South Korea: Following the conclusion of the SBS series Agent Kim Reactivated in July, KBS2’s Love on the Menu became the top-rated drama series in South Korea. Debuting on July 25, the series airs every Saturday and Sunday and averaged 14.52% of viewership throughout 10 episodes in August. This figure is significantly below that of Agent Kim Reactivated, which dominated the ratings in July with 21.55% of viewership. Meanwhile, the KBS Joy romantic comedy-drama OK! Let’s Get Divorced ranked as the lowest-rated long-form drama in South Korea. The series, which aired every Wednesday and Thursday from Aug. 19 until Sept. 24, averaged just 0.27% of viewership in August.
Netflix: On the streaming side, season one of Blood Sacrifice scored 6.33 million views in August, significantly above its competitors. Blood Sacrifice remained in the top 10 of the Netflix ratings charts for four weeks. On the other hand, season one of S&X achieved just 0.9 million views, far below the competition.
United States: Viewing figures for American daytime dramas remained largely unchanged in August. The CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless continued its reign as the highest-rated daytime drama, averaging 3.1 million viewers. Fellow CBS soap The Bold and the Beautiful trailed closely behind, achieving 2.71 million viewers.
America’s youngest daytime drama, CBS’s Beyond the Gates, remains the lowest-rated soap on the air, averaging 1.64 million viewers. Meanwhile, the longest-running American soap opera in production, ABC’s General Hospital, remained in third place. The soap scored 1.88 million viewers throughout August, slightly below its July figures.
