I guess we’ve been lucky with dramas lately because ratings are looking better with each passing week. (For some, at least.) We had one premiere this week, that being the Monday-Tuesday revenge comedy My Strange Hero. While the drama features an underdog, the drama itself isn’t an underdog; it managed to bring in 6.1 percent. The real underdog here is Dance Sports Girls, who’s falling way behind all the other competition.
For Wednesday and Thursday, Happy to Die trudged on with low numbers as An Empress’s Dignity marched on with high ones. This tale of modern-day royalty jumped all the way to 14 percent this Thursday. Meanwhile, Boyfriend seems to have gotten comfortable around 8 to 9 percent, and weekend drama SKY Castle actually went even higher than that. Well, dang. I’m curious to see just how high this show’s ratings will go.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Dec. 10-16, 2018
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, Dec. 10 | |||
| Dance Sports Girls | 5 | KBS | 1.7% |
| Dance Sports Girls | 6 | KBS | 2.0% |
| Bad Detective | 5 | MBC | 7.4% |
| Bad Detective | 6 | MBC | 9.1% |
| My Strange Hero | 1 | SBS | 4.3% |
| My Strange Hero | 2 | SBS | 5.4% |
| Clean With Passion for Now | 5 | JTBC | 3.5% |
| Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter | 11 | tvN | 3.0% |
| Tuesday, Dec. 11 | |||
| Dance Sports Girls | 7 | KBS | 2.3% |
| Dance Sports Girls | 8 | KBS | 2.3% |
| Bad Detective | 7 | MBC | 7.3% |
| Bad Detective | 8 | MBC | 8.7% |
| My Strange Hero | 3 | SBS | 4.6% |
| My Strange Hero | 4 | SBS | 6.1% |
| Clean With Passion for Now | 6 | JTBC | 3.0% |
| Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter | 12 | tvN | 3.3% |
| Wednesday, Dec. 12 | |||
| Happy to Die | 21 | KBS | 2.4% |
| Happy to Die | 22 | KBS | 2.4% |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 13 | MBC | 3.9% |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 14 | MBC | 5.2% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 13 | SBS | 8.2% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 14 | SBS | 11.5% |
| Fluttering Alert | 13 | MBN | 1.9% |
| God’s Quiz 5 | 9 | OCN | 2.1% |
| Boyfriend | 5 | tvN | 8.5% |
| Thursday, Dec. 13 | |||
| Happy to Die | 23 | KBS | 1.9% |
| Happy to Die | 24 | KBS | 2.5% |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 15 | MBC | 4.3% |
| Red Moon, Blue Sun | 16 | MBC | 4.8% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 15 | SBS | 11.0% |
| An Empress’s Dignity | 16 | SBS | 14.0% |
| Fluttering Alert | 14 | MBN | 1.6% |
| God’s Quiz 5 | 10 | OCN | 2.6% |
| Boyfriend | 6 | tvN | 8.6% |
| Friday, Dec. 14 | |||
| SKY Castle | 7 | JTBC | 8.4% |
| Top Star Yoo Baek | 5 | tvN | 2.2% |
| Saturday, Dec. 15 | |||
| My Only Ally | 53 | KBS | 26.6% |
| My Only Ally | 54 | KBS | 31.6% |
| A Pledge to God | 13 | MBC | 10.2% |
| A Pledge to God | 14 | MBC | 10.7% |
| A Pledge to God | 15 | MBC | 12.7% |
| A Pledge to God | 16 | MBC | 12.9% |
| Fates and Furies | – | SBS | – |
| Fates and Furies | – | SBS | – |
| Fates and Furies | – | SBS | – |
| Fates and Furies | – | SBS | – |
| SKY Castle | 8 | JTBC | 9.5% |
| Priest | 7 | OCN | 1.7% |
| Memories of the Alhambra | 5 | tvN | 6.8% |
| Sunday, Dec. 16 | |||
| My Only Ally | 55 | KBS | 32.1% |
| My Only Ally | 56 | KBS | 36.2% |
| My Healing Love | 37 | MBC | 9.2% |
| My Healing Love | 38 | MBC | 11.3% |
| My Healing Love | 39 | MBC | 11.1% |
| My Healing Love | 40 | MBC | 11.9% |
| Priest | 8 | OCN | 2.0% |
| Memories of the Alhambra | 6 | tvN | 7.9% |