| Alt Name: | Salamander Guru and the Shadow Operation Team Salamander Guru and the Gang |
| Genre: | Comedy, Drama |
| Runtime: | Fridays at 23:00 (KST) |
| Creator: | Seo Eun-jung |
| Director: | Park Seung-min |
| Starring: | Choi Min-ho Ryu Hyun-kyung Im Won-hee Lee Byung-joon Oh Dal-su |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Location: | Seoul |
| Company: | Chorokbaem Media |
| Network: | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
Salamander Guru and The Shadows is a 2012 South Korean sitcom starring Choi Min-ho, Ryu Hyun-kyung, Im Won-hee, Lee Byung-joon and Oh Dal-su.[1] It aired on SBS from January 27 to March 30, 2012 on Fridays at 23:00 for 10 episodes. It is SBS's first sitcom in 5 years.
Min-hyuk (Choi Minho), an antisocial genius hacker, has played with computers as if they were toys since he was a little boy. He grows up learning hacking skills from his father, a terminally ill computer genius who runs an illegal gambling den to provide for his family's future. After his dad dies, Min-hyuk is adopted abroad. He immerses himself in computers and develops social phobia. When he turns 20, he returns to Korea and begins searching for X, who drove his father to his death. Following clues from his memories, he finds the Salamander Guru fortune-telling house and meets Seon-dal and Won-sam. To find the Salamander Guru who knows X's secrets, Min-hyuk has no choice but to help the fake gurus. With his brains and excellent hacking skills, Min-hyuk controls Seon-dal behind a mirror and finds codes his dad left by recalling his childhood memories one by one. Min-hyuk, who keeps his social phobia a secret, gradually opens himself up while living with Seon-dal and Won-sam.
In the table below,
the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.| Episode # | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings[4] (Nationwide) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 January 2012 | 5.1% | |
| 2 | 3 February 2012 | 5.1% | |
| 3 | 10 February 2012 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | 17 February 2012 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | 24 February 2012 | ? | |
| 6 | 2 March 2012 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | 9 March 2012 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | 16 March 2012 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | 23 March 2012 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | 30 March 2012 | 3.1% |