Let’s check in on our favorite shows again, shall we? Ratings have been pretty good the past few weeks, what with all the excitement of big premieres and finales. But now that we’ve settled in, it looks like numbers are dwindling down again.
Monday-Tuesday drama Tale of Nokdu had a strong start last week — a welcome sight for this particular time slot. It went down, however, from 8.3 percent to 6.7 percent. Then the majority of Wednesday-Thursday dramas had a similar dip, with Running Investigators getting less than 1 percent.
Thankfully, there is some good news: When the Camellia Blooms’ ratings have steadily been going up, reaching an all-time high of 14.5 percent. Really gotta commend Camellia for giving the mid-week time slot hope. Keepin’ the positive train going, weekend drama My Country: The New Age is doing really dang well, too. It was joined by newcomer The Lies Within, which opened to 1.4 percent.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 7-13, 2019
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, Oct. 7 | |||
| Tale of Nokdu | 5 | KBS | 5.4% |
| Tale of Nokdu | 6 | KBS | 7.1% |
| Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency | 7 | JTBC | 3.3% |
| The Great Show | 13 | tvN | 2.3% |
| Tuesday, Oct. 8 | |||
| Tale of Nokdu | 7 | KBS | 5.8% |
| Tale of Nokdu | 8 | KBS | 6.7% |
| Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency | 8 | JTBC | 3.0% |
| The Great Show | 14 | tvN | 2.7% |
| Wednesday, Oct. 9 | |||
| When the Camellia Blooms | 13 | KBS | 11.0% |
| When the Camellia Blooms | 14 | KBS | 13.1% |
| Extraordinary You | 5 | MBC | 2.9% |
| Extraordinary You | 6 | MBC | 3.9% |
| Extraordinary You | 7 | MBC | 2.7% |
| Extraordinary You | 8 | MBC | 3.1% |
| Secret Boutique | 7 | SBS | 5.0% |
| Running Investigators | 7 | OCN | 0.8% |
| Miss Lee | 5 | tvN | 2.7% |
| Thursday, Oct. 10 | |||
| When the Camellia Blooms | 15 | KBS | 11.0% |
| When the Camellia Blooms | 16 | KBS | 14.5% |
| Secret Boutique | – | SBS | – |
| Running Investigators | 8 | OCN | 0.9% |
| Miss Lee | 6 | tvN | 3.0% |
| Friday, Oct. 11 | |||
| Vagabond | 7 | SBS | 11.4% |
| My Country: The New Age | 3 | JTBC | 3.8% |
| Pegasus Market | 4 | tvN | 2.8% |
| Saturday, Oct. 12 | |||
| Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life | 9 | KBS | 19.2% |
| Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life | 10 | KBS | 22.2% |
| Golden Garden | 49 | MBC | 6.3% |
| Golden Garden | 50 | MBC | 9.9% |
| Golden Garden | 51 | MBC | 9.7% |
| Golden Garden | 52 | MBC | 10.4% |
| Vagabond | 8 | SBS | 10.1% |
| My Country: The New Age | 4 | JTBC | 4.8% |
| The Lies Within | 1 | OCN | 1.4% |
| Melting Me Softly | 5 | tvN | 2.1% |
| Sunday, Oct. 13 | |||
| Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life | 11 | KBS | 20.3% |
| Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life | 12 | KBS | 24.0% |
| The Lies Within | 2 | OCN | 2.2% |
| Melting Me Softly | 6 | tvN | 2.5% |