Dr. Park's Clinic

Dr. Park's Clinic^[1] (Korean: 내과 박원장) is a South Korean streaming television series directed by Seo Jun-beom and starring Lee Seo-jin and Ra Mi-ran. It premiered on TVING on January 14, 2022.^[2]

Dr. Park's Clinic
Promotional poster
Hangul	내과 박원장
Hanja	內科 朴院長
Lit.	Internal Medicine Park Won-jang
RR	Naegwa Bak Wonjang
MR	Naegwa Pak Wŏnjang
Genre	Comedy Medical drama
Created by	TVING
Based on	Internal Medicine Park Won-jang by Jang Bong-soo
Written by	Seo Jun-beom
Directed by	Seo Jun-beom
Starring	Lee Seo-jin Ra Mi-ran
Music by	Jung Gi-hoon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	12[1]
Production
Executive producer	Lee Jin-wook
Producers	Handae Rhee Seo Jun-beom
Running time	30 minutes[1]
Production companies	Sidus Pictures XL Pictures
Original release
Network	TVING
Release	January 14 (2022-01-14) – February 18, 2022 (2022-02-18)

Synopsis

A medical comedy about Dr. Park Won-jang (Lee Seo-jin), a new doctor, struggling with the demands of his vocation.

Cast

Main

• Lee Seo-jin as Dr. Park Won-jang

Director of a new medicine clinic, which is struggling in terms of patient visits.^[3] Due to constant pressure from his clinic's low visitor, piling up debt and family lifestyle, he starts losing hair, therefore has to wear a wig most of the time.

• Ra Mi-ran as Sa Mo-rim

Park Won-jang's wife, who gently wraps her husband's shoulder.^[4] She tries to understand her husband's financial situation however, she kept spending her husband's money with her lifestyle that is mainly influenced by TV shows.

Supporting

• Cha Chung-hwa as Cha Mi-young

The head nurse at Park Won-jang's medicine clinic.^[5]

• Shin Eun-jung as Sunwoo Soo-ji

The director of an anal surgery with an innocent appearance and rough speech.^[6]

• Kim Kwang-kyu as Ji Min-ji

An obstetrician and gynecologist who is a lover of mixed coffee.^[7]

• Jung Hyung-suk as Choi Hyung-suk

The director of the urology department.

• Seo Bum-june as Cha Ji-hoon

Son of Cha Mi-young and a new nurse who works undercover at Park Won-jang's medicine clinic.

• Joo Woo-yeon as Park Min-gu

Park Won-jang's gluttonous first son who has physical strength stronger than human being.

• Han Da-sol as Yoon-ji

Cha Ji-hoon's girlfriend.

• Kim Kang-hoon as Park Dong-gu

Park Won-jang's second son and a young YouTuber.^[8]

Special appearances

• Park Sung-woong

An uber rich, successful doctor and clinic director. His clinic has never been low of visitors.^[9]

• Yoo Byung-jae^[10]

Viewership

Dr. Park's Clinic : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number						Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	1	584	625	584	476	368	483	TBD

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[11]

Average TV viewership ratings

EP	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[11]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	May 16, 2022	2.406% (1st)	2.286% (1st)
2	May 17, 2022	2.812% (2nd)	3.071% (1st)
3	May 23, 2022	2.574% (2nd)	2.673% (2nd)
4	May 24, 2022	2.407% (2nd)	2.595% (2nd)
5	May 30, 2022	1.476% (5th)	—
6	May 31, 2022	2.097% (2nd)	2.002% (2nd)
Average		2.295%	—[a]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This television series 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).

Notes

1. Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.