“Encounter” Kicks Off With Stellar Viewership Ratings, Leaves Its Mark On tvN History

[juhli.livejournal.com]

tvN’s “Encounter” is off to a fantastic start!

Starring Song Hye Kyo and Park Bo Gum, “Encounter” is about two people of vastly different backgrounds and personalities who begin a whirlwind romance after a chance meeting in Cuba.

Its premiere on November 28 brought in viewership ratings of 8.7 percent with a peak at 10.1 percent according to Nielsen Korea.

“Encounter” now holds the title of having the highest viewership ratings for the premiere of a tvN Wednesday-Thursday drama. Not only that, but it also went down as having the second highest premiere viewership ratings among all tvN dramas so far, second only to the record held by “Mr. Sunshine” at 8.9 percent.

While ratings for cable dramas are aggregated in a slightly different manner, “Encounter” claimed the highest ratings among all Wednesday-Thursday evening dramas across both cable and public broadcasting channels on November 28.

It also performed strongly among tvN’s target audience of those in their 20s-40s, recording an average of 5.1 percent with at peak at 6.1 percent. It was particularly popular with female viewers ranging from teens to those in their 30s.

While not without its criticisms, “Encounter” brought in an undeniable interest, with Song Hye Kyo, Park Bo Gum, Cuba, sunset at El Malecón, and other related terms placing on real-time search rankings during its broadcast.

SBS’s “The Last Empress” also continued strongly with ratings of 5.7 percent and 7.9 percent during its November 28 broadcast.

MBC’s “Children of Nobody” recorded 3.8 percent and 4.7 percent in viewership while KBS2’s “Feel Good to Die” brought in ratings of 2.4 percent and 3.5 percent. MBN’s “Love Alert” saw a viewership of 1.7 percent.


source: @soompi, soompi , naver 1 2

Discussion post! Did you watch the first two episodes and did you enjoy it? I heard the location shots were amazing but the story boring?

Comments

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

I've only seen the first episode. Something about Park Bogum was awkward. I usually like his acting. Maybe I was distracted by the horrible hair. Song Hye Kyo was good. The English annoyed me but maybe they don't study Spanish in Korea. It was a typical slow introductory episode. I hope it gets better.

[tungatunga.livejournal.com]

It were his glowing teeth, I start to wonder if they are fluorescent, and for half episode they used weird filter on him, that made his teeth even more glowy.

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

maybe that was it, he usually has a really nice smile but it seemed awkward and fake

[minho-lover.livejournal.com]

not diggin park bogum’s hair,,,it reminds me of this guy in my anth class,,,*shudder*

[yejun.livejournal.com]

The first ep was cheezy and awkward but the 2nd was a bit better imo.
I'll give it another week before I decide whether it's worth watching or not.

[dbil.livejournal.com]

Is this only on Viki?

[ty.livejournal.com]

I love love love this. I actually liked his hair