Producers end with ratings 17.7% highest of all

KBS short mini series drama Producers end its final episode with viewers' rating more than 17%- the highest of all time. According to audience measurement company Nielsen Korea on the 20th of June, the drama Producers screened its final episode on 21:00 (12 episodes) showed an average audience of 17.7%. on the 15th June the broadcast viewership ratings of 10.1% and overall average was 12.7%. 

Producers is a docu-drama revolving the TV stations and work of a PD. This is also the 2nd work for scriptwriter Park Ji Eun who also wrote the popular hit drama My Love from Another star also starring Kim Soo Hyun. 

And so we see the ending turns out to be quite a happy open ending for the 4 main characters. Joon Mo ends up confessing his true feelings to Ye Jin after 25 years of long friendship. It turns out he was the one following Ye Jin everywhere since they were kids. It wasn't a one sided love for her. The two were happy that they were true to themselves. Ye Jin also found out that Joon Mo was the one who threatens the community and new apartment  area where she was staying to fix the broken street lights. How sweet of him!

As for Seung Chan, he was rejected from his one sided crush of Ye Jin knowing she only treats him as a subordinate. However he still has Cindy who harbours hope on him despite he hasn't given her any answer. Cindy left her agency and marked her new journey on her own after Ye Jin cleared those lies CEO Byun has told the media. Viewers were hoping for at least Seung Chan to have a good ending. It turns out he was chirpy as ever and smiles now to Cindy. So it could be a hint there will be a budding relationship between him and Cindy. As we looked back since the first day Seung Chan started as a rookie PD, it was a journey of ups and downs. We see how juniors were bullied at work, they pull through the night doing editing of the program with captions, casting members into their program, waiting results for viewership ratings to disappointment when it fails...etc. It's a part of life... as what Joon Mo mentioned to Seung Chan- a variety show always end up in ruins, it cannot last forever- the same goes with popularity. Once viewers stop clapping or viewing it means that's EOL (end of life). How true... 

Well I am amazed how the variety program such as Running Man, Infinity Challenge, Happy Together and 1N2D can last for so many years. They are the long standing variety shows that gained so much attention from young to the old viewers. I have to salute the PDs, scriptwriters and staff who have worked hard to bring us these programs. 
Nonetheless Producers have ended with good epilogues and happy days for all...
Apparently there would be a sequel of this PD2- ...we shall see.... 

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