jTBC Weekend Drama Welcome to Samdalri Ends Highly Successful Run at 12.399% But Oddly Not a Lot of Buzz

The K-dramas that started before the holidays season are one by one wrapping up and this weekend on jTBC the slice of life seaside drama Welcome to Samdalri ended with the final episode 16 getting a super high 12.399%. It’s definitely on the list of highest rated jTBC dramas of all time now but the weird thing is this drama didn’t have much buzz during its run. Perhaps the viewers were ones not on the internet all the time and just going about their lives and watching this drama on weekends without feeling the need to talk about it. It doesn’t surprise me that the drama is a hit, with two veteran leading stars in Shin Hye Sun and Ji Chang Wook and a sprawling cast of talented supporting leads and a returning to the hometown type of story that has in the past done well in ratings.

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Penultimate Episode 11 of See You in My 19th Life Reveals the Real Life/Death Conflict in the 1st Life Setting the Stage for a Cathartic Ending

So there is a Chinese saying that to untie a bell one needs the person who tied the bell (解鈴還須繫鈴人) which means that to resolve a problem one needs the person who caused it in the first person to do … Continue reading

tvN Fantasy Romance See You in My 19th Life Averaging 5% Ratings Through Episode 6 as the Story Continues to be Carried by Shin Hye Sun’s Stellar Acting

I wanted See You in My 19th Life to be better than it is but what it is remains worth watching. The Sat-Sun drama is now through episode 6 and the ratings are high 4% on Saturdays and low 5% … Continue reading