of the 2 i am only watching currently dong yi ,i am in the episode 24 and i am enjoying all episodes so i don't know how is dong yi in the most recent episodes mayba more of 50 episodes is very tiring and the actors are fatigued of filming many scenes ? but i will finish dong yi ,i am enjoying the plot and i think han hyo joo is awesome ,i like her since i watched shining inheritance / brilliant legacy ,her characters are so kind

A friend of mine who was raving about Dong Yi has put it on hold for a while. I guess it's begun to get boring for some people.

It's been boring from the start actually, except for the sparkly character of the king, played by Ji Jin-hee. From a story standpoint there's no 'there' there. I went to watching I Am Legend, another Mon.-Tues. rival of Dong Yi, out of sheer frustration

I recall most successful long sageuks tend to hit their peak somewhere in the middle and then fall back down a bit. QSD hit the 40s but ended its last episodes back down to the 30s. Look like the same for Dong Yi, probably the 30s was its peak.

Dong Yi might have had a better chance of maintaining its high 20s to low 30s ratings if Giant wasn't genuinely a stellar drama.

Giant started quite low, 9-10 in ratings for its first 2 eps, and has increased its rating each and every week, which is a testament to its quality roping people in rather than the cast and set-up from the get go.

I think Giant's ratings will keep going up regardless of Dong Yi's bc (1) Giant's lead-in I Am Legend is also doing leaps in improving ratings, and (2) Giant's story hasn't even hit its dramatic peak yet.

The question then is: will Sungkyankwan Scandal resurrect the third player, KBS, in the Mon-Tues battle. It's been languishing in third for wayyyy to long.

it's incredible that all of the currently airing Monday-Tuesday dramas (4!) are hits... :-)

*high fives other Giant watchers*

*starts chanting in the style of his humble followers: ''Cho Pil-yeon! Cho Pil-yeon!....''*

I agree with @3 Kellie. It was boring and the story is dragged over too long period.HHY is lacking in her acting-same wide eyed expression for most scenes. Somehow there is not one character that touch your heart. Maybe people are tired of it , having too many episodes. Coffee House was so much better. I wish I have not wasted so much time on Dong Yi.

I tried to get into Dong Yi because I liked the cast but I just could not make it through the first couple of episodes.

Giant on the other hand...had me hooked since the first epiosde. Giant just keeps getting better and better and at it's halfway point you'd expect it to drag but no. I'm loving Park Jin-Hee's character by the way.

From the looks of it, good thing I stopped watching Dong Yi after 10 episodes. Partly because I understood less than in nonsageuk dramas, mainly because it was boring. Not even HHY attractiveness could keep me for another 40 episodes (when I dropped it...now 54..)

I have yet to watch Giant. I want to mainly because of Hwang Jung Eum.

I dropped Dong Yi all together after watching 40s episodes. It is the same story line over and over again..I can't stand it any more. I totally agree with you, Birdie. "HHY is lacking in her acting-same wide eyed expression for most scenes". This's been a laugh line for our family whenever we watched the show..

awww I love Dong Yi!!

i like both dramas but DY getting boring in acting and plots , all predictable ,sometimes not logical . Honestly casts in DY acting skill are not so great , same expressions over and over again , the King is not acting as benevolent ,
smart King , all the guys there none of them as smart as two concubines and they all depend on two concubines for getting , keeping their power .
Contrary , giant plots are logical and interesting , acting of all casts are excellent , believable and realistic . This is a fight between smart people , amazing drama .
I really like love stories in this drama , not single minded , not dying for first love in the ridiculous way .
I think this drama and Comrades are the best drama so far .

I watch both shows, and the result is not surprising. The last couple of weeks, Dong Yi's story was getting very draggy while Giant was making paces. However, it's become reversed this week and I struggled to stay awake while watching this week's Giant episodes while Dong Yi kept me on my toes.

I agree that HHJ's acting was very lacking for a great portion of DY, but lately she's suddenly shown leaps of improvement. I'm curious as to what happened to bring about such sudden improvement. Perhaps Director Lee Byung Hoon finally had a talk with her?

I think some people should take note that I am Legend is not a direct competition of the shows mentioned above because it's in a different time slot. As of Dong Yi, I like it, a lot and I'm kind of disappointed that the new episode aren't as exciting as weeks ago but I am loyal and ever hopeful, so I'll watch it to the end and maybe this show will triumph over my emerging doubts.

I love Giant. currently in eps17 and the siblings has already met in re-union. thank god they didn't drag the re-union until the end eps. now it's totally a re-birth for the Lee family on their revenge.

i'm just hoping dong yi will have a hope for revival now that prince yi geum is born. ;___;.

Hmm. I like Dong-yi and I still watch it, the only thing is, I used to refresh WITHS2 page like mad to get the subs as soon as they were released, but in the last few weeks I find myself snagging the subs and not watching the eps right away. Then, when I watch them, I do like them. It's just that I'm not as addicted as I was before. BTW, it's not exactly draggy, but IDK, it lost its momentum and storyline got less charming? Something like that.

For sure, I wanted to see a lot more BSB and I had hoped he had a more significant role. I wanted to see more interaction between him and the King for example. Ever since I heard about Dong-yi and its cast I had envisioned Chun-soo to play, say, a much bigger role in the triangle with Dong-yi and the King, to be conflicted about his duty as "oraboni", his love for Dong-yi, his duty as officer and as a King's subject. For some reason, I was *sure* he was going to have all sorts of issues and inner turmoil, but as it happens, he seems to be ok to just play the role of Dong-yi's protector. Such a bummer. Such a waste of BSB's acting skills!

I'm so not thrilled Dong-yi got an extension. I do hope TPTB find ways to work a bit more plot for Chun-soo because gah! I started watching this drama for BSB. I admit I fell for the dorky!king and his cute and entertaining relationship with Dong-yi, but...where are the cute and funny moments that got me intrigued in the first place?

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Dong_Yi/Episode_Ratings
2010-08-17 44 24.8 (1st) 26.6 (1st)

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Giant/Episode_Ratings
2010-08-17 28 24.0 (2nd) 23.8 (2nd)

javabeans, i think your bias toward sageuk is showing

I didn't see both, but now I understand why CH didn't do well. These two dramas are solid enough to keep most of the viewers occupied.
I have a habit avoiding long drama however, congrats to both!

I wonder what happened to those folks who rioted against Kim Myung-min taking up the lead role in Giants, because they claimed it was hidden praise & propaganda for the current Korean president.
Are they still rioting, or did it turn out they made all this trouble for nothing to deprive us from 50 drama-epiodes of KMM?

I love Dong Yi, I like sageuk...I don't care about ratings, that's all :)

I love Dongyi but....the last two episodes were hard to stomach with the release of Jang Hee Jae and the others from exile. You killed my mother, the queen, tried to kill the love of my life millions of times, and almost crushed my government for your own political gain but because you donated money to the poor I can forgive you?! Stupid. The framing and blackmail has been too over done. I will keep going though because King and ChunSoo are irresistable!

i love dong yi!!!...but i can understand the flaging ratings....but i think things will pick up soon...but i wished they didnt extend it...its better to go out on a high
...hmm i think i might check out Giant..looks interesting

Started on Dong Yi cos of the 2 leads. Now, i watch it by either FF or sometimes skip a couple of eps. Its getting draggy, I guess.

Did not start on Giant although I like Lee Beom-soo, maybe will start on it someday when i am free or maybe not.

I could careless what the ratings say. As far as I'm concerned Dong Yi is a miracle worker. Ever since I gave up trying to fight my kdrama addiction, I've had to listen to my dad's mocking comments about my vice of choice. So one day I happened to be in the living room watching Dong Yi and my dad sits down. Next thing I know I'm pausing the show every couple of minutes to explain who's who and what's what. Now it's gotten to the point where my dad will not even wait for the subtitles but will watch it raw.

I didnt watch Dong Yi as I don't have that much interest in sageuks, HGD and ROI is the only one I truly enjoy and I heard they are not even consider as fully sageuk? anyways, so in the end I choose Giant over Dong Yi and am glad of my choice to this date, enjoying every bit of it, am for one is anticipating how the love story between Min Woo and Mi Joo will develop, this is the only time that am more interested in second leads!

I love saeguks and I've enjoyed watching DY till lately plus the additions 14 eps is too many and it doesn't help with the pace imo. It may have worked for some but not for a drama that's already dragging and a story that is so predictable and repetitive. The amount of flashbacks annoys the hell out of me and it's not just from different eps, it's a min after you've just watched it grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. They must think that we have A.D.D or something....:p.
It's frustrating just like most saeguks but here's hoping for a good ending which is most likely since it might end with Queen Inwon and Yeongjo.

I've been watching Dong Yi and all of a sudden I don't feel the same eagerness to watch the next episode of all sudden. I understand why the episode ratings have dropped.

i loved dong yi very much, but then i lost my interest and skipped some episdes because it has the same monotone.. everything was on dong yi's side, she always on lead. the registration book was on her hand, the king favour her and so on. i mean, dy never had real big problem like lady jang experienced. unlike dae jang geum, jang geum was always on the disadvantages side compared to lady choi.

but surprisingly, this week episodes was the first episode that make me wanna watch dongyi. at last dong yi was in really big trouble.. and it looks like the 2nd prince has been born and already 7 years without seeing his father the king. it keeps me wanting to watch next episodes sooooooo bad.

i couldn't say any better. :D this drama is very satisfying. and, joo sang-wook's acting has improved tremendously.