A Poem a Day
| A Poem a Day | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| 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; RR: Sireul Ijeun Geudaeege; lit. You Who Forgot Poetry) is a 2018 medical South Korean television series starring Lee Yu-bi, Lee Joon-hyuk and Jang Dong-yoon. It aired on tvN's Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:30 KST time slot from March 26 to May 15, 2018.[1][2][3][4]
Synopsis
The story of lives of people who work at the hospital like physical therapists, rehabilitation therapists, radiographers, nurses, medical trainees and more.
Cast
Main
- 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
Department of Physical Therapy
- 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
- Park Sun-ho as Han Joo-yong [7]
- Defconn as Kim Dae-bang[8]
Special appearances
- Lee Hee-jin as Je-wook's ex-girlfriend.
- Lee Hae-in as Park Yeon-hee, Dae-bang's ex-girlfriend.
- Mo Tae-bum as Mo Tae-bum, a sports star.
- Go Se-won as Yoon-joo's ex-husband.
- Ha Seok-jin as Ha Seok-jin, a patient.
- Park Cho-rong as Kim Mi-rae, a college student.
- Kim Won-hae as Kim Jung-soo, a doctor.
Production
Gong Myung was first offered the role of Shin Min-ho but declined.[9]
Ratings
- In this table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
- N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen[10] | 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% | — | 1.1% | |
| 4 | April 3, 2018 | 1.429% | 1.477% | 2.1% | |
| 5 | April 9, 2018 | 0.910% | — | 0.9% | |
| 6 | April 10, 2018 | 1.061% | 1.129% | 1.3% | |
| 7 | April 16, 2018 | 0.941% | — | ||
| 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% | — | 1.0% | |
| Average | 1.011% | —[a] | 1.4% | ||
- This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
International broadcast
- In Malaysia, it aired on 8TV every Monday to Thursday at 10:30-11:30 pm starting April 26, 2018, then every Saturday from 7:00-8:00 pm starting May 12, 2018. The air time was brought forward to 6:00-7:00 pm from June 9 onwards till September 1, 2018 to make way for Blue Veins.
- In Indonesia, the drama aired on Sony One from October 23, 2018.[11]
Notes
- ^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.
References
- ^ "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 DongA. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ "A Poem A Day - Trailer". Facebook. ONE TV ASIA. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- A Poem a Day at IMDb
- A Poem a Day at HanCinema
