The drama, which has continuously broken its own highest ratings, is approaching the 10% mark.
According to Nielsen Korea, an audience rating research company on the 24th, the 14th episode of TV Chosun’s Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Uncle’, which aired on January 23, recorded an audience rating of 9.3% based on pay TV households nationwide. This surpassed the previous highest rating of 8.8% recorded by episode 13.
‘Uncle’ started on the 11th of last month with a rating of 2.4%. After that, it immediately increased to 5% in the 3rd episode, followed by 6.3% in the 8th episode. After that, it recorded 7.9% in the 9th and 8.3% in the 12th, showing a continuous upward trend. The 16-episode ‘Uncle’ is seeing double-digit viewership ratings ahead of its ending.
‘Uncle’ is a drama depicting the comical fun growth and survival of an uncle, a trash loser musician who took on his niece in elementary school because of his sister’s clear divorce. With a screenplay and directing that provokes laughter, tears, and emotion, it became a word of mouth as a ‘healing drama’.
Netizens responded to the news of their highest ratings, “The ratings trend is beautiful”, “This is really fun”, “It’s really healing”, “The casting was so good”, “It went really quietly”, “The ratings are high”, etc.
Meanwhile, ‘Uncle’ airs on Saturdays and Sundays at 9 PM.
