TV Report Releases Industry PDs Vote on Best Dramas in Recent Years

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• Oh dear.
  I've seen not a single one of these.

  • No wonder the k- dramas lately aren't catching my interest anymore - and lower viewership ratings speaks volumes. PD taste sucks.

    • ha.. the rating drop coz people didn't have to watch the drama only in TV anymore duh

    • Actually the PDs have great taste. Misaeng was a standout. One of the best written and acted dramas I've seen in years.

    • @earone No, that's just an excuse, because in 2014, there were 20%-30% ratings for Empress Ki. Of course people are watching online but if the drama is really good, you'll also rope in the tv viewers. Duh. With the exception of Misaeng, I dropped most of the other dramas on the list.

    • Misaeng was a standout indeed, but it's weird they all voted for it... because it's pretty atypical for a kdrama.

      If they all think it's so good, I wish they would make more dramas like that, but not seeing that happening yet. We seem to be continuing with the same sort of stuff so far...

    • You spoke of my voice. I've been finding it harder and harder to locate a K drama that piques my interest to an extent that I won't hesitate to marathon through the final episode as I did for several dramas which are not in this PDs' list.

  • Then you've missed out some gems.

    • And heard it through the grapevine is absolute delight to watch. So far to recent episode, there's nothing to complaints about this drama writing, directing, and acting.

• Pride and prejudice. Ugh! I'm surprsed Healer didn't make the list and that snooze-fest did.

  • Ugh I know right?! I displayed extraordinary levels of patience for that drama but still couldn't finish it. Healer should definitely have made the list. Definitely successful if I rematch a drama right after I have finished the whole series.
    Pinocchio should have been there too. Felt that it had one of the tightest plots.
    Misaeng is good but super depressing :/

    • Yeah i do wonder how come Pinocchio didn't make it to the list. it was very interesting and intense.one of its strong points was the plot.

    • I dropped both Pinochio and Hearlers, got so bored so quickly.

  • so true. i couldn't even finish P&P and dropped cause it was so boring. healer on the other hand..it was one of the best dramas this year and to think it started airing in the end of 2014. hehe

    • Agree, Healer and Pinocchio should have been on the list... Dropped P&P in the middle...

  • Yes! How can Healer have such ardent fans, yet not even rate in the top 10?

• Pride & Prejudice? Really? Was that one vote cast by the PD of that drama, because it started out so promisingly but its storyline got more and more convoluted by the end so we didn't even care what the central mystery WAS anymore. But the cast was fantastic, so I give them credit for that.

  The rest of the list looks good and I totally agree with the choice of Misaeng for the best drama of recent years, but if cable series were being considered, then jtBC's Can We Get Married + Yoona's Street and tvN's Answer Me 1997 should have been considered too. Especially CWGM.

  • Yeah, from the list above, I just interested in Punch. And I agree with you... can we get married is really good.

• Misaeng, Punch, Kill Me Heal Me and What with This Family were definitely my favorites lately.

• I haven't watched Misaeng or Punch either.. I know they are good dramas but the genre nor cast appeals to me.. I'll watch it someday LOL! I'm surprised Pinocchio didn't make the list though since the ratings weren't bad and it did get very good reviews.

• Pride and Prejudice! Really!!!

• I'm really surprised pinocchio didn't make the list. Because it was the higher rating drama more than the dramas in the list except YCFTS. And it was commercially huge success more than YCFTS.

  • punch highest rating 14,8%(final episode) Pinocchio highest ratings 13.3% (final episode) - AGB

  • Pinocchio is more commercially successful than YWCFS?!? No way, not even close.

    • pinocchio is the most expensive drama so far and yes its price is several times of YWCFS

    • I am not defining "commercially successful" just based on the price of the drama sold. All K-dramas got more and more expensive since YWCFS, including 3 Days which aired right after it. Would you say then 3 Days and all the rest of the 2014 dramas more commercially successful than YWCFS?!? No way, not even close.

    • @Kate.. yes I do agree. actually what I want to say was that Pino is the most expensive drama so far so its fan think it was a commercially successful.
      I hope this blog has edit button haha

  • Punch is still the reigning king of weekdays drama after the slump in 2014. If I'm not mistaken it even gets to 17% (maybe in Seoul) according to some sources. It's about 'best dramas' not 'commercially/rating success dramas'.

    • They had high times in different times but what matters is the average ratings..

      KMHM, Punch, and Pinocchio had the same ratings while healer was clearly a failure seen it was on the sad end of 10& which means actully 8% average viewers.. they didn't even made the 2digits but however KMHM, punch and Pinocchio did 2 digits 10,1%, 10,6% and 10,6%.. So team pino deserved to be on the list considering ratings and had better viewership in these dramas overseas but they couldn't be sold because of the shaft deadline and Pino got thru before that so they can't that fact since it would be under fair for Punch and KMHM but aside from that they were all equal shows...

    • Sorry to much gram-errors! lool!

      what I meant is that all these shows are equal.. But pino was sold before the deadline? so there overseas viewership shouldn't count? where as KMHM and Punch didn't..

    • That is incorrect of Healer ratings, and no failure at all. It average 9% and broke double digits several times --- 10%, 10.8%, 11.3%, 10.4%. So clearly, not a failure by no mean AT ALL and was close to others, so if it was a failure, the others are failures too. They are all with 1-2% difference.

    • Also, because there is a lot of incorrect information here.

      Punch was released in 2014, so it did make the deadline, but there was no appeal internationally.

      But, Hyde Jekyll and Me was sold internationally in the same level as Healer and Pinocchio, and that was released the same time as KMHM, but KMHM was in no levels compared to others international success. Although I am not a fan of HJM, it had big international appeal. Healer and Pinocchio was a huge success internationally. Punch and KMHM did not translate well internationally.

  • Pinocchio was nowhere near YCFTS when it comes to commercially success. However I do agree with the list except maybe you who came from the stars should have been in the first place..

    Pinocchio on the other didn't have better ratings then KMHM, Punch or Misaeng even heard it thru the grape wine

    • It's true that YWCFTS is more commercially successful but pino has better rating than KMHM in both nationwide and seoul. Even the average rating pino is higher and has the same average rating as punch; 10.6% while KMHM 10.1%

    • @radiantglow: KMHM had greater buzz around it and a fantastic performance from Ji Sung to boot. Pinocchio in comparison... well...

  • good drama is not about rating, many good drama has less rating because the story mostly didn' t captivate many audience may many people like story that telling about fairytale which is happy n fun n usually story about reality didn't attract attention or story which need our brain to think many people didn't like it

  • If you want to talk about rating,You're All Surrounded(2014) earned the second highest viewer ratings in 2014 after YCFTS(2013-2014) and also quite popular in China. Unfortunately, Sewol tragedy does affect the number of viewers. K-netz not in a mood to watch dramas.

• I've watched everything except secret love affair.
  I am glad that MISAENG is number one cause it is super awesome drama. A little sad NINE did not make it to the list, or HEALER as well as any of any REPLY series. But over all I like the list. The drama posted are some of my faves.

• Punch, Misaeng & Heard it Through the Grapevine my favourite

• Kill Me Heal Me The Best