It’s been a weird run with both SBS drama Why Her (Why Oh Soo Jae) and MBC drama Doctor Lawyer. Both are legal dramas though the latter dealt with medical malpractice specifically. It’s that there was A-list headlining but neither ended up delivering on the ratings or buzz. Why Her had the traction early on hitting 10.1% by episode 4 but then went into a slow decline to the 7% range until this final episode jumped back to 10.7%. Doctor Lawyer started at 5.2% but ratings were in the high 5% to low 6% range for the most part with a few episodes breaking 7%. But neither got consistent buzz, it felt like Doctor Lawyer was mainly forgotten and Why Her later on got articles trying to understand why the early momentum petered out and went downhill. It is what it is and now comes the mid-summer dramas with Big Mouth taking over the time slot from Doctor Lawyer and Today’s Webtoon starting next week in lieu of Why Her.
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Oh now this is getting more fun, I love seeing genuine ratings competition and even better if there is wins to spread around. This Friday saw the second week of airing for new weekend dramas Why Her on SBS and … Continue reading
The SBS–MBC Fri-Sat drama showdown for the next two months was off to the races this weekend and had close first episode ratings but the second episode is widening the gap thanks to a different trajectory ratings move. Doctor Lawyer … Continue reading
There is such a noted lack of buzz for this weekend’s new dramas but heck, if it’s good then they (the viewers) will come. MBC sees the premiere of Doctor Lawyer with So Ji Sub, who is such an A-list … Continue reading
The doctor is here. Oh wait, I mean the lawyer is here. Nope, it’s actually both, the Doctor Lawyer arrives on MBC Fri-Sat time slot on May 27th following Tomorrow ready to treat both ailments and legal transgressions. Putting aside … Continue reading
Looks like MBC is bringing in the big guns for this drama and it definitely has the scope for doubling down on leading men. Shin Sung Rok will be returning to the network next year with Doctor Lawyer, starring So … Continue reading