'Taxi Driver Season 3' 1st among Korea's favorite programs

Taxi Driver Season 3 ranked No. 1 in Koreans' favorite programs. 

According to a survey conducted by Gallup Korea from December 16 to 18, asking 1,001 adults aged 18 and over nationwide about the TV programs they enjoy watching these days (up to two responses allowed), SBS's Friday–Saturday drama Taxi Driver Season 3 topped the list with a preference rating of 4.5%.

Taxi Driver Season 3 is a "revenge-for-hire drama" in which employees of Rainbow Taxi, a taxi company operated by Jang Seong Cheol (Kim Eui Sung), the head of the crime victims' support center Blue Bird Foundation, carry out revenge on behalf of those wronged. Led by former special forces officer-turned taxi driver Kim Do Gi (Lee Je Hoon), the team includes white hacker An Go Eun (Pyo Ye Jin), former automobile development researcher Choi Gyeong Gu (Jang Hyuk Jin), and former aircraft maintenance mechanic Park Jin Eon (Bae Yoo Ram) — mechanics at Rainbow Taxi.

Based on the webtoon of the same name, Taxi Driver Season 1 ranked fourth among preferred programs in May 2021 (and first among dramas at the time). Season 2 took first place in April 2023, and Season 3 has also ranked first.

Previously notable seasonal dramas include Dr. Romantic Seasons 1–3 (SBS), which ranked fourth in January 2017 and February 2020, and third in June 2023; Hospital Playlist Seasons 1 and 2 (tvN), which entered the top tier despite airing once a week, ranking third in May 2020 and August 2021; its spin-off Resident Playbook, which ranked second in May 2025.

This ranking, compiled by Gallup Korea, is based on a survey conducted from the 16th to the 18th using random phone numbers provided by three major telecom companies. Interviews were carried out by telephone surveyors with 1,001 adults aged 18 and over nationwide. The margin of error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

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