Spotlight (South Korean TV series)

Spotlight (Korean: 스포트라이트; RR: Seupoteuraiteu) 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]

Spotlight
GenreWorkplace drama
Written byLee Ki-won
Directed byKim Do-hoon
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producerOh Gyeong-hoon
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Original releaseMay 14 (2008-05-14) 
July 3, 2008 (2008-07-03)

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
AGB Nielsen[4]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 May 14, 2008 8.6% 9.7%
2 May 15, 2008 8.8%
3 May 21, 2008 11.4% 12.8%
4 May 22, 2008 11.2% 12.5%
5 May 28, 2008 13.2% 14.3%
6 May 29, 2008 11.4% 12.6%
7 June 4, 2008 11.2% 12.5%
8 June 5, 2008 11.5% 12.9%
9 June 11, 2008 10.1% 11.5%
10 June 12, 2008 10.2% 12.1%
11 June 18, 2008 9.4% 10.6%
12 June 19, 2008 10.2% 11.7%
13 June 25, 2008 9.6% 11.7%
14 June 26, 2008 8.9% 10.3%
15 July 2, 2008 9.1% 10.7%
16 July 3, 2008 9.3% 10.5%
Average11.6%

References

  1. "Interview: Spotlight (writer Lee Ki-won, director Kim Do-hoon) premiered on May 14, 2008". MBC Global Media. July 2, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  2. Han, Sang-hee (May 13, 2008). "Spotlight Shows Lives of Reporters". The Korea Times. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  3. Oh, Jean (May 12, 2008). "Reporters get the spotlight". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  4. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
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