Vagabond started out strong this week, blowing peoples expectations out of the water and cementing it as the ratings winner on Friday night with a peak viewership of 13.9% and average of 10.4%. I would say that is a successful start to this franchise.
Do to Korean laws that lead to the segmented parts in broadcast dramas, Vagabond split its first episode up into three parts. Part one saw an average rating of 6.3%, part two was at 8%, and part three was the highest at 10.4%. Episode two was broken into those same three parts, we have to see if the ratings were the same, though I would assume they would only go up due to the celebrated opening episode.
I kind of have an inkling that one reason Vagabond blew everyones expectations out of the water is because everyones expectations were so low to begin with due to the lackluster trailers. There wasn’t really anything wow going on in the trailers, just a bunch of action scenes thrown together and kind of subpar special effects (that they must have improved in post production before airing).
My expectations were definitely low. I was almost watching to see how wrong this show would be, and was wowed with how great it was. Was that possibly the productions strategy? Don’t give them all the goodies right away, give them something to talk about later? Whatever it was, it worked.
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Vagabond luar biasa keren, I love Suzy and Lee Seung gi
I have been looking forward to watching this show since day 1. The reunion of the Suzy and Seung-Ki is enough to get my attention. Their promotion strategy definitely works. Not much has been published about the story and the main characters. The promote video clip wasn’t released until early summer. There have been very few photos from the shootings of the show released to the media. As for the first episode, I was annoyed by Suzy’s was appearance. Her character was annoying. Then a few seconds later, I realized her character is under cover and all of that was an act. She actually did it right on. 🙂
I am also delighted to see some familiar faces in the supporting cast. This will be an action packed series. Can’t wait.