"Seondeok" reclaims weekly TV title

MBC's hit drama "Queen Seon-deok" reclaimed its spot atop the TV chart last week after giving way to "My Too Perfect Sons" for the first time the previous week.

"Seon-deok" scored an average 39.3 percent viewership rating for the week of September 28, beating "Sons" by nearly four percent, according to statistics released by TNS Media Korea on Monday.

"Sons" had won over 40.9 percent of the viewers during the week of September 21, dethroning the historical drama's eight-week successive run on the small screen.

Daily soap "The Jolly Widows" trailed behind in third place with a 20.8 percent viewership rating.

In the non-drama category, KBS's "Happy Sunday" topped ratings with a 22.3 percent viewership, the only entertainment show which scored above 20 percent.

KBS2 TV's "Gag Concert" and SBS's "Family Outing" followed with 19.7 and 19.3 percent, respectively.

Of the Chuseok-special TV shows, KBS2 TV's "Lee Seung-ki's Ideal World Cup" scored the highest with a 15.6 percent viewership rating. SBS's "Idol Big Show", the much hyped-about idol-special where guests included 2NE1, G-Dragon and Girls' Generation, scored a mere 8.8 percent viewership rating.

Reporter : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr