Queen of tears or Lovely runner?

Totally understand.

According to the scuttlebutt, wanting to portray a married man was part of the reason why Kim Soo Hyun chose the role. 

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike QoT. I just got irritated with the amount of time given to the evil of the  villain and his wicked mother, and instead wanted that part resolved and the focus put on the relationship between the two leads, which I felt was minimized for the amount of time given to the subplot  of the villains.

My preference for Lovely Runner is partially due to that point: the relationship between the leads was prominent, and the villain’s part, though crucial to the plot, was minimal.

The beauty of so many wonderful KDramas is that each of us can find something that suits each of our preferences.? 

eh they’re both so different and not really comparable. If they were both melodramas or both rom coms then sure but they’re not. I think in terms of their own genres they’re both at the top or near enough at the top.

I find your response continually argumentative when viewership numbers were included in the original MDL article - that you dismissed. 

“Talking about its global popularity, the K-drama trended heavily on Viki. Soompi reported Lovely Runner "ranked No. 1 in viewership in 133 regions including the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Mexico" in its premiere week. Then on May 23, another Soompi report wrote the K-drama "placed No. 1 in viewership in a total of 130 regions on its sixth week of broadcast. In particular, the drama ranked No. 1 for six consecutive weeks in 109 countries including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Brazil, Mexico, and more.

A representative of Rakuten Viki remarked, 'Lovely Runner is breaking its own record every week in the number of weekly viewers in North America, and it is recording the highest number of weekly viewers among 2024 dramas.'"

Becoming number one in over 130  countries in which this show was aired on its various streaming platforms prove that its viewership was higher vs the domestic viewership in S. Korea, by sheer population alone. 

Lovely Runner topped viewership on both Viki and Viu,  reflecting tvNing’s reporting a 94% share. 

Therefore, including worldwide viewership, QoTs does not come out on top, but including domestic viewership, it does at 28.38%, for which I was thrilled because I’m not a huge fan of CLOY so was happy something I liked more took top spot. 

Again, the parameters that Gooddata set to measure what they chose to measure is just as valid as the data you cite as only being acceptable. 

Every study ever done, including medical studies, chooses a set of parameters for the study, which it will either prove or disprove.  

By your criteria, no study done is valid except a sliver of views in a  select narrow market - but omitting the whole.   

As I said, you’re welcome to your opinion and I applaud your right to hold it. 

However, what you cannot do is be the defining judge of published data, nor how it is gathered. 

I am now weary of this exchange, so hope you can find another show to equally enjoy. 

 BreadLady:

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dislike QoT. I just got irritated with the amount of time given to the evil of the  villain and his wicked mother, and instead wanted that part resolved and the focus put on the relationship between the two leads, which I felt was minimized for the amount of time given to the subplot  of the villains.

My preference for Lovely Runner is partially due to that point: the relationship between the leads was prominent, and the villain’s part, though crucial to the plot, was minimal.

I also find that when the villains' parts in "QOT" irritate me beyond my limit, I prefer to skip those scenes and enjoy the ones I like. Despite this, I still prefer "QOT"—that’s my personal choice. On the other hand, "Lovely Runner" is a delightful, lovey-dovey romance of youngsters, and it also holds a special place in my heart.

Absolutely, I agree. A person should consider two types of possibilities in a conversation:

1. Universal Facts: These are undeniable truths, such as "The sun rises in the morning."

2. Different Perspectives: These should be accepted respectfully, even if you don’t agree with them. This is what we call "Agreeing to Disagree." For instance, while the sun may be rising in one country, it doesn’t mean it’s rising in all countries at the same time.

@BreadLady To be honest, I find your statement "I find your response continually argumentative" equally applies to you too.

You said that article included viewership numbers - the fact is that it doesn't!   They only talked about ranking without the actual viewership numbers - they are NOT THE SAME THING.

My original reply talked about FlixPatrol, which uses published ranking from various platforms, and attempted to come up their own method of comparing drama.   Their ranking was widely used by MDL and Soompi articles too.   But when Netflix published actual viewership numbers, it showed how wrong FlixPatrol was.

Fact:  QoT has been in Netflix Global chart for 14 weeks, and it has amassed a total of 42.3 million views as of last week (you can get the data from Netflix web site).   

Given that Viki has a total subscribers number of only 74 millions (vs 270 million for Netflix), I doubt LR can surpass 42.3 million no matter how many number 1 ranking it got.   And that's the problem with only ranking data.   It doesn't tell us how many audience actually viewed.  Squid game has ranked number one in many countries, so has many other dramas, like All of us are dead, but Squid Game actual viewership is 500% that of All of us are dead - you can't tell just looking at the ranking for how many weeks or how many countries.

Actual viewership numbers like Nielson TV ratings and Netflix viewerships are Universal Facts.

For sure, you can absolutely like LR more.  But concluding LR has higher global viewership than QoT just because it has ranked #1 in Viki for n number of weeks in n countries is not correct.   You may be right, but we don't know without actual Viki viewership numbers.   QoT does have a major advantage as Netflix has 4x as many subscribers as Viki.    From my perspective, I doubt LR can achieve audience capture of 57% of total Viki subscribers, which would be required to match QoT Netflix numbers.

@nosnoop. i know what you mean. When it comes to kdramas i try to avoid the Timer Travel Genre, in Lovely Runner that was the only thing that was irritating was the Time Travel fiasco, i was confused at was happening no matter how hard i tried to focus so that was the only downfall for me was the Time travel but everything else was alright.