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SBS "Secret Garden" sees 1st weekly TV chart win

Poster of SBS series "Secret Garden" [SBS]

SBS drama "Secret Garden" reached No.1 for the first time on last week's TV ratings chart, according to data by Total National Multimedia Service (TNmS) on Monday.

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"Secret Garden", a romantic comedy starring Ha Ji-won and Hyun Bin, posted an average rating of 27.6 percent for the week of December 13 to 19, moving up from second to first place on the latest TV chart.

Falling behind by less than one percent was KBS family series "Marry Me, Please" ("All About Marriage") starring Kim Ji-young and Lee Jong-hyuk which reported an average rating of 26.9 percent.

SBS' prime time series "King of Ambition" led by Go Hyun-jung, kwon Sang-woo and Cha In-pyo came in third marking 26.1 percent in terms of average rating, which is a two percent gain from the previous week.

"King of Ambition", about one woman's rise to presidency, has stayed atop Wednesdays and Thursdays prime time TV chart for 10 weeks now.

Other shows that made it into the top 10 on weekly charts were variety shows "Happy Sunday", "Gag Concert", "World Changing Quiz" and "Infinite Challenge", weekday dramas "Smile, Dong-hae" and "ATHENA", and major news program KBS 9'clock News.

Separately, research firm AGB Nielson Media Research placed KBS weekdays drama "Smile, Dong-hae" on first place on its chart with an average rating of 28.3 percent followed by "Marry Me, Please" ("All About Marriage") that settled second with 27.1 percent. SBS "King of Ambition" came in third with 26.2 percent, posting results similar to that reported by TNmS.

TV ratings for the week of December 13-19, 2010 [TNmS (Total National Multimedia Statistics)]

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