The ratings chart is looking pretty full this week, with three new shows thrown into the mix. At the same time, ratings are looking pretty dang high, even after last week’s pre-emption plague. Of course, not everyone is flourishing, but it’s nice to have a good few making double digits somewhat normal again.
At the start if the week, our Romantic Doctor continued to impress by keeping its audience at 20 percent. Midweek, we had the premiere of Forest, which I was most interested in since it had a rather ambiguous synopsis. It started off with 7.1 percent and then, the very next day, dropped down to 4.7 percent. Now I’m interested in why that dip happened.
For the weekend, we had the premieres of cable dramas Itaewon Class, coming in hot with 5 percent, and Tell Me What You Saw, coming in at a lower 2 percent. Not too shabby for the newcomers, but for now, they’re no match for Stove League and Crash Landing on You. As mentioned, pre-emptions barely had an effect on these popular shows.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2020
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, Jan. 27 | |||
| Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 2 | 7 | SBS | 18.0% |
| Diary of a Prosecutor | 11 | JTBC | 2.7% |
| Black Dog | 13 | tvN | 4.0% |
| Tuesday, Jan. 28 | |||
| Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 2 | 8 | SBS | 20.7% |
| Diary of a Prosecutor | 12 | JTBC | 3.5% |
| Black Dog | 14 | tvN | 4.4% |
| Wednesday, Jan. 29 | |||
| Forest | 1 | KBS | 7.1% |
| Forest | 2 | KBS | 7.4% |
| The Game: Towards Zero | 5 | MBC | 3.1% |
| The Game: Towards Zero | 6 | MBC | 4.2% |
| Money Game | 5 | tvN | 2.2% |
| Thursday, Jan. 30 | |||
| Forest | 3 | KBS | 4.7% |
| Forest | 4 | KBS | 5.1% |
| The Game: Towards Zero | 7 | MBC | 3.3% |
| The Game: Towards Zero | 8 | MBC | 4.5% |
| Money Game | 6 | tvN | 1.7% |
| Friday, Jan. 31 | |||
| Stove League | 12 | SBS | 15.3% |
| Itaewon Class | 1 | JTBC | 5.0% |
| Saturday, Feb. 1 | |||
| Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life | 69 | KBS | 20.9% |
| Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life | 70 | KBS | 25.0% |
| No Second Chances | 49 | MBC | 7.1% |
| No Second Chances | 50 | MBC | 8.8% |
| No Second Chances | 51 | MBC | 8.1% |
| No Second Chances | 52 | MBC | 9.5% |
| Stove League | 13 | SBS | 16.0% |
| Itaewon Class | 2 | JTBC | 5.3% |
| Tell Me What You Saw | 1 | OCN | 2.0% |
| Crash Landing on You | 11 | tvN | 14.2% |
| Sunday, Feb. 2 | |||
| Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life | 71 | KBS | 23.9% |
| Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life | 72 | KBS | 28.0% |
| Tell Me What You Saw | 2 | OCN | 3.3% |
| Crash Landing on You | 12 | tvN | 15.9% |