Babel (TV series)

*Babel* OST
Babel OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean; English;
Label	Warner Music Korea

*Babel*
Babel
	Promotional poster
Genre	Melodrama
Written by	Kwon Soon-won; Park Sang-wook;
Directed by	Yoon Sung-sik
Starring	Park Si-hoo; Jang Hee-jin;
Composer	various artists
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Oh Nam-seok
Running time	60 minute
Production companies	HIGROUND; WantsMaker Pictures;
Original release
Network	TV Chosun
Release	January 27 –; March 24, 2019

Babel (Korean: 바벨; RR: Babel) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Park Si-hoo and Jang Hee-jin. The series aired on TV Chosun from January 27 to March 24, 2019 on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:50 (KST) time slot.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

The story of a prosecutor who would do anything to achieve his revenge and an actress who loses everything after marrying into a rich family.

The first script reading took place on November 20, 2018 at TV Chosun Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.^[5]

Released on February 3, 2019 (2019-02-03)
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Cry"	Kim Yong-jin (Bohemian)	4:07
2.	"Cry" (Inst.)		4:07
Total length:			8:14

Released on February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23)
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Love Is Strong"	WoongSan	3:29
2.	"Love Is Strong" (Inst.)		3:29
Total length:			6:58

Released on February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27)
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"The Things You Want" (당신이 원하는 것)	uangelvoice	4:20
2.	"The Things You Want" (Inst.)		4:20
Total length:			8:40

Released on March 2, 2019 (2019-03-02)
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"You're My Everything"	John Park	5:23
2.	"You're My Everything" (Inst.)		5:23
Total length:			10:46

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)^[6]
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Nationwide	Seoul
1	January 27, 2019	3.532%	4.321%
2	February 2, 2019	2.509%	2.653%
3	February 3, 2019	2.838%	3.603%
4	February 9, 2019	3.281%	3.625%
5	February 10, 2019	2.929%	3.364%
6	February 16, 2019	2.691%	3.042%
7	February 17, 2019	3.231%	3.605%
8	February 23, 2019	2.768%	2.487%
9	February 24, 2019	3.352%	4.005%
10	March 3, 2019	3.421%	3.957%
11	March 9, 2019	2.929%	2.811%
12	March 10, 2019	3.713%	4.058%
13	March 16, 2019	3.197%	3.125%
14	March 17, 2019	3.643%	3.981%
15	March 23, 2019	3.207%	3.418%
16	March 24, 2019	3.319%	3.449%
Average		3.160%	3.469%

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).

^ Kang, Seo-jung (January 24, 2019). "'바벨' 박시후X장희진, 19금 격정멜로로 TV조선 역대 최고시청률 찍을까(종합)[Oh!쎈 현장]". Osen (in Korean). News Chosun. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "Park Si-hoo, Jang Hee-jin Star in New Mystery Series". The Chosun Ilbo. 26 January 2019.
^ Kang, Seo-jung (October 31, 2018). "박시후, TV조선 드라마 '바벨' 출연확정..미스터리 격정멜로[공식입장]". Osen (in Korean). News Chosun. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "장희진, TV 조선 새 드라마 '바벨' 여자 주인공 출연". Newsis (in Korean). News Chosun. November 7, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ Jin, Hyang-hee (December 20, 2018). "TV CHOSUN '바벨' 박시후-장희진-김해숙-김지훈-장신영, 첫 대본리딩 현장". MK (in Korean). Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved January 27, 2019.

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