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| Creator: | SBS Drama Headquarters[1] | ||
| Director: | Choi Young-hoon | ||
| Country: | South Korea | ||
| Language: | Korean | ||
| Num Episodes: | 16 | ||
| Producer: | Park Hae-sun | ||
| Runtime: | 60 minutes | ||
| Company: | Box Media Corporation | ||
| Channel: | SBS TV |
Good Casting is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee, Yoo In-young, Kim Ji-young, Lee Sang-yeob, Lee Jun-young and Lee Jong-hyuk. It aired on SBS TV from April 27 to June 16, 2020.[2] [3]
Legendary espionage agents give girl power a whole new meaning in this thrilling action comedy. Once part of South Korea's top secret National Intelligence Service, a group of talented female agents are reassigned to go undercover in a case involving corruption and leaked trade secrets at the country's largest conglomerate. After several mistakes during important missions, Baek Chan Mi (Choi Kang Hee) was reassigned to the cybersecurity team, but dreams of returning to her former role. Hwang Mi Soon has left agent life behind and became a full-time homemaker. Meanwhile, Lim Ye Eun, a smart single mom and desk agent dreams of being promoted to an undercover spymaster working in the field. Their lives collide when Don Kwan Soo, a longtime director in the NIS, recruits all three for a do or die mission.
The series is based on a screenplay which was one of the winners of the 2016 2H MBC Drama Screenplay Competition (miniseries category), alongside the 2019–20 SBS television series Hot Stove League.[10] Early working title of the series is Miscasting . Director Choi Young-hoon first wanted to name the series that way because the characters are miscasted for the operation, but he changed it to Good Casting as all three actresses showed good team work.[11]
The series is entirely pre-produced. Filming ended on February 7, 2020.[12] [13]
| Good Casting OST | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Released: | 2020 |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| + Average TV viewership ratings | ||||||
| Part | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea[14] | TNmS[15] | |||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||||
| 1 | 1 | April 27, 2020 | 9.5% | 10.5% | 8.5% | |
| 2 | 9.5% | |||||
| 2 | 1 | April 28, 2020 | 9.8% | 10.9% | 9.5% | |
| 2 | 10.8% | 11.8% | 9.8% | |||
| 3 | 1 | May 4, 2020 | 8.5% | 9.4% | 7.7% | |
| 2 | 9.8% | 10.8% | 9.2% | |||
| 4 | 1 | May 5, 2020 | 8.7% | 9.9% | 8.7% | |
| 2 | 11.1% | 12.8% | ||||
| 5 | 1 | May 11, 2020 | 8.6% | 9.3% | 7.9% | |
| 2 | 10.3% | 11.1% | 9.3% | |||
| 6 | 1 | May 12, 2020 | 8.4% | 9.2% | 8.5% | |
| 2 | 9.2% | 10.0% | 9.3% | |||
| 7 | 1 | May 18, 2020 | 7.6% | 8.3% | 7.8% | |
| 2 | 9.1% | 9.9% | 9.1% | |||
| 8 | 1 | May 19, 2020 | 7.4% | 8.8% | 7.5% | |
| 2 | 8.5% | 10.0% | 8.6% | |||
| 9 | 1 | May 25, 2020 | 6.9% | 7.5% | 6.7% | |
| 2 | 8.5% | 9.4% | 8.2% | |||
| 10 | 1 | May 26, 2020 | 7.1% | 7.6% | 7.0% | |
| 2 | 8.7% | 9.4% | 8.2% | |||
| 11 | 1 | June 1, 2020 | 6.5% | 6.9% | 6.8% | |
| 2 | 8.0% | 8.2% | 7.7% | |||
| 12 | 1 | June 2, 2020 | 7.1% | 7.8% | 6.6% | |
| 2 | 8.3% | 9.0% | 7.9% | |||
| 13 | 1 | June 8, 2020 | ||||
| 2 | 8.4% | 9.4% | 7.8% | |||
| 14 | 1 | June 9, 2020 | 6.7% | 7.3% | 6.1% | |
| 2 | 8.5% | 9.3% | 7.9% | |||
| 15 | 1 | June 15, 2020 | 6.6% | 7.3% | 6.3% | |
| 2 | 8.1% | 8.9% | 7.6% | |||
| 16 | 1 | June 16, 2020 | 7.9% | 8.6% | 6.5% | |
| 2 | 9.8% | 11.0% | 8.2% | |||
| Average | ||||||
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | SBS Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Lee Sang-yeob | [16] | |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Choi Kang-hee | ||||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Lee Jong-hyuk | ||||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Kim Ji-young | ||||
| Best Character Award, Actress | Choi Kang-hee | ||||
| Best New Actor | Lee Jun-young |