The Doctors (South Korean TV series) explained

Alt Name:Doctor Crush
Native Name:
Hangul:닥터스
Rr:Dakteoseu
Mr:Takt'ŏsŭ
Lk:Doctors
Director:Oh Chung-hwan
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Num Episodes:20
Producer:Kim Jung-mi
Runtime:60 minutes
Company:Pan Entertainment
Budget: billion[1]
Network:SBS TV
Related: (2017–2018)

The Doctors[2] is a 2016 South Korean medical drama starring Kim Rae-won and Park Shin-hye. It aired on SBS TV from June 20 to August 23, 2016, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) for 20 episodes.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

The drama was a hit and averaged 18.40% in audience ratings.[8] [9] In particular, Park's character as a troubled teenager turned charismatic doctor was very popular among the audiences for her action scenes and straightforward lines.[10] [11]

Synopsis

Yoo Hye-jung (Park Shin-hye) was a headstrong girl in high school with a prickly, gangster personality. Due to her many childhood scars, Hye-jung keeps her heart closed towards other people. However, she changes after meeting her mentor Hong Ji-hong (Kim Rae-won), who plays a key role in transforming her life from a "hopeless" delinquent to a compassionate doctor. They part ways due to a report of their close relationship, which was reported by a fellow student but subsequently meet again after 13 years, when Yoo Hye-jung had become a successful doctor.[5]

Cast

Main

Hong Ji-hong, whose birth name was Lee Ji-hong before his adoption, is a hard working man who lost his parents at a young age in a car accident. He was adopted later on in his life, graduated from a prestigious medical school and started out as a doctor. However, a medical accident while he was working as a surgeon made him step back and he restarts his career as a biology teacher. He cares for teenagers, especially his students since he had a rough life as a teenager. This makes him interested in the life of rebellious Yoo Hye-jung when she decides to turn over a new leaf and actually work hard in school. It is after being separated from her that he realizes she is the one he has fallen in love with. When he and Yoo Hye-jung cross paths 13 years later, he who is now a neurosurgeon confesses his feelings for her.

Yoo Hye-jung is a successful neurosurgeon. She was a delinquent in high school, known for her wayward personality. Having gone through a tough childhood, she found it hard to trust anyone. The only person she trusted and loved is her grandmother, who never failed to support her. However, her thoughts about others changed after meeting teacher Hong Ji-hong, who helped her find her goal in life.

Jung Yoon-do is a neurosurgeon as well as a visiting staff who is from a wealthy family. He is not good with rough situations in society. However, he knows how to handle his work with strictness. He finds himself attracted to Yoo Hye-jung, who is very different from him.

Jin Seo-woo is a neurosurgeon and also friends-turned-enemies with Yoo Hye-jung. She liked Hong Ji-Hong, but seeing the growing relationship between Hong Ji-hong and Yoo Hye-jung, she causes trouble for them. This in turn caused them to part ways. Forgetting about Hong, she starts liking Jung Yoon-do but again feels inferior to Hye Jung due to Yoon-do's attraction towards Hye-jung. Eventually, she reconciled with Hye-jung and restored their friendship. Additionally, in the end, she fell for Young-gook and became his girlfriend.

Supporting

People around Hong Ji-hong

People around Yoo Hye-jung

People around Jin Seo-woo

People of Gookil Hospital

Extended

Special appearances

Production

The Doctors was based on the screenplay by Ha Myung-hee which is one of the winners in Broadcasting Content Promotion Foundation (BCPF)'s 3rd Find the Desert's Shooting Star Screenplay Competition, held in 2010.[16] Then titled as Female Thug Hye-jung, the series was in talks to air on KBS 2TV's Monday-Tuesday prime time slot in 2015 following the end of Healer, however, it did not push through.[17] (My Love from the Star, You're All Surrounded) was supposed to produce the drama, while PD (Smile Again, Dream High 2) was in talks to direct.

First script reading took place on April 28, 2016, at SBS Ilsan Production Studios in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.[18] [19]

The series reunited Park Shin-hye and Baek Sung-hyun, who previously played the younger versions of Han Jung-suh and Cha Song-joo, respectively, in the 2003 hit drama, Stairway to Heaven.[20] It also reunited Park Shin-hye and Yoon Kyun-sang who previously worked together in the 2014 hit drama, Pinocchio.

In the United States, the drama was aired in the Los Angeles DMA free, over-the-air on Asian American-oriented TV channel, LA 18 KSCI-TV (channel 18) with English subtitles, Monday through Tuesday at 9:00pm, from July 18 to September 20, 2016.[21]

Original soundtrack

Doctors OST
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Various Artists
Released:August 1, 2016
Genre:Soundtrack, Pop
Language:Korean, English
Label:Pan Entertainment, RIAK

Charted songs

TitleYearPeak chart positionsSales [22] Remarks
Gaon[23]
"No Way" (Park Yong In, Kwon Soon Il (Urban Zakapa))201624
  • KOR (DL): 212,642+
"Sunflower" (Younha ft. Kassy)72
  • KOR (DL): 159,597+
"It's Love" (Jung Yup (Brown Eyed Soul))36
  • KOR (DL): 179,405+

Ratings

Broadcast dateAverage audience share
TNmS[24] AGB Nielsen[25]
NationwideSeoulNationwideSeoul
1June 20, 2016
2June 21, 201612.4% 16.9% 14.2% 16.2%
3June 27, 201612.8% 16.5% 14.4% 16.9%
4June 28, 201614.6% 17.8% 15.6% 18.0%
5July 4, 201616.1% 20.7% 18.4% 20.2%
6July 5, 201616.8% 20.8% 19.7% 21.6%
7July 11, 201618.4% 22.3% 18.8% 21.3%
8July 12, 201617.8% 20.3% 19.2% 21.1%
9July 18, 201616.8% 20.0% 19.4% 21.5%
10July 19, 201617.2% 19.9% 19.3% 22.6%
11July 25, 201617.2% 20.2% 19.2% 21.9%
12July 26, 201618.2% 20.9% 18.7% 21.7%
13August 1, 201617.6% 20.6% 18.5% 20.8%
14August 2, 201617.2% 21.2% 19.6% 21.8%
15August 8, 201620.0% 23.3%
16August 9, 201618.4% 21.4% 20.6% 22.4%
17August 15, 2016 20.8% 22.8%
18August 22, 201616.2% 19.7% 17.8% 19.6%
1916.1% 19.5% 19.5% 22.0%
20August 23, 201617.9% 21.2% 20.2% 22.0%
Average
  • In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient ResultRef.
2016 Grand Prize (Daesang)
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Kim Rae-won
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Park Shin-hye
Best New Actor
Best Couple Award Kim Rae-won and Park Shin-hye
Grand Prize (Daesang) Kim Rae-won
Best Drama The Doctors
Top Excellence Award, Actor
Top Excellence Award, Actress Park Shin-hye
Best Artist Award, Actor Kim Rae-won
Best Artist Award, Actress Park Shin-hye
Grand Prize (Daesang)
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Genre & Fantasy Drama Kim Rae-won
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Genre & Fantasy Drama Park Shin-hye
Excellence Award, Actor in a Genre Drama Yoon Kyun-sang
Special Award, Actor in a Genre Drama Jang Hyun-sung
Special Award, Actress in a Genre Drama
Top 10 Stars Award Park Shin-hye
New Star Award
Moon Ji-in
Best Couple Award Kim Rae-won and Park Shin-hye
Idol Academy Award – Best Kiss
2017 53rd Baeksang Arts AwardsBest ActressPark Shin-hye[26] [27]
Best New ActorKim Min-seok
Seoul International Drama AwardsOutstanding Korean DramaThe Doctors[28]

Remake

In 2017, Kalp Atışı ("Heart beat") an adaptation of the series, was made by the Turkish network Show TV. It aired for 1 season.

Notes and References

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  14. Web site: Kim Min-suk to join Park Shin-hye in 'Doctors'. Kpop Herald. July 30, 2017. July 30, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730201254/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201605191313324298301_2&ACE_SEARCH=1. live.
  15. Web site: Actor Nam Koong-min makes cameo in 'Doctors'. Kpop Herald. July 30, 2017. July 30, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170730105549/http://kpopherald.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=201608021506360182427_2&ACE_SEARCH=1. live.
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