As the final quarter approaches, the K-drama landscape is heating up with a stellar line-up of shows starring top-tier stars. Park Shin Hye’s return in The Judge from Hell sets the stage for even more exciting releases, including Squid Game, Light Shop, and the highly anticipated second season of The Trunk.
Meanwhile, hits like Jung Hae In’s Love Next Door and Iron Family’s Beginning have propelled K-dramas to the top of the most watched content on various OTT platforms in addition to domestic television.
The Iron Family debuts with strong premiere ratings
KBS 2TV’s latest drama, Iron Family, starring Kim Jung Hyun, Geum Se Rok, Choi Tae Joon and others, is successfully following in the footsteps of its record-breaking hit, Beauty & Mr. Romantic. According to Nielsen Korea, the premiere episode left a lasting impression with a promising debut, garnering the highest viewer ratings of any program that day. The Iron Family recorded an impressive average rating of 14.1 percent nationwide, making it the most watched show on Saturday.
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Contrary to its title suggesting themes of strength and irony, Iron Family revolves around the ‘clean laundry’ family of Da Rim and her husband, who are actually laundering money instead of actually washing clothes. Written by Ask the Stars writer Seo Suk Hyang, the romantic black comedy is set to air for 36 episodes. The story is about two families who live next to each other: one is a classic Korean family, and the other pretends to be a perfect family.
Judge from Hell records high ratings
The new K-drama The Judge from Hell starring Park Shin Hye and Kim Jae Young achieved a nationwide average rating of 9.8 percent, its highest rating to date. Premiering last weekend with two consecutive episodes, the series follows Kang Bit Na, a devil from Hell who lives inside the body of a beautiful judge who is determined to send wrongdoers to their destruction. Is. Her ambitious mission meets Han Da On (Kim Jae Young), a detective renowned for his extraordinary investigative talents. Together, they embark on an unconventional journey filled with intrigue and excitement
Love Next Door’s ratings see a decline
Love Next Door, starring Jung Hae In and Jung So Min, opened to a strong debut, but is now seeing a slight decline in domestic ratings. Despite maintaining a strong hold on the No. 2 spot on Netflix’s top 10 non-English TV shows, beaten only by one other Korean series, Culinary Class Wars, it recorded an average rating of 5.4 percent nationwide.
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The drama focuses on two childhood friends who grew up in the same neighborhood. As they get separated due to their professional lives, fate intervenes, and brings them back together to begin a beautiful love story. Meanwhile, MBC’s Black Out achieved a nationwide rating of 8.6 percent with only one episode remaining.
