‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ Ratings Spike Following Netflix Global Success

variety.com:

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLegal drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” is living up to its name following its international success on Netflix.Domestic Korean audiences for the series have spiked, in line with its streaming growth.The drama stars Park Eun Bin as a young female lawyer with Asperger’s syndrome who, thanks to her powerhouse 164 IQ, exceptional memory and creative thinking processes, graduates top of her class.

When she joins a major law firm, she uses her particular skills to deliver results that others would not be able to achieve.

But she still struggles with social interactions.Already the top non-English-language series globally on Netflix for the past two weeks, the show claimed a 13.1% share of the Korean TV audience last Thursday, halfway through its 16-episode run.

That was a nationwide audience of 3.4 million viewers, according to data from Nielsen Korea, cited by Content Asia. The season’s production budget is reported to be in the region of KRW20 billion ($15 million).