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Queen of Tears Special Episode Part 1 Gets Astonishing 5.027% ​​​Ratings on Just BTS Scenes and Lead Interviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 4, 2024 by ockoalaMay 4, 2024
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Jesus, at this point tvN is just minting money via CFs thanks to Queen of Tears. The network announced a few weeks past that after the finale weekend it would air two special episodes in the following weekend. Fans hoped for added scenes and whatnot, actual new stuff, but it turned out to be interviews of the leads and bloopers. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Queen of Tears Becomes tvN’s Highest Rating K-drama of All Time with 24.850% in Final Episode Delivering Happy Ending After Excess of Ridiculous Plot Elements in Final Episodes

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 28, 2024 by ockoalaApril 29, 2024
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I had such a good time watching tvN drama Queen of Tears live. THIS is the spectacle and feels I live for as a K-drama watcher, we all want to see dramas that arrive which bring out strong emotions, This was my personal favorite Park Ji Eun penned drama, which just says I liked but never loved You From Another … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Queen of Tears Lead Cast Posts Commemorative Posters to Celebrate the Drama Breaking 20% Ratings

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 26, 2024 by ockoalaApril 26, 2024
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So Queen of Tears was filmed in 2023 and wrapped awhile ago so it’s not a surprise that the leads are scattered to the winds. But they will be having a second wrap party since the drama is doing gangbuster ratings and massive buzz, plus tvN is releasing two additional special episodes so I’m assuming the main cast is getting … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Kwak Dong Yeon, Lee Joo Bin, Park Sung Hoon, Queen of Tears

tvN to Broadcast Last Two Episodes of Queen of Tears 10 Minutes Earlier Due to Adding More Scenes to the Finale Episodes

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 24, 2024 by ockoalaApril 23, 2024
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Well this may seem like small news but for the excited fans who have been enjoying this rare occasion of live-watching an event K-drama it’s important to know so as to not miss anything. tvN has announced an earlier by 10 minutes start time for the broadcast of the final two episodes of Queen of Tears this weekend. So it … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Penultimate Weekend of Queen of Tears Reaches 21.625% Ratings as a Life Saving Medical Procedure Sends the OTP into a Final Test of Their Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 21, 2024 by ockoalaApril 21, 2024
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It’s the second to last weekend airing of tvN hit drama Queen of Tears and I’m so not ready to let go. It’s like we viewers are parallel living the nostalgia and amazing experience of watching this drama along with in-drama female lead Hae In trying to keep her memories of her love and marriage to husband Hyun Woo. What … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

tvN Announces that Queen of Tears is Officially the Highest Rated Network K-drama in Seoul Ratings Over Crashing Landing on You and Goblin

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 15, 2024 by ockoalaApril 16, 2024
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So tvN weekend drama Queen of Tears is chasing it’s older sibling Crash Landing on You in nationwide ratings with four more episodes left but the network officially posted a congrats revealing that QoT actually surpassed CLOY in Seoul ratings already. QoT is officially the highest rated tvN drama in Seoul area ratings with 23.072%, CLOY second with 22.677%, and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Queen of Tears Episode 12 Surpasses 20% Ratings to Become 2nd Highest tvN Drama of All Time as Plot Continues Tightly Weaves Through Sweet and Sorrow

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 14, 2024 by ockoalaApril 14, 2024
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Man, I feel like I need to decompress after Queen of Tears is done. It’s so so good that watching it takes so much emotion out of me, in the best way of course. Episode 12 vaulted to 20.732% ratings breaking 20% and also putting it now 2nd highest rated tvN drama of all time just behind Crash Landing on … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Queen of Tears Episode 10 Reaches 18% Ratings Becoming Second Highest Rated tvN Drama of All Time with 6 More Episodes Left

A Koala's Playground Posted on April 7, 2024 by ockoalaApril 7, 2024
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I have it give it to screenwriter Park Ji Eun, she’s getting better and better with each drama and that’s saying a lot since her earlier drama You From Another Star is a seminal once-in-a-decade type hit that created a wave through all of Asia and beyond. But here we are ten years and a few dramas later with Queen … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Queen of Tears Episode 8 Achieves 16% Ratings and Enters Legendary Status with Incredible Storytelling, Characterization, and Acting

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 31, 2024 by ockoalaApril 1, 2024
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So the top actor Song Joong Ki cameo happened this weekend in episode 8 of Queen of Tears and it wasn’t even the best thing about this weekend’s episodes. This drama is FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS so hard there is ricochet and we are all just lucky to be experiencing this live. Episode 8 reached 16.143% ratings and in comparison … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears, Song Joong Ki

Kim Ji Won Parlays Well Received Female Lead Role in Hit Drama Queen of Tears into Landing Two CF Brands in One Week

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 28, 2024 by ockoalaMarch 28, 2024
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Since the world of CFs and brand endorsements live and die by buzz, stars do need to capitalize when hot and accept it when not. Last week Han So Hee had two of her brand endorsements end without renewing, and one of them was a big soju brand which has now selected Kim Ji Won as its new spokesmodel. Kim … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Kim Ji Won

Queen of Tears Passes 14% Ratings in Episode 6 as the OTP Action Takes a Return Trip to Germany with More Reveals

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 25, 2024 by ockoalaMarch 25, 2024
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So the trajectory of tvN drama Queen of Tears remains on pace to join the network’s pantheon of top 10 K-dramas of all time, and maybe even higher on the list than that. It helps that the two leads excellent acting and chemistry is coupled with a broader storyline about her health and also the quartet of sneaky villains that … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Queen of Tears Hit Status Heightens Excitement for Top Actor Song Joong Ki’s Cameo Reunion with PD From Vincenzo and Former Costars Kim Ji Won and Kim Soo Hyun

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 22, 2024 by ockoalaMarch 21, 2024
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There is going to be so much love going around behind the set when Song Joong Ki makes that announced cameo in tvN drama Qeen of Tears. His presence is three fold, the PD also directed him in his hit drama Vincenzo and he has worked with female lead Kim Ji Won twice in Descendants of the Sun and Arthdal … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears, Song Joong Ki

Episode 4 of Queen of Tears Reaches 12.985% Ratings as the Reveal of a Lost Pregnancy Throws Even More Poignancy on the OTP

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 17, 2024 by ockoalaMarch 17, 2024
Emotional confrontation between two characters.

So watching the Queen of Tears is like reading a brilliantly paced novel where the story is good but the way it’s being told is even better. Episode 4 stormed the rating barricades delivering 12.985% which is astonishing in the speed of this drama’s hook, line, and sinker. The last big K-drama hit Reborn Rich got to over 11% in episode … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

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