A Poem a Day
| A Poem a Day | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 시를 잊은 그대에게 |
| Literal meaning | You Who Forgot Poetry |
| Revised Romanization | Sireul Ij-eun Geudaeege |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Rhee Myung-han |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Han Sang-jae |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | tvN |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | March 26 – May 15, 2018 |
A Poem a Day (Korean: 시를 잊은 그대에게) is a 2018 medical South Korean television series starring Lee Yu-bi, Lee Joon-hyuk and Jang Dong-yoon. It aired on tvN from March 26 to May 15, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:30 KST.[1][2][3][4]
Synopsis
[edit]The story of the lives of people who work at the hospital like physical therapists, rehabilitation therapists, radiographers, nurses, medical trainees and more.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Lee Yu-bi as Woo Bo-young, a three-year physical therapist who wanted to become a poet.
- Lee Joon-hyuk as Ye Jae-wook, a physical therapy professor.
- Ahn Do-gyu as young Ye Jae-wook
- Jang Dong-yoon as Shin Min-ho, a physical therapy trainee.
Supporting
[edit]Department of Physical Therapy
[edit]- Lee Chae-young as Kim Yoon-joo
- Seo Hyun-chul as Yang Myung-cheol
- Shin Jae-ha as Kim Nam-woo[5]
- Kim Jae-beom as Park Shi-won[6]
- Jeon Hye-won as Choi Yoon-hee
- Park Han-sol as Lee Shi-eun
Department of Radiology
[edit]- Park Sun-ho as Han Joo-yong [7]
- Defconn as Kim Dae-bang[8]
Special appearances
[edit]- Lee Kan-hee as Min-ho's mother
- Kim Il-woo as Min-ho's father
- Lee Hee-jin as Je-wook's ex-girlfriend (Ep. 5, 8-9)
- Lee Hae-in as Park Yeon-hee, Dae-bang's ex-girlfriend (Ep. 5)
- Mo Tae-bum as Mo Tae-bum, a sports star (Ep. 6)
- Go Se-won as Yoon-joo's ex-husband (Ep. 7)
- Ha Seok-jin as Ha Seok-jin, a patient (Ep. 11)
- Park Cho-rong as Kim Mi-rae, a college student (Ep. 12)
- Kim Won-hae as Kim Jung-soo, a doctor (Ep. 13)
Production
[edit]Gong Myung was first offered the role of Shin Min-ho but declined.[9]
Viewership
[edit]A Poem a Day : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[10]
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 1 | 297 | 347 | 335 | 341 | 193 | 230 | 217 | 226 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea[11] | TNmS | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | |||
| 1 | March 26, 2018 | 1.357% | 1.359% | 2.0% | |
| 2 | March 27, 2018 | 1.435% | 1.402% | 1.7% | |
| 3 | April 2, 2018 | 1.185% | N/A | 1.1% | |
| 4 | April 3, 2018 | 1.429% | 1.477% | 2.1% | |
| 5 | April 9, 2018 | 0.910% | N/A | 0.9% | |
| 6 | April 10, 2018 | 1.061% | 1.129% | 1.3% | |
| 7 | April 16, 2018 | 0.941% | N/A | ||
| 8 | April 17, 2018 | 0.925% | 1.4% | ||
| 9 | April 23, 2018 | 0.768% | 1.1% | ||
| 10 | April 24, 2018 | 0.987% | 1.3% | ||
| 11 | April 30, 2018 | 0.900% | |||
| 12 | May 1, 2018 | 0.977% | 1.6% | ||
| 13 | May 7, 2018 | 0.769% | 1.1% | ||
| 14 | May 8, 2018 | 0.785% | 1.4% | ||
| 15 | May 14, 2018 | 0.925% | 1.061% | 1.2% | |
| 16 | May 15, 2018 | 0.820% | N/A | 1.0% | |
| Average | 1.011% | —[a] | 1.4% | ||
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.
References
[edit]- ^ "tvN medical drama on the way without a main doctor". HanCinema. FN News. 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ Heo, Seol-hui (2017-12-12). "tvN 측 "이준혁·이유비·공명, '시를 잊은 그대에게' 출연 검토중"". Naver (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ Kim, Na-hui. "[공식입장] '시그대' 측 "이유비X이준혁X장동윤, 긍정 검토"". Naver (in Korean). Osen. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "Medical drama with comedy, but without doctors, "A Poem, a Day"". Kpop Herald. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ Lee, Woo-in. "신재하 측 "tvN '시를 잊은 그대에게' 출연 결정" [공식입장]". Naver (in Korean). TV Report. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ Lee, Eun-jin (2018-01-16). 김재범, '시를 잊은 그대에게'로 드라마 데뷔... 물리치료사 役. Naver (in Korean). Tenasia. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ Shin, So-won (2018-01-15). [단독] "샤방샤방 선호씨" 박선호, '시를 잊은 그대에게' 출연확정. Naver (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "DefCon to Star in "A Poem a Day"". HanCinema. Osen. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ Hong, Se-young (2018-01-03). '시를...그대에게' 측 "이유비·이준혁·장동윤 논의중"...공명 불발 [공식입장]. Naver (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- A Poem a Day at IMDb
- A Poem a Day at HanCinema