The finale of K-drama Queen of Tears, starring Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won, has set a new viewership record for tvN.
Queen of Tears, which aired its finale yesterday (April 28), has achieved record viewership numbers for South Korean cable network tvN, with its finale episode clinching a 24.9 per cent viewership rating, per Korea JoongAng Daily.
The final episode of Queen of Tears surpasses a previous record held by the popular K-drama Crash Landing On You, which peaked at 21.7 per cent viewership rating with its finale on tvN back in 2020.
The figure also places Queen of Tears as the third highest viewed cable K-drama of all-time in South Korean, only beaten by the 2020 series The World of the Married (with 28.4 per cent) and Reborn Rich (with 26.9 per cent). Both those shows aired on the cable network JTBC.
Queen of Tears also notably marked the acting comeback of Kim Soo-hyun, whose last project was 2021’s One Ordinary Day. The K-drama also saw the return of Kim Ji-won from a two-year hiatus, following her appearance in the series My Liberation Notes in 2022.
Kim Soo-hyun was also reportedly paid US$3.7million for his role in the K-drama, or about about KRW300million (US217,000) per episode. That amount was allegedly lower than the KRW500million he was reportedly paid for One Ordinary Day.
In other news, the actor also previously denied dating rumours with controversial actress Kim Sae-ron. The speculations came shortly after the latter posted a selfie of herself and Kim Soo-hyun on Instagram Stories.
