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Descendants of the Sun Premieres to DOUBLE the Ratings of Please Come Back Ahjusshi


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I don’t know if there ever really was an entire era of the star led K-drama wave, when viewers tuned in solely for the actor or actress alone. That clearly is not the case in recent years, with A-list stars fizzing out on television drama ratings and newbies garnering top shelf viewership on the strength of the drama story. My gut tells me it’s narrative driven these days, but it doesn’t mean the popularity of a star (or many stars together) won’t induce audiences to tune in initially for a drama. With that said, the K-media wondering who among the upcoming Wed-Thurs bloodbath will bring in the eyeballs has the first results in.


The two dramas premiering head-to-head are KBS drama Descendants of the Sun, with Korean golden son Song Joong Ki and Hallyu star Song Hye Kyo, against Please Come Back Ahjusshi on SBS starring singer-actor Rain with tons of name recognition along with current K-drama ratings queen Oh Yeon Seo with a side of Lee Min Jung. Ratings for Wednesday’s episode 1 garnered a promising 14.3% AGB/12.6% TNmS nationwide for DotS while Ahjusshi started off half that at 6.6% AGB/8.0% TNmS ratings. Already airing MBCdrama One More Happy Ending had no movement with the arrival of these two new dramas, remaining static at 5% ratings.


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First off, a big congrats to DotS and the Song-Song pairing, not to mention another notch in screenwriter Kim Eun Sook‘s belt. Coming shortly thereafter to join the fray in two weeks isMoon Chae Won with her golden record of ratings hits alongside Lee Jin Wook in Goodbye Mr. Black. Will you check out any of these dramas for one or both of the leads, or will the decision be based on the interest in the story being told?


I like that the three dramas are totally different in genre and narrative, sometimes K-dramas get into a trend and a slew of same topic dramas get the green light at once. Here the three are soooooo different it almost feels like viewers are getting the short shrift in having to choose among them. Looks like the big budget medical and disaster drama has the momentum out of the gate, only time and additional episodes will tell if DotS can maintain it.


http://koalasplayground.com/2016/02/24/descendants-of-the-sun-premieres-to-double-the-ratings-of-please-come-back-ahjusshi/#more-73075


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The cinematography of 'Descendants of the Sun' looked really good from ep1. I'm satisfied with the first episode, hope the remaining series lives up to it and has a strong and coherent plot.

i hope so too. more likely for this drama since it's filmed entirely pre-production so there won't be wonky happenings and weak-ass endings, hopefully. 

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i hope so too. more likely for this drama since it's filmed entirely pre-production so there won't be wonky happenings and weak-ass endings, hopefully. 

 

Yeah, pre-production is always a good sign that the script and execution is more polished and coherent. I'm happy they went that route.

Though it doesn't avoid all issues, e.g. Cheese in the trap seems to have lost a bit of its sense of direction and flare in the last 2 weeks. Hopefully it will pick up.

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Kim Eun-sook has my respect she will definitely deliver with this one as well and expected of her to smoke come back mister like it was nothing but honestly speaking I don't think Desendants of the sun will ever reach Heirs in hype and turning into break away hit like that internationally heirs was a freakshow that became phenonomen on another level

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I hope their both will deliver good stories,

I hope rating for drama can increase,

Hope OMHE also increase in rating,I also hope they knew how to make online rating visible and official so it quite clear that the drama has audience, I find tv house rating is lower than online interest in the drama

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