Halfway through its run, 'Dr. Romantic' is steamrolling Korea's late night TV drama race.
The SBS medical show last Tuesday racked up 23.7 percent in TV ratings, drawing in nearly than one-fourth of all TV viewers nationwide, according to Nielson Korea.
Scene from 'Dr. Romantic' (copyright SBS)
The series stars veteran actor Han Suk-kyu in the lead role of Boo Yong-joo, a famous but eccentric surgeon who one day moves to a small, rundown hospital in the countryside.
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