kdrama1-6, Exercise 2: Two dramas

Model answer:

Winter Sonata: KBS2, 14 January to 19 March 2002, 20 episodes of 60 minutes; a teenager, Joon-sang, loses his memory after a car accident and returns ten years later to meet Yoo-jin again. Figure: nationwide average rating 23.1 percent (highest, episode 14, 28.8 percent). Caution: the US$27 billion figure "counting tourism profit" is not explained by the article.

Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum): MBC, 15 September 2003 to 23 March 2004, 54 episodes of 60 minutes; an orphaned palace kitchen cook becomes the first female royal physician under the Joseon king. Figure: average rating 45.8 percent, peak 57.1 percent. Caution: the article says it is "based on the true story" of Janggeum, but its plot has invented elements (a hermit's prophecy) that it does not reconcile with that claim. (Also: exported to 91 countries, US$103.4 million.)

Sources: Wikipedia, Winter Sonata; Jewel in the Palace.