The tvN Mon-Tues drama Lovely Runner has reached the 2/3rd point of its airing, finishing episode 10 as of this week. The drama started off with 3.073% ratings and has gone up to 4% in the last 4 episodes with the highest at 4.759%. I can see it breaking 5%, and maybe even 6% in the final episode, so let’s see. The increase in ratings in a positive trajectory is good for the drama albeit not great since it’s not big increases, but what is for sure amazing is the buzz, continued positive viewer reviews, and a breakthrough performance by Byun Woo Seok and another great performance by Kim Hye Yoon. Between the two leads, he’s getting more of a career boost and from the online buzz also more interest from the viewers. For example, in the May star brand index has Kim Soo Hyun still #1 with 9M but Byun Woo Seok is a surprise 2nd place with 8M heat index. But it’s not a zero sum competition and both leads are selling the story, romance, and multiple genre twists so well.