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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Hessa Jun 7, 2020

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1. You and I

Korean Drama - 1997, 58 episodes

66.9%
2. First Love

Korean Drama - 1996, 66 episodes

65.8%
3. What Is Love?

Korean Drama - 1991, 55 episodes

64.9%
4. Sandglass

Korean Drama - 1995, 24 episodes

64.5%
5. Hur Jun

Korean Drama - 1999, 64 episodes

63.5%
6. A Sunny Place of the Young

Korean Drama - 1995, 56 episodes

62.7%
7. Sons and Daughters

Korean Drama - 1992, 64 episodes

61.1%
8. Emperor Wang Gun

Korean Drama - 2000, 200 episodes

60.2%
9. Eyes of Dawn

Korean Drama - 1991, 36 episodes

58.4%
10. Jewel in the Palace

Korean Drama - 2003, 54 episodes

7.0

57.8%
11. Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Korean Drama - 1998, 273 episodes

57.3%
12. Truth

Korean Drama - 2000, 16 episodes

56.5%
13. Lovers in Paris

Korean Drama - 2004, 20 episodes

56.3%
14. Jealousy

Korean Drama - 1992, 16 episodes

56.1%
15. Blowing of the Wind

Korean Drama - 1995, 245 episodes

55.8%
16. Men of the Bath House

Korean Drama - 1995, 83 episodes

53.4%
17. Kuk Hee

Korean Drama - 1999, 20 episodes

53.1%
Tied with Trap of Youth at #17.
18. Trap of Youth

Korean Drama - 1999, 24 episodes

53.1%
Tied with Kuk Hee at #17.
19. Tomato

Korean Drama - 1999, 16 episodes

52.7%
20. M

Korean Drama - 1994, 10 episodes

52.2%
21. Stormy Season

Korean Drama - 1993, 66 episodes

52.1%
22. Rustic Period

Korean Drama - 2002, 124 episodes

51.8%
23. Mother's Sea

Korean Drama - 1993, 66 episodes

51.6%
24. Legend of Ambition

Korean Drama - 1998, 60 episodes

50.2%
25. Ladies of the Palace

Korean Drama - 2001, 151 episodes

49.9%
26. My Son's Woman

Korean Drama - 1994, 52 episodes

49.7%
Tied with Jumong at #26.
27. Jumong

Korean Drama - 2006, 81 episodes

49.7%
Tied with My Son's Woman at #26.
28. Tears of the Dragon

Korean Drama - 1996, 159 episodes

49.6%
29. My Only One

Korean Drama - 2018, 106 episodes

49.4%
30. Star in My Heart

Korean Drama - 1997, 16 episodes

49.3%
Tied with King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo at #30.
31. Bread, Love and Dreams

Korean Drama - 2010, 30 episodes

8.0

49.3%
Tied with Star in My Heart at #30.
32. My Lovely Sam Soon

Korean Drama - 2005, 16 episodes

8.0

49.1%
33. Ambition

Korean Drama - 1994, 80 episodes

49.0%
34. The Moon of Seoul

Korean Drama - 1994, 82 episodes

48.7%
35. The Final Match

Korean Drama - 1994, 16 episodes

48.6%
36. All About Eve

Korean Drama - 2000, 20 episodes

48.3%
Tied with Wang's Family at #36.
37. Wang's Family

Korean Drama - 2013, 50 episodes

48.3%
Tied with All About Eve at #30.
38. How's Your Husband?

Korean Drama - 1993, 70 episodes

48.2%
39. Cinderella

Korean Drama - 1997, 24 episodes

48.0%
40. All In

Korean Drama - 2003, 24 episodes

47.7%
41. Seo Yeong, My Daughter

Korean Drama - 2012, 50 episodes

47.6%
42. Until We Can Love

Korean Drama - 1996, 231 episodes

47.1%
43. My Rosy Life

Korean Drama - 2005, 24 episodes

47.0%
44. Pilot

Korean Drama - 1993, 16 episodes

46.2%
45. Autumn Tale

Korean Drama - 2000, 16 episodes

46.1%
46. Daughters of a Rich Family

Korean Drama - 1994, 70 episodes

45.9%
47. My Husband Got a Family

Korean Drama - 2012, 58 episodes

9.0

45.3%
48. Brilliant Heritage

Korean Drama - 2020, 122 episodes

45.2%
49. My Golden Life

Korean Drama - 2017, 52 episodes

45.1%
50. Dear Heaven

Korean Drama - 2005, 85 episodes

44.9%