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Korean drama 'Doctor Cha' garners lower ratings for episode 15 due to competition 

Published Jun 4, 2023 01:24 am
The Korean drama “Doctor Cha” garnered lower ratings for its second to the last episode due to competition.  “Doctor Cha,” which airs every Saturday and Sunday on JTBC in South Korea and other countries and regions on Netflix, stars Uhm Jung-hwa, Kim Byung-chul, Myung Se-bin and Min Woo-hyuk.  "Doctor Cha" (JTBC)
According to Nielsen Korea, episode 15 of “Doctor Cha” on June 3 recorded a nationwide rating of 14.676 percent in South Korea, down by 3.492 percentage points compared to 18.168 percent for episode 14. It was watched by 3.23 million people nationwide in South Korea.  The Saturday episode competed with other shows including the Friday-Saturday series “Dr. Romantic 3,” which had 14.4 percent on June 3, and trot singer Lim Young-woong’s reality series “My Little Hero,” which recorded a rating of 6.3 percent.  In the metropolitan area (Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi), the rating for episode 15 of “Doctor Cha” decreased to 14.742 percent, down by 3.178 percentage points compared to 17.92 percent for episode 14. It was watched by 1.55 million in the metropolitan area.  Despite the drop in ratings. “Doctor Cha” maintained its No. 1 position nationwide and in the metropolitan area.  The 16th and final episode of “Doctor Cha” will air on June 4.  Ratings for “Doctor Cha”:

EPISODE

    

DATE

            

RATINGS

                                             

NATIONWIDE / METROPOLITAN AREA

  1      April 15, 2023 - 4.937% / 5.464%  2     April 16, 2023 - 7.780% /  8.632%  3     April 22, 2023 - 7.814%  /  8.488%  4     April 23, 2023 - 11.205%  / 11.715% 5     April 29, 2023 - 10.856%  / 12.007%  6     April 30, 2023 - 13.203%  / 13.317%  7     May 6, 2023 - 12.874%  / 13.019%  8     May 7, 2023 - 16.181%  / 16.868% 9     May 13, 2023 - 15.588%  / 15.708% 10     May 14, 2023 - 17.958%  / 18.925% 11     May 20, 2023 - 16.225%  / 17.059% 12     May 21, 2023 - 18.493%  / 19.336%  13     May 27, 2023 - 14.420%  / 14.560%  14     May 28, 2023 - 18.168% / 17.920% 15     June 3, 2023 -  14.676% / 14.742%

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