Two new Wednesday K-dramas opened under 2% in Korea, while ENA's Between Steps nearly doubled its premiere rating for its finale. Only one of the new shows streams in the U.S. so far: What a Boss Wants is on Viki.
Two new K-dramas premiered in Korea on Wednesday, Nov. 11, and one favorite signed off Tuesday with its best night yet.
tvN's comedy Happy Anding opened with a 1.7% nationwide rating among pay-TV households, according to Nielsen Korea. MBN's romantic comedy What a Boss Wants opened at 1.29%, MyDramaList reported.
Meanwhile, ENA's Between Steps wrapped its 12-episode run Tuesday, Nov. 10, with a series-high 3.5%. That's nearly double the 1.8% it drew for its Oct. 5 premiere.
Where can you watch the new K-dramas in the U.S.?
Here's where each show stands for U.S. viewers as of Wednesday night:
What a Boss Wants: Streaming on Viki. Episode 1 is up now, and the full series needs a Viki subscription. MyDramaList lists 12 episodes running through Dec. 17.
Happy Anding: No U.S. streamer yet. MyDramaList lists only TVING, a Korean service, and JustWatch shows no U.S. option. It's also listed at 12 episodes through Dec. 17.
Between Steps: All 12 episodes stream on Hulu in the U.S., according to JustWatch. It's rated TV-14.
Good news for Hulu subscribers who held out for a finished show. You can binge the whole thing this weekend.
What is What a Boss Wants about?
The show is based on a web novel of the same name. Sung Hoon plays Kwon Do-hyuk, an emotionless entertainment company CEO who can't sleep because of long-standing PTSD.
His psychiatrist prescribes an unusual cure: find the woman whose voice can calm his nerves. He hears that voice on an indie band's album, which leads him to Oh Se-young as Lee Eun-chae, the band's vocalist. Lee Jung-shin co-stars as a pediatrician.
It's Sung Hoon's first TV drama in three years, MyDramaList noted. Viki rates it PG-13 and offers English subtitles plus more than 20 other languages.
What is Happy Anding about?
Happy Anding follows a comedy trio called Asura that has chased the stage for 10 years without catching a break.
Kang Hoon plays Kang Tae-gu, with Jo Hyun-chul as Kim Nam-il and Kim Jung-jin as Han Joon-seo. Lee E-dam plays Go Eun-young, a mysterious woman who keeps showing up to watch them. Choi Moon-hee and Yoon Ga-yi co-star.
The premiere was the fourth most-watched program on cable that night, according to Nielsen Korea. It airs Wednesdays and Thursdays on tvN.
How did Between Steps end?
Choo Young-woo and Kim So-hyun star as two graduate students who meet in a robotics lab. His character, Park Min-jae, is a former high school swimmer who lost a leg to illness. Her character, Lim Yoo-jin, is looking for a new path after losing her way.
The show aired Mondays and Tuesdays for six weeks and went out on its 3.5% high Tuesday night.
The series is also the final work of director Ahn Pan-seok, who died in August after a brain hemorrhage.
In farewell comments shared by MyDramaList, Choo called the show "a time of learning and growth." He said Min-jae "looks strong, but he's fearful and clumsy" when it comes to love.
When we first wrote about Between Steps in September, its U.S. home hadn't been announced. Now it's on Hulu.
Which K-dramas are coming next?
A few more dates for your watchlist:
Doctor X: Ends Friday, Nov. 14, after ratings near 20%, as we reported early Wednesday.
The Remarried Empress: Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu since Nov. 4.
Nine to Six: Park Min-young and Yook Sung-jae's office romance premieres on SBS on Wednesday, Nov. 25, at 9 p.m. Korea time. What's on Netflix reported in October that it will stream on Netflix in Korea and on Prime Video in the rest of the world.
That gives What a Boss Wants and Happy Anding two weeks before a big Wednesday rival shows up. A 1.29% start leaves plenty of room to grow, and Between Steps just showed it can be done.
Article compiled and written by Kambrea Pratt (editor-in-chief), Derek Gibbs (beat editor) and the Pirates & Princesses newsroom. Pirates & Princesses is part of WebReef Media.
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Hat Tips:
MyDramaList (Nov. 11, 2026), premiere ratings for Happy Anding and What a Boss Wants, cast, plots, episode counts, Between Steps finale rating and cast comments
Viki (Nov. 11, 2026), What a Boss Wants U.S. availability, rating and subtitles
JustWatch (Nov. 11, 2026), U.S. streaming for Between Steps and Happy Anding
What's on Netflix (Oct. 27, 2026), Nine to Six streaming plans
SBS (Nov. 3, 2026), Nine to Six premiere date and time
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