”Latest episode 20.7%” ”Queen of Tears” close to surpassing ”Crash Landing on You”? & ”Powerfully viral” ”Run with Sungjae on Your Back”, tvNTV series on the road to success = some spoilers

*Some synopsis and spoilers are included. From "Queen of Tears" to "Run with Sungjae on Your Back," tvN's TV series are sweeping the living rooms of homes across the nation.
According to Nielsen Korea, a ratings research agency, the ratings for tvN's Saturday and Sunday TV series "Queen of Tears," which aired on the 14th, were 20.7% nationwide in paid households and 2.4% in the metropolitan area.
The viewership rating for "Queen of Tears," which has now reached the "inferior 20%" mark, has surpassed "Goblin: The Lonely and Great God" to become the second highest-rated drama in tvN history.
All that remains is "Crash Landing on You." The previous work by Park Ji-eun, who wrote "Queen of Tears," was "Crash Landing on You," starring actors HyunBin and Song Ye-Ji-in.
It received a lot of love both in Korea and abroad, recording a peak viewership of 21.7% when it was aired. However, if this trend continues, there is a high possibility that "Queen of Tears," which has episode 4 remaining, will surpass this record.
"Queen of Tears" is about Hong Hye-in (Kim Ji-Woo), the third generation of the Queens Group conglomerate, Baek Hyun-Woo (Kim Soo-Hyun), the son of the village chief of Yeongdu Village, and Hee-Ya, a married couple of three years.
The drama is about a crisis that threatens to break out and a love that begins again like a miracle. "Queen of Tears" attracted attention early on as Kim Soo Hyun's comeback after three years, and after the unveiling, the cast's reactions were very positive.
The popularity of the show is due to Kim Ji-Woo's beautiful looks and acting skills, and the ratings are steadily increasing. In a recent episode, Hong Hae-in, who was given a limited life expectancy, was diagnosed with a medical condition.
As the relationship deepens, Baek Hyun-Woo, who patiently stays by her side, confirms their true feelings for each other, and the story is heading towards its climax. Will "Queen of Tears" break tvN's all-time record?
The tvN Mon-Tue TV series "Run with Sungjae on Your Back" based on the web novel "The Best of Tomorrow" by Kim Pan will premiere on the 8th.
Since the series began, an extraordinary viral trend has been spreading among the younger generation of the SNS "Cyworld."
Kim Hye Yoon, who has proven her stable acting skills in dramas such as "My Love from Another Haru", plays the role of Im Sol, who faces the death of her idol and travels back in time, enhancing the sense of immersion.
Woo-sik plays Ryu Sung-jae, Im Sol's geek partner, and his appearance and acting skills, which seem to be tailored to youth-related roles, are being re-evaluated, making him extremely popular.
After its previous series, "Marry My Husband," broke through the slump of Monday-Tuesday TV Series earlier this year to great success, tvN is once again "returning" with "Run with Sungjae on Your Back."
"Run with Sungjae on Your Back" is not a large-scale or glamorous work, but it has the familiar theme of idols and fans, and the background music that evokes nostalgia.
By using these and other methods, he is able to penetrate deep into the emotions of people with intelligence. In contrast, the broadcast of EP3 of "Run with Sungjae on Your Back" on the 15th had a rating of 3.4%, a slight increase from the previous week, and was ranked as one of the hot topics in online sex horoscopes.
Given the high prevalence, attention is focused on whether the upward trend will continue in the future.