The Remarried Empress weekly tracker

The table lists the original plan alongside what happened.

Release dates as of 11 November 2026.

Accounts differ on the start date. The old date refuses to die: AsianWiki still lists "Release Date: November 4, 2026." MyDramaList's synopsis says "Nov 4, 2026 (Online)" even though its Aired field and its episodes 1–4 say November 3. TheReviewGeek and Wikipedia use November 3 and note the one-day pull-forward. A list still showing November 4 is repeating the old plan.

The show was not two-per-week from day one: four episodes arrived on November 3, and the two-per-Wednesday pattern starts on November 11. The finale, on November 25, is also a two-episode drop.

Week 1 · Nov 3 — episodes 1–4 arrive together.

Week 2 · Nov 11 — episodes 5–6 arrive.

The Remarried Empress (재혼 황후, romanised Jaehon hwanghu) is a Disney+ original in which Emperor Sovieshu falls for Rashta, a runaway slave, while his wife, Empress Navier, grows closer to Prince Heinrey of the rival Western Kingdom. It is adapted from Alphatart's web novel and the webtoon based on it, runs 10 episodes of about 54 minutes each (15+ rating on MyDramaList), and streams on Disney+ and, in the US, Hulu.

Credits: English Wikipedia lists Cho Su-won and Kim Chang-ju as directors and Yeoh Geena and Hyun Choong-yeol as writers; MyDramaList lists the directors as Jo Soo Won and Shim Na Yeon, and Korean press reported in November 2025 that Shim Na-yeon had joined the production. The story comes from Alphatart's web novel, illustrated for the webtoon by Chirun; MyDramaList gives the leads' full names as Navier Ellie Trovi, Sovieshu Vict, Rashta Isqua and Heinrey Alles Lazlo. Episodes 1–4 are summarised in the episode guide, and the cast is covered on the cast page.

Studio N and Beyond Story produced the series. According to Korean coverage, the imperial scenes were shot at Schleissheim Palace in Germany and in Czech gardens, with large sets built in Korea. The shoot began in Prague, and the first episodes had their world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival in October 2026 (see the dates table above).

For who plays whom, start with the character map, which groups the cast by faction. For the production story, including where the series was filmed and how the press covered it, see the Korean media digest. The short fact sheet above only covers what this tracker needs.

Snapshot: 11 Nov 2026, Beijing afternoon

MyDramaList episode scores and vote counts as of 11 November 2026.

The series page showed 8.6/10 from 2,637 ratings and 30,733 watchers, ranked #383 overall and #833 for popularity, with 28 written reviews. Scores peaked with the premiere batch (8.4 for episodes 3 and 4), then fell to the low 7s for the first weekly pair; with only 19 and 17 votes, that is a direction, not a verdict. MDL also displays 6.6/10 from 16 users for the unaired episodes 7–10. The identical figures look like a placeholder, so the table above leaves them out. AsianWiki showed 92/100 from 133 votes the same day.

Later snapshot, 11 Nov 2026, 22:00 Beijing time (episodes 5–6 only; the earlier table above is kept):

Both episodes moved up from the first read (7.2 and 6.8) as more votes came in; at 27 and 22 votes they are still small samples.

FlixPatrol is the ranking site Korean outlets cite. FlixPatrol's site was not machine-readable when we checked, so figures are the ones Korean outlets reported.

Chart reports as of 10 November 2026.

The snapshots come from WikiTree on 5 November and WikiTree on 6 November; Korea Daily and Maeil Business carried the 10 November figures.

The country count is the more useful signal: 12, then 16, then 33 in three days, and top-10 in 76 markets by November 10. The global No. 2 is built from country positions, not viewing hours, so it is not a claim about absolute viewership. No November 11 country count has been reported yet.

Disney's November 6 release says The Remarried Empress became "the most viewed local original premiere of all time on Disney+ and Hulu globally," based on its first three days of views after the November 3 launch. The same release says it was the No. 1 Korean title premiere in more than 50 markets, naming the US, UK, France, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Chile, Australia/New Zealand and Canada. It also repeats two marketing numbers: 13 million views for the trailer in its first 48 hours, and close to 3 billion views for the original webtoon.

The wording is narrower than some coverage suggests. "Most viewed local original premiere" is a launch-window record for locally produced originals, not "the most-watched show on Disney+". Korean reports sometimes drop the premiere qualifier. Disney's release is dated November 6 in the US; Korean coverage ran from November 7.

Stills and key art on this page come from official trailers, Disney+, Hulu and WEBTOON promotion, credited under each image. To have an image removed, email us (see the Contact page).

• Cadence. We update after each Wednesday drop — November 11, 18 and 25 — and do one final check after the finale.
• Dates. Disney press releases are the primary source; BIFF, Wikipedia and TheReviewGeek are used to cross-check, and we flag sites still showing November 4 instead of copying them.
• Scores. We record MDL's episode score and vote count on the same day. MDL and AsianWiki are kept separate; we do not blend them into one average.
• Charts. FlixPatrol's site is not machine-readable, so we use dated reports that name the snapshot date. Rank is never converted into a viewership estimate.
• History. When a later snapshot changes a number, we add a row rather than overwrite the old one, so the trend stays visible.

Next checkpoints: whether episodes 5–6 settle above their early 7.2/6.8 scores, whether the country count holds after the novelty week, and the two-episode finale on November 25.