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Also known as Man-Hole Genre Created by KBS Drama Production Written by Lee Jae-gon Directed by Park Man-young Yoo Young-eun Starring Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes16 Executive producers Kang Byung-taek Park Jae-sam Producer Choi Jun-ho Cinematography Kim Pil-seung Wi Chang-suk Editors Kim Chung-ryul Song Jin-suk Camera setup Single-camera Running time 60 mins Production company Celltrion Entertainment Network KBS2 Release August 9 (2017-08-09 ) – September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28 )
Manhole [ 1] (Korean : 맨홀: 이상한 나라의 필 ; RR : Maenhol: Isanghan Naraeui Pil ; lit. Manhole: Wonderland’s Feel ) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Jae-joong , Uee , Baro , Jung Hye-sung .[ 2] It aired on KBS2 , from August 9 to September 28, 2017 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST ) for 16 episodes.[ 3]
The drama drew a nationwide rating of 1.4% for its eighth episode. At the time, this was the lowest ever recorded for a drama airing in a regular time slot on broadcast television.[ 4] Lovely Horribly recorded an even lower single-episode rating of 1.0% in 2018, but Manhole remained the primetime drama with the lowest average rating (2.1%), until Welcome , which aired on the same network and timeslot, broke the record in 2020.[ 5] [ 6]
Synopsis
Foreseeing his own fate, he travels from past to present. The main purpose of him traveling through time is to stop his ideal girl's wedding.
Cast
Main
Supporting
Neighborhood families
Lee Sang-yi as Oh Dal-soo
Kang Hong Suk as Yang Koo-gil
Kim Min-ji as Hong Jung-ae
Main characters' parents
Joo Jin-mo as Bong Dal
Kim Hye-ok as Yoon Kkeut-soon
Woo Hyun as Suk-tae's father
Seo Hyun-chuk as Soo-jin's father
Lee Yun-kyung as Soo-jin's mother
Strangers in the neighborhood
Bonbon Hope
Extended
Park Ah-in as Park Young-joo
Kim Young-ok (voice only)
Jung In-gi
Kim Dae-gon as Jang-hye
Kim Joong-kil
Choi Yoon-bin
Park Hee-kon
Seon Woo-sung
Heo Soo-jung
Son Kyung-won
Lee Seung-hoon
Go Man-kyoo
Ha Jin
Ri Min
Lee Jae-eun
Kim Ji-sun
Ahn Hee-joo
Yoo Geum
Park Sang-yong
Jo Hee
Oh Yong
Kim Kwon as Man attending church
Kim Kyu-chul as Yang Koo-gil's father
Song Ha-rim
Park Chan-hong
Sung Hyun-joon
Park Shi-yun
Heo Soo-jung
Park Do-joon
Han Jae-woong
Kim Bong-soo
Lee Seung-hyun
Kim Hae-kon
Choi Yoon-joon
Song Kyung-hwa
Tae Won-suk
Park Hee-kon
Lee Dong-hee
Choi Kyo-shik
Soundtrack
Part 1
Title Artists 1. "Airplane" (비행기) 03:38 2. "Airplane" (비행기) (Inst.) 03:38 Total length: 07:16
Part 2
Title Artists 1. "To You" (너의 앞으로) 02:50 2. "To You" (너의 앞으로) (Inst.) 02:50 Total length: 05:40
Part 3
Title Artists 1. "Tell Me" (말해줘) 03:14 2. "Tell Me" (말해줘) (Inst.) 03:14 Total length: 06:28
Part 4
Title Artists 1. "It's a Secret" (쉿! 비밀인데) 03:26 2. "It's a Secret" (쉿! 비밀인데) (Inst.) 03:26 Total length: 06:52
Part 5
Title Artists 1. "Run a Way" 03:39 2. "Run a Way" (Inst.) 03:39 Total length: 07:18
Part 6
Title Artists 1. "For You" (너에게) Kim E-Z (Ggotjam Project) 03:33 2. "For You" (너에게) (Inst.) 03:33 Total length: 07:06
Part 7
Title Artists 1. "Stay With Me" 03:24 2. "Stay With Me" (Inst.) 03:24 Total length: 06:48
Part 8
Title Artists 1. "Love Come" (사랑이 찾아와) 03:27 2. "Love Come" (사랑이 찾아와) (Inst.) 03:27 Total length: 06:54
Part 9
Title Artists 1. "With You" Kevin Oh 04:24 2. "With You" (Inst.) 04:24 Total length: 08:48
Ratings
In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Ep.
Broadcast date
Average audience share
TNmS[ 7]
AGB Nielsen[ 8]
Nationwide
Seoul
Nationwide
Seoul
1
August 9, 2017
3.9% (NR)
4.5% (NR)
3.1% (NR)
3.7% (NR)
2
August 10, 2017
3.0% (NR)
3.7% (NR)
2.8% (NR)
3.5% (NR)
3
August 16, 2017
3.4% (NR)
3.8% (NR)
2.2% (NR)
2.5% (NR)
4
August 17, 2017
3.1% (NR)
3.5% (NR)
2.0% (NR)
2.4% (NR)
5
August 23, 2017
3.0% (NR)
3.6% (NR)
2.0% (NR)
2.7% (NR)
6
August 24, 2017
2.5% (NR)
2.8% (NR)
2.1% (NR)
2.4% (NR)
7
August 30, 2017
2.3% (NR)
3.1% (NR)
2.0% (NR)
2.8% (NR)
8
August 31, 2017
2.2% (NR)
2.7% (NR)
1.4% (NR)
1.9% (NR)
9
September 6, 2017
2.5% (NR)
2.8% (NR)
2.2% (NR)
2.3% (NR)
10
September 7, 2017
2.5% (NR)
2.9% (NR)
1.8% (NR)
2.2% (NR)
11
September 13, 2017
2.5% (NR)
2.9% (NR)
2.1% (NR)
2.5% (NR)
12
September 14, 2017
2.4% (NR)
2.6% (NR)
1.9% (NR)
2.1% (NR)
13
September 20, 2017
2.6% (NR)
3.3% (NR)
2.6% (NR)
3.4% (NR)
14
September 21, 2017
2.6% (NR)
3.3% (NR)
2.3% (NR)
3.0% (NR)
15
September 27, 2017
2.7% (NR)
3.6% (NR)
1.9% (NR)
2.8% (NR)
16
September 28, 2017
2.5% (NR)
3.2% (NR)
1.9% (NR)
2.6% (NR)
Average
2.7%
3.3%
2.1%
2.7%
Awards and nominations
References
^ "Manhole" . KBS World. Retrieved 2017-08-02 .
^ Lim, Jeong-yeo (26 June 2017). "JYJ's Kim Jae-joong and Uee to act side-by-side" . Kpop Herald . Retrieved 2017-08-03 .
^ Hong, Dam-young (25 July 2017). "JYJ's Kim Jae-joong, Uee look adorable in new drama photos" . Kpop Herald . Retrieved 2017-08-03 .
^ Kim, Jin-seok (2 September 2017). '맨홀', 1.4% 기록… 역대 드라마 최저시청률 1위 . JTBC News (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-09-02 .
^ "End-of-year report concludes that viewer ratings for SBS, MBC, and KBS dramas have plummeted in 2018" . allkpop . Retrieved 2020-05-12 .
^ "Kim Myung Soo x Shin Ye Eun's 'Welcome' sets new record for the lowest ever ratings for a major broadcasting station drama" . allkpop . Retrieved 2020-05-12 .
^ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu" . TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved August 6, 2017 .
^ "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 March 17, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2017 .
^ Lee Kyung-ho (January 1, 2018). "김영철·천호진, KBS 연기대상 공동 수상..아버지의 힘!(종합)" . Star News (in Korean).
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