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| ▲ This photo, provided by tvN, shows new drama "The Road: Tragedy of One." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Yonhap) -- While most of the public's attention is focused on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, tvN's Wednesday-Thursday drama "The Road: Tragedy of One," started out with a stable viewership of 3 percent by developing a series of tense scenes.
The first episode of "The Road," which aired at 10:50 p.m. on Wednesday, recorded 3.4 percent in viewer ratings. JTBC's Wednesday-Thursday drama "Monthly Magazine Home" was at 2.9 percent.
In the pilot episode of "The Road," Baek Soo-hyun (Ji Jin-hee), S.Korea's most trusted national anchor, is preparing for a scoop on the collusion between his father-in-law Seo Ki-tae (Cheon Ho-jin), who is also the chairman of a conglomerate business, and Hwang Tae-seop (Kim Roi-ha), a fourth-term lawmaker. However, while Baek is searching for evidence, his son Yeon-woo is kidnapped.
The process of Baek rushing around to find his son was portrayed in an intense atmosphere, but when Seo is shown to be Yeon-woo at the end of the episode, "The Road" succeeds in making the audience question all the characters' intentions.
The drama's fast-paced story development, production, transformations and enthusiastic performances of the main characters also succeeds in catching the eye of the audiences.
As the cast members mentioned at the press conference for "The Road," the process of tracking the truth in an entangled secret and fierce psychological competition between major characters are expected to be the focal point of the drama.
Currently, MBC TV's "On the Verge of Insanity" and JTBC's "Monthly Magazine Home" are heading towards the end, giving "The Road" a chance to shine after the Olympics.
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