Weekly TV Top10: ‘My Liberation Notes’ Continues to Rank First, ‘Tomorrow’ Ends at Third Place

Drama Ranking for the 3rd Week of May

JTBC’s My Liberation Notes maintained the top spot for the third week. The popularity rose by 18.62% compared to the previous week, and this is the sixth consecutive week the show has set its all-time high record. Attention focuses on whether Kim Ji Won and Son Seok Koo, who reunited after two years, will have a happily-ever-after. tvN’s Our Blues came in second. While Han Ji Min was revealed to have a twin sister with Down syndrome, the appearance of the actress with the same condition (Jung Eun Hye) made headlines. MBC’s Tomorrow ranked third. The show, which fell short of people’s expectations, saw a spike in popularity as Kim Hee Sun and Lee Soo Hyuk’s past life became a hot topic. SBS’s Again My Life rose to fourth place. Ahead of the final episode, some left comments wishing for season two. tvN’s The Killer’s Shopping List ended in eighth place. Many critiqued that it had fresh materials but a disappointing development.

TOP 10 Popular TV Drama Series

1. JTBC My Liberation Notes (Share of Audience 27.13) ( �” )
2. tvN Our Blues (Share of Audience 14.63) ( �” )
3. MBC Tomorrow (Share of Audience 6.98) (▲4)
4. SBS Again My Life (Share of Audience 6.97) (▲1)
5. KBS Bloody Heart (Share of Audience 6.82) (▽2)
6. tvN Sh**ting Stars (Share of Audience 5.83) ( �” )
7. JTBC �Green Mothers’ Club (Share of Audience 5.82) (▽3)
8. tvN The Killer’s Shopping List �(Share of Audience 3.61) (▲4)
9. KBS Love Twist (Share of Audience 3.46) (▲1)
10. KBS It’s Beautiful Now �(Share of Audience 3.11) (▽1)

TOP 10 Popular Casts in TV Drama Series

1. Son Seok Koo, My Liberation Notes �( �” )
2. Kim Ji Won, My Liberation Notes �( �” )
3. Han Ji Min, Our Blues (▲5)
4. Uhm Jung Hwa, Our Blues (▲9)
5. Lee Joon Gi, Again My Life (▽2)
6. Lee Jung Eun, Our Blues (▲8)
7. Lee Joon, Bloody Heart (▽3)
8. Kang Hanna, Bloody Heart (▽3)
9. Kim Woo Bin, Our Blues (▲13)
10. Kim Hee Sun, Tomorrow (▲7)

Non-Drama Ranking for the 3rd Week of May

Mnet’s Queendom 2 landed at first place for three weeks in a row. The news about president Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife attending the concert made headlines, putting KBS’s Open Concert in second place. This is the first time that Open Concert has made it to the top 10 rankings. KBS’s National Singing Contest took the eighth spot with a keen interest in news about host Song Hae’s health problems. Song Hae won first place in the cast rankings.

 

TOP 10 Popular TV Non-Drama Series

1. Mnet Queendom 2 (Share of Audience 5.75) ( �” )
2. KBS Open Concert (Share of Audience 3.32) (▲52)
3. MBC Hangout with Yoo (Share of Audience 3.07) (▲3)
4. MBC I Live Alone (Share of Audience 3.01) (▽1)
5. SBS Running Man (Share of Audience 2.85) ( �” )
6. tvN You Quiz on the Block (Share of Audience 2.26) (▲1)
7. ENA PLAY/SBS Plus �I Am Solo (Share of Audience 2.09) (▽3)
8. KBS National Singing Contest (Share of Audience 1.93) (▲100)
9. Channel A/ENA The Iron Squad 2 (Share of Audience 1.86) ( �” )
10. TV Chosun We Got Divorced 2 (Share of Audience 1.81) (▲5)

TOP 10 Popular Casts in TV Non-Drama Series

1. Song Hae, National Singing Contest (▲301)
2. WJSN, Queendom 2 (▲14)
3. Kep1er, Queendom 2 (▲26)
4. Park Se Ri, I Live Alone NEW
5. Soyeon, I Live Alone (▽2)
6. Bae Yoon Jung, Oh Eun Young Report – Marriage Hell NEW
7. Eli Kim, We Got Divorced 2 ( �” )
8. Kim Young Ha,You Quiz on the Block NEW
9. VIVIZ, Queendom 2 (▲51)
10. Lee Chan Won, Convenience Store Restaurant (▲11)

This survey was released by the TV popularity analyst Good Data Corporation after analyzing the internet’s responses generated from news articles, blogs/communities, videos, and SNS in regards to 25 drama series and 199 variety shows that are either on-air or scheduled to be aired from May 16th through May 22nd of 2022.

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