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| Genre: | Romance comedy | ||||||
| Director: | Kim Yoo-jin | ||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||
| Num Episodes: | 32 | ||||||
| Executive Producer: | Kim Jung-hee Yoo Byung-sul | ||||||
| Cinematography: | Bae Hong-soo Lee Moo-jin Moon Ji-seob | ||||||
| Editor: | Park Sung-hee Oh Jin-ah Kim Min-ji | ||||||
| Camera: | Single-camera | ||||||
| Runtime: | 35 minutes | ||||||
| Company: | Mong-jak-so Co., Ltd.[1] 51K | ||||||
| Network: | SBS TV |
The Undateables is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Namkoong Min and Hwang Jung-eum. It aired on SBS from May 23 to July 19, 2018 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) for 32 episodes.[2] [3] [4]
It is a romantic comedy about Kang Hoon-nam who knows everything there is to know about love and Yoo Jung-eum whose biggest dream is to be loved and get married. The two of them get off on the wrong foot, first five years ago at the airport when Hoon-nam witnesses Jung-eum pursuing her then-boyfriend at the airport, and then in the present when they share the same client Oh Doo-ri and are initially misled into thinking the other is competition (although their employers are in fact in different industries). Coincidentally, two of Hoon-nam's friends get hooked up with two of Jung-eum's friends; Yook Ryong and Coach Yang, then followed by Lee Su-ji with Choi Jun-soo.
However Su-ji is longtime friends with Hoon-nam from Australia, while Jun-soo has been the best friend and mentor to Jung-eum for 30 years while also renting at her father's place for the last few years. When Su-ji returns from Australia to Korea, then Hoon-nam has to leave his home for her, and ends up living with Jung-eum and Jun-soo much to the latter's chagrin since Jun-soo harbors a secret crush on Jung-eum..
After things initially don't work out, Hoon-nam and Jung-eum coincidentally cross paths again as both try to sign up Mr. Kim as a client. Mr. Kim has been dating their mutual client Doo-ri. Hoon-nam then signs up with Jung-eum's agency as a client. Su-ji pressures Jung-eum to manipulate the match so she is paired up with Hoon-nam, as she wants to marry him although his heart is not for Su-ji despite their other compatibilities.
The director of a toy gallery, and a relationship expert who doesn't believe in love.[5]
A diving athlete-turned "relationship helper" who dreams of love and marriage, but has given them up in the face of reality.[6]
A clinic doctor who is Jung-eum's best friend.[7]
Coach of the National Diving Team.[8]
A magazine editor.[9]
Hoon-nam's cousin.[10]
Hoon-nam's father. A politician.
Hoon-nam's stepmother.[11]
Jung-eum's father. A positive and optimistic man who serves as a motivation to his daughter.[12]
Daughter of the President of Korea Swimming Association, who came to Korea from Australia to search for Hoon-nam.[13]
Jung-eum's manager at the matchmaking company.
Jung-eum's potential client.[14]
| The Undateables OST | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS[18] | AGB Nielsen[19] | |||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | |||
| 1 | May 23, 2018 | 6.1% | 6.9% | |||
| 2 | 5.4% | 6.3% | 5.2% | |||
| 3 | May 24, 2018 | 4.9% | 5.3% | |||
| 4 | 6.0% | 6.3% | 5.0% | |||
| 5 | May 30, 2018 | 3.9% | 4.0% | 3.7% | 3.8% | |
| 6 | 5.0% | 5.2% | 4.5% | 4.7% | ||
| 7 | May 31, 2018 | 5.3% | 5.5% | 3.9% | 4.1% | |
| 8 | 5.4% | 5.6% | 4.1% | 4.3% | ||
| 9 | June 6, 2018 | 3.6% | 3.8% | 3.2% | 3.4% | |
| 10 | 4.3% | 4.5% | 3.9% | 4.1% | ||
| 11 | June 7, 2018 | 5.7% | 5.9% | 4.1% | 4.3% | |
| 12 | 4.8% | 5.0% | 4.4% | 4.6% | ||
| 13 | June 14, 2018 | 5.6% | 5.8% | 3.5% | 3.7% | |
| 14 | 4.5% | 4.6% | 3.6% | 3.8% | ||
| 15 | June 20, 2018 | 4.0% | 4.8% | 3.3% | 4.2% | |
| 16 | 4.6% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 5.1% | ||
| 17 | June 21, 2018 | 4.7% | 5.8% | 4.5% | 5.6% | |
| 18 | 4.4% | 5.6% | 5.7% | |||
| 19 | June 28, 2018 | 3.5% | 4.4% | 3.1% | 3.9% | |
| 20 | 4.8% | 5.6% | 4.4% | 5.2% | ||
| 21 | July 4, 2018 | 2.7% | 3.3%' | 2.4% | 3.0% | |
| 22 | 3.4% | 4.2% | 3.0% | 3.8% | ||
| 23 | July 5, 2018 | 3.1% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 3.6% | |
| 24 | 3.2% | 4.1% | 3.7% | |||
| 25 | July 11, 2018 | 3.2% | 3.7% | 2.8% | 3.3% | |
| 26 | 3.3% | 4.0% | 2.9% | 3.5% | ||
| 27 | July 12, 2018 | 3.2% | 3.8% | 2.8% | 3.6% | |
| 28 | 3.5% | 4.2% | 3.1% | 3.9% | ||
| 29 | July 18, 2018 | |||||
| 30 | 2.4% | 3.0% | 2.5% | |||
| 31 | July 19, 2018 | 3.0% | 3.7% | 2.6% | 3.3% | |
| 32 | 3.2% | 4.1% | 2.8% | 3.7% | ||
| Average | ||||||