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MBN s newest drama Bossam: Steal the Fate is a rating success. It recently dropped its premiere episode, and the ratings it was able to garner made history for the network. Bossam: Steal the Fate Premiere Episode Makes History
Based on the data released by Nielsen Korea, the first episode of the new drama, which aired on May 1, has attained an average nationwide rating of 3.132 percent. This is not the highest of ratings among all the shows that ended on the day or on the same timeslot, but it was the highest ever for any premier episode of an MBN drama. That is a mean feat that cannot be underestimated.
“Bossam: Steal the Fate” is a historical drama about the fateful romance that occurs when a mysterious rogue named Ba Woo (Jung Il Woo) accidentally kidnaps Princess Soo Kyung (Yuri), the widowed daughter of King Gwanghae.
Director Kwon Suk Jang was not in attendance at the event, but he shared his thoughts through a video message. The director made his name with hit dramas like “Pasta,” “Golden Time,” “Miss Korea,” and “Avengers Social Club,” but this is his first historical drama.
“I cast Jung Il Woo because he had done a lot of historical dramas and I felt like I could depend on him,” the director explained. “I spoke to him beforehand and he had a lot of conflict about his ambitions and the kind of acting he wanted to pursue. I thought that that was an amazing attitude to take. When he said that he felt that working with me would help him improve on what he had done in the past, I was hooked.”