Top Drama Viewership Ratings: Week of Sept. 18-24, 2017

We had a couple shows end this week, though in different time slots—The King Loves ended with 7.6%, which can hardly be considered a success, but in the current climate (where only Hospital Ship seems capable of pulling in double digits), it did pretty darn well for itself. Reunited Worlds ended on a slightly lower note, in keeping with the ratings it’s been pulling in all along, so no real surprise there.

Meanwhile, we had one new premiere in Temperature of Love, and with its fourth episode netting 9.2%, it seems poised to break the 10% ceiling within the next week. But next week will also bring with it new competition, so we’ll have to wait and see how it all shakes out.

As for the weekend shows, it turns out I’ve been misreporting Sister Is Alive’s ratings/episode numbers because SBS decided to be even more experimental with the time slot. Now, instead of airing two full episodes every Saturday, they’re airing four 35-minute episodes, and have been doing so since the beginning of September(-ish).

I don’t understand the change myself, but it seems like some sort of weird ratings grab, since airing the two episodes in succession was already a ploy for numbers (since the second episode had less competition). Now I don’t know what they’re going for, but it seems to be working out well for them, so… more power to them? But here’s hoping that Rescue Me pulls in some decent numbers for its finale week. Our wishes will be fulfilled!

 
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Sept. 18-24, 2017