New shows — new shows everywhere. Hope y’all are ready. There were no premieres at the beginning of the week, but we did see the finale of melodrama The Wind Blows. The finale had a decent landing with 3.8 percent, though it wasn’t the drama’s best.
Now, I have to take a deep breath before going into the Wednesday-Thursday time slots. We have four new shows here — legal thriller Justice, fusion sageuk Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung, medical drama Doctor Detective, and finally, thriller Class of Lies. Ratings are pretty spread out here, with everyone bringing in okay-ish numbers.
We had another medical drama drop this weekend, Ji Sung’s Doctor John, with much better results. The show premiered to 6.0 percent Friday and moved up to 10.1 percent on Saturday. Also on Saturday, we had Hotel del Luna move up to 8.3 percent. Looks like it won’t take long for it to hit double digits.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of July 15-21, 2019
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, July 15 | |||
| Perfume | 25 | KBS | 3.7% |
| Perfume | 26 | KBS | 4.7% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 25 | MBC | 6.1% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 26 | MBC | 8.2% |
| The Wind Blows | 15 | JTBC | 3.7% |
| Designated Survivor: 60 Days | 5 | tvN | 4.3% |
| Tuesday, July 16 | |||
| Perfume | 27 | KBS | 4.7% |
| Perfume | 28 | KBS | 5.3% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 27 | MBC | 6.7% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 28 | MBC | 9.3% |
| The Wind Blows | 16 | JTBC | 3.8% |
| Designated Survivor: 60 Days | 6 | tvN | 3.8% |
| Wednesday, July 17 | |||
| Justice | 1 | KBS | 6.1% |
| Justice | 2 | KBS | 6.4% |
| Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung | 1 | MBC | 4.0% |
| Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung | 2 | MBC | 6.0% |
| Doctor Detective | 1 | SBS | 4.6% |
| Doctor Detective | 2 | SBS | 5.7% |
| Class of Lies | 1 | OCN | 1.8% |
| Search Query: WWW | 13 | tvN | 3.9% |
| Thursday, July 18 | |||
| Justice | 3 | KBS | 3.8% |
| Justice | 4 | KBS | 4.8% |
| Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung | 3 | MBC | 3.7% |
| Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung | 4 | MBC | 5.0% |
| Doctor Detective | 3 | SBS | 5.1% |
| Doctor Detective | 4 | SBS | 5.2% |
| Class of Lies | 2 | OCN | 2.4% |
| Search Query: WWW | 14 | tvN | 3.6% |
| Friday, July 19 | |||
| Doctor John | 1 | SBS | 6.0% |
| Doctor John | 2 | SBS | 8.4% |
| Saturday, July 20 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 69 | KBS | 25.0% |
| Mother of Mine | 70 | KBS | 29.5% |
| Golden Garden | 1 | MBC | 4.5% |
| Golden Garden | 2 | MBC | 7.2% |
| Golden Garden | 3 | MBC | 6.4% |
| Golden Garden | 4 | MBC | 7.3% |
| Doctor John | 3 | SBS | 7.0% |
| Doctor John | 4 | SBS | 10.1% |
| Watcher | 5 | OCN | 3.6% |
| Hotel del Luna | 3 | tvN | 8.3% |
| Sunday, July 21 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 71 | KBS | 26.8% |
| Mother of Mine | 72 | KBS | 32.6% |
| Watcher | 6 | OCN | 5.4% |
| Hotel del Luna | 4 | tvN | 7.7% |