Originally Posted by
JonDoe
By "domestic consumption" I mean being aimed at Korean audiences. The highest rated shows in Korea are the ones you never heard of and is unlikely you will find them interesting.
For example, the current no. 1 rated show is "First Wives Club", a story about a poor divorced woman with a 10 year old son and little education being chased by a super-rich and handsome single dude a decade younger than her. Now, how realistic is that kind of plot line? Of course stuffs like this won't sell overseas, but these kinds of shows, and ones starring Yi Joon Gi(The actor that women drool over) get the highest ratings.
Yup. The reason all these characters are "rich" is that so they could do tons of product placement.