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KBS tightens grip with 'Descendants of the Sun,' 'Signal' hogs cable viewership!!!

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SEOUL, March 14 (Yonhap) -- KBS continued its ratings lead over terrestrial networks with its drama "Descendants of the Sun" last week, with tvN's "Signal" capturing the top cable viewership as it held its season finale, data showed Monday.

 

Starring actor Song Joong-ki and actress Song Hye-kyo, "Descendants of the Sun" fetched 28.0 percent of viewers between last Monday and Sunday, data by Nielsen Korea showed.

 

In Seoul, it claimed 31.2 percent on Thursday, the first time the show has entered the 30 percent range.

 

 

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"Descendants of the Sun" tells a love story between an Army captain and a doctor who travel to the fictitious war-torn country of Uruk to save lives.

 

With "My Love from the Star," the benchmark for recent drama success in Korea, taking 17 episodes to reach that level, the KBS 2TV series dethroned the SBS epic to become the most popular drama of recent years.

 

Meanwhile, "Please Come Back, Mister," an SBS show aired in the same Wednesday-Thursday night time slot, fell way behind the KBS front-runner with 5.4 percent.

 

On the cable side, the tvN crime series "Signal" took 11.75 percent of viewers in a tour de force for a non-romantic cable production.

 

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In "Signal," a criminal profiler communicates with a detective, who lives in the past, via mystical walkie-talkies to solve cold cases. It wrapped up Saturday with a viewership high of 13.4 percent, the first time a criminal thriller on a cable channel finished with a double-digit viewing rate.

 

Among daily dramas, KBS once again led the board with "Sweet Home, Sweet Honey," which captured 27.1 percent of viewers.

 

MBC's "Beautiful You," in the same Monday-Friday night time slot, finished with less than half that viewership with 12.5 percent.

 

Among weekend dramas, KBS 2TV's "Five Children" continued to outperform its rivals with a 25.2 percent viewership. MBC's "Happy Home" was a distant second with 13.6 percent.

 

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Signal seems interesting.

 

DoTS seems cliche as hell but Song Joongki should be stopped. I only watched one episode and all those smirks are painfully twisting my Fallopian tubes :rlytearpls:

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DOTS is actually good drama. The production is no joke, it's really visually appealing (especially cast) but story-line and characters are entertaining as well.

Signal was simply amazing. I NEED 2ND SEASON. The ending was so open that it IS possible even writer said that, I hope director and main cast will agree.

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DOTS is actually good drama. The production is no joke, it's really visually appealing (especially cast) but story-line and characters are entertaining as well.

Signal was simply amazing. I NEED 2ND SEASON. The ending was so open that it IS possible even writer said that, I hope director and main cast will agree.

May i know how amazing it was? cause i heard some ppl said it was boring?

 

Isit similar to RWOTS drama?

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May i know how amazing it was? cause i heard some ppl said it was boring?

 

Isit similar to RWOTS drama?

What 'RWOTS' is? 

It's really good but maybe since I love crime dramas. It was really clean, nothing slacked off, the cases were interesting and overall cool concept, I recommend. 

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What 'RWOTS' is? 

It's really good but maybe since I love crime dramas. It was really clean, nothing slacked off, the cases were interesting and overall cool concept, I recommend. 

RWOTS = Remember War Of The Son,

 

arent you watch that drama before? No?lol  :hurr:

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May i know how amazing it was? cause i heard some ppl said it was boring?

 

Isit similar to RWOTS drama?

You have to watch it yourself to know how amazing it was. I guess some ppl said it was boring because there aren't much romance in the drama or because they're not into crime/thriller/sci-fi dramas. But, it's worth to watch, really. It's the best drama ever (at least for me). And it's better than DOTS actually (well, I'm biased af. sry).  :)

 

Signal is an amazing drama from beginning to end! The best drama of 2016 :)  I hope they make a season 2 

Yes, pleaseeee  :la:  :la:

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