Korean Sci-fi Series 'Black Knight' Tops Netflix's Non-English TV Show Chart | Be Korea-savvy

Korean Sci-fi Series ‘Black Knight’ Tops Netflix’s Non-English TV Show Chart


This image provided by Netflix is a scene from its new Korean-language sci-fi series "Black Knight."

This image provided by Netflix is a scene from its new Korean-language sci-fi series “Black Knight.”

SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire)Netflix’s Korean-language sci-fi series “Black Knight” ranked No. 1 on the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for non-English TV shows released Wednesday.

Premiered Friday, the new drama was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s top 10 list for the week of May 8-14 with 31.22 million viewing hours.

The six-episode series, starring actor Kim Woo-bin and Song Seung-heon, is set in a dystopian future devastated by air pollution where humanity’s survival relies on “Black Knights,” deliverymen who provide vital supplies.

It follows a deliveryman and a refugee who challenge a powerful conglomerate that unfairly distributes resources based on social class.

(Yonhap)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>