| Alt Name: | Drinking Alone Let's Drink Honsul Couple |
| Genre: | Romance, Comedy, Drama, Food |
| Director: | Choi Kyu-shik Jung Hyung-gun |
| Starring: | Ha Seok-jin Park Ha-sun |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Company: | CJ E&M |
| Network: | tvN |
Drinking Solo is a South Korean drama starring Ha Seok-jin and Park Ha-sun. It aired on the cable network tvN for 16 episodes from September 5 to October 25, 2016.[1]
This drama is about the slice-of-life and daily activities around the teachers, students, staffs of a private institution that prepares for civil service exam around the area of Seoul's Noryangjin. The characters like to drink alone after work for their own reasons. The story also depicts the romance between Jin Jung-suk and Park Ha-na. Jin Jung Suk (Ha Seok-jin) is a good looking and professional star lecturer. Meanwhile, Park Ha-na (Park Ha-sun) is a rookie lecturer who struggles to survive in the private institute world.[2]
In this table, the represent the lowest ratings and the represent the highest.
| Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen[11] | TNmS [12] | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | |||
| 1 | September 5, 2016 | 2.922% | 3.770% | 3.2% | |
| 2 | September 6, 2016 | 3.187% | 4.114% | 3.6% | |
| 3 | September 12, 2016 | 2.453% | |||
| 4 | September 13, 2016 | 3.309% | 3.607% | 3.7% | |
| 5 | September 19, 2016 | 2.556% | 2.595% | 2.9% | |
| 6 | September 20, 2016 | 2.308% | 3.0% | ||
| 7 | September 26, 2016 | 3.271% | 3.853% | 3.9% | |
| 8 | September 27, 2016 | 3.979% | 4.797% | 4.8% | |
| 9 | October 3, 2016 | 3.624% | 3.253% | 4.2% | |
| 10 | October 4, 2016 | 4.427% | 5.199% | ||
| 11 | October 10, 2016 | 3.686% | 4.057% | 4.8% | |
| 12 | October 11, 2016 | 4.211% | 5.323% | 4.9% | |
| 13 | October 17, 2016 | 4.045% | 4.423% | 4.5% | |
| 14 | October 18, 2016 | 4.400% | 4.932% | 4.0% | |
| 15 | October 24, 2016 | 3.700% | 4.360% | 4.0% | |
| 16 | October 25, 2016 | 5.0% | |||
| Average | |||||
First script reading took place June 28, 2016 at CJ E&M Center in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.[13]