Drama viewership ratings for the week of August 12-18, 2024
by DB Staff
Serendipity’s Embrace came to an end this week with the mildness we saw from the drama and its ratings. And it’s the exact opposite for Good Partner, which is finally back to two episodes a week and hit not only 13.6% but then 17.7% (oi!) for its Saturday episode.
As for our many premieres this week, Your Honor immediately attracted attention and saw a big jump for its second episode, Perfect Family interrupted the dead silence of the Wednesday-Thursday slot, Black Out had a small premiere over on MBC, and DNA Lover had an even smaller one on TV Chosun. As for Love Next Door, it did pretty well for itself, hitting 6% by its Sunday episode (and sure to jump next week).
There sure is a lot of competition in the weekend slots.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of August 12-18, 2024
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, August 12 | |||
| Your Honor | 1 | ENA | 1.7% |
| Serendipity’s Embrace | 7 | tvN | 3.1% |
| Tuesday, August 13 | |||
| Your Honor | 2 | ENA | 2.8% |
| Serendipity’s Embrace | 8 | tvN | 3.1% |
| Wednesday, August 14 | |||
| Perfect Family | 1 | KBS | 2.6% |
| Thursday, August 15 | |||
| Perfect Family | 2 | KBS | 2.5% |
| Friday, August 16 | |||
| Black Out | 1 | MBC | 2.8% |
| Bad Memory Eraser | 5 | MBN | 0.5% |
| Good Partner | 6 | SBS | 13.6% |
| Saturday, August 17 | |||
| Romance in the House | 3 | JTBC | 3.9% |
| Beauty and Mr. Romantic | 39 | KBS | 18.1% |
| Black Out | 2 | MBC | 2.7% |
| Bad Memory Eraser | 6 | MBN | 0.7% |
| Good Partner | 7 | SBS | 17.7% |
| DNA Lover | 1 | TV Chosun | 1.1% |
| Love Next Door | 1 | tvN | 4.9% |
| Sunday, August 18 | |||
| Romance in the House | 4 | JTBC | 5.3% |
| Beauty and Mr. Romantic | 40 | KBS | 19.5% |
| DNA Lover | 2 | TV Chosun | 0.6% |
| Love Next Door | 2 | tvN | 6.0% |
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1 Soyesterday
August 19, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Jang Na-ra has finally gotten her groove back, she is fabulous in Good Partner and the makjang-esque main storyline seems to be a crowdpleaser.
Excellent start for Love Next Door as well, the cast is great and it could another hit for tvN.
The era of 40% weekenders is clearly gone which is sad, but i blame weak writing for the underperformance of the last few
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miso
August 19, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Ageed! I believe this is her highest rated drama since VIP, five years back.
I'm really loving her performance. The mildly amused tone she always has while dismissing someone is just 💯.
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emsel
August 19, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Jang Na Ra's hairstyle is on point with her character and I always find myself admiring her hair sway a little with her slight head tilts.
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miso
August 19, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Yes the styling is also very appropriate. Doesn't go overboard.
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OldLawyer
August 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
I blame the executives at KBS for the decline of the Weekenders. They are obviously insisting on an emphasis on Makjang that is really inconsistent with the actual spirit of these family ensemble shows just as serial killers have no place in any romcom. In both cases someone needs to sit these idiots down and explain to them that these discordant elements do not add to the audience but rather drives audience away. The writers have obviously been told to include this stuff and unfortunately, they have complied.
I love Jang Nara ever since FATED TO LOVE YOU and she has never been better than in GOOD PARTNER.
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darwi
August 19, 2024 at 10:17 AM
I love Jang Na Ra. And she has an excellent diction. (cf discussion initiated by @jls943 )
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2 Aunt Tim
August 19, 2024 at 5:12 AM
The Olympic break definitely benefited Good Partner.
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3 Bunny Sonaki
August 19, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Fellow beanies who got to watch Good Partner, are the episodes really good or do people like the revenge theme?
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miso
August 19, 2024 at 5:39 AM
I actually don't think there is all that much of a revenge theme. There's definitely some (metaphorical) face-slapping delivered to the 'bad' guys but we also see a lot of the flaws of the FL herself.
I'd say the real narrative of the show is the mentorship between the two FLs as well as the realistic, messy nature of relationships. Each case of the week brings a lot of nuance in terms of how you see the different parties in a divorce.
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Diana Hansen
August 19, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Agreed! I really like how we get the different viewpoints or angles of each character in the different divorces- very not cookie cutter!
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peiyeelai
August 19, 2024 at 5:44 AM
It is also written by a lawyer who specialised in divorce law itself. That brings the realism in the divorce cases
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OldLawyer
August 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM
It is really good, and revenge may happen but is not a primary theme.
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4 peiyeelai
August 19, 2024 at 5:42 AM
17.7% on a Saturday not Friday @admins.
Hope to see Jang Nara in the 2024 SBS Drama Awards. She deserves the nomination for Daesang and bringing in the huge ratings!
I am so happy to see Good Partners and Your Honor doing so well.
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5 panshel
August 19, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Happy for Your Honor's jump in its second episode.
Love Next Door is my current favorite, so hope its ratings continue to rise.
While I understand the importance of establishing the kids' story, I feel Perfect Family would have done better had it focused on Yoon Se-ah and Kim Byung-chul from its first episode.
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6 Emy
August 19, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Love Andante airs on Lifetime, too. Is it a cable tv channel? If so, are the ratings available for this drama?
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OldLawyer
August 19, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Yes, Lifetime is a longstanding cable channel, but you might be able to subscribe through Prime (although I have not checked recently).
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7 jerrykuvira
August 19, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Good Partner broke the charts. The Olympics had nothing on it.
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8 Blue (@mayhemf)
August 19, 2024 at 7:23 AM
Not surprised with DNA lover rating. It was quite bad.
Love Next Door off to a good start. No surprise there. It can only go higher from here if they don’t mess it up too bad.
I haven’t watched Sunday’s episode of RITH. looks like it improved.
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emsel
August 19, 2024 at 8:13 AM
I too did not watch Ep 4, but I don't know how the ratings improved because Ep 3 was not funny because the entirety of the episodes focused on the villa tennants who are all great actors but are given annoying and nosy characters to play.
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tabong says what the fat
August 19, 2024 at 12:32 PM
I guess it depends on what we expect about the show. For ex, I'm not watching it for the comedy. I'm watching for Mi Rae. Her relationship with her mom and the ML are beautiful and refreshing, imo. And I want to see her personal journey too.
Btw, in E4 the tenants didn't have that much screentime so maybe you'll enjoy it more. ^^
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ys
August 19, 2024 at 3:17 PM
The ML is Ji Jinhee, the father. Or are you referring to Minho as the ML?
I mean I do see that the daughter is (to my surprise and vague annoyance) being turned into the FL while the original FL, the mother, isn’t being given much to do, but it’s a stretch I think to make Minho’s character the ML.
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tabong says what the fat
August 19, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I didn't know the mom was the main character. So far the show seems from her POV and the focus is on her relationship with her mom, the ex-dad and Tae Pyeong.
So, for me, Mi Rae is the main character and FL. And I call Tae Pyeong ML just because he's her love interest. But I know the ex-dad is the main male character. I already dislike him, tho. So my focus is only on Mi Rae, her mom and Tae Pyeong. I guess for me he (ex-dad) isn't the ML. Tae Pyeong is.
But you're right, it makes more sense to just call Tae Pyeong the love interest or something else.
ys
August 19, 2024 at 4:31 PM
I’m sorry for my tone, @tabong. I guess my annoyance isn’t vague about the switch in FL and I took it out on you with my cranky reply.
tabong says what the fat
August 19, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Don't worry! That happens.
I didn't know anything about the show before watching it, so everything is new. Even the dad was a surprise to me. LOL
So don't worry, I get that there most be some things I don't notice but others do.
9 Reply1988 - 🍊Mother Bean🍊
August 19, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Yay for good ratings for Serendipity’s embrace last week. Impressive ratings for Love next door’s start and Good partner’s return.
Wow Bad memory eraser and DNA lover. I thought DNA lover was better than Bad memory for its opening episodes because it embraced the silly whilst Bad memory seemed to take itself seriously clearly they are both seen as equally bad in Korea. I wonder if they would better on a weekday when the competition is non existent
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Mink
August 19, 2024 at 8:32 AM
The competition is non-existent on weekdays because nobody watched tv on those days. The weekday audience is pickier than the weekend ones it seems. The presence of makjang is always a good motivation for the audience to tune in though as proven by TGBM and MMH.
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10 Lu Gamarra
August 19, 2024 at 7:57 AM
DNA lover shouldn't have happened
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11 vienibenmio
August 19, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Am I the only one not really feeling Love Next Door? I was super excited about it, but it just feels like Doctor Slump all over again.
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hacja
August 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Or Welcome to Samdalri.
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vienibenmio
August 19, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Oh yes, that one too!
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panshel
August 19, 2024 at 11:24 AM
I dropped Welcome to Samdal-ri, so I probably have no room to talk, but I prefer the Love Next Door OTP because they never dated in the past and have that baggage.
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hacja
August 19, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Ah, but are we sure? We don't know yet. I'm sure there are many more flashbacks to come!
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tabong says what the fat
August 19, 2024 at 1:11 PM
And here I was thinking Sam Dal-ri at least had the "excuse" of having a dating history, while LND is just another boy that can't get over the shadow of someone he knew during his childhood/adolescence.
But tbh, Sam Dal-ri somehow managed to make everything even weirder than standard kdramaland. So I too think LND is looking better so far.
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Pan cake
August 19, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Another drama proves that men and women can't be friends LOL. okay, seriously the plot is plain...ML was in love with FL but lost his chance to confess and now she is back he takes it as a chance. On the other hand, FL has NOOOOOOO idea and gives too much skinship treating him as a younger brother.
I fast-forwarded many times, This always happens with some overhyped drama like Welcome to Samdalri, worst of evil, king the Land BLAH BLah. I Could not complete a single episode, though I tried.
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vienibenmio
August 19, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Yeah, I don't know if the ML was in love with the FL the entire time (so this isn't a spoiler, lol), but I'm guessing he was. I'm sooooo tired of that dynamic.
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tabong says what the fat
August 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM
"Another drama proves that men and women can't be friends" yep.
I didn't have any hope since the beginning, but they treated each other like siblings so I thought "maybe they ARE friends". By the end of episode one I knew I was wrong.
Maybe is because I tried to watch this one with zero expectations, but it didn't surprise me/annoy me. It felt more like "just another kdrama, being a kdrama".
I'm not expecting any girl to have real male friends in this land. They're all undercover fanboys with obsessive tendencies. But the girls I really feel bad for are the ones that date those men in all the years in between... *suddenly remembering all the details of why this trope sucks so much* LOL
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panshel
August 19, 2024 at 2:05 PM
It's men and women can't be friends if they're the leads because Seung-hyo and Mo-eum have managed to have a platonic friendship.
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tabong says what the fat
August 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Oh, right. I wonder how are they going to portray their relationship.
Will they have scenes just the two of them? And will those scenes have nothing to do with SG? I hope so.
panshel
August 19, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Like a Bechdel test but between opposite-sex friends. lol
Yes, I wonder if they hung out with just the two of them during all those years Seok-ryu was in the States.
tabong says what the fat
August 19, 2024 at 9:32 PM
LOL yeah. I had the same question.
I hope they make their relationship genuine.
Britney
August 19, 2024 at 12:30 PM
I haven't watched Doctor Slump but I thought the same thing! 30 something year old neighbors, going through stuff, youthful connection, the promo poster of eating a sweet on a stick.
I can see how they're different but I did think the same thing. I guess it's good I haven't watched Doctor Slump so I don't compare it more.
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Elinor
August 19, 2024 at 1:02 PM
I watched most of Slump and I see a few similarities, but LND is already miles ahead of it for me if only because the first two episodes did not include a single drunk scene.
DNA Losers and Bad Memories have earned those low ratings. I really hope this outbreak of incompetent, unethical, and stupidly unprofessional FLs will be over soon.
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Kurama
August 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I think the difference is in LND, they're really friends even if they banter a lot. In Dr Slump, they were rivals and even if they cared for each other, they never showed it in the past.
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vienibenmio
August 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM
I feel like a weirdo because I didn't really like LND whereas I really enjoyed DNA Lovers, flaws and all. But, hey, I guess there's something for everyone
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tabong says what the fat
August 19, 2024 at 3:14 PM
"I really hope this outbreak of incompetent, unethical, and stupidly unprofessional FLs will be over soon."
I hope the kdramagods hear you.
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bbstl 🧹
August 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I got really tired of nothing but the fast-talk bantering, it’s not interesting as a steady diet. I’ve only watched 1.
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Sunnyboo ☀️🥰
August 21, 2024 at 3:22 PM
I'm with you. I'm not compelled to watch either by interest or duty. Maybe when it's all done, I might give it a try or if my bestie gives it the nod.
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12 OldLawyer
August 19, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Our Weekender has pulled out of its nosedive. People are noticing the changes in the show. The Olympic hiatus came at a good time.
GOOD PARTNER is a good show and deserves the love.
The second episode of ROMANCE IN THE HOUSE really was better than the first.
I too am loving LOVE NEXT DOOR.
The sad thig about DNA LOVER is that the second episode was much better than the first- and who is styling our FL? They should be fired.
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13 tabong says what the fat
August 19, 2024 at 12:22 PM
That drop in DNA hater LMAO. I feel you Korean viewers.
I'm happy for Love Next Door and Romance in the House. I'm having a good time with both shows. Something in common in both shows is that the FL parents should get/stay divorced.
Perfect Family was fun too and I guess I wasn't the only one thinking that. Those numbers are good for the Wednesday-Thursday slot.
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14 jillian
August 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Saturday is still jam packed!
Perfect Family has no competition mid week.
With that ratings, I am very curious with Good Partner.
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15 Britney
August 19, 2024 at 3:24 PM
What is DNA Lover about?
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16 🌸 Seeker 🌸
August 24, 2024 at 9:21 AM
The ratings war for the weekend is only going to intensify. I wonder if a deserving drama may fly under the radar in the face of an overhyped one.
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