Originally Posted by
JonDoe
Current fall-off have something to do with the dry-up of classical romantic series that used to sell to non-Korean viewers.
Nowadays, the TV screen is filled with comedies featuring wicked old girls and their underaged boyfriends, gay lovers, and nationalistic historical dramas with bloody sword fights that are outright banned in China due to political and diplomatic issues. No more Winter Sonata, Sad Sonata, Snow Queen that have universal appeal because they don't sell in Korea anymore.
The funny thing is that things were always like this, with bad series outnumbering good series by a good margin in the golden age. The difference is that those poor series that would never have been sold overseas in 2000 are now being sold.
So viewers need to be selective about what they watch. Series like Goong, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf(I repeat, watch this show!!!), and forthcoming The Lobbyist are good shows worth watching and will sell to anyone, but need to skip everything else.