This Monday has three new K-drama premieres which caught me off guard since I’ve been on a Wed-Thurs Why Secretary Kim haze the last few weeks. First ups is major props to smaller cable network jTBC for breaking it’s own premiere record as medical drama Life  with Lee Dong Wook and Jo Seung Woo which brought 4.334% which broke the first episode premiere record set three months ago by Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food (Something in the Rain). Unfortunately the prime time dramas continued with low rating streak as SBS new arrival Thirty But Seventeen started off with 5.7% and 7.1% and bringing up the rear was MBC‘s medical rom-com Risky Romance with 4.1% and 3.5%. The already airing KBS drama Are You Human Too stayed steady with 4.6% and 5.6%. What’s promising all around is K-netizen feedback from South Korea with across the board good reviews for all three newcomers – audiences like the fun of both Thirty and Risky Romance and find Life critically impressive. Continue reading →