With almost all of the recent premieres adapting to the new two-episodes-a-day format, the ratings scene suddenly looks a lot more complicated. It certainly makes the numbers more interesting, since we can see shifts happening in the middle of the programming hour that we couldn’t see before—if someone didn’t feel like watching the first half of Lookout, for instance, they could tune in for the second (and undoubtedly more interesting) half. Options are good, right?
But since I got my tonsils ripped out of my throat yesterday and am currently hopped up on all sorts of pain medicine, I’m going to let the ratings speak for themselves this week. It’s not like we’re in a ratings drought, so there should be no shortage of trends to discuss. In the meantime, I’ll leave the talking to you fine Beanies!
Drama viewership ratings for the week of May 29-June 4, 2017
| Ep. # | Station | Rating | |
| Monday, May 29 | |||
| Fight My Way | 3 | KBS | 10.7% |
| Lookout | 5 | MBC | 5.6% |
| Lookout | 6 | MBC | 6.6% |
| My Sassy Girl | 1 | SBS | 8.5% |
| My Sassy Girl | 2 | SBS | 9.3% |
| Circle | 3 | tvN | 2.1% |
| Tuesday, May 30 | |||
| Fight My Way | 4 | KBS | 10.0% |
| Lookout | 7 | MBC | 6.2% |
| Lookout | 8 | MBC | 7.3% |
| My Sassy Girl | 3 | SBS | 7.4% |
| My Sassy Girl | 4 | SBS | 9.3% |
| Circle | 4 | tvN | 2.3% |
| Wednesday, May 31 | |||
| Seven Day Queen | 1 | KBS | 6.9% |
| Ruler—Master of the Mask | 13 | MBC | 11.7% |
| Ruler—Master of the Mask | 14 | MBC | 13.6% |
| Suspicious Partner | 13 | SBS | 7.5% |
| Suspicious Partner | 14 | SBS | 9.3% |
| Thursday, June 1 | |||
| Seven Day Queen | 2 | KBS | 5.7% |
| Ruler—Master of the Mask | 15 | MBC | 12.0% |
| Ruler—Master of the Mask | 16 | MBC | 13.6% |
| Suspicious Partner | 15 | SBS | 8.4% |
| Suspicious Partner | 16 | SBS | 9.3% |
| Friday, June 2 | |||
| Man to Man | 13 | JTBC | 2.5% |
| Chicago Typewriter | 15 | tvN | 2.4% |
| The Best Hit | 1 | KBS | 2.5% |
| The Best Hit | 2 | KBS | 2.9% |
| Saturday, June 3 | |||
| Father Is Strange | 27 | KBS | 26.4% |
| The Best Hit | 3 | KBS | 5.0% |
| The Best Hit | 4 | KBS | 4.1% |
| You’re Too Much | 25 | MBC | 11.5% |
| Thief-nom, Thief-nim | 7 | MBC | 10.4% |
| Sister Is Alive | 15 | SBS | 7.4% |
| Sister Is Alive | 16 | SBS | 13.4% |
| Man to Man | 14 | JTBC | 3.1% |
| Duel | 1 | OCN | 2.0% |
| Chicago Typewriter | 16 | tvN | 2.6% |
| Sunday, June 4 | |||
| Father Is Strange | 28 | KBS | 31.0% |
| You’re Too Much | 26 | MBC | 13.5% |
| Thief-nom, Thief-nim | 8 | MBC | 10.7% |
| Duel | 2 | OCN | 1.9% |