Interesting...I guess we'll see what they come up with in the future.

Also I see that this weekend only has one episode of Modern Farmer and Birth of a Beauty right? So MF won't actually end this weekend?

Modern Farmer: 3.6% for episode 17. Ouch! As a big channel you can't keep going on like that. It's not even a question of 50, 36 or 16 eps. The audience ran away for multiple reasons, first one being -bad- dramas.
SBS promised a change in 2015 with very good dramas (compared to the weak 2014 mileage) but what I read so far about their new shows is not that impressive to be honest. I would be happy to be proven wrong though.

They should do a post mortem why many people are not watching Modern Farmer ? Maybe they should stick to more "family oriented " dramas ? and truthfully makjang sells as much as we hated it ...

i liked endless love until it got--well-- just a little too endless.

Even here in the US a Friday/Saturday night time slot is usually reserved for a dying series still on loyal fan life support or pilots. Sunday is gold here though. If your Sunday show moves to Saturday or Friday you know it's almost over, like Hell On Wheels. I can't say I blame them, although Modern Farmer has been a great fun little comedy that I look forward to each week. I really like Hongki. I enjoyed Bride of the Century this year. I think he's a bit underrated as a television actor. He certainly has all the criteria, he's cute, he can cry, he can sing, and he's got decent comic timing. Something that I've noticed several "top" Korean actors don't possess. Everyone can't be funny, comedy is not easy.

Modern Farmer is actually a good drama imo. they have touched many social issues in Korea like single mother, foreign workers, mix marriage, free trade etc. i love Lee Honey character the most. it's really rare to see a strong female lead in Kdramas. she is my hero!
but then again Korean and overseas fans prefer eye candy chebols and makjangs.

Maybe they could try something like the made for TV movies, that would easily fill up two hours each day and I'm guessing would be a new format in S.Korea.

They could film them mostly in the studio and cut down on location cost. More projects could be in the works at the same time because production time would be shorter, offering more opportunities to up and coming actors,writers and directors. It would also allow for a broader spectrum of genre's .

As I noted in my comment on Javabeans' year-end review the only BIG story of 2014 was the plummeting ratings. I expect we will see more tweaking of programming in the coming months. The biggest question remains what KBS possibly can do?

But for SBS and MBC it is still more than uncertain if they will have anything as popular as YFAS and Empress Ki in 2015. The best bet so far is Hyun Bin's new outing, and Kim Eun Sook's upcoming show. But will they deliver? The future looks grim for kdramas.

I think to most tv fans this is pretty obvious, but networks remain sruck in their old models. Viewer habits and the migration to streaming video are the main culprits. US networks are still clinging to the broadcast ratings for dear life, since those ratings drive advertising rates. A static programming grid makes the assumption that viewers are in front of the tube, when in fact we're at work, the gym, with our kids, in traffic ... demands on everyone's time just increase. My free time aligns with no prime time schedule, but my streaming services are always available.

As you may know, recent episodes of SBS Dramas "My Heart Twinkle-Twinkle" and "The Family is Coming" would only rate around 2-3% per episode.

In comparison, recent episodes of JTBC's Maids would rate 3-4%

Considering that as the only private Free-to-air network in South Korea, they are expected to formulate programs that will cater more viewers and better ad income compared to MBC and KBS, being defeated by these two is very bad for SBS. But being defeated by a cable channel is a different story.