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SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- The cheerful romance historical drama "The Forbidden Marriage" has kicked off with a viewership ratings of 4%.
According to data by Nielsen Korea on Saturday, the first episode of the MBC drama "The Forbidden Marriage," which aired at 9:50 p.m. the previous day, recorded viewership ratings of 4.6%.
The first episode revolved around Sorang (Park Joo-hyun), who was trapped in jail as a marriage fraudster, eventually being dragged in front of King Lee Heon (Kim Young-dae) while trying to escape the situation with her wit and words.
Sorang, a bold swindler, pretends to be possessed by a dead crown prince in front of the king, and disappointed Lee Heon is fooled.
"The Forbidden Marriage" is set in Joseon of anohter planet similar to the Earth where a marriage is ban for more than seven years.
The drama depicts unique Joseon wth the setting of multi-verse (multi-cosmology), being free from historical research.
The court lady suddenly approaches to the King and takes off his clothes, while the ascetic takes away King's knife when King uses it against courtier.
Actor Park Joo-hyun naturally plays as sly swindler, bringing out the lively charm of the character and drawing laughter.
JTBC drama "Reborn Rich" aired at 10:30 p.m. on the same day, recorded ratings of 17%, first decline since its airing.
In the latest episode, it depicted Jin Do joon (Song Joong-ki), who joined hands with Seo Min-young (Shin Hyun-bin), struggling to bring down Jin-young (Kim Shin-rok), the CEO of Sunyang Department Store.
The drama has emerged as the biggest hit of the year as it depicts Jin Do Joon, whose life has turned from an ordinary person to the youngest son of a chaebol family, taking advantage of the fact he knows the future and going against Yang-chul (Lee Sung-min), the chairman of Sunyang Group.
However, some say that the exciting revenge drama has become less fun as Jin Do joon, who had been shaking Jin's family with a meticulous brain fight, eis having hard time overcoming small crisis.
The drama has begun with 6.1 percent of viewership in the first episode, and has been breaking its own highest ratings in each episode. The drama nearly recorded 20%, known as golden rating, in the eight episode with 19.4 percent.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Jiwon Woo.)
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