Park Jin-Young and Kim You Jung took the top two spots in drama cast buzz. Their series, "100 Days Of Deception," also broke a nationwide average viewership of 10% and remained the most talked-about TV drama.
On Nov. 10, Good Data Corporation Fundex released its Nov. 1st-week tally showing Park Jin-Young rose to No. 1 in TV-OTT combined drama cast buzz. It was his second straight week at No. 1. Kim You Jung ranked No. 2.
"100 Days Of Deception" topped the TV drama buzz rankings for three consecutive weeks starting the fourth week of Oct. In the TV-OTT combined drama category, which includes OTT series, it placed No. 2. The tally covered the period from Nov. 2 to Nov. 8.
tvN's weekend drama "100 Days Of Deception" is a spy romance about the capital's top pickpocket turned informant and an elite interpreter for the Governor-General of Chōsen. Kim You Jung plays Lee Ga-kyung, who hides her identity to infiltrate the governor-general's office, and Park Jin-Young plays Kim Tae-ung, who lives under the name Sato Hideo.
In episode 10, which aired on Nov. 8, Lee Ga-kyung faced the risk of having her identity exposed. Her actions saving Kim Tae-ung during a bomb operation aroused suspicion. As he retraced the events and Lee Ga-kyung's movements, Kim Tae-ung began to consider the possibility that she was an informant.
Kim Tae-ung's questions awaited Lee Ga-kyung when she returned after giving up plans to go to the United States. At the end of the broadcast, Kim Tae-ung approached Lee Ga-kyung at work and named Geum Seo-hee and Lee Gae-ddong in turn. He then demanded, "You're an informant, aren't you?" and episode 10 ended.
Kim You Jung has portrayed pickpocket Lee Ga-kyung carrying out informant duties at the governor-general's office while concealing her identity. Even as she grew closer to Kim Tae-ung, she had to hide her name and purpose. In episode 10, she drew suspicion because of actions she took to save him.
Kim Tae-ung, played by Park Jin-Young, was born Korean but has lived as the Japanese Sato Hideo. He is the adopted son of Sato Shin-ichi (played by Jin Sun-kyu), the Governor-General of Chōsen's political secretary, and is an elite interpreter. He finds himself torn between his feelings for Lee Ga-kyung and his own position. The ending, in which he directly asks whether she is an informant, set up a confrontation between the two.
Episode 10 recorded a nationwide average of 10.7% and a Seoul metropolitan area average of 11.7% on Nielsen Korea's paid platform household basis. Peak ratings reached 12.0% nationwide and 13.1% in the Seoul area. Both figures were series highs for nationwide and Seoul ratings.
The series, which premiered on Oct. 10 with a nationwide average of 5.3%, more than doubled its viewership by episode 10. Sunday broadcasts improved the series' records: episode 2 reached 7.6%, episode 4 9.0%, episode 6 9.5% and episode 8 9.8%, and episode 10 marked its first entry into double digits.
"100 Days Of Deception," a 16-episode series, has six episodes left until its finale. The next chapter of Lee Ga-kyung, who faced Kim Tae-ung's questioning, continues in episode 11, which airs on Nov. 14 at 9:10 p.m.
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