I’ve been girding myself for the concluding week of tvN fantasy drama Hwayugi (A Korean Odyssey) that I didn’t really process just how many new K-dramas were premiering this Saturday. Four new arrivals of different genres hit the small screen all with decent starts. On the prime time networks, KBS is finishing up long running drama My Golden Life with got 38.1% for this Saturday’s episode 49, and it’s competition with MBC‘s My Husband Oh Jak Doo started off with 7.9% and 10.4% while over on SBS there was Good Witch with slightly higher with 9.2% up to 11.7% for airing four half an hour episodes. On the cable side, tvN’s Hwayugi went up to 5.945% making it a happy ending of the ratings sort that it will break 6% again for the final episode on Sunday. Misty airing on jTBC continues to rock and roll going up to 7.693%, and the other new cable arrivals Children of the Lesser God on OCN got 2.519% and TV Chosun‘s sageuk Grand Prince brought in 2.519%. Variety is back on weekends so go check out one of the new arrivals if anything looks interesting. Continue reading →