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'Flower Of Evil' Proceeds To Lead Thursday Night Dramas With No. 1 Ratings

Aug 28, 2020 | by RD Revez

Viewership for tvN's "Flower of Evil" has remained relatively stable amidst the flurry of unexpected changes to drama schedules.

Per Soompi, Lee Joon Gi and Moon Chae Won's suspense thriller drama's August 26 episode scored an average nationwide rating of 3.5 percent and a peak of 4.1 percent, according to Nielsen Korea. Ages 20 to 49 are among the vital demographic viewers. "Flower of Evil scored an average nationwide rating of 2.0 percent and a peak of 2.3 percent for the night.

Furthermore, other Wednesday to Thursday dramas scheduled to air on August 26, such as MBC's "When I Was The Most Beautiful," and JTBC's "Was It Love?" canceled their airings the last minute. The cancellation was made to give way to the airing of the special news coverage of Typhoon Bravi. Both dramas have resumed their broadcast on August 27.

tvN's "Flower of Evil" is one of the dramas that will be changing their broadcast schedule on the weeks ahead after the surge in COVID-19 cases in South Korea that halted its production. And though the August 27 episode resumed its airing and the September 2 episode will broadcast as scheduled, the following episodes of the drama have been postponed to another schedule until further notice.

"Flower Of Evil" Leads Thursday Night Dramas With No. 1 Ratings

Meanwhile, on August 27, MBC's "When I Was The Most Beautiful" and JTBC's "Was It Love?" continued its airing after a day-break due to the urgent coverage of Typhoon Bravi which canceled their August 26 airing.

The production team and the cast of "Flower of Evil" enjoyed the news that their airing remained Thursday night's most-watched drama. It scored an average nationwide rating of 3.7 percent and a peak of 4.0 percent, marking a slight increase from its previous episode.

As per Nielsen Korea, the last episode of "When I Was The Most Beautiful" scored and average nationwide ratings of 1.9 percent and 2.5 percent for its two parts. And with 1.973 percent nationwide, "Was It Love?"