Spotlight (South Korean TV series) explained
| Genre: | Workplace drama |
| Director: | Kim Do-hoon |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Episodes: | 16 |
| Executive Producer: | Oh Gyeong-hoon |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Network: | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation |
Spotlight is a 2008 South Korea television series, starring Son Ye-jin and Ji Jin-hee. It aired on MBC from May 14 to July 3, 2008, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.[1]
The series revolves around the world of television news and the lives of four news reporters.[2] [3]
Plot
Oh Tae Suk (Ji Jin-hee), a supervisor in a news division, works with his junior reporter Seo Woo Jin (Son Ye-jin) to expose the injustices of society.
Cast
Main characters
Supporting characters
- Kim Jeong-wook as Seo Woo-hyeon
- Kim Bo-kyung as Lee Joo-hee
- Ahn Suk-hwan as Ahn Joong-seok
- Lee Ki-yeol as Moon Jae-gook
- Jeong Gyu-soo as Jeong Seong-il
- Lee Dae-yeon as Det. Go Byung-chun
- Jeong Jin as Jang Jin-gyu
- Im Seung-dae as Lee Choon-ki
- Park Yong-gi as Director Lee Jae-myeong
- Min Ah-ryung as Reporter Jung
- Park Yoon-jae as Yoon Seok-chang
- Jeon In-taek as Woo-jin's father
- Geum Bo-ra as Woo-jin's mother
- Jung Hye-young as Kim Mi-hee (cameo, episode 1)
- Kim Cheol-ki as Mi-hee's husband
- Shin Chae-won
- Min Seo-hyun
- Jeong Hoon
- Choi Seung-kyung
- SS501 (cameo)
- Ryu Ui-hyun
Ratings
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share |
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| AGB Nielsen[4] |
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| width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area |
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| 1 | May 14, 2008 | 8.6% | 9.7% |
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| 2 | May 15, 2008 | | 8.8% |
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| 3 | May 21, 2008 | 11.4% | 12.8% |
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| 4 | May 22, 2008 | 11.2% | 12.5% |
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| 5 | May 28, 2008 | 13.2% | 14.3% |
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| 6 | May 29, 2008 | 11.4% | 12.6% |
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| 7 | June 4, 2008 | 11.2% | 12.5% |
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| 8 | June 5, 2008 | 11.5% | 12.9% |
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| 9 | June 11, 2008 | 10.1% | 11.5% |
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| 10 | June 12, 2008 | 10.2% | 12.1% |
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| 11 | June 18, 2008 | 9.4% | 10.6% |
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| 12 | June 19, 2008 | 10.2% | 11.7% |
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| 13 | June 25, 2008 | 9.6% | 11.7% |
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| 14 | June 26, 2008 | 8.9% | 10.3% |
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| 15 | July 2, 2008 | 9.1% | 10.7% |
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| 16 | July 3, 2008 | 9.3% | 10.5% |
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| Average | | 11.6% | |
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Interview: Spotlight (writer Lee Ki-won, director Kim Do-hoon) premiered on May 14, 2008.. MBC Global Media. June 17, 2014. July 2, 2008.
- Web site: Han. Sang-hee. Spotlight Shows Lives of Reporters. The Korea Times. June 17, 2014. May 13, 2008.
- Web site: Oh. Jean. Reporters get the spotlight. The Korea Herald via Hancinema. June 17, 2014. May 12, 2008.
- Web site: AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu . AGB Nielsen Media Research . June 17, 2014 . Korean . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226133248/http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr/index.asp?ref=0 . December 26, 2013 .
