I was surfing the net for informations about the Korean Drama "Spotlight" that i'm watching currently and found online that MBC’s “Spotlight” was overtaken by “Women of The Sun” in yesterday’s airing. The viewership rating of “Spotlight” dropped to 8.5% while “Women of The Sun” rose to 10.3% according to TNS Media .
This came as a surprise as it is the first time “Spotlight” took the last place in the wed/thurs drama war in Korea after maintaining the second spot for a long time. It seems like the change in screenwriter did affect the plot and hence results in this drop. The rumor goes that director Kim Do Hoon and screenwriter Lee Ki Won had several disagreements with each other on how the plot of Spotlight should continue. The low TV rating of this drama is also another reason why he was removed.
Screenwriter Lee will be replaced by the assistant screenwriter of “Dae Jang Geum” and screenwriter of “Life Special Investigation Team”. They will be writing the plot from episode 9 onwards. The reason for the disagreement seems to be that director Kim wanted to add in more love elements to the drama while Lee wanted to stick with the initial plan, which is to focus on the life of a reporter.
I have watched the drama till episode 10 and feels that it is a pity that the drama has low rating in Korea as it is a great drama and enlightens viewers on the real work of reporters behind the scene and adding some love elements to the drama makes it even more watchable. I have been looking forward to seeing more development on the relationship between Oh Tae Seok and Seo Woo Jin played by Ji Jin Hee and Son Ye Jin. Hopefully the drama's rating would improve in Korea!
(Source: http://hanfever.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/spotlights-screenwriter-to-be-replaced/#more-89)
(Source: http://hanfever.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/spotlight-pushed-down-to-last-place/)
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