There’s a lot to unpack for this week’s ratings, so let’s jump right into it. For the Monday-Tuesday time slots, pretty much every drama is performing well except for fantasy rom-com Perfume. Similarly, for the Wednesday-Thursday time slots, everything is performing well except for sci-fi rom-com My Absolute Boyfriend.
Thursday actually saw the finales of Angel’s Last Mission: Love and One Spring Night. The two dramas had been fighting for first place the last few weeks, but it was the latter that ended up coming out on top, achieving its highest rating of 9.5 percent. Still, I’m a bit annoyed that neither of these shows ever reached 10 percent.
Over the weekend, we also had the finales of Nokdu Flower and Different Dreams. It was the latest addition, however, that really caught my attention; the new Hong Sisters drama Hotel del Luna premiered to a whopping 7.3 percent. Its first episode and it’s already surpassed every other cable show currently airing — now that’s impressive.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of July 8-14, 2019
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, July 8 | |||
| Perfume | 21 | KBS | 4.2% |
| Perfume | 22 | KBS | 4.7% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 21 | MBC | 6.1% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 22 | MBC | 8.3% |
| The Wind Blows | 13 | JTBC | 3.9% |
| Designated Survivor: 60 Days | 3 | tvN | 4.3% |
| Tuesday, July 9 | |||
| Perfume | 23 | KBS | 4.3% |
| Perfume | 24 | KBS | 4.9% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 23 | MBC | 7.1% |
| Investigation Couple 2 | 24 | MBC | 9.0% |
| The Wind Blows | 14 | JTBC | 3.5% |
| Designated Survivor: 60 Days | 4 | tvN | 4.2% |
| Wednesday, July 10 | |||
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 29 | KBS | 6.8% |
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 30 | KBS | 7.8% |
| One Spring Night | 29 | MBC | 6.2% |
| One Spring Night | 30 | MBC | 8.0% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 33 | SBS | 1.8% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 34 | SBS | 1.7% |
| Search Query: WWW | 11 | tvN | 4.0% |
| Thursday, July 11 | |||
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 31 | KBS | 5.1% |
| Angel’s Last Mission: Love | 32 | KBS | 7.2% |
| One Spring Night | 31 | MBC | 7.4% |
| One Spring Night | 32 | MBC | 9.5% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 35 | SBS | 2.4% |
| My Absolute Boyfriend | 36 | SBS | 2.0% |
| Search Query: WWW | 12 | tvN | 3.5% |
| Friday, July 12 | |||
| Nokdu Flower | 45 | SBS | 4.7% |
| Nokdu Flower | 46 | SBS | 6.0% |
| Chief of Staff | 9 | JTBC | 4.4% |
| Saturday, July 13 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 65 | KBS | 22.3% |
| Mother of Mine | 66 | KBS | 26.9% |
| Different Dreams | 39 | MBC | 3.0% |
| Different Dreams | 40 | MBC | 4.3% |
| Nokdu Flower | 47 | SBS | 6.0% |
| Nokdu Flower | 48 | SBS | 8.1% |
| Chief of Staff | 10 | JTBC | 5.3% |
| Watcher | 3 | OCN | 3.7% |
| Hotel del Luna | 1 | tvN | 7.3% |
| Sunday, July 14 | |||
| Mother of Mine | 67 | KBS | 25.7% |
| Mother of Mine | 68 | KBS | 30.4% |
| Watcher | 4 | OCN | 4.5% |
| Hotel del Luna | 2 | tvN | 7.6% |