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Thank you!

Cable is insignificant in SK. In my personal opinion, any high percentage for a single episode in a cable tv in SK is not a great achievement at all.

As a hard fan of KSH, I was relieved that QOT was from TVn because TVn has an alliance with Netflix. allowing simultaneous releases. The fact that QOT was in top 10 Netflix views in several countries, that’s what in my opinion, is a great achievement.

The reasons are:

- Pay tv in SK has only about 32 million subscribers. Pay TV is = cable, plus IPTV (internet protocol tv) like hulu, netflix, amazon, disney, apple, plus satellite.

- Although IPTV is growing (50% of pay tv subscribers) and leaving behind cable, it still has tiny market share in SK

- Worse, TVn only has 3.8 million subscribers. CJ, owner of TVn, OCN and Chunghwa, has only 12% of pay tv (while KT has like half).

- This means that any drama with a popular artist can get high single episode views in TVn like QOT did.

- But thankfully, QOT could reach a lot of subscribers abroad and maintain my dear KSH popularity, even if they didn't like the drama that much, like me, because nowadays views weigh more than rating lol

Exactly. I forgot to tell you that dramas that I rated 8.5 and higher, are all future rewatchable for me, whenever I'll be in the mood.

Some comments said that the FL leaves the ML for 2 years without telling him in advance (or not ever telling him, or something like that).

Please someone tell me if this is true, because this is one of my strongest pet peeves and a factor in my decision to watch or not.

I think you and I have similar tastes, so go to my list, click on the column title "Score"" to sort them by highest rating, and see if there are some that you may want to watch. No guarantee that you'll also like them, but it gives you a list to consider :D

Actually, these viewership ratings are only meaningful inside Korea:
- For public and cable TV (not even pay on demand is included), to maximize what they can negotiate with advertisers before and during the show.
- For artist is meaningful at time of contract negotiation -The most popular an artist, the most he/she can charge.

That's the reason for all the noise Tvn has made about QOT being the top for that channel, the promotion campaign making it look so spectacular that it even surpassed Crash landing on you in that channel. But Both CLOY and QOT are low in the K-dramas ranking of viewers by nationwide average and single episode. There are a bunch of K-dramas average in the 25-35% range and higher. And dramas with single episodes higher than 40%.

I started collecting this data because all those top shows, which also won many awards, have very low rating in MDL, and I want to see them, at least the highest ones.

Outside Korea, there's no consolidated data about how many people watched a drama around the world via OTT like Netflix, Viki, amazon, or free web channels. I read that Netflix changed its popularity ranking by using views instead of hours, last year. So going forward we might have a more reliable ranking from them.

That's the rating of the highest single episode. The true rating of dramas (used by production companies, advertising agencies, etc) is the nationwide average viewership (or city wide average for specific measuring), which was 15.6% for QOT. There's always been an additional ranking per single episode viewership, erroneously used as "total viewership", and which is used for dramas' promotion, or comparison among single episodes of each drama.

Agree 100%. He's one of my favorite K-actors, and I just felt bad I had to give a 7 to one of his dramas. Thankfully, he's such a great and popular actor, that viewership improved during the series and ended in average nationwide viewership of 15.6%, And it also has a decent 7 in chinese douban as well (there it's illegally watched).

For C-dramas with school-college settings, I saw you already watched three that in my opinion are better:
- Amidst a snowstorm of love -- Lighter & Princess -- When I fly towards you

These are also equal or better ( again, in my sole opinion ) with school-college setting ( I left out college with sports-related plot):

Forever Love (2020)
Put your head on my shoulders
Our Beloved Summer
Our Secret
Lovely Us
Exclusive fairytale
Meeting you
Le coup de foudre
Love Scenery
Crush
Wait, My Youth

Many, read on top of this page "Related Content"

The 2 top reviews in this page, say everything that's wrong with this drama.. Another disappointment with an overhyped series in MDL... This one had filler stories, convoluted plot and sub-plots, childish or unbelievable reactions, little romance, corny comedy. Never thought I'd give a 7 to a drama with Kim soo hyun in it, and the 7 is entirely for the acting, which was very good by most of the cast.

If you like violence and revenge without romance, then you definitely should watch Taxi Driver (seasons 1 and 2) and Bloodhounds.

Singapore is the 4th country, not the second. And the government said that in "2019, Singapore changed its policy towards drug abusers. Now, those who abuse drugs without committing other offences are sent for treatment and do not get a criminal record". In fact, the 4th link that you sent me, says it clearly:
"An addict is someone who has developed an addiction or desire to continue using drugs or is dependent on the drug’s effects.
Anyone suspected of being an addict by the CNB must undergo a medical examination and observation or provide urine/hair tests.

Based on the examination’s findings, the CNB will order you to be admitted to a rehabilitation institution for 6 months, which can be extended to 2 years at respective Drug Rehabilitation Centres (DRCs).

This will apply only if the police arrest you for consumption. This order "will replace the jail sentence for first and repeat abusers". If you are arrested again for drug-related offences, you may face a long-term prison sentence after a Court conviction."

This means that the government will try to cure you first. But I'll stop here, and thank you for sharing your point of view.

You are wrong. Singapore is only tough on traffickers, NOT on drug addicts, who the government send for treatment and get NO criminal record (unless they committed an offense). They don't treat them as criminals, as Korea does, and actually the government worries about Singaporeans mental health. Also, the statistics about drug use in Singapore have a large error margin, since there is 'underreporting' due to fear of legal repercussions. There are research papers by Singaporeans about this, you can google them or I can send you links.

If you don't mind the pop-up ads, here it's at 1080p resolution (the episodes are at the bottom of the video):
https://hdtoday.tv/tv/watch-shining-for-one-thing-hd-76960

At the 60th Baeksang Awards, it was nominated for Best Drama, Best Actor (Yim Si Wan) and Best Supporting Actor (Lee Shi Woo) Although it didn't win, it is a big achievement among so many good dramas 2023-2024.

Just won Best Drama and Best Actor at the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards.

Just won Best Film and Best Actor at the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards.

You don't need to kiss to get infected with Covid, all is needed is to be within 2 meters of that person, therefore, the Covid excuse doesn't apply.