse...
Then yeah, daily shows are doing great. 😂
emsel
April 9, 2024 at 9:49 AM
@enriquequierecagar That's great to hear because I dailies I randomly tried to watch were makjang. Maybe I'll check out the ones you have listed here.
tabong is ironing the crosswalk
April 9, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I think I know what type of daily dramas you're talking about. Like the "food slap" type, or the "controversial birth secrets" type. Hahaha.
I would mainly recommend Be My Dream Family, since it was my healing show during the pandemic. That's probably the most relatable family drama I've watched ever.
kiara
April 9, 2024 at 9:39 AM
I have a soft spot for Kim Ji-won. I loved her so much in "My Liberation Note," I'd love to see more of her in that kind of show—those without fanfare yet memorable.
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6 peiyeelai
April 8, 2024 at 6:25 AM
The deterioration of weekend family drama is sad to see. The lack of good quality writing, annoying characters and yes....good actors (except the veterans) are turning me off to see...Putting Im Soo Hyang as a FL is not helping. Anyway, can the new one hit 20% soon....I don't think so especially QoT and newer dramas in April and May will make it harder.
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zindigo
April 8, 2024 at 7:48 AM
They really shot themselves in the foot with TRHC and LYOL unfortunately. I'm quite intrigued by the weekender Iron Family, which will follow BMR in the fall. The lead actor will be Kim Jung Hyun, who, despite all the personal problems he's had, is really a terrific actor.
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peiyeelai
April 8, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Thank you for suggesting Iron Family. I really miss watching well-written and well-acted weekenders, like Ojakyo Brothers and Five Enough.
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PYC
April 8, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Weekenders not only help propel newbies’ career but also rejuvenate problematic ones. I hope it will do so for Kim Jung Hyun who is a good actor.
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kiara
April 8, 2024 at 9:32 AM
I miss the old KBS. 😔
Tvn could own this time slot if it decides to invest in it with better writers and cast.
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peiyeelai
April 8, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Yess...don't forget better directors too. QoT has a very good director. Her previous work include Vincenzo, Little Women and Crowned Clown.
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PYC
April 9, 2024 at 4:59 AM
She has proven herself as a director to watch.
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peiyeelai
April 9, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Yes, I can see some of her touches in Queen of Tears, from the use of colours, the mixture of genres and the cast that she worked with in Vincenzo.
7 jerrykuvira
April 8, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Queen of Tears is breaking boundaries already. 20% and over this week.
I'm glad Nothing Uncovered is gaining traction. I'm not watching Hide yet, but the recaps show this show has some very good substance going on.
QoT's weekender ratings are 🔥.
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8 Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
April 8, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Wedding impossible ended well, initially I hoped for 5% but now I am glad it got to 3.7%
It would be great if Queen of tears got into the 20’s this weekend and stayed there for the duration. The golden era of dramas reaching high figures and staying there seems to be over but if any drama can do it this is the one.
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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
April 8, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I really hope QoT cracks the 20 percent and goes as high as it can, we're looking at a tv landscape where dramas themselves are thin on the ground (midweek slot gone entirely, only KBS even airs weekday dramas anymore) so hopefully this one living up to the expectations heaped on it helps at least some people keep faith in the format and in old-school kdramas (which is the heart of QoT, behind its gloss).
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Mandy
April 8, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Tbh, I’m hoping that with QOT and King the Land being such big hits, it would propel some more old school kdramas. It’s so hard to find good rom coms these days. Either the genre is just not done anymore, or it’s done terribly. Before Netflix, this was what made kdramas popular in the first place. I wish the current type of genres can coexist with old school because frankly, if I wanted to see gory, revenge and time loops, I don’t need it to be a kdrama 🤷🏻♀️
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PYC
April 8, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Great point @mandy, I watch kdrama for exactly the same things: romance and families.
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9 OldLawyer
April 8, 2024 at 7:34 AM
As Blue Mayhem pointed out above QoT is very much like a high budget and compressed version of a Weekender which may explain why the ratings for the weekender are lower and QoT is higher. QUEEN OF TEARS deserves the love.
That being said BEAUTY AND MR. ROMANTIC is actually off to a very good start dramatically and the introductory episodes have built a solid basis for a fifty episode show.
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kiara
April 8, 2024 at 7:46 AM
QoT is built for high ratings. It's great to see more dramas in the 20% range.
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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
April 8, 2024 at 9:51 AM
QoT being like a compressed weekender and scoring ratings accordingly, makes sense since good weekenders generally are like the peak kdrama - you get romance, family entanglements, amusing and engaging supporting characters, the big emotional moments, all of it.
The only thing QoT has that's generally lacking in weekenders, is an identifiable villain that isn't just circumstance. I feel like 'sociopath 2nd lead' is an ingredient that's really meant for prime time, not the meandering 50-episoders.
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peiyeelai
April 8, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Because it is not plain old romcom alone from the start to the end. The director and writer are renowned for mixing genres and do away with romcoms that has a boy-meets-girl-fall -in-love-then-no-more.
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10 pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
April 8, 2024 at 8:45 AM
crack on, QoT! A drama with a pedigree like it has (writer's track record, cast track record, that budget) certainly came with a lot of expectations attached - not sure of the exact ratings mark at which tvN would have considered it a success but whatever it is has probably been comfortably cleared.
I mean, it's now one of tvN's top 2 dramas of all time and on track to overtake #1. I'm just glad to be along for the ride in real time like I was for You From Another Star ten years ago, QOT is the kind of quintessential kdrama that reminds me why I fell in love with kdramas - and we haven't had one of those in a while, forget one as perfectly done as this (high-budget and gorgeous, yes, but with a heart).
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11 LaurenSophie
April 8, 2024 at 10:37 AM
I started "Beauty and Mr. Romantic" this weekend and so far, so good. It's definitely better than the last two weekenders, so I'm hopeful it won't completely disintegrate or stall out around the 15 ep. mark. If it avoids those pitfalls, I think its ratings will go up once "QoT" wraps. The "Midnight" romance that's coming to take its spot will hopefully be amazing, too, but I doubt that it will be able to capture the same amount of viewers as "QoT," which is clearly a cultural phenomenon.
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12 Mandy
April 8, 2024 at 1:15 PM
I’d like to see just how far QOT can reach. Disappointed at the timing of this drama. If only it aired a month earlier, it would’ve been in quite a lot of Baeksang major categories. Particularly Best Drama, Screenplay and PD. Very unfortunate.
There’s a decent buzz on Nothing Uncovered in Korea. Particularly the leads and Yeon Woo-jin who is always amazing. Too bad the ratings don’t reflect that, but at least it has good reviews!
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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
April 9, 2024 at 6:37 AM
QOT was originally supposed to air in late 2023 but tvN pushed it to 2024 thanks to weekend airing schedule changes. Honestly, I want daesangs for both Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won, they'd deserve it.
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Mandy
April 9, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I’m assuming you mean in awards like APAN or AAA etc? Wish tvN has a yearly awards shows. Or one every 5 years is good too and they can just nominate the best or something. Too bad. Maybe tvN20 in 2 years? Lol
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pogo - sailing HMS Queen of Tears and HMS Sailboat Lovely Runner🍉
April 9, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I want them to win whatever they're eligible for, and if tvN will not provide, then APAN etc might!
it's funny that tvN still doesn't have any yearly drama awards when it's now airing more dramas than MBC and SBS (and has been airing more notable ones for some years now)
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Toblerone
April 9, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Not daesang worthy tbh
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13 jillian
April 9, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Phenomenal ratings for Queen of Tears!
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14 🌸 Seeker 🌸
April 10, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Ah! My two live watches ... both on other side of the spectrum. 😂
Hwaiting Queen of Tears ... do you think you can share a bit of your viewership with The Midnight Studio jebal.
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