Complex sentence: Despite its ensemble cast, extensive publicity and US $13 million production budget, the series only averaged single-digit audience rating of 7.59% in South Korea and received criticisms for its screenplay, direction and performances.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite its ensemble cast, extensive publicity and US $13 million production budget, the series only averaged single-digit audience rating of 7.59% in South Korea. A commercial failure, it also received criticisms for its screenplay, direction and performances.