[Edaily Reporter Park Jung-Soo ] The SEOULBROADCASTINGSYSTEM Friday-Saturday drama "Manager Kim," produced by Fantagio Corp.(032800), has proven its content production capabilities by recording high viewership ratings right from its premiere.
Fantagio Corp., a comprehensive entertainment company, announced on the 29th that the SBS Friday-Saturday drama “Manager Kim,” which premiered on the 26th, set the highest viewership rating for an SBS drama aired in 2026 after just two episodes. According to the company, this is the highest first-week viewership rating for an SBS drama since 2021.
The second episode, which aired on the 27th, recorded a nationwide viewership rating of 15.7% according to Nielsen Korea. The viewership rating in the Seoul metropolitan area was 15.9%, and the peak viewership rating soared to 18.1%, making it the highest-rated program not only among all channels and genres aired that day but also among all programs for the entire week.
Based on the popular webtoon of the same name, “Manager Kim” is an action drama about an ordinary father who fights dangerous adversaries to save his daughter. It airs every Friday and Saturday at 9:50 p.m.
Fantagio Corp. is expanding its business portfolio beyond its traditional focus on artist management to include live performances, content, and drama production. The company is also accelerating efforts to strengthen its content value chain by securing its own intellectual property (IP), and it states that the success of “Manager Kim” has once again demonstrated its competitiveness in content production.
Namgung Kyun, Chairman of Fantagio Corp., stated, “‘Director Kim’ is a production with an outstanding production team and a compelling story,” adding, “We will continue to invest in the development and production of our own IP across various genres, and based on our accumulated content production capabilities and know-how, we will present high-quality works.”
Meanwhile, Fantagio Corp. is continuously strengthening its competitiveness in the content business based on its own IP. The company plans to expand its content business by leveraging the planning capabilities and production know-how it has accumulated through drama production.