“Encounter” And “The Last Empress” Are Neck-And-Neck With Leading Viewership Ratings
Dec 6, 2018
The battle for viewership ratings on Wednesdays and Thursdays is heating up!
While ratings for cable dramas and public broadcasting dramas are aggregated in a slightly different manner, both SBS’s “The Last Empress” and tvN’s “Encounter” recorded 9.3 percent in viewership on December 5 according to Nielsen Korea.
More specifically, “The Last Empress” saw viewership ratings of 6.1 percent and 9.3 percent for its two episodes with a peak of 13.2 percent. Among those in the targeted age group of 20-49 years old, it brought in ratings of 2.2 percent and 3.6 percent.
As mentioned, “Encounter” marked 9.3 percent in viewership ratings with a peak at 10.3 percent. While lower than last week’s average ratings, its December 5 episode did see considerable ratings among those in the targeted age group of 20-49 years old, recording 5.2 percent with a peak of 6.0 percent.
MBC’s “Children of Nobody” saw a personal best in viewership ratings on December 5 at 4.6 percent and 5.5 percent, while KBS2’s “Feel Good to Die” recorded ratings of 2.5 percent and 2.8 percent.
OCN’s “God’s Quiz: Reboot” brought in higher ratings than MBN’s “Love Alert,” its competitor drama in the same time slot. “God’s Quiz: Reboot” saw a viewership of 2.1 percent while “Love Alert” recorded 1.5 percent.
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