"Payback" Premieres To No. 1 Ratings As "The Forbidden Marriage" Soars To New All-Time High
SBS’s “Payback” is off to a strong start!
On January 6, the new revenge drama starring Lee Sun Gyun and Moon Chae Won premiered at the top of its time slot. According to Nielsen Korea, the first episode of “Payback” scored an average nationwide rating of 8.7 percent, taking first place in its time slot across all channels.
“Payback” also took first place in its time slot among the key demographic of viewers ages 20 to 49, with whom it scored an average rating of 3.6 percent.
Meanwhile, MBC’s “The Forbidden Marriage” earned the highest viewership ratings of its run to date last night. The seventh episode of the romance drama starring Kim Young Dae, Park Ju Hyun, and Kim Woo Seok scored an average nationwide rating of 4.9 percent, marking a new all-time high for the series.
Watch full episodes of “The Forbidden Marriage” with subtitles below!
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