KBS's Monday drama has been recording humiliating viewership for several years. There is no sign of recovery. Against this backdrop, KBS2's new Monday drama "Let's Catch the Flesh" (written by Bae so-young, directed by Lee Ho Lee Hyun-kyung) was broadcast for the first time on the 18th.
In recent years, the ratings of KBS monthly fire dramas can be said to be very humiliating, and there is no sign of recovery. In this case, on the 18th of this month, KBS2's new drama "Grab Your Collar" (screenwriter Bae so-young, directors Lee Ho, Lee Hyun-kyung) will be broadcast.
'Let's Get Caught Once' is a melodramatic chase thriller drama in which a reporter who catches bad guys and a detective from a powerful team who handcuffs bad guys fall into a huge whirlpool while tracking down a series of murders together. It is the comeback of Kim Skye, who is called the 'Viewership Queen' for the first time in 8 years, and it was highly anticipated even before the broadcast.
"Grab Your Collar" is a romantic suspense drama that tells the story of a reporter who grabs the collar of a bad guy and a criminal police officer of the serious crime team who handcuffs the bad guy and tracks down a serial murder case and is caught up in a huge whirlpool. This is Kim Ha Na, known as the "Queen of Ratings", who is known as the "Queen of Ratings", for the first time in 8 years, and it was highly anticipated by the audience before the broadcast.
Kim Sky was brought to the forefront and hunted for viewership, but "Let's Get Caught Once" didn't get off to a good start from the first episode. Because I accepted a report card that didn't meet my expectations. In addition, from the beginning, only provocative scenes such as infidelity and corpses appeared, which raised eyebrows.
Although Kim Ha Na is in charge to save the ratings, the ratings from the first episode of "Hold Your Collar" have not been ideal, and there has been no expected good results. And from the very beginning, there were exciting scenes such as extramarital affairs and corpses, which couldn't help but make people frown.
The first episode recorded a viewership rating of 2.8% (Nielsen Korea, based on the national average). The first episode of "Phantom Sonata" scored 4.3%, but "Let's Get Caught Once" started with a 1.5% lower figure. I expected the second inning to be a little better, but instead of rising, it fell even more than the first, recording 2.7%.
The first episode had a rating of 2.8% (Nielsen Korea, national average rating). The ratings of the first episode of the successor drama "Fantasy Sonata" were 4.3%, which was 1.5% higher than "Grab Your Collar". I was expecting an improvement in episode 2, but instead of rising, the ratings dropped to only 2.7%.
It's a shame in terms of topicality. Coincidentally, on the same day that episodes 1 and 2 of "Let's Get Caught in the Throat" were broadcast, the MLB World Tour Seoul Series 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the Seoul Series) game between the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Team Korea was played. It was the first game between the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and San Diego's Ha-Seong Kim, and the first official game for the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shohei Ohtani, the first MLB two-time unanimous MVP winner.
Judging from the degree of discussion on the topic alone, it is not satisfactory. Coincidentally, on the day of the premiere of "Grab the Collar", the MLB World Tour Seoul Series 2024 (hereinafter referred to as the Seoul Series) was played between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres. This is the first game of the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and the San Diego Padres' Kim Ha Sung in South Korea, and it is also the first official game of the Los Angeles Dodgers by Shohei Ohtani, the first MLB unanimous MVP winner, so "Grab Your Collar" has completely lost its sense of existence.
It's not just a story of "let's get caught in the face." Recently, KBS's Monday drama has not been able to achieve such results since "Oasis," which aired last year. 'Oasis' started in the 6% range, rose to 7~8% in the middle of the game, and ended with 9.7% in the final episode. As a follow-up to this work, 'I Happened to Meet You' was broadcast, but it ended after 4~5% of the show.
It's not just "Grab Your Collar", the KBS Moon Fire drama has been doing poorly recently following "Oasis", which aired last year. "Oasis" started with a rating of 6%, the mid-term rating rose to 7%~8%, and the final episode ended with a rating of 9.7%. The follow-up drama "I Met You by Chance" ended after hovering between 4%~5% in ratings.
After "I Happened to Meet You", I had an uncontrollably low number. The follow-up to this work was "My Heart Beats", and it started at 4% and ended at 3%. Next, 'Soon Conqueror' suffered the humiliation of recording 0.9% after always being in the 1% range.
After "I Met You by Chance", it showed irretrievably sluggish ratings, and the premiere rating of the successor drama "Heartbeat" was 4%, and finally ended with 3%. After that, the ratings of the TV series "Innocent Boxer" remained at about 1%, and finally ended with an embarrassing rating of 0.9%.
KBS, which failed at the box office one after another, used Kim Sky-yeol, who recorded an audience rating in the 8~9% range with "On the Way to the Airport," which aired in 2016, as a relief pitcher, but it did not achieve any significant results. Viewers visited the 'Let's Get Caught Meat' content open talk and said, "The public broadcaster is broadcasting a drama that has been made like this," and "Even it is a rebroadcast, but it doesn't even attract attention. There should be a room when you turn the channel for a while", "The acting is too awkward", "The story is quite clumsy", "The content is frustrating", and "It's a shame that it's Kim Sky's comeback", citing the reasons for the sluggish viewership.
KBS, which has continuously failed in ratings, invited Kim Ha Na, who made the ratings reach 8~9% in "The Way to the Airport" broadcast in 2016, as a savior, but it still did not improve. Netizens left messages in the open chat room of "Grab Your Collar", saying, "Public TV actually broadcasts such a TV series", "I can't watch a replay, I need to have an attractive point", "The acting is too unnatural", "The storyline is quite rough", "It's very depressing to watch", "I heard that it's Kim Ha Na's comeback, it's a pity", etc., pointing out the reasons for the low ratings.
It has just begun, and there are plenty of opportunities for a rebound, but the fact remains that there must be a "shot" that catches the attention of viewers. It will be interesting to see if "Let's Catch the Meat" will make a big splash and increase viewership.
Although it is only just getting started and there are many opportunities for reversal, the show really needs a point that can catch the audience's attention. Whether "Grab Your Collar" can be reversed in the later stage and increase the ratings has attracted much attention.
"Let's Get Caught Meat" airs every Monday and Tuesday at 10:10 p.m.
"Grab Your Collar" airs every Monday and Tuesday at 10:10 p.m.
Word of the day
굴욕적이다 [adjective] humiliated, humiliated
Handcuffs【名词】手铐
채우다 [verb] with, wear
연잇다 [verb] successively
Whirlpool【名词】漩涡
눈살을 찌푸리다 [fixed collocation] frowns
공교롭다 [adjective] coincidence, coincidence
구원투수 [noun] rescue pitcher, substitute pitcher
한방 [noun] One hit
귀추 [noun] trend, ending
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-let alone
Go without saying... Even... Nor .../don't say... Instead...
I can't even eat porridge, let alone rice.
Not to mention the rice, I can't even drink the porridge.
Instead of being rewarded, I was punished.
Not to mention winning the award, but being punished.