Beauty and Mr. Romantic
2024 South Korean television series
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Beauty and Mr. Romantic (Korean: 미녀와 순정남) is a 2024 South Korean television series starring Im Soo-hyang and Ji Hyun-woo. It aired on KBS2 from March 23, to September 9, 2024, every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 (KST).[7]
| Beauty and Mr. Romantic | |
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Teaser poster | |
| Hangul | 미녀와 순정남 |
| Hanja | 美女와 純情男 |
| Lit. | Beauty and the Devoted |
| RR | Minyeowa sunjeongnam |
| MR | Minyŏwa sunjŏngnam |
| Genre | |
| Written by | Kim Sa-kyung[2] |
| Directed by | Hong Seok-gu[2] |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Choi Chul-ho[3] |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Park Jeong-mi[4] |
| Producers | |
| Editor | Kim Hayng-seok[4] |
| Running time | 70 minutes[5] |
| Production company | RaemongRaein[2] |
| Budget | ₩16 billion[6] |
| Original release | |
| Network | KBS2 |
| Release | March 23 – September 22, 2024 |
Synopsis
Beauty and the Devoted tells the life-changing story of Park Do-ra, a top actress who falls to rock bottom overnight and Go Pil-sung, a novice drama producer who falls in love with her and brings her back up again.
Cast and characters
Main
- Im Soo-hyang as Park Do-ra / Kim Ji-young[8]
- Lee Seol-ah as young Park Do-ra[9]
- Ji Hyun-woo as Go Pil-seung[10]
- Moon Seong-hyun as Go Dae-chung / young Go Pil-seung[11]
Supporting
Do-ra's family
- Cha Hwa-yeon as Baek Mi-ja[12]
- Do-ra's mother.
- Yang Dae-hyuk as Park Do-sik[13]
- Do-ra's older brother.
- Lee Sang-jun as Park Do-jun[13]
- Do-ra's younger brother.
Pil-sung's family
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Kim Sun-young[12]
- Pil-sung's mother.
- Lee Doo-il as Go Hyun-cheol[12]
- Pil-sung's father.
- Pil-sung's grandma.
- Lee Young-eun as Go Myeong-dong[12]
- Pil-sung's aunt who is a drama writer.
- Park Geun-hyung as Kim Joon-seop[12]
- Pil-sung's grandpa. Father of Sun-young.
Jin-taek's family
- Park Sang-won as Gong Jin-taek[12]
- Chairman of App Group.
- Lee Il-hwa as Jang Soo-yeon[12]
- Jin-taek's wife.
- Jin-taek's half-brother.
- Kim Hye-sun as Hong Ae-kyo[12]
- Jin-dan's mother. Hidden mistress of Jin-taek's father.
- Jung Jae-soon as Gong Dae-sook[12]
- Jin-taek's aunt.
- Han Soo-ah as Gong Ma-ri[13]
- Only daughter of Jin-taek and Soo-yeon.
Others
- Heo Jin as Kim Kkot-bun[15]
- Lee Seung-hyung as Hong Jin-gu[13]
- Pil-sung's senior and the director of the drama in which Do-ra appears.
- Kang Seong-min as Cha Bong-su[13]
- The male protagonist of the same drama as Do-ra.
- Won Yu-jin as Jo Bi-bi[13]
- A love-hate rivalry with Do-ra.
- Nam Jung-gyu as Lee Jae-dong[13]
- Do-ra's manager who cares for and follows Do-ra like her own older sister.
Viewership
Beauty and Mr. Romantic : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[16]
| Episodes | Episode number | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||
| 1–25 | 2.630 | 2.935 | 2.542 | 3.134 | 2.633 | 2.784 | 2.456 | 2.886 | 2.616 | 2.927 | 2.439 | 2.627 | 2.366 | 2.840 | 2.563 | 3.337 | 2.721 | 3.188 | 2.661 | 3.242 | 2.715 | 2.989 | 2.745 | 3.017 | 2.696 | |
| 26–50 | 2.901 | 3.093 | 3.054 | 2.967 | 3.138 | 2.915 | 3.282 | 2.779 | 3.191 | 3.067 | 3.326 | 2.185 | 2.526 | 3.270 | 3.544 | 3.168 | 3.489 | 3.072 | 3.230 | 2.906 | 3.453 | 3.168 | 3.187 | 3.450 | 3.771 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea[16] | |||
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | March 23, 2024 | 15.3% (1st) | 14.1% (1st) |
| 2 | March 24, 2024 | 17.2% (1st) | 16.0% (1st) |
| 3 | March 30, 2024 | 14.9% (1st) | 13.9% (1st) |
| 4 | March 31, 2024 | 17.6% (1st) | 16.0% (1st) |
| 5 | April 6, 2024 | 15.0% (1st) | 14.2% (1st) |
| 6 | April 7, 2024 | 16.0% (1st) | 14.5% (1st) |
| 7 | April 13, 2024 | 14.4% (1st) | 13.5% (1st) |
| 8 | April 14, 2024 | 16.8% (1st) | 14.9% (1st) |
| 9 | April 20, 2024 | 14.8% (1st) | 13.1% (1st) |
| 10 | April 21, 2024 | 16.5% (1st) | 15.2% (1st) |
| 11 | April 27, 2024 | 14.1% (1st) | 13.1% (1st) |
| 12 | April 28, 2024 | 15.2% (1st) | 14.0% (1st) |
| 13 | May 4, 2024 | 13.0% (1st) | 11.8% (1st) |
| 14 | May 5, 2024 | 15.6% (1st) | 13.6% (2nd) |
| 15 | May 11, 2024 | 15.2% (1st) | 14.6% (1st) |
| 16 | May 12, 2024 | 18.3% (1st) | 17.1% (1st) |
| 17 | May 18, 2024 | 16.2% (1st) | 15.1% (1st) |
| 18 | May 19, 2024 | 18.4% (1st) | 17.1% (1st) |
| 19 | May 25, 2024 | 14.8% (1st) | 13.9% (1st) |
| 20 | May 26, 2024 | 18.1% (1st) | 16.8% (1st) |
| 21 | June 1, 2024 | 15.4% (1st) | 14.0% (1st) |
| 22 | June 2, 2024 | 17.2% (1st) | 15.7% (1st) |
| 23 | June 8, 2024 | 16.0% (1st) | 14.0% (1st) |
| 24 | June 9, 2024 | 17.0% (1st) | 16.1% (1st) |
| 25 | June 15, 2024 | 16.2% (1st) | 15.3% (1st) |
| 26 | June 16, 2024 | 17.2% (1st) | 16.4% (1st) |
| 27 | June 22, 2024 | 18.0% (1st) | 17.0% (1st) |
| 28 | June 23, 2024 | 17.9% (1st) | 17.0% (1st) |
| 29 | June 29, 2024 | 16.5% (1st) | 15.6% (1st) |
| 30 | June 30, 2024 | 18.3% (1st) | 17.2% (1st) |
| 31 | July 6, 2024 | 17.5% (1st) | 17.1% (1st) |
| 32 | July 7, 2024 | 18.6% (1st) | 17.8% (1st) |
| 33 | July 13, 2024 | 16.0% (1st) | 15.6% (1st) |
| 34 | July 14, 2024 | 17.9% (1st) | 17.2% (1st) |
| 35 | July 20, 2024 | 17.2% (1st) | 16.1% (1st) |
| 36 | July 21, 2024 | 19.2% (1st) | 18.2% (1st) |
| 37 | August 10, 2024 | 12.4% (1st) | 11.8% (1st) |
| 38 | August 11, 2024 | 14.0% (1st) | 14.0% (1st) |
| 39 | August 17, 2024 | 18.1% (1st) | 17.2% (1st) |
| 40 | August 18, 2024 | 19.5% (1st) | 17.4% (1st) |
| 41 | August 24, 2024 | 18.4% (1st) | 17.2% (2nd) |
| 42 | August 25, 2024 | 20.5% (1st) | 19.8% (1st) |
| 43 | August 31, 2024 | 18.3% (1st) | 17.4% (1st) |
| 44 | September 1, 2024 | 18.6% (1st) | 17.5% (1st) |
| 45 | September 7, 2024 | 16.6% (1st) | 15.3% (2nd) |
| 46 | September 8, 2024 | 19.8% (1st) | 18.7% (1st) |
| 47 | September 14, 2024 | 18.0% (1st) | 17.5% (1st) |
| 48 | September 15, 2024 | 18.0% (1st) | 16.5% (1st) |
| 49 | September 21, 2024 | 19.8% (1st) | 17.6% (1st) |
| 50 | September 22, 2024 | 21.4% (1st) | 20.4% (1st) |
| Average | 16.9% | 15.8% | |
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