Looks like cable drama is slowly dominating Korean television. They're not the underdogs anymore.

Kim Soo Hyun is everywhere, I hear her name frequently in the King of Dramas lately. Better search for her other dramas too.

I would love to see this drama. I really like Ha Suk Jin...he is able to balance nicely between comedy and more serious fare.

Cable: Tip of the iceberg. Some Big boats in the area should be careful. :)
Obviously, the taste of the Korean audience for dramas is changing, for the worst or the better.
I don't worship ratings at all, but I have to say: Now I'm curious about this show. Going to google this a little bit.

Might have to look for this too.

the 3 brothers in the family are my favorite (OH! plus the youngest son who likes to think that his noona's baby is really his... hahah) their dynamic is HILARIOUS.

since my parents are die-hard fans of Kim Soo Hyun they force me to watch any drama of hers with them (minus the alzheimer's one LOL) and i always enjoy them as well. the one with the Mom Got Angry is probably my favorite so far. with Childless Good Fortune a close 2nd. :)

Thank you!

I guess double digits needs longer running dramas such as CGF, but I'm hoping Flower boy Next Door will be the one to actually do it (TvN earned that at least with all the great offers since last year)

Although I do wish the best of luck for all cable networks to gain more recognition and ratings success.
And now I'm definitely going to give Childless Good Fortune a chance.

Highest rated vable drama, but I can't find subs. What a shame.

that's a real kiss! hihihi

I could do without the Ha Suk Jin/Oh Yoon Ah storyline (it always felt a bit out of place to me) but Uhm Ji Won is killing it in this drama. Viva jBTC! May they continue to make amazing, thought-provoking dramas.

Peeps interested in Kim Soon Hyun's work should check out Life is Beautiful.

Proud!

i wonder if i could find subs for this... now i really want to watch it... *puts it in my long list of must watch*

Maybe this will make the big three start to pay close attention to what they choose to pick. This could be good and bad, since what the cable networks usually air that is successful is quality stuff and you can see the care that goes into it; but the big three could just wind up pandering more to fans and put out crap. Just have to wait and see.

Is there a site to watch this drama with English subs? Please let me know!

its good to know!!! I blindly trust in cable dramas' quality... no lie... my favorite dramas this year -and last year- came from cable dramas... those been Vampire prosecutor 2, answer me 1997, queen inhyun's man, Special affair team TEN and Padam, Padam... I guess Korean viewers noticed it too....!
I wanna watch this one but I cant find it... hope i find it with subs soon!

I feel inclined to at least try to watch this. Im tired of the Big 3 dramas, it seems cable dramas hv less restriction therefore can prouduce better stories. After watching dramas like reply 1997, Queen In Hyuns man, SHFBB, and Can We Get Married I feel cheated. Especially hving to wait til abt ep 7/8 for a kiss scene.

I feel like cable dramas take more daring approaches, which is a nice breath of fresh air (especially when it comes to kisses...they're much steamier on cable dramas! yes, I'm looking at you QIHM). Ever since I started watching dramas, it's become harder and harder to find ones I like, especially now that I don't have all the time in the world to watch them - if I'm going to actually watch it, it better be worth my time or I'll just read DB recaps :P

Cable dramas have become my go-to dramas as well. I haven’t been able to watch Childless Good Fortune but I do watch “Can We Marry” from that network and it’s the first time that I’ve been able to relate to & follow a family drama in full. The reasons why the couples break up are just completely REAL so all of the journeys just make so much sense to me. When it comes to the adult content it doesn’t have to be full out like American ones for me to enjoy them but characters doing sexy open mouth kisses please and thank you.

I’ve been with tvN since Manny and I just believe in that station so much. OCN I’ve loved since I saw Hero but I’ve seen all of the original programming on that channel and it’s just ridiculous how they do so much better than movies I’ve seen or even the American TV shows they also broadcast on that channel. TEN was so on point!!! I can’t wait until the second season.

I have a lot of catching up to do.

Ooo! Nice! I love Ha Suk Jin. Great to see him on a successful drama.

Javabeans, if I'm not bothering could you tell me what is the % for the cable drama Can we get married? It has good ratings? I'm sorry for asking it but cable dramas ratings is really hard to find...

Can someone tell me how you write ''ratings'' in korean? Because if I hahve at least this korean word plus the korean drama name I can try to find anything even though I don't understand korean lol

JTBC! Can We Get Married is one of my fav picks for this year. Cable mansei!! \O/

duh, it's written by flawless Kim Soo-Hyun

so sad... no subs!!!

dear subbers,
Can you sub this drama please???? I want to watch it and I'm sure a lot of kdrama fans are also dying to see this with english subs. It makes me wish I know the Korean language.

it didn't win with Reply 1997 it got 6,3 in Seoul but nationwide it got only 5,23 so Reply 1997 is still no. 1 cable drama. Speaking about numbers TNmS gave Reply 7,55 for it's finale xD

But I'm happy that cable dramas are getting attention because many of them are better than BIG 3's dramas. This year was full of bad choices for SBS, MBC and KBS only some of them were good. They should pick up better dramas because their viewers now have a choice to watch dramas on other channels.

I just realized, there are a ton of dramas that have aired or are still airing that Dramabeans is not recapping. What am I doing?

I've read from OT's about a drama called Can We Get Married and was looking for recaps on here and I couldn't find any. I fail.

I'm really considering watching this because I've read from people on Tumblr that it's actually worth it.

anyone please tell me what website i can watch this drama?

JTBC is relevantly new to the industry, yet they still can produce wonderful dramas. Shame TV Chosun, Channel A and MBN can't do it.

The shifting landscape is the trend everywhere tbh. With movies bringing in less profits, and TV offering a comfortable schedule with dependable pay, more and more big name actors are getting attracted to the format...

And, with cable being far more flexible and "edgy" than mainstream channels, it's only normal that the big named actors/writers/etc would choose to go there. And with them, the audience eventually follows.

Mainstream ~tells~ us that we should like something. Cable makes it ~cool~ or ~different~ to like it. :)

Last night, Childless Comfort rated 6.674% Nationwide according to AGB Nielsen.