SBS’s drama “Protect the Boss” (Screenwriter Kwon Ki Young, Director Son Jung Hyun) has reached number one in viewer ratings.
With it’s debut broadcast on August 3rd, Romantic Comedy “Protect the Boss” (also known as “Boss”) stars the secretary with only 88,000 won in her account Noh EunSul (Choi KangHee), and a spoiled 3rd generation chaebol Cha JiHeon (JiSung), with the episodes of comic suffering from the secretary being a popular draw to the audience. In fact, after the broadcast of the drama’s 3rd episode on August 10th, the TNmS audience rating station found the national ratings [for Protect the Boss] to be 15.3%, beating KBS’s “The Princess’ Man”, which received a 13.9% rating, and claiming first place in the daily rating charts. Also, the ratings for “Boss” in the Seoul Metropolitan Area was recorded as 18.3%, reflecting a great audience interest.
The drama was first broadcast on August 3rd recording ratings of 12.1% for nationwide and 14.5% for Seoul Metropolitan, and the reruns for the episode gained much attention for bringing in the highest ratings for a rerun of a debut broadcast.
On the following day, the 4th, episode 2 recorded ratings of 13.4% nationwide and 16.3% Seoul Metropolitan, coming second right behind KBS’ “The Princess’ Man”. On August 7th, the reruns of this episode received ratings of 9% nationwide and 10% Seoul Metropolitan, drawing in a huge audience and beating many of the regular weekend shows.
And finally, the broadcast of the 3rd episode on August 10th beat out The Princess’ Man for the first place rating, winning the war of ratings between them on only its second week.
The crew stated “Protect the Boss’s story as well as the bond between the four main actors, Jisung. Choi KangHee, Kim Jaejoong, and Wang JiHye, help raise our ratings. From now on, please expect the actors and staff of ‘The Boss’ to continue working hard and earnestly”.
this is good news^^
ReplyDeletei've a question: i check drama beans regularly for popular drama recaps but there are none for Protect the Boss which already aired its 4th episode...hmmm i wonder.....