Christmas is nearly here, but that doesn’t seem to keep people from tuning into dramas. Numbers for Monday-Tuesday dramas keep going up, save for Dance Sports Girls, who stayed within 2 percent. On Thursday, front runners An Empress’s Dignity and Boyfriend jumped to 14.6 percent and 9.2 percent respectively. Things must be getting real intense (or real romantic) for these shows!
And I’m sure I don’t even have to say it, but SKY Castle had impressive ratings yet again this week. All the way to an 11.3 percent, no less. (Since I was finally able to tune in, I now understand the hype.) The other weekend shows, like My Only Ally and Memories of the Alhambra, are still doing well, but Priest actually got its lowest rating to date with only 1.4 percent.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Dec. 17-23, 2018
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, Dec. 17 | |||
| Dance Sports Girls | 9 | KBS | 2.1% |
| Dance Sports Girls | 10 | KBS | 2.2% |
| Bad Detective | 9 | MBC | 7.1% |
| Bad Detective | 10 | MBC | 8.5% |
| My Strange Hero | 5 | SBS | 4.5% |
| My Strange Hero | 6 | SBS | 5.9% |
| Clean With Passion for Now | 7 | JTBC | 3.4% |
| Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter | 13 | tvN | 3.7% |
| Tuesday, Dec. 18 | |||
| Dance Sports Girls | 11 | KBS | 1.7% |
| Dance Sports Girls | 12 | KBS | 2.1% |
| Bad Detective | 11 | MBC | 7.6% |
| Bad Detective | 12 | MBC | 8.7% |
| My Strange Hero | 7 | SBS | 4.8% |
| My Strange Hero | 8 | SBS | 6.3% |
| Clean With Passion for Now | 8 | JTBC | 3.6% |
| Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter | 14 | tvN | 3.9% |
| Wednesday, Dec. 19 | |||
| Happy to Die | 25 | KBS | 2.2% |
| Happy to Die | 26 | KBS | 2.8% |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | – | MBC | – |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | – | MBC | – |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 17 | SBS | 10.0% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 18 | SBS | 13.3% |
| Fluttering Alert | 15 | MBN | 1.7% |
| God’s Quiz 5 | 11 | OCN | 2.4% |
| Boyfriend | 7 | tvN | 8.6% |
| Thursday, Dec. 20 | |||
| Happy to Die | 27 | KBS | 2.0% |
| Happy to Die | 28 | KBS | 2.2% |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 17 | MBC | 3.6% |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 18 | MBC | 4.7% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 19 | SBS | 11.4% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 20 | SBS | 14.6% |
| Fluttering Alert | 16 | MBN | 1.6% |
| God’s Quiz 5 | 12 | OCN | 2.5% |
| Boyfriend | 8 | tvN | 9.2% |
| Friday, Dec. 21 | |||
| SKY Castle | 9 | JTBC | 9.7% |
| Top Star Yoo Baek | 6 | tvN | 2.4% |
| Saturday, Dec. 22 | |||
| My Only Ally | 57 | KBS | 28.1% |
| My Only Ally | 58 | KBS | 33.7% |
| A Pledge to God | 17 | MBC | 10.5% |
| A Pledge to God | 18 | MBC | 11.5% |
| A Pledge to God | 19 | MBC | 11.8% |
| A Pledge to God | 20 | MBC | 12.1% |
| Fates and Furies | 9 | SBS | 5.2% |
| Fates and Furies | 10 | SBS | 5.7% |
| Fates and Furies | 11 | SBS | 5.8% |
| Fates and Furies | 12 | SBS | 6.8% |
| SKY Castle | 10 | JTBC | 11.3% |
| Priest | 9 | OCN | 1.4% |
| Memories of the Alhambra | 7 | tvN | 7.4% |
| Sunday, Dec. 23 | |||
| My Only Ally | 59 | KBS | 32.5% |
| My Only Ally | 60 | KBS | 36.8% |
| My Healing Love | 41 | MBC | 10.0% |
| My Healing Love | 42 | MBC | 12.1% |
| My Healing Love | 43 | MBC | 12.4% |
| My Healing Love | 44 | MBC | 13.1% |
| Priest | 10 | OCN | 1.9% |
| Memories of the Alhambra | 8 | tvN | 8.5% |