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 Our favorite trio from The Fiery Priest is back! The Fiery Priest season 1 originally starred Kim Nam Gil, Honey Lee, and Kim Sung Kyun, with the drama achieving a peak viewership rating of 22.0 percent. On April 24, it was confirmed that Kim Nam Gil, Honey Lee, and Kim Sung Kyun will return to the hut drama's 2nd season and that BIBI will be joining the cast. The three will be reprising their roles. Kim Nam Gil as the priest Kim Hae Il, Honey Lee as prosecutor Park Kyung Sun and Lee Sun Kyun as Detective Goo Dae Young. Alongside him is Detective Goo Ja Young, who will be played by BIBI. The Fiery Priest is expected to come out 2nd half of this year.

 Queen of Tears Yoon Bomi and Black Eyed Pilseung's Rado may be in a relationship. In response, the artists' agencies have responded, We are currently checking. Yoon Bomi debuted as a member of APink in 2011 and is now starring in the hit drama Queen of Tears.  Rado, which is part of the hit producing duo Black Eyed Pilseung, has created songs including Apink’s “Only one” and “I’m so sick,” TWICE’s “CHEER UP” and “FANCY,” Chungha’s “Roller Coaster” and “Gotta Go,” and much more.  Apparently, the two have been dating since April 2017!  Good job not being caught by Dispatch.

 The viewer ratings for the 14th episode of 'Queen of Tears', which aired on this day, soared to impressive levels.  Read Queen of Tears become 1st drama to hit 1 billion views in tvN history The episode achieved an average viewership of 23.9% in the metropolitan area, peaking at 26%, and an average of 21.6% nationwide, with a peak of 23.3%.  These ratings represent a continuous seven-week streak of breaking its own highest viewer ratings in both the metropolitan area and nationwide.  Additionally, the drama secured the top spot in its time slot across all channels, including terrestrial networks, reaffirming its popularity among viewers. These ratings are based on data from paid platforms integrating cable, IPTV, and satellite services, provided by Nielsen Korea. It may soon overtake Crash Landing on You with only 0.058% to go.  Viewership rating is increasing every episode. Ep1: 5.9% Ep2: 8.7% Ep3: 9.6% Ep4: 13.0% Ep5: 11.0% Ep6: 14.1% Ep7: 12.8% Ep8: 16.1% Ep9: 15.6% Ep10: 1

 Queen of Tears" broke another record after it surpassed 1 billion views, and became the first-ever K-drama to hit this milestone in tvN's history. On April 19, "Queen of Tears" achieved the highest number of weekly video views for a series in tvN's history with 188 million views in one week (from April 8 to 15), and also accumulated 1 billion video views. It's the first-ever K-drama to hit such huge views in the history of tvN. This gathered data is based on paid platforms integrating cable, IPTV, and satellite. Nielsen Korea added that "Queen of Tears" has broken its own viewership ratings for six consecutive weeks. In particular, the series rose to an average rating of 20.7 percent last week among households nationwide, ranking second in tvN's all-time viewership ratings after "Crash Landing on You." Read Queen of Tears enter top 5 highest rated cable drama in history Due to the drama's compelling narrative and exciting plot, ex

 Queen of Tears is possibly the current hottest airing KDrama. Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won, the supporting cast and the story make the series so loved by viewers. Just look at the drama's soaring rating. With 4 more episodes to go (and 2 specials after that), the drama may even overtake Crash Landing on You as the highest rated tvN drama in history.  Read    Queen of Tears broke to 20% viewership rating             Queen of Tears has entered the top 5 highest rated TV series on cable TV With 2 more weeks to go, Screen Rant listed the top 15 best scenes so far (with my own take on the scenes). 15. The return of Vincenzo - episode 8 This Song Joong Ki cameo was much anticipated. The actor's cameo was actually as Hong Hae In's divorce lawyer, Vincenzo Cassano, from his hit drama, Vincenzo. What's so wonderful in this cameo was when all his previous roles have been mentioned, just to show how fierce he really is as a lawyer.  I love how they pit in all his previous roles as

 Congratulations, Lovely Runner! In the latestTV-OTT drama topicality survey results for the second week of April by Good Data Corporation, the newest tvN drama with Byeon Woo Seok and Kim Hye Yoon has surpassed expectations. It earned a topicality score of 42,393 points in its debut week. In fact, it outperformormed Queen of Tears in its debut week. In addition, this score also marked the highest score among TV dramas launched in the past year. Its lead actors Byeon Woo Seok and Kim Hye Yoon also ranked 3rd and 4th, respectively in the performer category. In terms of rating, the latest episode aired on April 15 sees an increase in rating as well. According to Nielsen Korea, the 3rd episode garnered 3.4%, its highest so far. Hope to see increasing ratings in future episodes! Source