When Bae Soo-hoon learned the national ratings data for the first episode of "The Heirs" from director Kang Shin-hyo, his mood became a little solemn.
It is reported.
The national ratings of the first episode of "The Heirs" were even lower than the national ratings of the last broadcast of SBS TV's previous drama "Prosecutor Princess", which even dropped by 0.4%. The national ratings of 8.4% recorded by the TV station's new TV drama "Personal Interests" were much higher in comparison with the premiere.
For a TV drama, is the 12% national ratings for its first broadcast considered low?
The answer is of course no!
However, you must know that the 21st episode of the KBS TV drama "Push Slave", which was aired at the same time as "The Heirs", achieved extremely high ratings of 30.9% nationwide for AGB and 31.2% for TNS nationwide.
Although "The Heirs" received double-digit nationwide ratings when it first aired and made the audience full of expectations for the future plot development of the show, "The Heirs" that countless viewers have been looking forward to for a month has not In other words, the premiere of "The Heirs" only had a national ratings of 12%, which is indeed a bit low.
Even Pei Xiuxun has to admit this.
no doubt.
The moderately high first-run ratings of "The Heirs" sparked quite a heated discussion on the Internet.
Even many anti-fans of "The Heirs" came out and left messages online at this time, saying that "The Heirs" will definitely hit the streets.
However, with the broadcast of the second episode of "The Heirs", the ratings of the second episode directly blinded countless people's eyes.
?According to statistics from Nielsen, a Korean ratings research company.
The second episode of the SBS drama "The Heirs" aired on March 18 had a ratings of 16.6% nationwide for AGB and 17.2% nationwide for TNS.
"Wow¡ª¡ª"
Everyone was in an uproar when they learned about it.
No one thought of it. Faced with the suppression of the super high ratings of "Push Slave", "The Heirs" still rose strongly!
When the crew of "The Heirs" cheered, the crews of "Push Slave" and "Personal Interests" all became sad.
To know.
The ratings of the second episode of "The Heirs" increased by 5% compared to the first episode. This not only broke its own highest ratings record, but more importantly, the 22nd episode of "Push Slave" only set a new record that day. It achieved a national ratings of 28%, which was a 2% decrease from the previous episode.
As for "Personal Interests", the national ratings fell below 6%, which is quite miserable.
in addition.
Although the high nationwide ratings of 28% for the 22nd episode of "The Slave" is still much higher than that of "The Heirs", it is well known. "Push Slave" is currently approaching its finale. However, "The Heirs" still has a great possibility to continue to refresh and set its own higher ratings record.
What¡¯s more, I have to say.
"The Heirs" As the plot of the second episode deepens, more viewers are attracted by "The Heirs".
A week passed by in a flash.
March 24th.
According to the ratings data released by Nielsen, a Korean ratings research company, the next morning.
The third episode of "The Heirs" aired on that day achieved high ratings of 20.6% nationwide on AGB and 21.3% nationwide on TNS, and "The Heirs" entered the 20% ratings level for the first time. Become a strong player in Mew and Wood dramas.
Compared with the previous episode.
The ratings of "The Heirs" continue to grow at an unabated rate.
?Obviously. Except for the premiere. The high ratings of "Push" can no longer pose any threat to "The Heirs".
Even the ratings for episode 23 of "Push Slave" dropped another 2% from the previous episode.
"Push Slave" originally chose to postpone the broadcast by four episodes, simply to set its own higher ratings record. But the current ratings situation has almost made the entire crew of "Push Slave" panic to the extreme.
March 25th.
The final episode of "Push Slave" ended with a disappointing 25% national ratings.
The fourth episode of "The Heirs" reached a new high, achieving high ratings of 22.8% nationwide for AGB and 23.6% nationwide for TNS.
With "Pushing Slave" having its finale, and judging from the current situation, "The Heirs" has clearly established a firm foothold in the high ratings stage of 20%.
The end of March.
The national ratings of KBS's new TV drama "Cinderella's Sister", which succeeded "Slave", only reached 10% on the first day of its broadcast, which did not have any impact on the ratings of "The Heirs".
April is coming.
When the sixth episode of "The Heirs" achieved a high ratings of 26%, with the efforts of everyone on the crew, "The Heirs" also ushered in another surprise.
Including Japan and China.
The news that "The Heirs" is exporting its copyrights to Asia, Europe, and the Americas has already attracted the attention of Korean fans.
have to say.
Riding on the craze caused by the continuous rise in ratings in South Korea, "The Heirs" has also repeatedly certified its high popularity in overseas regions.
"The Heirs" has entered the final signing stage in 12 countries and regions in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
April 15th.
On the same day that the tenth episode of "The Heirs" had national ratings exceeding 30% for the first time, the SBS drama "The Heirs" finally signed the highest-priced overseas copyright contract for a Korean TV series in 2010.
On the same day, the producer of "The Heirs" also said: "Thank you to all the fans who supported "The Heirs". The crew will work harder to repay the audience's love. Please support and continue to look forward to "The Heirs"!"
In the days that followed, the leading actors such as Bae Soo-hoon and Lee Yeon-hee even flew to Tokyo, Japan, the Magic City of China, Bangkok, Thailand and other places to film episodes of the TV series.
Gradually, as May approaches, "The Heirs" has unknowingly entered the final stage of filming.
May 13th.
South Korea, Gyeongsangnam-do, Sacheon City.
Bae Soo-hoon and Lee Yeon-hee filmed the final scenes of "The Heirs" here, and in the evening they attended the "Heirs" finals banquet with all the crew.
On the same day, Naver also published a photo with the title "Commemorative photo of the last scene of "The Heirs"".
In the released photos, Bae Soo-hoon, Lee Yeon-hee, Lee Min-ho, Jung Soo-jung, Choi Jin-hyuk, Kim Ji-won and other leading actors and the production team are smiling in the studio to take photos to commemorate the last scene.
The relevant person in charge of "The Heirs" also publicly stated: "Today, although all the actors still worked hard on the filming, due to the strong support of the audience, everyone ended the filming happily. Everyone is excited about the final scene. I feel deeply sorry for the drama. Please continue to pay attention to the drama until the end!¡±
The next day, the national ratings of agb will prevail.
The 18th episode of "The Heirs" aired on the 13th had a national ratings of 34.3%, once again breaking its own highest ratings record.
May 20th.
A week has passed since the filming of "The Heirs" was completed.
During this week, without the filming of TV series, except for the regular variety show shooting, Bae Xiuxun, who has a pitiful schedule, became free again.
evening.
Pei Xiuxun was sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching the finale of "The Heirs" come to an end. He smiled knowingly, and the relief on his face was self-evident.
"Buzzbuzz"
Just when Pei Xiuxun was about to return to the bedroom to rest, an urgent shaking sound suddenly sounded.