K-remake of Criminal Minds Passes Midway Airing and Drops to 2% range from Premiere Ratings High of 4%

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• The drama remains between 2% - 3%. This week odd number episode reached the lowest at 2% but by thursday went back up to normal viewership at 2.5%. I love Lee Jun Ki so very much but this drama is boring and not enganging at all. The cases direction is repetitive and there is no element if surprise that hook you. No problem with the acting but hell lot of problems with writing and directing. Such a waste of great takents in LJK, MCW and SHJ. I was so against LJK doing a remake and I was right. CM definitely not the worst drama out there but not something I enjoy despite headline by my fave lineup of actors.

• I never was a fan of the original version. And not a fan of the korean one. I don't like the way the investigations are presented, it's pretty boring.

  But The Good Wife was really great ! The story and the actors ! A really good remake :)

• I dropped, something is lacking . I've been wondering what it is . It lacks emotion, thrill, intensity. The actors seem "stone faced" people. In the original version, every member is important, they 're like a family. They see the worst side of some humans but the viewer stills see a kind of light. I think that koreans should stick with what they do the best : their own dramas( signal, Forest secret, tunnel...) Entourage was a flop, "the good wife", even with very good actors wasn't all that. I heard they are targeting "The mentalist" ! Please no!!!

  • Honestly , it's a flop ! It's the 2 nd flop for Moon Chae Won after a string of successes. And another one for Lee Jun ki. OCN "Save me " hit 3% this week !

    • Off of topic, but i'm afraid that Ha Ji won's drama isn't going to do well too. Watched the épisodes and i wasn't thrilled. As for KBS weekend drama with Park Shi Hoo came in 1st with solid ratings. I think that viewers don't bother with scandals !!!

    • KBS weekend dramas always do well. They always get above 30% and for the really good ones they get above 40%. Will have to wait and see. Park Shi Hoo got a lot of criticism for his acting in the first episode but the storyline is fast paced. And yes, why should viewers care about scandal if they can act?

    • Yes Kbs weekend dramas always do well, i agree , his acting is a little weird , I have a feeling of déjà vu. The impression that he was taken off of "Chungdamdong Alice" and put directly in this drama . And my point is that "scandals" doesn't matter if viewers get what they want from a drama or a movie.

    • It's not a flop for a cable tv's drama.
      It's average and pretty standard.
      Most TvN's dramas this year ranging around the same - Chicago Typewriter, Circle, Bride of the Water God. Even "Man to Man" at Jtbc hit around the same viewership.
      Your consideration of a flop is obviously because you are comparing the show with "Goblin", "Woman of Dignity" and "Signal" which are of astronomical figures.
      To be honest, K-dramas not faring well this year compare to 2016. Even at public tv stations, except for "Defendant" and "Chief Kim", the rest are settling around the same figures with the highest meddling at the lower teens.
      So, it's totally not justified to brand CM as a flop.

• Honestly, I think Korean dramas have fallen in a rut. I don't know how many dramas I started watching this year that I never finished. Ideally, some dramas have interesting concepts, but the execution and writing does not engage and fizzles out. Also, there are so many detective, medical, and lawyer storylines usually involving corrupted politics. After watching so many, the storylines seem so predictable. And if it's not that, it's idol actors being cast that can't act.

  • @AnneAkemi, you spoke exactly my mind. I dropped so promising dramas since last year. I don't understand why drama's industry doesn't reflect on the bad ratings and do nothing about the lack of interest for their productions ?

  • Agree. Can't be bothered any more with K-dramas. Only saw a few J dramas this year. Not bad content and also short.

    And the poor ratings of dramas of Lee Junki and Ha Jiwon also indicates that the era of Hallyu stars is past. Also what Korean audiences watch is not what I-auds watch so maybe the drama makers need to focus on local market instead of making half baked productions with high profile names with an eye on China etc.

    • Maybe first gen hallyu stars but I think PSH & LJS are still very relevant and their dramas always do well. It's just a bad year for kdrama. It happens from time to time.

• The drama was ok. But cameraworks and cinematography wise it is so lackluster that you'd think its low budgeted. Was actually watching for the romance side but even if we have JunKi here theres just something lcking with the script and all. Too bad. Was really looking forward to this but i dropped it at ep 6.

• The drama is pretty boring and mediocre. The only things I like about it are LJK and MCY... but I don't even like their characters.

  This drama is weak in several aspects: writing, directing, supporting actors...

  What a waste.

• Despite the casting of the three main leads, the drama fails to keep me glued to the screen. At first, I thought it was simply the editing that was the main problem. But after repeatedly trying to watch an episode without fast forwarding, I realized that it just doesn't have the kind of narrative that I was hoping for. To put it simply, I would rather watch Signal or Voice again than watch this, so I finally stopped watching after episode 8.

  Ratings wise, its Thursdays were doing okay (for a cable around 3% is a hit) so I don't think it as a flop. But if it continues to lose viewers at this rate, I really hope they would stop making Korean adaptation of already aired shows.

  • Goblin and reply 1988 got 20%, swdbs and woman of dignity also achieved high rating.
    3% in tv cable won't be considered a hit now

    • 3% may won't considered a hit now but definitely not a flop. How many cable dramas in a year that could reach Goblin and Woman Dignity's ratings? Probably 10 out of 100 esp with tvN's dramas this year

    • It's on a totally new timeslot and a late night show some more.
      Cable TV's dramas normally ranging around that percentage so it's not being considered a flop. If you compare with other TvN dramas this year like "Tomorrow With You" and "Chicago Typewriter" airing at TvN's primetime slot (same time with "Goblin" and "Answer Me 1988"), CM definitely rated higher.
      The only reason some considering it a flop is because of the A-listers headlining the drama. We are talking about LJK, MCW and SHJ whom are big names but being victimized by the poor writing and directing.

    • @Allison no this is a flop. Because when Taecyon and Seo Ye Ji's dark as hell drama in OCN is increasing in numbers starting from 1% to steadily 3% while being critically acclaimed and a tvn drama with high profile writer, cast fails to keep their numbers from falling, there's no if's and but's. Its a flop. Lee Jun Ki, badluck once again in drama. It neither has the numbers nor the critical acclaim.

• as a huge fan of the US one it's disappointing. none of the characters are as interesting

• The drama is boring. I am a regular watcher of the US, and a fan of crime dramas/ shows but I could barely watch this.

  Feel bad for LJK as his recent works in dramaland result in disappoint rating and reviews.

• Boring. Lee jun ki needs to pick better script. He is so bad at choosing projects.