According to figures released by Netflix, South Korean television dramas remain a strong presence on the streaming service worldwide. For the week of May 9th to May 15th, four South Korean dramas were in the Global Top 10 for Non-English television. The best performing of them was "Business Proposal" in third place with 20.16 million hours. The contract office romance has now been in the Global Top 10 for ten weeks, despite new episodes only being made available for six weeks.
"The Sound of Magic" was in fourth place with 16.93 million hours, with the Ji Chang-wook led musical drama now in its second week on the streaming platform. "Business Proposal" and "The Sound of Magic" would have been fifth and eighth place overall had English and non-English television been merged into the same list. Back on the Non-English list, "Our Blues" was sixth place and "Tomorrow" was ninth place as both dramas wind down to their final episodes.
Written by William Schwartz
Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea since 2011. Started out in Gyeongju, then to Daegu, then to Ansan, then to Yeongju, then to Seoul, lived on the road for HanCinema's travel diaries series in the summer of 2016, and is currently settled in Anyang. Has good tips for utilizing South Korea's public bus system. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net. He also has a substack at williamschwartz.substack.com where he discusses the South Korean film industry in broader terms and takes suggestions for future movies to review.
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