I’m sad to report that ratings are still looking pretty… well, sad. At the beginning of the week, Let Me Hear Your Song could barely stay around 3 percent. And Welcome 2 Life, which had been performing okay thus far, is now having trouble making it past 5 percent. The Wednesday-Thursday shows are doing a bit better, but not by much. At this point, I’m feeling bad for any show and its crew that have to take the weekday slot.
As usual, the cable shows are getting most of the viewers, from youth drama A Moment at Eighteen to thriller Class of Lies. Let’s not forget the popular weekend dramas Watcher and Hotel del Luna; numbers for both went up this week. The former aired its finale this Sunday and the latter will air its finale this next Sunday. Hotel del Luna has already hit double digits more than once, so I’m hoping its finale is able to too, or maybe go even higher.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Aug. 19-25, 2019
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, Aug. 19 | |||
| Let Me Hear Your Song | 9 | KBS | 2.3% |
| Let Me Hear Your Song | 10 | KBS | 3.1% |
| Welcome 2 Life | 9 | MBC | 3.9% |
| Welcome 2 Life | 10 | MBC | 5.0% |
| A Moment at Eighteen | 9 | JTBC | 3.3% |
| Designated Survivor: 60 Days | 15 | tvN | 4.5% |
| Tuesday, Aug. 20 | |||
| Let Me Hear Your Song | 11 | KBS | 2.4% |
| Let Me Hear Your Song | 12 | KBS | 3.2% |
| Welcome 2 Life | 11 | MBC | 4.3% |
| Welcome 2 Life | 12 | MBC | 4.5% |
| A Moment at Eighteen | 10 | JTBC | 3.4% |
| Designated Survivor: 60 Days | 16 | tvN | 6.2% |
| Wednesday, Aug. 21 | |||
| Justice | 21 | KBS | 5.0% |
| Justice | 22 | KBS | 5.8% |
| Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung | 21 | MBC | 4.3% |
| Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung | 22 | MBC | 6.2% |
| Doctor Detective | 11 | SBS | 4.0% |
| Class of Lies | 11 | OCN | 3.7% |
| When the Devil Calls Your Name | 7 | tvN | 1.9% |
| Thursday, Aug. 22 | |||
| Justice | 23 | KBS | 5.3% |
| Justice | 24 | KBS | 6.2% |
| Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung | 23 | MBC | 4.9% |
| Rookie Historian Gu Hae-ryung | 24 | MBC | 7.1% |
| Doctor Detective | 12 | SBS | 3.5% |
| Class of Lies | 12 | OCN | 3.8% |
| When the Devil Calls Your Name | 8 | tvN | 2.1% |
| Friday, Aug. 23 | |||
| Doctor John | 21 | SBS | 7.5% |
| Doctor John | 22 | SBS | 9.2% |
| Be Melodramatic | 5 | JTBC | 1.6% |
| Saturday, Aug. 24 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 89 | KBS | 24.7% |
| Mother of Mine | 90 | KBS | 29.3% |
| Golden Garden | 21 | MBC | 5.4% |
| Golden Garden | 22 | MBC | 7.7% |
| Golden Garden | 23 | MBC | 7.5% |
| Golden Garden | 24 | MBC | 7.3% |
| Doctor John | 23 | SBS | 5.5% |
| Doctor John | 24 | SBS | 8.0% |
| Be Melodramatic | 6 | JTBC | 1.5% |
| Watcher | 15 | OCN | 5.0% |
| Hotel del Luna | 13 | tvN | 8.8% |
| Sunday, Aug. 25 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 91 | KBS | 28.0% |
| Mother of Mine | 92 | KBS | 32.6% |
| Watcher | 16 | OCN | 6.6% |
| Hotel del Luna | 14 | tvN | 10.0% |