It’s a new year, and I’m already looking forward to the new dramas headed our way. For now, we have a good batch of shows that are totally killing it in the ratings game. The beginning of the week saw a lot of pre-emptions (due to more award shows), with one lone episode of My Strange Hero. Ratings for the high school rom-com keep going up, albeit somewhat slowly.
Ratings for Wednesday-Thursday makjang drama An Empress’s Dignity actually went down this week, as did ratings for Boyfriend. Nevertheless, both shows are still at the top of their time slot. And speaking of the top, weekend drama and sleeper hit SKY Castle brought in an amazing 15.8 percent on Saturday. This drama is quickly moving up the list of highest-rated cable dramas, and it still has six episodes left.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Dec. 31, 2018-Jan. 6, 2019
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, Dec. 31 | |||
| Bad Detective | – | MBC | – |
| Bad Detective | – | MBC | – |
| My Strange Hero | – | SBS | – |
| My Strange Hero | – | SBS | – |
| Clean With Passion for Now | – | JTBC | – |
| Tuesday, Jan. 1 | |||
| Bad Detective | – | MBC | – |
| Bad Detective | – | MBC | – |
| My Strange Hero | 13 | SBS | 7.1% |
| My Strange Hero | 14 | SBS | 8.1% |
| Clean With Passion for Now | – | JTBC | – |
| Wednesday, Jan. 2 | |||
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 23 | MBC | 4.5% |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 24 | MBC | 5.1% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 25 | SBS | 12.5% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 26 | SBS | 15.8% |
| God’s Quiz 5 | 13 | OCN | 2.0% |
| Boyfriend | 9 | tvN | 7.8% |
| Thursday, Jan. 3 | |||
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 25 | MBC | 4.6% |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 26 | MBC | 5.4% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 27 | SBS | 14.0% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 28 | SBS | 16.0% |
| God’s Quiz 5 | 14 | OCN | 2.2% |
| Boyfriend | 10 | tvN | 8.0% |
| Friday, Jan. 4 | |||
| SKY Castle | 13 | JTBC | 13.3% |
| Top Star Yoo Baek | 8 | tvN | 2.0% |
| Saturday, Jan. 5 | |||
| My Only Ally | 63 | KBS | 29.2% |
| My Only Ally | 64 | KBS | 34.8% |
| A Pledge to God | 21 | MBC | 11.8% |
| A Pledge to God | 22 | MBC | 13.4% |
| A Pledge to God | 23 | MBC | 13.5% |
| A Pledge to God | 24 | MBC | 14.8% |
| Fates and Furies | 17 | SBS | 5.3% |
| Fates and Furies | 18 | SBS | 6.2% |
| Fates and Furies | 19 | SBS | 7.2% |
| Fates and Furies | 20 | SBS | 7.8% |
| SKY Castle | 14 | JTBC | 15.8% |
| Priest | 11 | OCN | 1.4% |
| Memories of the Alhambra | 11 | tvN | 9.4% |
| Sunday, Jan. 6 | |||
| My Only Ally | 65 | KBS | 32.4% |
| My Only Ally | 66 | KBS | 37.7% |
| My Healing Love | 45 | MBC | 9.3% |
| My Healing Love | 46 | MBC | 12.8% |
| My Healing Love | 47 | MBC | 13.1% |
| My Healing Love | 48 | MBC | 13.6% |
| Priest | 12 | OCN | 1.9% |
| Memories of the Alhambra | 12 | tvN | 9.9% |