What is My Bias, My Boss? Domestic ratings and a Rakuten Viki top three

What happened

TV Report reported on 17 August 2026 that the tvN Monday-Tuesday drama My Bias, My Boss (최애의 사원) had reached the top three on Rakuten Viki’s weekly chart in North America, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, North Africa and India. The same article noted a top five placing in the Korea and Asia section of U-NEXT in Japan. It also reported a fifth place on the Fundex television drama buzz ranking compiled by Good Data Corporation, a South Korean research firm that measures how much attention a show draws. The same article noted that episode five would air on 17 August at 8:45 p.m.

The domestic figures came earlier. Xports News reported on 5 August 2026 that episode one drew a rating of 4.2 percent, peaking at 5.3 percent. The same article put episode two, broadcast on 4 August, at 3.1 percent.

The official tvN page describes the series as an office growth romance about Nam Da-reum, a new employee who set out to meet her bias (최애, the fan word for a favourite idol) and ended up working for him.

Why is it trending?

Xports News reported on 5 August 2026 that the series is based on the webtoon 우리 오빠는 아이돌 (Uri Oppaneun Aidol), whose title reads as ‘our older brother is an idol’ and which has drawn 600 million cumulative views worldwide. The same article described the story as that of a new employee who changes jobs to meet her favourite idol and ends up entangled most of all with the company’s chief executive.

The subject matter is idol fandom. The Korea Times reported on 15 August 2026 that the drama follows new employee Nam Da-reum, who joins a fashion platform company founded by Lee Chan, her favourite idol, and is placed in a love triangle between the company’s chief executive and a director.

Kim Hye-jun plays Nam Da-reum. Both Xports News and The Korea Times list her in the role.

Cha Woo-min plays the idol Lee Chan, according to Xports News and The Korea Times. The Korea Times introduced Lee Chan as Nam Da-reum’s favourite idol and the founder of the fashion platform company. Kang Hoon plays 강하기, as Xports News noted, and the TVING page also lists Kang Hoon alongside Kim Hye-jun and Cha Woo-min in the cast.

The series is listed on Rakuten Viki as My Bias, My Boss, which makes it available on that service in some territories.

What you need to know

• The series airs on tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8:45 p.m. The official tvN page and the TVING page list the same slot.
• In South Korea it streams on TVING, the domestic streaming service; in some territories it is listed on Rakuten Viki as My Bias, My Boss.
• Domestic ratings were 4.2 percent for episode one, peaking at 5.3 percent, and 3.1 percent for episode two, broadcast on 4 August, as Xports News reported on 5 August 2026.
• Overseas indicators were a top three placing on Rakuten Viki’s weekly chart in North America, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, North Africa and India, and a top five placing in the Korea and Asia section of U-NEXT in Japan, as TV Report reported on 17 August 2026.
• The same TV Report article also reported a fifth place on the Good Data Corporation Fundex television drama buzz ranking.
• The source material is the webtoon 우리 오빠는 아이돌, with 600 million cumulative views worldwide, as Xports News reported.
• The official tvN page lists the characters as Nam Da-reum, 강하기, Lee Chan, 윤초이, 박미미 and 이슬아.