Lee Honey’s ‘Knight Flower’ Makes History for Surpassing ‘The Red Sleeve’s’ Viewership Rating

MBC's historical series "Knight Flower," starring Lee Honey, made a significant change as it surpassed "The Red Sleeve's" highest viewership rating!

Keep on reading to know more about the drama's latest achievement!

'Knight Flower' Holds New Record for Beating 'The Red Sleeve's' Viewership Rating

Lee Honey made her long-awaited small screen comeback through MBC's "Knight Flower." The actress plays the lead role of Jo Yeo Hwa, the daughter-in-law of a prominent noble family during the day. Her groom unexpectedly dies on their wedding day, turning her into a widow.

At night, though, she maintains her secret identity as a masked widow, who secretly helps people in need. 

The drama debuted on primetime last January 12 and gracefully concluded on February 17. According to Nielsen Korea, the ratings research organization, "Knight Flower" Episode 12 received a nationwide rating of 18.4 percent. 

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It has been said that the series had a three percentage point increase from its previous episode rating of 15.4%. The finale episode garnered the drama's highest rating ever.

Apart from this, Lee Honey's drama surpassed the 17.4% of "The Red Sleeve," which starred Lee Junho and Lee Se Young. 

"Knight Flower" is said to become the No. 1 drama in MBC's all-time ratings history.

K-Netz Express Enthusiastic Response About 'Knight Flower's' Success

After the comedy-action saeguk ended and recorded a new history in MBC, it garnered positive reviews from viewers. 

• "Lee Honey is impressive."
• "Daebak! The viewership is really good. The reviews have been good too!"
• "'Knight Flower' is freaking good."
• "The drama was seriously so fun. I am so sad that it ended already."
• "'Knight Flower' was seriously the best. The writing, directing, acting, and music were all perfect."
• "Lee Honey and Lee Jong Won totally blew up. They are freaking heart-fluttering."
• "If the drama had 16 episodes, it would go over 20%"

"Knight Flower" is an action-comedy historical drama about a widow, who crosses the line at night, and a young handsome worker who is coveted by everyone in Saedamun.

Apart from Lee Honey, rising actor Lee Jong Won also received recognition for his amazing performance in this series. It was his first drama collaboration with the former beauty queen. 

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Shai Collins wrote this.