'Youth over Flowers' posts record viewership

Scenes from tvN's "Youth over Flowers" in Africa /Courtesy of tvN

By Kwon Ji-youn

The first episode of cable channel tvN’s “Youth over Flowers in Africa” registered a national rating of 12.7 percent Friday, a record among all of tvN’s “Flower” series. These include “Youth over Flowers in Iceland,” which posted 6.0 percent in viewership when its last episode aired on Feb. 12.

The third season of “Youth over Flowers” takes Ryu Jun-yeol, Ko Kyung-pyo, Park Bo-gum and Ahn Jae-hong -- the four male leads of “Reply 1988” -- to Namibia, a country on the southwest coast of Africa that shares borders with Zambia, Angola, Botswana and South Africa.

In the first episode, Ryu, Ko and Ahn are kidnapped by the producers during a vacation in Phuket, Thailand, and are jetted off to Africa, where they experience difficulties renting a car.

Park is put back on a plane shortly after arriving in Seoul from Thailand, but misses his transfer flight.

“Youth over Flowers in Africa" airs on tvN on Friday evenings at 9:45 p.m.

Poster for tvN's "Youth over Flowers" /Courtesy of tvN