A Poem a Day

A Poem a Day (Korean: 시를 잊은 그대에게) is a 2018 medical South Korean television series starring Lee Yu-bi, Lee Joon-hyuk and Jang Dong-yoon. It aired on tvN from March 26 to May 15, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:30 KST.^[1][2][3][4]

A Poem a Day
Promotional poster
Hangul	시를 잊은 그대에게
Lit.	You Who Forgot Poetry
RR	Sireul ijeun geudaeege
MR	Sirŭl ijŭn kŭdaeege
Genre	Medical Slice of life
Created by	Rhee Myung-han [ko]
Written by	Myung Soo-hyun Baek Sun-woo Choi Bo-rim
Directed by	Han Sang-jae
Starring	Lee Yu-bi Lee Joon-hyuk Jang Dong-yoon
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 (2018-03-26) – May 15, 2018 (2018-05-15)

Synopsis

The story of the 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 [ko] 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 Kan-hee as Min-ho's mother
• Kim Il-woo as Min-ho's father
• Lee Hee-jin as Je-wook's ex-girlfriend (Ep. 5, 8-9)
• Lee Hae-in as Park Yeon-hee, Dae-bang's ex-girlfriend (Ep. 5)
• Mo Tae-bum as Mo Tae-bum, a sports star (Ep. 6)
• Go Se-won as Yoon-joo's ex-husband (Ep. 7)
• Ha Seok-jin as Ha Seok-jin, a patient (Ep. 11)
• Park Cho-rong as Kim Mi-rae, a college student (Ep. 12)
• Kim Won-hae as Kim Jung-soo, a doctor (Ep. 13)

Production

Gong Myung was first offered the role of Shin Min-ho but declined.^[9]

Viewership

A Poem a Day : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	297	347	335	341	193	230	217	226	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[10]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea[11]		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%	N/A	1.1%
4	April 3, 2018	1.429%	1.477%	2.1%
5	April 9, 2018	0.910%	N/A	0.9%
6	April 10, 2018	1.061%	1.129%	1.3%
7	April 16, 2018	0.941%	N/A
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%	N/A	1.0%
Average		1.011%	—[a]	1.4%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. This series aired 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).

Notes

1. Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.