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2 responses to ““Haechi” Holds Onto First Place Position in Ratings”

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   Jang

   April 20, 2019

   Hi Kay, thanks for posting the ratings. Can I ask a question? Are these numbers in percent of the total population or households? It’s good to see all the Mon-Tue dramas getting generally average ratings. Hopefully, next time you’ll include ratings for the cable dramas as well such as Psychometric and Waikiki. I saw this post on Reddit linking to an article with surprisingly detailed content about TV ratings (https://www.kdramapal.com/korean-drama-ratings-2018-statistics-trends/) but there’s no mention in the article about what exactly does a 5.0% audience share mean? And is 10% in terrestrial not the same as 10% on cable TV? Just dropping my queries and there’s no need for you to reply but thanks a lot if you do!

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      Kay

      April 21, 2019

      Hi Jang! You’re very welcome 🙂 Yeah, ratings can be a bit tricky. Basically, the number represents the estimated percent of total households watching. They use a much smaller sample population to actually measure and then they calculate what the total percentage of households in the country watching would be based on that sample. So 5% should represent an estimated 5% of all households watching.

      Yes, terrestrial and cable are not the same. I believe the article is using terrestrial to refer to dramas from the public networks which are available to all households whereas cable networks are not available to everyone. So a 5% on a terrestrial network is better than a 5% on a cable network because more households are involved. That’s why they are not usually directly compared in ratings battles (sometimes its because they are in a different time slot too). Both are reasons why I usually just do the public dramas that are directly competing with each other. But I frequently cover cable dramas individually if one is having a particularly good run and delivering high ratings (like SKY Castle or The Crowned Clown). Hopefully, that answer sort of makes sense. Ratings are way too complicated, lol

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