Highest-rated Korean dramas in public television of all time
This list shows the highest-rated Korean dramas on free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC, and EBS).
The rating is from the highest-rated episode nationwide while the drama aired and it is measure by AGB Nielsen.
People in the 90s did not have internet access to stream and rewatch drama online, which is not counted in the rating system, so they all tuned in to watch/record dramas at the time of airing, that is why most of the titles on this list are old dramas.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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1. You and I
Korean Drama - 1997, 58 episodes
66.9%
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2. First Love
Korean Drama - 1996, 66 episodes
65.8%
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3. What Is Love?
Korean Drama - 1991, 55 episodes
64.9%
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4. Sandglass
Korean Drama - 1995, 24 episodes
64.5%
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5. Hur Jun
Korean Drama - 1999, 64 episodes
63.5%
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6. A Sunny Place of the Young
Korean Drama - 1995, 56 episodes
62.7%
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7. Sons and Daughters
Korean Drama - 1992, 64 episodes
61.1%
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8. Emperor Wang Gun
Korean Drama - 2000, 200 episodes
60.2%
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9. Eyes of Dawn
Korean Drama - 1991, 36 episodes
58.4%
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10. Jewel in the Palace
Korean Drama - 2003, 54 episodes
57.8%
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11. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Korean Drama - 1998, 273 episodes
57.3%
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12. Truth
Korean Drama - 2000, 16 episodes
56.5%
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13. Lovers in Paris
Korean Drama - 2004, 20 episodes
56.3%
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14. Jealousy
Korean Drama - 1992, 16 episodes
56.1%
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15. Blowing of the Wind
Korean Drama - 1995, 245 episodes
55.8%
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16. Men of the Bath House
Korean Drama - 1995, 83 episodes
53.4%
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17. Kuk Hee
Korean Drama - 1999, 20 episodes
53.1%
Tied with Trap of Youth at #17.
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18. Trap of Youth
Korean Drama - 1999, 24 episodes
53.1%
Tied with Kuk Hee at #17.
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19. Tomato
Korean Drama - 1999, 16 episodes
52.7%
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20. M
Korean Drama - 1994, 10 episodes
52.2%
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21. Stormy Season
Korean Drama - 1993, 66 episodes
52.1%
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22. Rustic Period
Korean Drama - 2002, 124 episodes
51.8%
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23. Mother's Sea
Korean Drama - 1993, 66 episodes
51.6%
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24. Legend of Ambition
Korean Drama - 1998, 60 episodes
50.2%
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25. Ladies of the Palace
Korean Drama - 2001, 151 episodes
49.9%
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26. My Son's Woman
Korean Drama - 1994, 52 episodes
49.7%
Tied with Jumong at #26.
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27. Jumong
Korean Drama - 2006, 81 episodes
49.7%
Tied with My Son's Woman at #26.
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28. Tears of the Dragon
Korean Drama - 1996, 159 episodes
49.6%
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29. My Only One
Korean Drama - 2018, 106 episodes
49.4%
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30. Star in My Heart
Korean Drama - 1997, 16 episodes
49.3%
Tied with King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo at #30.
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31. Bread, Love and Dreams
Korean Drama - 2010, 30 episodes
49.3%
Tied with Star in My Heart at #30.
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32. My Lovely Sam Soon
Korean Drama - 2005, 16 episodes
49.1%
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33. Ambition
Korean Drama - 1994, 80 episodes
49.0%
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34. The Moon of Seoul
Korean Drama - 1994, 82 episodes
48.7%
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35. The Final Match
Korean Drama - 1994, 16 episodes
48.6%
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36. All About Eve
Korean Drama - 2000, 20 episodes
48.3%
Tied with Wang's Family at #36.
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37. Wang's Family
Korean Drama - 2013, 50 episodes
48.3%
Tied with All About Eve at #30.
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38. How's Your Husband?
Korean Drama - 1993, 70 episodes
48.2%
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39. Cinderella
Korean Drama - 1997, 24 episodes
48.0%
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40. All In
Korean Drama - 2003, 24 episodes
47.7%
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41. Seo Yeong, My Daughter
Korean Drama - 2012, 50 episodes
47.6%
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42. Until We Can Love
Korean Drama - 1996, 231 episodes
47.1%
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43. My Rosy Life
Korean Drama - 2005, 24 episodes
47.0%
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44. Pilot
Korean Drama - 1993, 16 episodes
46.2%
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45. Autumn Tale
Korean Drama - 2000, 16 episodes
46.1%
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46. Daughters of a Rich Family
Korean Drama - 1994, 70 episodes
45.9%
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47. My Husband Got a Family
Korean Drama - 2012, 58 episodes
45.3%
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48. Brilliant Heritage
Korean Drama - 2020, 122 episodes
45.2%
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49. My Golden Life
Korean Drama - 2017, 52 episodes
45.1%
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50. Dear Heaven
Korean Drama - 2005, 85 episodes
44.9%