I posted about 3 weeks ago that Lie to Me was currently #1 on all the major Asian streaming sites and drama sites. China’s Tudou and Youku alone stream hundreds of millions of videos a day. While ratings for LTM domestically are nowhere near abysmal (that would be my darling Playful Kiss), it’s low for a drama starring Yoon Eun Hye and Kang Ji Hwan. It did not meet expectations, period. I know wuri Eun Hye and Ji Hwan have been feeling the pressure for the lackluster ratings, which have zero to due with them, since they are the sole saving grace of this drama. But this ought to cheer them up, as the Korean media is finally picking up on LTM’s insane popularity overseas.
As of today, LTM not only continues to be #1 at mysoju, Tudou, and Youku, it’s #1 at an unprecedented viewing amount. In the 50 days since the drama premiered, it has been viewed over 100 million times on China’s five main streaming sites. This heretofore unheard of online popularity for a drama in China (such high view volume in such a short period of time) has been discussed as highly unlikely to be beat anytime in the near future for any drama. No other drama has ever come close to this view volume in this period of time.
I hope Eun Hye and Ji Hwan’s fan share this news with them, because I’m sure it’ll really raise their spirits. Bear in mind this doesn’t even take into account LTM’s popularity in Japan when it airs. And I’ll bet my shorts it’s going to be a hit Japan. Eun Hye + Ji Hwan = catnip for the kitties in Nippon. The popularity of LTM overseas means that we’ll likely be seeing Ji Hwan and Eun Hye reuniting to promote the drama overseas. That possibilty makes me squee with joy.
[Credit: Nate news]
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What do the numbers look like for the U.S.? Awesome to hear that LTM is breaking records. So sad that the drama is coming to an end. I'm going to miss Kang Ji Hwan and Yoon Eun Hye together and hope they team up again in the future!
This is super great info....please watch Lie to Me... you will love being in-love over & over again! No dull moments watching it so many times!This drama will leave you craving for more!
It's currently #1 on viki.com (ever since it started airing), and it was also #1 on mysoju, like mentionend above. I'm wondering if they have numbers for the live-streaming websites because that must also garner tons of traffic.
It's currently rank number 1 at epdrama.com also.
yay! i love LTM!!!
Yaaaay! 1st one :)
I love this drama even though the plot & pacing is crap! All only bcoz of YEH & KJH. They are super awesome together! Glad that people outside of korea loves & appreciate them :)
good news for them...extensions like playful kiss for fans sakes????
Extensions are doubtful this late in the game, plus KJH's got a busy schedule straight after filming ends...
I don't mind those ratings in Korea, as long I am enjoying this drama.....and see even in other places there so many people who likes this series... I'm actually a Filipina who is residing here in UAE..I really-really like YEH and KJW... like others I want to see them to be married.....it's free to dream so let's just dream about it because sometimes dreams becomes reality....GO YEH/KJW have fun after this drama....
Hi Julianne, you are filipino and you're in the UAE, I am as well. Nice meeting you here. I also love LTM & YEH and KJH with a passion that i have to run home every Monday & Tuesady evening to get my latest update on them. I really don't mind about the rating because i believe that it does not really give you the actual number of people watching a program especially in this age of high technology. Congrats to the cast & crew of LTM.
it has the makings of being no. 1 here also in the Philippines. I'm sure networks here are already clamoring for the rights to air it dubbed in tagalog. will surely watch it again =)
Wow... that's great news... thanks' Ms. Koala... I hope they see this and won't be disappointed with the ratings in Korea...
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that is going gaga for LTM, or is it KJH/YEH!!!!!!!!!!
me, too... thanks again koala...
Woot!! Onliners all over the globe your all awesome. Heheh.
Looks like Yoon Eun Hye will be buying that ticket to J+A+P+A+N after all. Bahahha Yummeh.
"She's leaving *leaving* ooh leaving on a midnight plane to Ji Hwan *Leaving on a midnight plane to Ji Hwan*....She's got to go, she's got to go, she's go to go" fade.
No but on all serious note, its really cool. I too hope their fans get to share this with them and show them that LTM is greatly appreciated. And Them as an OTP even more. Koala I cant sleep and I wanted to stalk your channel one last time before I found something to occupy my time. I find myself being really down because of how LTM ep 14 ended and Its going to be over soon. Too Soon, but Im so ready for the happy ending. I really am.
KILL YOON JOO!!
OMG, I just found out that the actress that plays YJ is in my husbands company. Yes, I was totally surprised today when I clicked on Gong Yoo's company and I was seeing who else was in his company, when her face showed up. Tsk Tsk
hmmm sorry for being so curious Leishers, but is your husband korean?
Our days of "stalking on line" of our favorite couple did paid-off, isn't it?!...It's my first time feeling so proud of my "stalking" antics..lol!
LOL, according to Leishers, her husband is Gong Yoo. As far as I know, he appears to be full-blooded Korean.
And a great kisser.
Very tall.
To-die-for smile.
Formerly Eun Hye's smexiest co-star.
But she's got a new oppa in town now. ;-)
@ockoala
come to think of it, I don't even think I've ever heard YEH address Gong Yoo as oppa during interviews either...
ah love gong yoo! i agree with you 100% koala! :)
but like you said eun hye has a new OPPA!
and his sooooooooo damn handsome!
opps sorry my mistake, ockoala! :)
heheh @Conie
Yep, Gong Yoo is my hubbeh. Its been 4 blissful years now, and we're still counting. heheh
And he is everything that @Koala said too.
GREEAAT kisser
Sexily Tall Hmm Yummeh
Killer sexy smile (still takes my breath away)
And the rest too.
Geezzz! I really thought her husband is Korean..lol! Gong Yoo is the actor in Coffee Prince, right?hah! Leishers..I don't mind if Gong Yoo is your husband, just as long as its not Ji-Hwan! :D..and I totally agree with Koala, you're husband is a good kisser but Ji-Hwan is the BEST kisser nowadays. lol!
@ Conie : if Leisher's husband is Ji Hwan.. I bet Ms. K will ban her from this tread ...*kidding*
yeah!...that is why I am only watching my Ji-Hwan when I'm in her playground, but when I go home to my paradise, he's definitely mine..lol!
LOL...
ooh.. I'd like to correct a bit about Ji Hwan's skill on kiss... well, on cola kiss... he's not kissing.. he's EATING AJ's mouth... shoot!! that's even HOTTER than what Gong Yoo's done in CP... hihihihi....
@peipei
Pardon my ignorance but how did Gong Yoo kissed YEH in CP?
@ bo : you haven't watch CP? you can watch stream at mysoju.com eps. 17...last episode.. then you'll know what i meant.. I'm not a good story teller....but one thing for sure CP had a bed scene :p which is why I'm so anxious waiting in LTM as well
Thanks Peipei that will be my "weaning LTM " target.
@ Leishers : you better put handcuff for your hubbie Gong Yoo... before the biatch Yoon Joo chase after him and calls him OPPA!!... jeez..I still hate her for calling KJ...oppa..oppa.. KILL YOON JOO!!! *heavy sigh* every time I talk about her ..i felt so exhausted and my energy absorb with my own hatred to her...
hahaha ,kill yoon joo!
do gong yoo feels like someone is taking his place?
he probably have lan sau jing on hand.anyway,reminds me ,on x-man ....when kin jun kwok meet eric , he feels someone taking his place.funny!sweet.I hope oppa kwang jin kwan would not feel someone taking his place after they finish Lie to me.when yoon yen hye jump to another project with another male leads!
Peipei78
Thanks for the concern, but Gong Yoo cant ever leave me. Gah, it was love at first site for me, he completely stole me from the very first ep of cp that I watched (Ep 16). But if that YJ chick try to pull one of her stalker LTM moves on him, well I'll get @Angelitocurioso to call in vincenzo for me. heheheh :)
i am so glad that this drama is well received across the globe!.. i need to study for my CPA exams but i still make time for Lie To Me..sad that its ending soon! hopefully, we'll see YEH and KJH in another drama soon...Love song?? anyone??
I second the motion!!!!!!!!
Revive Love Song with YEH and KJH!
They would be soooo perfect. KJH does want to do a melodrama... but it's all about timing. *crossing fingers*
oh hell yesss!!! revive love song lets put it back in the table. kjh is good on melodrama n eun is also good when it comes to crying. oh that will be to die for if they do it...hope soo ..hope so>>>
thank you koala...i'm so happy for YEH-KJH..the best OTP
Hope someone can deliver this good new to the whole team of LTM and especially to HwanHye..Hopefully at least they can feel relief that their hard work is well appreciated and beyond just Korea...hahahah...
Yipppeeee!!!! I'm so so so so happy with this!!! Im sure this news has reached the cast and crews of LTM..I remember Playful Kiss has the same fate with LTM when it aired in Korea but then Youtube gave them a special youtube version of the drama...this would surely boost the spirit of our cola couple and I hope through this the writer would give us online viewers a special treat as the drama comes to its end next week. Thanks for this wonderful update Koala..this news certainly bring me good vibe today after my sad rants about the writer yesterday. :)