SBS Officially Cancelled Joseon Exorcist | No More Episodes Will Air From This Drama

Today, March 26, SBS officially confirmed the cancellation of Joseon Exorcist drama. They will no longer broadcast the remaining episodes even though the cast already filmed 80% of the show. SBS mentioned that they already paid most of the fees for the broadcasting rights to Joseon Exorcist before the termination of their contract. This is definitely a huge financial loss to both Joseon Exorcist production and its broadcasting network.

Mr. Queen Actress Shin Hye Sun Is Getting Hate Amidst The Joseon Exorcist Controversy

The Joseon Exorcist controversy is now getting out of hand and actress Shin Hye Sun is also getting involved with the backlash from Korean viewers. Even when Mr. Queen was long finished with remarkable high viewership ratings, more than a month as of writing, Korean viewers criticizing the show re-surfaced amidst the Joseon Exorcist's historical distortion controversy. We all know that Mr. Queen got backlash from the viewers too even way before it aired and during its airing period as well. However, upon release of statement of apology from Mr. Queen production, the hate comments slowly diminished for the succeeding episodes after 2nd episode. (See also: The Controversies That Mr. Queen Kdrama Endured) The show ended with a high viewership rating and even ranked 5th on tvN's history of dramas with high ratings. We all thought that the claims of South Korean viewers died down as the show successfully finished but we were all wrong! It seemed that Korean viewers aren't that forgiving at all!

Joseon Exorcist Drama Is In Big Trouble As It Faces K-Netz Backlash From 1st Episode

It's unfortunate that this drama has to face backlash from sensitive viewers only because of props used in episode 1. Joseon Exorcist may have gotten an adequate nationwide viewership rating on its first episode but it already disappoints some Korean viewers and dropped the drama on its 2nd episode. The root cause of all this? The Chinese props used when Prince Chungnyeong (Jang Dong Yoon) welcomed the western exorcist Yo Han and his interpreter Marco to a meal. K-netz were angered at use of Chinese foods such as mooncakes, dumplings and century eggs served for the guests. The alcohol that Marco devoured also was served in a Chinese style container and has a Chinese character written on it. All these made the K-netz sensitive and left a remark that this drama was distorting the nation's history. 

Joseon Exorcist Premiered With An 8.9% Nationwide Viewership Ratings

I was informed late that the first two episodes of Joseon Exorcist would be 19+ so I was really surprised watching the premiere episode. For someone like me who doesn't like the 'zombie' and 'killing-spree' concepts, I was totally flabbergasted with this. lol I did react initially about that on my facebook page. Anyways, I still finished the whole episode though and glad I did because I'm totally hooked!