Bubble Gum (TV series)

Not to be confused with Bubble Gang.

Bubble Gum (Korean: 풍선껌; RR: Pungseonkkeom) is a South Korean television series starring Lee Dong-wook, Jung Ryeo-won, Lee Jong-hyuk and Park Hee-von.^{[1][2][unreliable source?]} It aired on tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) beginning October 26, 2015.^[3]

Bubble Gum
Promotional poster
Genre	Romance Drama
Written by	Lee Mi-na
Directed by	Kim Byung-soo
Creative directors	Jung Ji-hyun Kwon Young-il Choo Sang-kyoo
Starring	Lee Dong-wook Jung Ryeo-won Lee Jong-hyuk Park Hee-von
Composer	Nam Hye-seung
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Kim Young-kyoo Yoon Ha-rim
Producers	Lee So-yoon Yoo Seul-ki
Cinematography	Jun Byung-moon Lee Jung-hyuk
Editor	Lee Mi-kyung
Camera setup	Single-camera setup
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Hwa&Dam Pictures
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	26 October (2015-10-26) – 15 December 2015 (2015-12-15)

Synopsis

Park Ri-hwan (Lee Dong-wook) comes from a wealthy family who now works as an oriental medical doctor in his own clinic. He grew up with his best friend since childhood, Kim Haeng-ah (Jung Ryeo-won) who works as a radio producer. Haeng-ah's parents both died when she was young and she was taken care by Ri-hwan's mother after her father's death.

Both Ri-hwan and Haeng-ah had feelings for each other but Haeng-ah is taking things slowly due to Ri-hwan's mother who does not want them to be together. The story also involves a chaebol, Yi-seul (Park Hee-von) who has feelings for Ri-hwan and Haeng-ah's ex-boyfriend, who is also her senior/director of the company she works in, who wants her back.

Cast

Main

• Lee Dong-wook as Park Ri-hwan
  • Yoon Chan-young as young Ri-hwan
• Jung Ryeo-won as Kim Haeng-ah
• Lee Jong-hyuk as Kang Suk-joon
• Park Hee-von as Hong Yi-seul

Supporting

• Bae Jong-ok as Park Sun-young
• Lee Seung-joon as Kwon Ji-hoon
• Kim Ri-na as Noh Tae-hee
• Kim Jung-nan as Oh Se-young
• Lee Moon-soo as Chef Noh
• Park Chul-min as Kim Joon-hyuk
• Park Won-sang as Jo Dong-il
• Park Sung-geun as Go Sang-kyu
• Ahn Woo-yeon as Ye Joon-soo
• Seo Jeong-yeon as Aunt Gong-joo
• Ji Ha-yoon as Lee Jin-ah
• Go Bo-gyeol as Noh Dong-hwa
• Kim Sa-kwon as Hong Jung-woo
• Park Joon-geum as Yi-seul's mother

Ratings

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

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Title	Average audience share
			AGB Nielsen[4]	TNmS
			Nationwide	Nationwide
1	October 26, 2015	(저주가 깃든 아이)	1.232%	1.0%
2	October 27, 2015	You asked me, so I... (당신은 내게 부탁했지요, 그래서 나는…)	1.736%	1.7%
3	November 2, 2015	All I Want is What You Want (내가 원하는 건 네가 원하는 건)	0.866%	1.0%
4	November 3, 2015	(오늘의 우리는 어제의 우리가 아닌 걸)	1.316%	1.4%
5	November 9, 2015	That's What You Really Mean (그게 진짜 네 마음이잖아)	1.065%	1.0%
6	November 10, 2015	(어떤 꿈은 현실에 깊이 스며들기도 하죠)	1.697%	1.4%
7	November 16, 2015	(화양연화, 그때는 알 수 없었던)	1.113%	1.1%
8	November 17, 2015	(얼룩져도 좋아, 흉터라도 괜찮아, 사라지지는 마)	1.310%	1.0%
9	November 23, 2015	Too heavy, Too Scary, Love (너무 무거운, 너무 무서운, 사랑)	1.105%	1.0%
10	November 24, 2015	Haeng-ah, I Love You (행아야, 사랑해)	1.396%	1.7%
11	November 30, 2015	Memory is More Than Love (기억이란 사랑보다 더)	0.754%	1.0%
12	December 1, 2015	I'm calling you, like an unending song (나는 너를 불러, 끝나지 않는 노래처럼)	1.705%	1.4%
13	December 7, 2015	(깜깜한 밤하늘에 푸른 신호등)	0.710%	0.8%
14	December 8, 2015	(그리움과 행복은 한 걸음 차이)	1.335%	1.2%
15	December 14, 2015	(행복을 지켜내는 주문, 고마워)	0.766%	1.0%
16	December 15, 2015	(그렇게 빈 틈 사이로 다시 봄이 옵니다)	1.179%	1.3%
Average			1.205%	1.188%

• This drama airs 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).