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▲ This photo, provided tvN, shows drama "Our Blues." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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▲ This photo, provided by SMR, shows the clip views of new weekend dramas. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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▲ This photo, provided by SMR, shows a chart that compares the age of viewers who watch the new weekend dramas' clips. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
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▲ This photo, provided by SMR, shows the clip of "Our Blues." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
SEOUL, April 15 (Yonhap) -- While the competition between new weekend dramas is rising, tvN's "Our Blues,” a series in an omnibus format, is taking the lead.
The cumulative number of views of "Our Blues" exceeded 6.2 million as of April 11, according to Smart Media Representative (SMR), which distributes VOD (video on demand) clips of major broadcasters to online platforms, Friday.
SBS’s “Again My Life” and JTBC’s “My Liberation Notes,” which began to air on the same week as “Our Blues,” received only 720,000 views and 830,000 views, respectively.
MBC’s “Tomorrow,” which began airing a week earlier than the three dramas, recorded about 2.6 million cumulative views.
“Our Blues” is a drama that depicts stories in an omnibus format. The series is written by Noh Hee-kyung, who created successful humane dramas including “It's Okay, That's Love and “Live.”
The first episode depicted Choi Han-soo (played by Cha Seoung-won) and Jung Eun-hee (played by Lee Jung-eun) reuniting after 20 years.
The series also portrayed characters including a trucker Lee Dong-seok (Lee Byung-hun) and Min Seon-ah (Shin Min-a) who hurt Lee in the past. Lee Young-ok, a haenyeo (woman diver) from land (Han Ji-min), and captain Park Jeong-joon (Kim Woo-bin), who likes Lee, also appeared in the show, raising the expectations of the viewers.
As for the age of the clip viewers, “My Liberation Notes,” was the youngest, dominated by people in their 20s. “Our Blues” and “Again My Life” mainly consisted of viewers in their 30s·40s. “Tomorrow” was comprised evenly with audiences in their 20·30·40s.
According to the number of views in the individual clip category, the highlight clip of “Tomorrow,” released in the show’s pre-promotion period, recorded the highest number of plays with about 590,000 views. However, the original broadcast clip did not receive much attention.
“Our Blues” ranked the most of the top 20 in views, recording a high number of views from teasers and press conferences, to the original broadcast clips.
The most viral clip was a kiss scene of Lee and Shin, recording about 290,000 views. The scene showed Shin pushing Lee away after he suddenly kissed her.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by An Hayeon.)
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