The Great Show
2019 South Korean television series
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The Great Show (Korean: 위대한 쇼; RR: Widaehan syo[a]) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Song Seung-heon, Lee Sun-bin, and Lim Ju-hwan. It aired on tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:30 (KST) from August 26 to October 15, 2019.[2]
| The Great Show | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 위대한 쇼 |
| RR | Widaehan syo |
| MR | Widaehan syo |
| Genre | |
| Developed by | Studio Dragon |
| Written by | Seol Jun-seok |
| Directed by | Shin Yong-hwi |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Lim Ha-young (CP) |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production companies | |
| Budget | ₩8.9 billion[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | August 26 – October 15, 2019 |
Synopsis
Wi Dae-han (Song Seung-heon) is a former politician who took in a young girl and her three siblings when their mother died. Together, they grew as a family and put on 'the great show' for him to become a politician again. Jung Soo-hyun (Lee Sun-bin) is his junior in college and a current affairs writer with a sense of justice.
Cast
Main
- Song Seung-heon as Wi Dae-han: A snobbish 'former' Member of Parliament who decides to cosplay his father to regain his parliamentary title.
- Lee Do-hyun as young Dae-han (ep. 1–3)
- Kim Gun-woo as child Dae-han
- Lee Sun-bin as Jung Soo-hyun
- Lim Ju-hwan as Kang Joon-ho
Supporting
People around Wi Dae-han
- Roh Jeong-eui as Han Da-jung
- Jung Joon-won as Han Tak
- Kim Joon as Han Tae-poong
- Park Ye-na as Han Song-yi
- Han Sang-hyuk as Choi Jung-woo
- Yoo Seung-mok as Wi Dae-han's father (ep. 1, 3)
- Choi Su-rin as Dae-han's stepmother
People around Jung Soo-hyun
- Lee Won-jong as Jung Jong-chul
- Kim Hyun as Yang Mi-sook
- Kang Eun-ah as Jung Ji-hyun
People around Kang Joon-ho
- Son Byong-ho as Kang Kyung-hoon
- Woo Hyun-joo as Park Soo-ji
Political and Media people
- Kim Dong-young as Ko Bong-joo
- Lee Jin-kwon as Loan Shark
- Park Ha-na as Kim Hye-jin
- Yoo Sung-joo as Jung Han-soo
- Yoo Jang-young as PD Koo
- Song Ji-hyun as Writer Ahn
- Pyo Hye-rim as Writer Ma
Original soundtrack
| The Great Show OST | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album | |
| Released | 2019 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | |
| Label | Stone Music Entertainment |
Part 1
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wing It!" | Kim Ho-kyung | 1601 | 3:06 | |
| 2. | "Wing It!" (Inst.) | 1601 | 3:06 | ||
| Total length: | 6:12 | ||||
Part 2
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sad Night" (아픈 밤) | Lundi Blues | Hen | Lee Sun-bin | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Sad Night" (Inst.) | Hen | 3:46 | ||
| Total length: | 7:32 | ||||
Part 3
Part 4
Viewership
The Great Show : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[7]
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 717 | 715 | 692 | 693 | 519 | 701 | 601 | 623 | 539 | 565 | 479 | 618 | 588 | 604 | 537 | 750 | 621 | |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
| 1 | August 26, 2019 | 3.056% | 3.223% | ||
| 2 | August 27, 2019 | 2.941% | 3.574% | ||
| 3 | September 2, 2019 | 3.037% | 3.154% | ||
| 4 | September 3, 2019 | 2.966% | 3.475% | ||
| 5 | September 9, 2019 | 2.467% | 2.834% | ||
| 6 | September 10, 2019 | 2.779% | 2.907% | ||
| 7 | September 16, 2019 | 2.529% | 2.673% | ||
| 8 | September 17, 2019 | 2.708% | 2.586% | ||
| 9 | September 23, 2019 | 2.234% | 2.167% | ||
| 10 | September 24, 2019 | 2.143% | 2.128% | ||
| 11 | September 30, 2019 | 2.019% | 2.180% | ||
| 12 | October 1, 2019 | 2.365% | 2.427% | ||
| 13 | October 7, 2019 | 2.316% | 2.542% | ||
| 14 | October 8, 2019 | 2.681% | 2.800% | ||
| 15 | October 14, 2019 | 2.089% | 1.998% | ||
| 16 | October 15, 2019 | 3.243% | 3.269% | ||
| Average | 2.598% | 2.746% | |||
Notes
- The series' title can also be interpreted as Wi Dae-han's Show, in reference to the main character, whose name is a homophone of the word "great".