Diary Of A Prosecutor premiered Monday night with a nationwide TV rating of 5.0 percent, setting a new record for the highest first episode rating of a JTBC drama.

The new series broke the records of not only the 12 dramas that previously aired on JTBC in 2019, but also all the other JTBC dramas in the past years such as Life (2018), Man To Man (2017), and Something In The Rain (2018).

As of December 17, the following are the 10 highest-rated drama premieres on JTBC based on data from Nielsen Korea:

Diary Of A Prosecutor (2019) — 5.042% Chief Of Staff (2019) — 4.375% Life (2018) — 4.334% Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency (2019) — 4.278% Chief Of Staff 2 (2019) — 4.166% Man To Man (2017) — 4.055% Something In The Rain (2018) — 4.008% Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (2017) — 3.829% Miss Hammurabi (2018) — 3.739% The Wind Blows (2019) — 3.598%

Diary Of A Prosecutor‘s first episode rating ranks fifth overall in 2019, following tvN’s The Crowned Clown (5.7%), Crash Landing On You (6.1%), Arthdal Chronicles (6.7%), and Hotel del Luna (7.3%).

The achievement of the series marks another milestone for JTBC, which has continued to make a name for itself in broadcasting high-quality Korean dramas that appeal to more and more viewers. SKY Castle, the network’s critically acclaimed series that concluded in February, is currently the highest-rated Korean drama on cable TV in terms of peak rating. It recently topped Google’s list of trending Korean TV shows of 2019.

The main actors of Diary Of A Prosecutor pose for photographs at the drama’s press conference (from left to right): Jeon Sung-woo, Lee Sang-hee, Kim Kwang-kyu, Lee Sun-kyun, Jung Ryeo-won, and Lee Sung-jae.

Starring Lee Sun-kyun (My Mister) and Jung Ryeo-won (Wok of Love), Diary Of A Prosecutor is a legal drama that sheds light on the lives of ordinary prosecutors working in a small district office. Lee Sun-kyun takes on the role of a local district prosecutor who seems to have no ambition in life while Jung Ryeo-won plays an ace prosecutor who is on a roll at the central office in Seoul when she is transferred to a local branch.

Meanwhile, tvN’s Black Dog also aired its first episode on Monday and obtained a 3.3 percent rating. The drama is headlined by Seo Hyun-jin and Ra Mi-ran.

A total of 92 prime-time Korean dramas premiered in 2019, the last two of which were Diary Of A Prosecutor and Black Dog.

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