MBC drama series “Marriage Contract” protected its top viewership ranking on Saturday.

Viewership shares for Saturday’s episode hit 18.4 percent nationwide, according to Nielsen Korea on Sunday. The figure was a slight decrease of 0.9 percentage points from the previous episode on March 20.

TV drama series "Marriage Contract" (MBC)

Other main broadcasters’ drama series, KBS 1TV “Jang Young-sil” reached 10.2 percent, despite airing its finale, while SBS “Mrs. Cop 2” flopped with a viewership share of 7.6 percent.

The seventh episode included the start of a romance between two main characters, Han Ji-hoon (Lee Seo-jin) and Kang Hye-soo (Uee).

The 16-episode series started off with a viewership share of 17.2 percent, and has topped the ratings for three consecutive weekends.


By Kim Soo-hyang (shkim@heraldcorp.com)