First Love Again Explained

Director:Yoon Chang-beom
Music:Park Jung-won
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Num Episodes:104
Executive Producer:Kim Sung-geun
Lee Jae-gil
Producer:Kang Soo-yeon
Song Min-yeob
Runtime:35 min
Company:KBS Media
Network:KBS2

First Love Again is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Myung Se-bin, Kim Seung-soo, Wang Bit-na, and Park Jung-chul. The series aired on KBS2 on Monday to Friday from 7:50 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (KST).

Plot

Lee Ha-jin has love and a talent for cooking, and is dating Cha Do-yoon, who unbeknownst to her, is the son of the chairman of LK group. Cha Do-yoon proposes to her which she accepts gladly, still unaware of his rich background. Cha Do-yoon's father wants his legitimate eldest son, Cha Do-yoon, to marry Baek Min-hui, the sole daughter and heir to Myunghua Foundation, so that he can get material benefits from her family. When both the Lee and Cha families meet at a formal meeting before the wedding, the enmity between the two is revealed, and they all disapprove of the marriage between Lee Ha-jin and Cha Do-yoon. The whole situation is further complicated by an unwanted pregnancy, with Baek Min-hui scheming to pass on her baby as Cha Do-yoon's child to keep the baby's life safe from the clutches of her mother, Chairwoman Kim of Myunghua Foundation. Will Baek Min-hui be able to separate Cha Do-yoon and Lee Ha-jin? Will Cha Do-yoon and Lee Ha-jin be able to forget their first love?

Cast

Main cast

People around Ha-jin

People around Do-yoon

People around Min-hui

Others

Ratings

The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings
Episode #Original broadcast dateAverage audience share
TNmS Ratings[1] AGB Nielsen[2]
width=100Nationwidewidth=100Seoul National Capital Areawidth=100Nationwidewidth=100Seoul National Capital Area
1November 28, 201616.7%15.5%14.9%15.4%
2November 29, 201616.8%15.2%14.0%13.0%
3November 30, 201616.6%15.1%14.3%13.8%
4December 1, 201616.7%14.9%13.7%13.2%
5December 2, 201616.0%14.0%13.5%13.1%
6December 5, 201617.9%17.1%16.0%15.8%
7December 6, 201619.2%16.8%14.8%13.7%
8December 7, 201616.9%14.9%15.1%14.4%
9December 8, 201618.2%17.0%15.9%14.9%
10December 9, 201615.6%14.8%13.7%13.3%
11December 12, 201618.8%17.4%16.5%16.2%
12December 13, 201618.7%16.6%15.6%14.8%
13December 14, 201617.3%15.5%15.4%15.3%
14December 15, 201618.8%17.1%16.6%15.7%
15December 16, 201616.7%15.5%15.9%14.9%
16December 19, 201617.4%15.6%16.9%16.8%
17December 20, 201619.3%16.8%16.2%15.4%
18December 21, 201618.6%16.6%16.6%16.3%
19December 22, 201619.1%17.5%17.6%17.3%
20December 23, 201618.6%16.4%16.1%14.8%
21December 26, 201617.9%15.6%17.1%16.3%
22December 27, 201620.1%19.3%16.9%15.5%
23December 28, 201618.3%16.9%17.6%17.3%
24December 29, 201619.6%17.8%18.1%17.3%
25December 30, 201618.3%16.8%17.1%16.4%
26January 2, 201719.6%18.3%18.2%17.3%
27January 3, 201721.0%19.0%18.8%17.3%
28January 4, 201720.0%18.3%17.9%17.3%
29January 5, 201720.1%18.0%18.7%18.0%
30January 6, 201720.0%18.3%17.1%16.3%
31January 9, 201720.1%18.4%18.4%17.6%
32January 10, 201720.9%18.7%18.6%17.1%
33January 11, 201720.1%18.9%19.2%18.1%
34January 12, 201721.2%19.5%18.7%17.8%
35January 13, 201720.4%18.4%17.6%16.6%
36January 16, 201721.8%19.5%19.5%18.1%
37January 17, 201722.1%20.4%19.7%18.4%
38January 18, 201720.1%18.0%18.5%17.5%
39January 19, 201722.2%19.5%18.9%18.2%
40January 20, 201718.4%17.0%17.3%15.9%
41January 23, 201721.6%19.0%19.9%18.7%
42January 24, 201721.4%19.4%19.2%17.1%
43January 25, 201719.7%17.5%18.0%16.7%
44January 26, 201720.1%17.5%18.7%17.7%
45January 27, 201712.9%12.2%11.2%11.0%
46January 31, 201721.8%20.3%20.6%19.1%
47February 1, 201721.1%18.1%19.8%17.8%
48February 2, 201721.9%20.2%21.7%20.5%
49February 3, 201719.2%17.2%19.7%18.1%
50February 6, 201719.9%18.0%20.5%19.2%
51February 7, 201720.5%17.3%20.9%19.5%
52February 8, 201721.3%19.2%20.7%19.2%
53February 9, 201719.9%17.5%20.4%19.1%
54February 10, 201720.9%17.5%19.7%17.7%
55February 13, 201721.4%20.1%21.8%20.7%
56February 14, 201720.6%19.4%19.9%18.3%
57February 15, 201719.4%18.1%19.8%18.1%
58February 16, 201721.3%19.1%20.7%19.1%
59February 17, 201720.5%18.7%20.6%18.7%
60February 20, 201719.8%19.1%21.8%20.8%
61February 21, 201718.8%17.3%20.6%19.0%
62February 22, 201720.9%18.1%20.4%19.0%
63February 23, 201720.7%18.0%21.1%19.8%
64February 24, 201721.4%19.8%20.6%18.8%
65February 27, 201721.1%18.8%20.2%18.4%
66February 28, 201721.9%19.2%21.6%20.3%
67March 1, 201722.0%19.5%22.7%20.8%
68March 2, 201722.7%20.6%22.5%20.8%
69March 3, 201722.1%20.4%20.3%19.5%
70March 6, 201721.1%18.4%21.4%19.6%
71March 7, 201722.0%19.6%22.1%20.0%
72March 8, 201721.8%19.5%21.8%19.6%
73March 9, 201720.7%18.8%22.6%20.7%
74March 10, 201719.2%16.6%19.1%18.2%
75March 13, 201722.4%19.8%21.7%20.2%
76March 14, 201723.2%19.7%22.7%21.4%
77March 15, 201721.6%19.5%21.8%19.3%
78March 16, 201725.5%22.9%22.6%20.5%
79March 17, 201722.7%22.0%20.9%19.7%
80March 20, 201724.8%23.0%22.9%21.5%
81March 21, 201724.1%21.5%23.3%21.7%
82March 22, 201725.7%23.2%22.4%20.6%
83March 23, 201726.0%22.6%23.5%21.9%
84March 24, 201724.6%22.1%21.5%20.1%
85March 27, 201725.5%23.5%23.4%21.4%
86March 28, 201725.8%21.5%23.5%22.1%
87March 29, 201725.6%22.9%22.0%20.2%
88March 30, 201725.4%22.7%22.2%21.1%
89March 31, 201724.4%21.5%22.5%21.2%
90April 3, 201725.5%23.0%22.5%21.1%
91April 4, 201724.2%20.2%21.1%19.5%
92April 5, 201724.3%20.9%22.4%20.0%
93April 6, 201724.4%21.5%21.4%19.5%
94April 7, 201723.3%21.2%19.8%19.1%
95April 10, 201724.6%21.4%20.8%18.8%
96April 11, 201724.2%22.4%20.5%18.8%
97April 12, 201723.8%20.6%20.5%18.5%
98April 13, 201723.4%19.9%20.9%19.6%
99April 14, 201724.3%22.4%21.5%20.2%
100April 17, 201726.1%23.6%23.7%22.0%
101April 18, 201725.6%22.5%22.7%20.5%
102April 19, 201723.7%21.0%20.0%17.4%
103April 20, 201724.0%20.1%21.9%20.2%
104April 21, 201724.7%20.7%21.4%20.3%
Average21.07%18.91%19.46%18.20%

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result
201731st KBS Drama Awards[3] Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily DramaKim Seung-soo
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily DramaMyung Se-bin
Best Young ActressUhm Chae-young
Best Couple AwardKim Seung-soo and Myung Se-bin

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu. ko. TNMS Ratings. June 20, 2016. January 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180117221236/http://www.tnms.tv/rating/default.asp. live.
  2. Web site: AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu. ko. Nielsen Korea. June 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170317134758/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00. March 17, 2017. dead.
  3. News: Lee. Kyung-ho. 김영철·천호진,KBS 연기대상 공동 수상..아버지의 힘!(종합). Star News. January 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133440/http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2017123120381637015. January 3, 2018. June 6, 2020. ko.