# Mr. Queen

> A Korean body-swap comedy reached a 17.4 percent finale rating on tvN.

- Owner: tvN and Studio Dragon
- Kind: Series
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2020-12-12
- Milestone date: 2021-02-14
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 40 (Notable), v1.3
- Mechanics: Controversy, Platform jump

## Summary

Mr. Queen premiered on tvN in December 2020 and drew growing Korean television ratings. It reached Viu viewers and a blogger, then entered Netflix’s global non-English top ten in 2023.

## Timeline

- 2020-12-12 — tvN (TV) — tvN premiered the historical body-swap comedy in South Korea.
- 2020-12-13 — kooriyuki (Open web) — A blogger published a first impression of the first episode.
- 2020-12-13 — Nielsen Korea (Press) — The premiere averaged an 8.0 percent nationwide rating.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/mr-queen-korean-drama-2020

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Mr. Queen.” Case HIS-02003. Spread Score v1.3: 40/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-02003