First Airing, Korean Drama Start-Up Wins Highest Rating

JAKARTA - The Korean drama Start-Up aired its first episode yesterday, October 17th. The drama started viewership with a promising rating.

Quoting Soompi Sunday, October 18, this tvN production drama achieved a rating of 5.0 percent for the first episode. This figure is considered quite high, because this drama is broadcast through private television stations.

Bae Suzy and Nam Joo Hyuk are one of the reasons why viewers enjoy Start-Up dramas. Both of them act as the main stars in this drama. When the first episode aired, Start-Up also topped trending social media topics .

Start-Up tells about the struggles of young people in building a Sandbox start-up company.

Seo Dal-mi (Suzy) is a woman who wants to be like Steve Jobs. He always keeps his money from working part time so he can start the company that he dreams of.

On the other hand, there is Nam Do San (Nam Joo Hyuk), a man who is good at operating computers. He already has his own company, but what he did was rejected by his family. Until now, the company has not found a profit point either.

The first episode of Start-Up featured Seo Dal-mi and Nam Do San's first meeting from childhood to adulthood. They have different destinies but in part, they will work together to make their dreams come true.

Apart from airing the first episode, tvN also released the drama's first soundtrack, Red Velvet's Future song.

The Korean drama Start-Up airs every Saturday and Sunday at 21:00 South Korean time on tvN and Netflix.