Hush (TV series)
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| Hush | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 허쉬 |
| RR | Heoswi |
| MR | Hŏshwi |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | JTBC |
| Based on | Silence Warning by Jung Jin-young |
| Written by | Kim Jung-min |
| Directed by | Choi Gyu-sik |
| Starring | |
| Composers | Seo Seong-won Cheong Seung-hyun |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Song Min-sun Park Seong-eun Park Seong-hye Hwang Jung-min Lim Yoon-ah |
| Producers | Min Woo-shik Hwang Hye-jung Kim Bo-reum Jo Sung-hoon |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production companies | KeyEast JTBC Studios |
| Budget | ₩11.7 billion |
| Original release | |
| Network | JTBC |
| Release | December 11, 2020 – February 6, 2021 |
Hush (Korean: 허쉬; RR: Heoswi) is a South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-min and Im Yoon-ah. Based on the 2018 novel Silence Warning by Jung Jin-young, it aired on JTBC from December 11, 2020 to February 6, 2021.[1]
Hush follows the mutual growth of a veteran reporter who's always holding a cue stick and a survival-mode intern who believes food is mightier than the pen, capturing the livelihood and daily grind of salaried journalists.
Cast
Main
- Hwang Jung-min as Han Joon-hyuk[2]
- Im Yoon-ah as Lee Ji-soo[3]
Supporting
- Son Byong-ho as Na Sung-won
- Kim Jae-chul as Park Myung-hwan
- Yoo Sun as Yang Yoon-kyung
- Jung Joon-won as Choi Kyung-woo
- Lee Ji-hoon as Yoon Sang-gyu
- Kim Won-hae as Jung Se-joon
- Park Ho-san as Uhm Sung-han
- Lee Seung-joon as Kim Gi-ha
- Baek Joo-hee as Lee Jae-eun
- Choi Kang-soo as Jo Dong-wook
- Kyung Soo-jin as Oh Soo-yeon
- Im Sung-jae as Kang Joo-an
- Lee Ji-hyun as Madame Kang
- Lee Seung-woo as Hong Gyu-tae
Production
The series marks Hwang Jung-min's small screen comeback after 8 years.[4]
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | South Korea viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bap is Mightier Than Pen" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | December 11, 2020 | 0.756[5] | |
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Title reference: Bap | ||||||
| 2 | "Gomtang Keep the Pot Boiling" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | December 12, 2020 | 0.546[6] | |
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Title reference: Gomtang | ||||||
| 3 | "Farewell Soup" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | December 18, 2020 | 0.650[7] | |
| 4 | "Life is Egg" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | December 19, 2020 | 0.550[8] | |
| 5 | "Winner Winner Chicken Dinner" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | December 25, 2020 | N/A | |
| 6 | "Half Seasoned, Half Fried" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | December 26, 2020 | N/A | |
| 7 | "Birthday Soup for Whom" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | January 8, 2021 | N/A | |
| 8 | "Do You Prefer Alcohol to Coffee?" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | January 9, 2021 | N/A | |
| 9 | "Eel Climbs Against Mountain" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | January 15, 2021 | 0.596[9] | |
| 10 | "Beef vs. Pork" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | January 16, 2021 | N/A | |
| 11 | "3 Min..." | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | January 22, 2021 | N/A | |
| 12 | "Gimpap Is My Scholarship" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | January 23, 2021 | N/A | |
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Title reference: Gimbap | ||||||
| 13 | "Jajangmyeon, Once Upon a Time in Korea" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | January 29, 2021 | N/A | |
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Title reference: Jajangmyeon | ||||||
| 14 | "Newspaper Is Not Hangover Soup" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | January 30, 2021 | 0.551[10] | |
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Title reference: Haejang-guk | ||||||
| 15 | "A Fish Never Closes Its Eyes" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | February 5, 2021 | N/A | |
| 16 | "Kimchi" | Choi Gyu-sik | Kim Jung-min | February 6, 2021 | N/A | |
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Title reference: Kimchi | ||||||
Original soundtrack
| Hush | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 2020 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | |
| Label | |
Part 1
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Say hello to me" (당신의 안녕) | Kim Yoon-joo |
| Rooftop Moonlight | 3:20 |
Part 2
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sunset" (노을) | Yoo Gi-hwan | Kwon Jin-won | Sunwoo Jung-a | 3:32 |
Part 3
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "No Regret" (이대로 괜찮을까) | Yoon Sa-ra |
| O.WHEN | 3:51 |
Part 4
Viewership
Hush : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[15]
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 756 | 546 | 650 | 550 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 596 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 551 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[15] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
| 1 | December 11, 2020 | 3.384% (10th) | 4.137% (4th) | ||
| 2 | December 12, 2020 | 2.574% (10th) | 3.350% (6th) | ||
| 3 | December 18, 2020 | 2.915% (16th) | N/A | ||
| 4 | December 19, 2020 | 2.323% (15th) | |||
| 5 | December 25, 2020 | 3.162% (16th) | |||
| 6 | December 26, 2020 | 2.594% (14th) | |||
| 7 | January 8, 2021 | 2.682% (19th) | |||
| 8 | January 9, 2021 | 2.327% (18th) | 3.006% (10th) | ||
| 9 | January 15, 2021 | 2.633% (15th) | 3.085% (9th) | ||
| 10 | January 16, 2021 | 1.890% (21st) | N/A | ||
| 11 | January 22, 2021 | 2.208% (20th) | |||
| 12 | January 23, 2021 | 2.149% (20th) | 2.740% (10th) | ||
| 13 | January 29, 2021 | 2.350% (18th) | N/A | ||
| 14 | January 30, 2021 | 2.139% (17th) | 2.528% (10th) | ||
| 15 | February 5, 2021 | 2.221% (18th) | N/A | ||
| 16 | February 6, 2021 | 2.310% (13th) | 2.996% (9th) | ||
| Average | 2.491% | —[a] | |||
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