Girls' Generation's Magma
少女時代のマグマ
As the show nears its end, viewership for "The Prime Minister and I" drops to the 5% range... Will it set a new record low?
Lee Beom-soo's heartfelt proposal couldn't stop viewers from leaving.
"The Prime Minister and I" has left viewers disappointed by its drop in viewership to the 5% range. According to Nielsen Korea, a viewership rating research company, the 14th episode of KBS 2's Monday-Tuesday drama "The Prime Minister and I," which aired on the night of the 27th, recorded a nationwide viewership rating of 5.5%.
This is a 0.5% drop from the episode aired on the 21st (6.0%). The ratings for this day are also only 0.1% lower than the lowest viewership rating recorded on December 10th (5.4%), drawing attention to the downward trend of "The Prime Minister and I."
"The Prime Minister and I" has continued to fall since recording a peak viewership rating of 8.9% for the 7th episode aired on December 30th. There are three episodes left until the 17th episode of "The Prime Minister and I".
In this episode, Nayoung (Jung Ae-young), the ex-wife of Kwon Yul (Lee Bum-soo), who was thought to be dead, revealed the details of the traffic accident seven years ago. Kwon Yul also proposed to Nam Da-jung (Yoona), saying, "Let's really get married."
Meanwhile, MBC's "Empress Ki" recorded its highest viewership rating once again with a viewership rating of 22.8%, while SBS's "Warm Words" ended with 9.7%.
(From Entertainment News)
I haven't seen it myself, so I don't know how much content and energy this drama has.
I can only imagine from a rough story description like this article, but it seems that Lee Bum-soo's acting skills and young actress Yoona's efforts are not enough.
Even if the story or story is like a dream, if it has an unexpected development and is interesting, it would have attracted viewers and the viewership ratings would have increased.
However, it seems that it did not work out that way.
Yoona's pure beauty and charm may not have been a good match for the mature middle-aged actor Lee Bum-soo.
This may have been the result of relying too much on the unique combination of Lee Bum-soo, who is more of an everyday guy than a good-looking man, and Yoona, a popular idol and beautiful actress.
When I saw the announcement of the lead duo for "The Prime Minister and I," I immediately thought of "Surgeon Bong Dal-hee."
"Surgeon Bong Dal-hee" was a medical drama featuring the looks-wise average actor Lee Bum-soo and the tall, beautiful actress Lee Yo-won.
In this drama, Lee Yo-won plays a female doctor who lives with a heart condition and faces her patients, while Lee Bum-soo plays her boss, who looks at her with a stern yet warm gaze.
The love line between the two was quite modest.
But it did seem to have a power to purify the atmosphere of joy and sorrow that is unique to a hospital. Flowers always bloom wherever light reaches.
Since "The Prime Minister and I" seems to be a drama with strong comedy elements, it cannot be lumped together with "Surgeon Bong Dal-hee."
However, although the stories, concepts, settings, and fields are different, the placement of the characters is similar.
The characters' appearances are also very similar.
Male protagonist → Prime Minister
Female protagonist → News reporter
★At first glance, the Prime Minister and the reporter seem very different. However, in the sense that they come into contact through work, a relationship like that of a boss and subordinate at work does emerge.
★The image of a tall, handsome hero has now become the norm.
However, the image of an average-sized, average-build, ordinary hero has not gone out of style. The potential for success remains in comedies, fighting stories, and genius protagonists.
★The heroes of "The Prime Minister and I" and "Surgeon Bong Dal-hee" have in common that they are ordinary in appearance. One cannot become a hero if one is only average in intelligence, but of course, he is very intelligent.
If the hero is ordinary in appearance, the heroine's beauty must be set high. If she is less beautiful, she will not have an advantage in the ratings competition.
Therefore, a hero who is ordinary in appearance needs a beautiful heroine as his partner.
It may have been natural that Girls' Generation's Yoona was nominated and selected as the heroine of ``The Prime Minister and I.''
Despite this, the drama did not win the competition.
Like Lee Yo Won in ``Surgeon Bong Dal Hee,'' Yoona is both beautiful and tall.
The ratings of many Korean dramas depend on the performance of the heroine.
Why did Yoona not win the competition?
There are many reasons, but it may not be Yoona's fault, and it may also be that viewers were put off by the storyline, which was too unrealistic...
During the course of the drama, Yoona was embroiled in a love affair scandal with Lee Seung Gi. One would have thought that this would have had some effect on the ratings, but it seems that there was no particular change among people watching at home.
Perhaps Yoona's fans enjoyed this online.
Following "Love Rain," Yoona's drama once again ranked last.
It must be a shock for her, but Girls' Generation's comeback is coming up.
I hope that she will now move on and pour new passion into the stage as a music star.
She should give it her all here and perform with the others to prepare for their next activities. The magma of Girls' Generation is still burning hot.
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