Top Drama Viewership Ratings: Nov. 20-26, 2017

Top Drama Viewership Ratings: Nov. 20-26, 2017

We have a few new dramas joining the mix, with courtroom rom-com Nothing to Lose and black comedy Smart Prison Living joining the Wednesday-Thursday race, and the gritty mob/crime drama Untouchable in a weekend slot. I’d say that Smart Prison Living had the most buzzworthy premiere; its entry numbers may have been a titch shy of Buam-dong Revenge Club’s vacating numbers, but it comes in with strong word of mouth and a promising 5 percent-ish start.

Nothing to Lose had slightly higher numbers on SBS, but with more mixed reviews; I found the leads appealing, but the plot a bit silly. And while their competitor show Mad Dog has been around for a while, it enjoyed a slight uptick in numbers, likely thanks to the exit last week of While You Were Sleeping. We’ll see if the numbers move at all in future weeks.

On the weekend, Bravo My Life on SBS was pre-empted for coverage of the Blue Dragon Awards, though the rankings remained largely unchanged. (It’s still light family series My Golden Life far out in front, with Jang Hyuk’s Money Flower making up some ground in second.)


Drama viewership ratings for the week of Nov. 20-26, 2017

Ep. # Station Rating
Monday, Nov. 20
Witch’s Court 13 KBS 10.9%
20th Century Boy and Girl 25 MBC 1.8%
20th Century Boy and Girl 26 MBC 2.1%
Temperature of Love 35 SBS 6.1%
Temperature of Love 36 SBS 7.5%
Because This Life Is Our First 13 tvN 3.5%
Tuesday, Nov. 21
Witch’s Court 14 KBS 12.6%
20th Century Boy and Girl 27 MBC 2.1%
20th Century Boy and Girl 28 MBC 2.3%
Temperature of Love 37 SBS 6.7%
Temperature of Love 38 SBS 7.7%
Temperature of Love 39 SBS 8.4%
Temperature of Love 40 SBS 8.2%
Because This Life Is Our First 14 tvN 4.2%
Wednesday, Nov. 22
Mad Dog 13 KBS 7.4%
Nothing to Lose 1 SBS 6.9%
Nothing to Lose 2 SBS 8.0%
Smart Prison Living 1 tvN 4.6%
Thursday, Nov. 23
Mad Dog 14 KBS 8.3%
Nothing to Lose 3 SBS 7.2%
Nothing to Lose 4 SBS 7.6%
Smart Prison Living 2 tvN 5.4%
Friday, Nov. 24
Untouchable 1 JTBC 2.3%
Saturday, Nov. 25
My Golden Life 25 KBS 34.7%
Money Flower 5 MBC 11.4%
Money Flower 6 MBC 15.1%
Bravo My Life 21 SBS Pre-empted
Bravo My Life 22 SBS Pre-empted
Bravo My Life 23 SBS Pre-empted
Bravo My Life 24 SBS Pre-empted
Untouchable 2 JTBC 3.3%
Black 13 OCN 2.5%
Revolutionary Love 13 tvN 2.7%
Sunday, Nov. 26
My Golden Life 26 KBS 39.0%
Man Who Sets the Table 23 MBC 12.2%
Man Who Sets the Table 24 MBC 14.5%
Black 14 OCN 3.0%
Revolutionary Love 14 tvN 2.6%