“Dinner Mate” Premieres With Promising Ratings, “Sweet Munchies Quietly Starts

“Dinner Mate” Premieres With Promising Ratings, “Sweet Munchies Quietly Starts
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This week brings two new Monday-Tuesday dramas, MBC’s “Dinner Mate” and JTBC’s “Sweet Munchies.” MBC’s “Dinner Mate,...

This week brings two new Monday-Tuesday dramas, MBC’s “Dinner Mate” and JTBC’s “Sweet Munchies.”

MBC’s “Dinner Mate,” starring Song Seung Heon and Seo Ji Hye, is a drama about a man and a woman who have grown jaded about romance after experiencing painful heartbreaks. Through their dinner dates, they eventually recover their ability to feel emotion and begin to find love over food.

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"Dinner Mate"

According to Nielsen Korea, the May 25 broadcast of the drama recorded average nationwide viewership of 4.8 and 6.1 percent, for a solid beginning and a 1.6 point increase from the finale of its predecessor, “365: Repeat the Year.”

JTBC’s new romantic comedy “Sweet Munchies” stars Jung Il Woo and former KARA member Kang Ji Young, and is about a love triangle in which a man and woman fight over the same man.

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“Sweet Munchies”

The Monday premiere recorded 1.531 percent viewership, for a 0.394 point decrease from the finale of the previous drama, “I’ll Go to You When the Weather Is Nice.”

SBS’s “Good Casting” recorded a 0.3 point decrease in viewership with 6.8 and 8.5 percent but held on to its No. 1 spot amongst Monday-Tuesday dramas.

KBS2’s “Born Again” maintained its viewership from the previous week, hitting 1.3 and 2.0 percent.

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