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SEOUL, August 17 (Yonhap) -- ENA Wednesday-Thursday “Extraordinay Attorney Woo” has topped Netflix’s latest weekly viewership chart of non-English TV shows for the third consecutive weeks.
The TV series marked 69.36 million hours of viewing for the second week of Aug. (Aug. 8-14) to top Netflix’s official top 10 list for non-English TV programs available on the service, according to the company
This is the fifth time “Attorney Woo” has been on the top of the list.
“Attorney Woo,” which was first aired on June 29, did not make the top 10 on the week of its release, but it debuted at No.1 next week, second week of July (July 4-10), and kept its place on the third week of July (July 11-17).
While it demoted to second on the fourth week (July 18-24) after Spanish drama “Alba,” it reclaimed its place on the fifth week (July 25- 31) and remained on the tip for 3 weeks until the first and second week of Aug.
The TV series is replacing its own records as its weekly viewing time increases.
It recorded 23.95 million hours in the second week of July, 45.58 million hours in the third week, 55.07 million hours in the fourth week, 65.63 million hours in the fifth week, 67.01 hours in the first week of Aug., and 69.36 million hours in the second week of Aug.
"Woo" revolves around a lawyer named Woo Young-woo (Park Eun-bin), who is brilliant and smart with an outstanding memory but lacks social skills and empathy due to being on the autism spectrum. Each episode brings profound emotion, and It will end on Aug. 18.
The Korea fantasy romance "Alchemy of Souls" and the Korean romantic comedy “She Would Never Know” placed fourth and ninety respectively on the non-English TV show table with 17.8 million hours and 7.06 million hours, making the top 10 for the second week of Aug.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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