Reporter : Lucia Hong
Editor : Jessica Kim
Poster for "City Hunter" [SBS]
SBS TV series "City Hunter" continued to lead the primetime lineup on Wednesday and Thursday nights with high viewership ratings. Data from TNmS (Total National Multimedia Statistics) on Friday reported that "City Hunter," starring Lee Min-ho and Park Min-young, scored an average viewership rating of 18.4 percent, indicating that the show may soon breach the 20 percent mark. Figures released by AGB Nielsen Media Research too revealed that the action series brought in slightly higher average ratings of 19.2 percent, posting a rise of 0.6 percent from the previous week. This week's episode focused on the fight for revenge amongst Yoon-sung (Lee Min-ho), Sik-joong (Kim Sang-ho) and Kim Young-joo (Lee Jun-hyuk), while Yoon-sung figures out that a car accident was caused by his adoptive father Jin-pyo (Kim Sang-joong). KBS' "Romance Town," starring Sung Yu-ri and Jung Gyu-woon, maintained its position as the second most-watched show in the country with viewership ratings in the 10 to 11 percent range on both charts, while MBC's "Heartstrings" trailed behind in third place with ratings in the five percentile range.※ Any copying, republication or redistribution of 10Asia's content is expressly prohibited without prior consent of 10Asia. Copyright infringement is subject to criminal and civil penalties.Reporter : Lucia Hong luciahong@Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@<ⓒ10Asia All rights reserved>