Temperature of Love is doing pretty darn well for itself over in the beginning of the week, but admittedly, it has very little competition at the moment. That means that the only drama dominating any of the weekday time slots is Hospital Ship, though Lord knows why. Is it just the Ha Ji-won pull? Who’s legitimately enjoying this show? (I’m seriously not judging, I’m just curious!)
Poor, poor Manhole, though. Not only did it log miserable ratings during its entire run, it turns out that it logged the most miserable ratings ever. Yes, Manhole actually broke a record, but it’s not a good one—since the Big 3 started recording ratings in the 90s, they’ve had no show pull in the kinds of numbers Manhole has. Wamp wamp waaamp.
Age of Youth 2 is at least seeing a decent bump, which is always a nice reward for a good show. But with weekend cable options sparse now that Rescue Me has ended (*sniff*), it’s not too surprising—otherwise, SBS’ weird move with splitting Sister Is Alive into four (4) episodes a day seems to be paying off. I wonder if they’ll continue to be experimental in the future, now that their experiment has paid off so well.
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2017
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, Sept. 25 | |||
| Lingerie Girls’ Generation | 5 | KBS | 4.2% |
| Temperature of Love | 5 | SBS | 8.2% |
| Temperature of Love | 6 | SBS | 8.4% |
| Argon | 7 | tvN | 2.8% |
| Tuesday, Sept. 26 | |||
| Lingerie Girls’ Generation | 6 | KBS | 4.7% |
| Temperature of Love | 7 | SBS | 8.6% |
| Temperature of Love | 8 | SBS | 11.0% |
| Argon | 8 | tvN | 2.8% |
| Wednesday, Sept. 27 | |||
| Manhole | 15 | KBS | 1.9% |
| Hospital Ship | 17 | MBC | 9.8% |
| Hospital Ship | 18 | MBC | 10.6% |
| While You Were Sleeping | 1 | SBS | 7.2% |
| While You Were Sleeping | 2 | SBS | 9.2% |
| Criminal Minds | 19 | tvN | 2.2% |
| Thursday, Sept. 28 | |||
| Manhole | 16 | KBS | 1.9% |
| Hospital Ship | 19 | MBC | 9.3% |
| Hospital Ship | 20 | MBC | 11.3% |
| While You Were Sleeping | 3 | SBS | 8.3% |
| While You Were Sleeping | 4 | SBS | 9.2% |
| Criminal Minds | 20 | tvN | 3.0% |
| Friday, Sept. 29 | |||
| Age of Youth 2 | 11 | JTBC | 3.7% |
| Saturday, Sept. 30 | |||
| My Golden Life | 9 | KBS | 25.4% |
| Man Who Sets the Table | 9 | MBC | 7.6% |
| Thief-nom, Thief-nim | 41 | MBC | 8.5% |
| Sister Is Alive | 57 | SBS | 12.8% |
| Sister Is Alive | 58 | SBS | 19.1% |
| Sister Is Alive | 59 | SBS | 21.1% |
| Sister Is Alive | 60 | SBS | 21.2% |
| Age of Youth 2 | 12 | JTBC | 4.1% |
| Live Up to Your Name | 15 | tvN | 5.0% |
| Sunday, Oct. 1 | |||
| My Golden Life | 10 | KBS | 29.6% |
| Man Who Sets the Table | 10 | MBC | 9.9% |
| Thief-nom, Thief-nim | 42 | MBC | 11.6% |
| Live Up to Your Name | 16 | tvN | 6.9% |