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| Genre: | Drama | ||||||
| Creator: | Studio Dragon | ||||||
| Director: | Hwang Joon-hyeok | ||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 16 | ||||||
| Camera: | Single-camera | ||||||
| Company: | Urban Works Media | ||||||
| Network: | tvN |
Black Dog: Being A Teacher[1] is a 2019–2020 South Korean television series starring Seo Hyun-jin, Ra Mi-ran and Ha Jun. It aired on tvN's Mondays and Tuesdays time slot from December 16, 2019 to February 4, 2020.[2] [3] It is a well-made drama in which viewers sympathized greatly with the realistic situation, conflicts and villains facing fixed-term teachers in the drama.[4]
Go Ha-neul (Seo Hyun-jin) becomes a temporary teacher at a private school, but she faces many struggles in her new position. However, she's determined to do her best and help her students as they face the various trials that exist in the highly competitive private school setting. With the guidance of Park Sung-soon (Ra Mi-ran), the head of the school's career counseling department, and Do Yeon-woo (Ha Jun), a Korean language teacher with an unwavering passion for teaching, Go Ha-neul finds the strength to overcome the challenges of teaching in today's cutthroat education system, growing both as a person and a teacher.
After a teacher saved her when she was a student, Ha-neul decided to become one herself. Years later, she starts working as a temporary teacher at a private high school and, through struggles, grows as a teacher and as a person.
An experienced teacher who becomes Ha-neul's mentor. She is a Korean language teacher and Head of College Admission, and is known as a workaholic among the students.
A Korean language teacher who is very popular among students.
| + Average TV viewership ratings | ||||||
| Original broadcast date | Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[13] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | ||||||
| 1 | December 16, 2019 | |||||
| 2 | December 17, 2019 | 4.412% | 5.064% | |||
| 3 | December 23, 2019 | 4.411% | 5.212% | |||
| 4 | December 24, 2019 | 4.349% | 4.834% | |||
| 5 | December 30, 2019 | |||||
| 6 | December 31, 2019 | 4.732% | 5.126% | |||
| 7 | January 6, 2020 | 4.797% | 4.848% | |||
| 8 | January 7, 2020 | 5.055% | 5.352% | |||
| 9 | January 13, 2020 | 4.393% | 4.941% | |||
| 10 | January 14, 2020 | 4.339% | 4.457% | |||
| 11 | January 20, 2020 | 4.492% | 4.744% | |||
| 12 | January 21, 2020 | 5.085% | 5.563% | |||
| 13 | January 27, 2020 | 3.983% | 4.026% | |||
| 14 | January 28, 2020 | 4.428% | 4.662% | |||
| 15 | February 3, 2020 | 4.110% | 4.261% | |||
| 16 | February 4, 2020 | 4.658% | 4.647% | |||
| Average | ||||||