Netflix’s survival reality show ‘Physical: 100’ continues to score big on non-English tv series chart

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SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) -- Netflix’s steaming hot reality competition show “Physical: 100” has been attracting viewers worldwide and topping Netflix’s non-English television series chart.

The Squid Game-style reality show recorded 41.61 million hours of viewing time in the second week of Feb. (Feb. 6 - 12), scoring in first place in the non-English television series category, according to Netflix’s official site “Netflix Top 10” Tuesday.

“Physical: 100,” which has been dropping two episodes every week since Jan. 24, entered in the chart as 7th in the last week of Jan. (Feb. 23 - 29), then took second place in the first week of Feb. (Jan. 30 - Feb. 5), and eventually sat in first place in the second week of Feb.

The show’s viewing time is also surging every week, from 22.51 million hours in the last week of Jan. to 31.3 million hours in the first week of Feb, and the show finally scored 41.61 million hours in the second week of Feb.

Planned and delivered by director Jang Ho-ki, a producer of the MBC documentary team, the survival reality show has been garnering worldwide attention with the Squid Game-like games. The show gathered 100 of the fittest and brawny Korean participants to compete against one another until there is only one winner left to win and be named as the one with the perfect physique and win 300 million won in prize money.

In addition to “Physical: 100,” five Korean-based drama series ranked in the Top 10 in the Netflix’s non-English television series category in the second week of Feb.: TvN’s rom-com series “Crash Course in Romance” secured its spot and sat in second place (21.04 million hours), and tvN’s another romance drama series “True Beauty” ranked fifth (16.51 million hours), despite being aired in 2021.

JTBC’s “Interest of Love,” which aired its last episode this month, touched down in sixth place (12.39 million hours), and tvN’s fantasy romance drama series “Alchemy of Souls,” which ended last month, also entered the chart as seventh (11.61 million hours). Netflix’s original rom-com series “Love to Hate You,” which just became available for international viewing last Friday, ranked eighth (11.27 million hours).

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Ha eun Lee)

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