Is it just me or is the drama cycle feeling extra crowded this week? Two more shows were added to the mix, and I officially feel like I’ll never be able to keep up. Cha Tae-hyun and Bae Doo-na’s rom-com Matrimonial Chaos was one of those premieres, coming in with surprisingly low numbers. Perhaps the slot is still suffering from its last show Lovely Horribly, which ended with less than 4 percent. In brighter news, 100 Days My Prince crossed into double digits over at tvN.
My Secret Terrius and Heart Surgeons still seem to be at war, with the former winning by just a few percentage points. Since these shows, and the other Wednesday-Thursday competition, are doing pretty well, I’d say viewers are in the mood for action and dark melos these days. Lastly, there isn’t much change for weekend shows, though numbers are slowly decreasing, as shown with Room No. 9. Then again, what else is new?
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 8-14, 2018
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, Oct. 8 | |||
| Matrimonial Chaos | 1 | KBS | 3.2% |
| Matrimonial Chaos | 2 | KBS | 4.0% |
| Bad Papa | 5 | MBC | 2.4% |
| Bad Papa | 6 | MBC | 3.5% |
| Fox Bride Star | 5 | SBS | 6.7% |
| Fox Bride Star | 6 | SBS | 9.1% |
| Beauty Inside | 3 | JTBC | 3.5% |
| 100 Days My Prince | 9 | tvN | 9.1% |
| Tuesday, Oct. 9 | |||
| Matrimonial Chaos | 3 | KBS | 2.9% |
| Matrimonial Chaos | 4 | KBS | 3.9% |
| Bad Papa | 7 | MBC | 2.8% |
| Bad Papa | 8 | MBC | 3.2% |
| Fox Bride Star | 7 | SBS | 7.2% |
| Fox Bride Star | 8 | SBS | 9.0% |
| Beauty Inside | 4 | JTBC | 4.3% |
| 100 Days My Prince | 10 | tvN | 10.3% |
| Wednesday, Oct. 10 | |||
| The Ghost Detective | 19 | KBS | 2.3% |
| The Ghost Detective | 20 | KBS | 2.2% |
| My Secret Terrius | 9 | MBC | 6.9% |
| My Secret Terrius | 10 | MBC | 9.4% |
| Heart Surgeons | 9 | SBS | 5.8% |
| Heart Surgeons | 10 | SBS | 7.0% |
| The Guest | 9 | OCN | 2.9% |
| Hundred Million Stars From the Sky | 3 | tvN | 3.0% |
| Thursday, Oct. 11 | |||
| The Ghost Detective | 21 | KBS | 2.0% |
| The Ghost Detective | 22 | KBS | 2.2% |
| My Secret Terrius | 11 | MBC | 7.4% |
| My Secret Terrius | 12 | MBC | 8.8% |
| Heart Surgeons | 11 | SBS | 7.4% |
| Heart Surgeons | 12 | SBS | 8.3% |
| The Guest | 10 | OCN | 3.1% |
| Hundred Million Stars From the Sky | 4 | tvN | 3.0% |
| Friday, Oct. 12 | |||
| The Third Charm | 5 | JTBC | 2.7% |
| Saturday, Oct. 13 | |||
| My Only Ally | 17 | KBS | 21.6% |
| My Only Ally | 18 | KBS | 25.9% |
| Hide and Seek | 25 | MBC | 5.3% |
| Hide and Seek | 26 | MBC | 10.2% |
| Hide and Seek | 27 | MBC | 10.6% |
| Hide and Seek | 28 | MBC | 11.2% |
| Ms. Ma, Nemesis | 5 | SBS | 5.3% |
| Ms. Ma, Nemesis | 6 | SBS | 6.1% |
| Ms. Ma, Nemesis | 7 | SBS | 6.3% |
| Ms. Ma, Nemesis | 8 | SBS | 6.6% |
| The Third Charm | 6 | JTBC | 3.0% |
| Player | 5 | OCN | 3.7% |
| Room No. 9 | 3 | tvN | 4.8% |
| Sunday, Oct. 14 | |||
| My Only Ally | 19 | KBS | 26.1% |
| My Only Ally | 20 | KBS | 30.1% |
| My Healing Love | 1 | MBC | 3.9% |
| My Healing Love | 2 | MBC | 9.8% |
| My Healing Love | 3 | MBC | 8.9% |
| My Healing Love | 4 | MBC | 9.1% |
| Player | 6 | OCN | 4.6% |
| Room No. 9 | 4 | tvN | 5.6% |