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Do you think "car accident, cancer, life experience" is the Korean drama three Dabao ? You've already out. The ranking of Korean drama ratings since 2016 shows that many high-rated Korean dramas have made new explorations in terms of themes.
The "tax" theme that is hardly afraid to touch in China can even have high ratings because of its unique entry point; science fiction elements mix and match various themes have become the "master key" to save the situation; the theme of the elderly has become a "tear gas"; workplace dramas have become "textbooks".
Science fiction and fantasy elements grafting various themes, which is simply the "master key"
Science fiction and fantasy are one of the more popular matching elements in Korean dramas in the first half of this year. They are grafted into crime, romance, detectives and other themes, and the effect is good.
, the popular Korean drama "Signal", ranked first in cable TV in the first half of the year with an ultra-high rating of 8.8% of AGB nationwide, is a combination of "science fiction + crime". It uses an old-fashioned intercom to connect two police officers who pursue justice in different time and space, communicate information with each other, and change the past so that the unsolved case can be solved.
Unlike other "time and space travel" dramas, "signal" changes the past not to travel back to another time and space, but to build a bridge of communication between two time and space through medium such as radio; and to change the past is not to switch the trajectory of personal life, but to have social propositions of upholding justice and being upset. It provides the audience with a unique experience of watching crime dramas.
"W-Two Worlds" brings the combination of "science fiction + romance" to the extreme. The comic world switches seamlessly with the real world, interpreting the story of a "domineering president" in a comic falling in love with the "me" in the real world. Whether it is the sci-fi sense of the timeline in the comics or the controversy over the dominance of the comics world as the creator, the audience has fully seen how big the screenwriter’s imagination is.
The ratings of the series' single episode have jumped from 8.6% at the beginning to 13.8% in the seventh episode, and the subsequent trend continues to be bullish. The current average viewership has made the drama successfully enter the top ten public TV ratings ranking in the first half of the year.
ranked second in cable TV with AGB national viewership ratings of 6.9% in the first half of this year, " is Wu Haiying again ", the popular drama "superpower + romance". The male protagonist in the play can see the future, and on this basis, a romantic love story between the male protagonist and the female protagonist is constructed. The mysterious character and unpredictable love make people have the desire to continue to explore.
"Fight the Ghost God" and " Vampire Detective " are two plays with the theme of "Ghost God". They are "cool dramas" that Koreans like to watch in summer.
Among them, "Ghost Gods and Gods" focuses on "Ghosts and Gods + Romance", telling a comedy story between an exorcist with "spiritual eyes" and a high school girl who died regretfully.
"Vampire Detective" focuses on "Vampire + Detective", telling the story of the male protagonist who suddenly becomes a vampire gradually revealing his past secrets by solving various cases.
Although these two dramas have not entered the top five, they are also very popular.
In contrast, domestic fantasy dramas have no fantasy to say except for the "eye-stimulating" costumes, transformations, and Taoism. Korean dramas use fantasy elements to graft other themes, which is worth learning from.
's unique entry point makes "tax" a high-rated theme
When it comes to taxation, domestic business dramas will hardly touch such themes. In the first half of this year, a Korean drama "38 Division Mobile Team " with this theme exceeded 4% in a single episode, becoming the TV series with the highest ratings on OCN this year.
"The 38th Division Mobile Team" is derived from the "38th Mobile Team" that tax collection is carried out in Article 38 of the South Korean Constitution's Tax Payment Obligations.
At first, everyone would think that the show was related to "tax" and should be a relatively boring and serious style.However, the screenwriter boldly takes the theme entry point of "high income people evade high taxes" with great social contradictions. When these people use money as a weapon to evade their obligations, if the law cannot sanction them, what can sanction them? At this time, a tax collection group based on "fraud" appeared. The head of the Seoul Municipal Government Mobile Team joined forces with the scammers to work together to collect late taxes for those who paid high taxes.
The drama presents a variety of fraud methods such as phone fraud and message fraud that people can easily access, and is paired with a cold humor and irony style, bringing the audience a fresh experience of watching the drama.
Domineering Queen VS Crazy Man, contrasting the character setting of the character achieves the workplace drama
cable channel JTBC's " Yushi Nanzhengji " embarked on the road of "reviewing counterattack" as soon as it was broadcast. The ratings rose from 1%, and finally exceeded 3%, once surpassing the strong TVN and occupying the first place in the same level. The audience gave the praise of "it can become a masterpiece of JTBC". And this "Yushi Nan Zhengji" is actually a typical workplace drama.
"Yushi Nan Zhengji" tells the story of a passionate, funny, realistic and idealized workplace struggle between a strong woman in the workplace who has a domineering personality and a set of self-principles of behavior and a sales section chief who is completely cautious in behavior and a sales section chief.
The heroine played by Li Yaoyuan will say one or two famous quotes about the workplace in almost every episode. She uses her "queen" attitude to critically hit the injustice in reality, which makes people excited! Classic lines are simply the best standard "textbook" used to "uphold workplace justice and combat workplace villains".
The hot heroine and the water-like male protagonist get along with each other with an extremely subtle harmonious aura, forming a unique comedy and warm atmosphere.
Theme of the elderly can also be very good. The key is to explore the warmth of the world
" My dear friends " is a topical drama on Korean cable TVN in the first half of this year. The drama played an excellent role in "the sense of social responsibility of TV series", and turned the story to the elderly group that rarely received attention in TV series. The topics discussed include the lives, friendship, love, and relationships with children and relatives of the elderly. How can we face the future of "we will eventually grow old" in a subtle way.
Sohu Korean Entertainment comments believe that this is a "extremely tear-jerking" Korean drama. The perception of life, the feelings of relatives and friends, and the cherishment of life will be presented to the audience one by one in the plot. It is the kind of humanistic warm drama that you need to lay some psychological preparation for yourself before opening each episode, but once you open it, you will cry until you can't stop. You will feel the warmth of this story in it.
In the face of Korean dramas of type and quality like "My Dear Friends", we cannot help but admit the huge gap between domestic dramas and Korean dramas.
"My Dear Friends" set a high rating of 8.087% before the finale, and ranked among the top five in cable ratings.
With the advent of my country's aging society, dramas that focus on serious and eternal topics such as the family affection of parents, the aging of their closest people, and the lack of youth and vitality should have a broad viewing market. "My Dear Friends" is a good example.
Since 2016, in addition to constantly exploring and innovating in subject matters, another development direction of Korean dramas is to bring traditional popular themes to the extreme. For example, the phenomenon-level Korean drama " Descendants of the Sun" in the first half of the year is a traditional romance drama, but the drama is perfect in terms of character design, rhythm, plot, actors and even shooting location scenery.
is visible. For a high-rated drama, either innovate the theme and get the "bid" of innovation; or to achieve the ultimate traditional theme, there are also "bids" to get it.
Note:
1. Due to the incomplete viewing data of some daily and Japanese dramas and weekend dramas, the data in the table is sorted according to relevant information, and the ranking may change in succession. The source of the play rating data is Baidu Encyclopedia, Korean Drama Archives, and Sohu Entertainment.
2. The ranking in the table mainly refers to AGB national data. The ratings of some of the currently aired dramas are calculated until early August.
Attachment: 2016 first half of Korean drama ratings in
Korean Public Channel 2016 first half of TV series ratings in 2016 top ten
Korean Cable Channel 2016 first half of TV series ratings in 2016 top six
