Assembly (TV series)

Assembly (Korean: 어셈블리; RR: Eosembeulli) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Jung Jae-young, Song Yoon-ah and Ok Taec-yeon.^[1][2] It aired on KBS2 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes beginning July 15, 2015.^[3]

Assembly
Promotional poster
Genre	Political drama
Written by	Jung Hyun-min
Directed by	Hwang In-hyuk
Starring	Jung Jae-young Song Yoon-ah Ok Taec-yeon
Music by	Park Se-jun
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Kang Byun-taek Lee Jae-gil Yoon Chang-bum
Producer	Kim Jin-woo
Production locations	Seoul, South Korea
Running time	65 minutes
Production companies	Assembly SPC KBS Media RaemongRaein Co. Ltd.
Original release
Network	KBS 2TV
Release	July 15 (2015-07-15) – September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17)

Plot

Jin Sang-pil has been a shipyard welder for 23 years, but when he and his fellow workers get laid off, he fights for their reinstatement as the spokesman for the labor union.^[4] To his surprise, this leads to him becoming a newly elected member of the National Assembly. But because of his idealism and naiveté, Sang-pil finds it difficult to navigate the corridors of politics. Enter whip-smart aide Choi In-kyung, who shows him the ropes and together they work to accomplish real change within the government.

Cast

• Jung Jae-young as Jin Sang-pil
• Song Yoon-ah as Choi In-kyung
• Ok Taec-yeon as Kim Kyu-hwan^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}
• Jang Hyun-sung as Baek Do-hyun^[11]
• Park Yeong-gyu as Park Choon-sub
• Kim Seo-hyung as Hong Chan-mi
• Lee Won-jae as Kang Sang-ho
• Jung Hee-tae as Im Kyu-tae
• Choi Jin-ho as Jo Woong-kyu
• Gil Hae-yeon as Chun No-shim
• Sung Ji-ru as Byun Sung-ki
• Yoon Bok-in as Oh Ae-ri
• Seo Hyun-chul as Seo Dong-jae
• Im Ji-kyu as Shim Dong-chun
• Kim Bo-mi as Song So-min
• Kang Ye-won as Park Da-jung
• Son Byong-ho as Bae Dal-soo
• Lee Hang-na as Kim Kyung-ah
• Kim Ji-min as Jin Joo-hee
• Cho Jae-hyun (cameo, episode 1)
• Tae In-ho

Ratings

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

Episode	Broadcast date	TNmS ratings[12]		AGB Nielsen ratings[13]
		Nationwide	Seoul Capital Area	Nationwide	Seoul Capital Area
1	July 15, 2015	4.8%	5.9%	5.2%	4.9%
2	July 16, 2015	3.4%	4.1%	4.7%	4.8%
3	July 22, 2015	4.0%	4.4%	5.2%	5.1%
4	July 23, 2015	3.8%	4.5%	4.9%	5.3%
5	July 29, 2015	4.4%	4.5%	5.0%	5.1%
6	July 30, 2015	3.7%	4.2%	4.8%	5.8%
7	August 5, 2015	4.7%	4.1%	5.3%	5.5%
8	August 6, 2015	3.7%	3.8%	4.9%	4.8%
9	August 12, 2015	4.8%	4.4%	5.9%	5.8%
10	August 13, 2015	4.6%	4.1%	4.7%	4.5%
11	August 19, 2015	4.5%	4.3%	6.0%	6.0%
12	August 20, 2015	4.2%	5.0%	5.7%	5.8%
13	August 26, 2015	3.9%	4.0%	4.9%	4.9%
14	August 27, 2015	4.0%	4.5%	5.6%	5.5%
15	September 2, 2015	4.2%	4.4%	5.4%	5.2%
16	September 3, 2015	4.4%	4.6%	6.0%	5.8%
17	September 9, 2015	4.6%	4.4%	5.7%	5.5%
18	September 10, 2015	5.0%	5.1%	6.0%	5.9%
19	September 16, 2015	3.5%	3.5%	5.4%	5.2%
20	September 17, 2015	4.2%	4.7%	4.9%	4.8%
Average		4.2%	4.4%	5.3%	5.3%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	29th KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor	Jung Jae-young	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama		Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama	Song Yoon-ah	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Jang Hyun-sung	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Kim Seo-hyung	Won
		Best Young Actress	Kim Ji-min	Nominated

Production

This is Jung Jae-young's first Korean drama series in his prolific career as a film and stage actor.^[1]

Prior to becoming a drama screenwriter, Jung Hyun-min worked for ten years as a political aide for a member of the National Assembly.^[2]