Agree, 2.5% is not bad at all for a sci-fi genre.
This is tvN's 2nd attempt on the genre. I don't remember the ratings going over 1% the first time.

I feel like the ratings drop isn't surprising. Hyun-soo is incapacitated so the main mystery can't proceed. And the secondary mystery - the cliche "your dad killed my dad"- led the characters to hide things from each other and push each other away. MSG airs on a different day, but apparently SP's timeslot competitor, Ruler, has some interesting developments this week.

I still can't get over how My Sassy Girl's ratings didn't jump off the cliff. It is a miracle that the ratings are what they are because I can't think of a show which started with such baggage(being a remake of an iconic movie and a even more iconic character) and a premiere which they buggled. I think viewers gave it a chance and stayed not just because the show got better but Joo Won and Oh Yeon Seo. I'm pretty certain if the leads are others, the ratings would have started even lower or never recover.

I am not watching Suspicious Partner. I think this show could have been a stronger competitor against Ruler which in my opinion beats everyone hands down in terms of crap writing. We already discussed why Seven Day Queen would be in the doldrums so let's leave it out of the picture. SP probably lost in terms of star power to Ruler. Yoo Seung Ho is more popular than Ji Chang Wook in Korea. It's the same for Kim So Hyun vs Nam Ji Hyun. In fact, there's a lot of debate on Ruler's forums that the show leveraged on YSH and KSH's popularity but sidelined them. Well, it's not denting their ratings though!

I had tons of laugh watching SP in the beginning of the series, but not so much in the last few weeks.

Despite loving the cast I dropped SP once the plot started dragging with illogical / false conflicts.

(Starting with when she "couldn't decide" whether to date him and kept stringing him along. It simply wasn't a realistic action for the character they had developed, up to that point.)

That type of stuff is my drama kryptonite.

Suspicious Partner does not seem to know if it is a love triangle story, a mystery, or a detective, or ?? Not blending well.

I want it to achieve higher, but I'm grateful FOS is the first tvn drama of the year which can get this high, after Goblin ended. At least, my sorrow is not being double because CT wasn't even hit 3% previously.

Let's see if Bride of Water God will be able to get higher than what FOS achieved... as this drama will start tomorrow.

I think FOS is the best that tvn has been able to churn out in a long time post Signal, I love Goblin but the writing/editing in FOS is on a different and much, much higher level. I hope it can keep up the quality and gets more love that it totally deserves.

I would love to help hiking the ratings. If only I could figure how to watch it. I don't have Netflix and it is the only option in my country

I think bec there's 2 sageuks in the same time slot, Ruler aired first (with heavy advertising from MBC being pre-produced and all) and established an audience before 7DQ came (wc you did mention that SK already knows this heart wrenching history). And maybe SK just wants to watch the one that has potential happy ending. Still, I like 7DQ better regardless of ratings

There are many discussion about this SDQ but I believe it is mainly timing issue - KBS probably is too ambitious to be competitive or else. They never learned from Beautiful Mind. Both Ruler and SP are not even giant competitor - Ruler's rating not even on the level of Chief Kim, Defendant and Whisper for this year (above 15%). Anyway, I will be tempted to invest my time for SDQ if it is airing at the end of year, especially if it is the only sageuk available. It can also receive more attention that way, so it is actually about the strategy as well.

Yeah there's so much going on in Duel. I think we lost viewers in the first couple of episodes

It's not about tragic ending of the story that keeps Korean viewers from watching it. It's romanticizing the worst king in the entire history of Korea that keeps viewers from tuning in.
Yeonsangun's long list of crimes against women alone is unforgivable. He killed and raped a lot of women. Surely we should understand how they would feel if they were to watch this version for half of this show's run.
Maybe they'll get to show the real Yeonsangun later but it might be too late.

Sageuks used to be a serious means of cultural expression and political awakening. Writers were more conscious about their history. You can kind of feel the pride and passion coming from the pen that wrote the scripts.

What they get now is a bunch of short fluffy fusions and not much about their history.

I want FOS to hit 5% *praying hard*

TBH - at least Grandpa and Mal Sook are still around to give us fun. Grandpa being petty over ice cream is hilarious but he is also a protective grandpa, when he confronted that boy, l honestly laughed at some makjang BGM ? I can actually watch drama with these two as the main casts though.

SDQ - the rating for epi 10 is quite confusing. Some stated 4.4%, some stated 6.4%.

I don't blame the team behind The Best Hit. People as in domestic audience complained a lot about not having enough Hyun Jae/Yoon Shi Yoon, going as far as to saying they'll drop the show entirely. Couple that with the bad press thanks to the banana milk incident involving the child of the actress playing Bo-Hee, they are being extremely cautious. So, they're responding to the feedback they're getting.

Maybe instead of slashing the # of episodes for 7DQ, KBS will make the writer change the story to a happy ending to attract the audience. I can be on board with this approach, KBS. I am willing to blatantly disregard history just to make my Queen happy, yes I am.

I feel bad for the SDQ casts and the production team (also other shows that should get good ratings). Now, I just hope this drama can end well and properly. Please KBS don't cut the number of episodes or try changing the storyline to raise the ratings. Also, hopefully the atmosphere of filming is fun, not easy to syuting sageuk during summer. I hope they can read comments on Naver and know many people encourages them and waiting new episode every week impatiently.

i love youuuu ?

Hahahah! I can totally imagine Oprah saying this!

Hahaha, made my day.

Haha exactly how I feel when I see good dramas with low ratings. If viewers give you low ratings, I'd still rate them as 30% rating.

To me, Duel is so good but some of my friends did drop the drama as it has quite confusing plot with three Yang Se Jong. I guess Duel has its own fans, and not suitable for everyone to watch this drama.

I really like it as well. It's actually a really great show, maybe the first two episodes or so didn't grab enough attention.

We can only lament about the lost opportunities. What could have been if 7DQ had chosen a different approach? :(

Well after reading her comments, I understand the reason for this low rating. But still for me it's like being stabbed, with this kind of production but rating as low as this. With better timing, I think the rating can range from 8 or 9%. Although, I don't know if we can still get the same casts if it's not aired now. Personally, I ove this trio PMY, YWJ and LDG, suporting casts too are so great.

Let's hope that there will be a season 2 with the same lead cast for Circle !! ?

Forest is as good as all the other shows combined for this season. It is about the only one I am really watching.

I don't watch that drama, but I can guess it's because of the time slot? The ratings for that timeslot has been stagnant from the previous drama, Father I'll Take Care of You . It's the long weekend drama, for some reasons, Koreans tune in the tv for the drama. It doesn't considered good ratings as the previously occupied dramas, The Flower in Prison and Marriage Contract.

Circle received a positive feedback online, but it sadly didn't translate to ratings. Some are actually complaining that people around them don't watch the show so they couldn't even talk about it to other people.

10.9% for weekend drama is just average and not something good, in fact for MBC it is low. 10.9% is good for weekday, but not weekend drama.

Korean netizens are currently advertising Circle hard now in the comments section here.? The article about the premiere of Bride of the Water God:
http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0002817177

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[+1334, -97] To the people who haven't watched Circle yet, please make sure to watchㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ It's really a masterpiece and a drama that needs a revaluation.