Happy Ending (TV series)

This article is about the 2012 South Korean television series. For the American television series, see Happy Endings (TV series).

Happy Ending (Korean: 해피 엔딩) is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Choi Min-soo, Shim Hye-jin and Lee Seung-yeon. It aired on JTBC from April 23 to July 16, 2012.^[1][2]

Happy Ending
Promotional poster
Hangul	해피 엔딩
RR	Haepi ending
MR	Haep'i ending
Genre	Drama
Written by	Kim Yoon-jung
Directed by	Kwak Young-bum Shin Yoon-sun
Starring	Choi Min-soo Shim Hye-jin Lee Seung-yeon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	24
Production
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	Logos Film
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	April 23 (2012-04-23) – July 16, 2012 (2012-07-16)

Synopsis

The series revolves around Kim Doo-soo (Choi Min-soo)'s family after he learns that he is terminally ill.

Cast

Main

• Choi Min-soo as Kim Doo-soo^[3]
• Shim Hye-jin as Yang Sun-ah
• Lee Seung-yeon as Hong Ae-ran

Supporting

• So Yoo-jin as Kim Geum-ha
• Kim So-eun as Kim Eun-ha^[4]
• Yeon Joon-seok as Choi Dong-ha
• Park Jung-chul as Lee Tae-pyung
• Kangta as Goo Seung-jae^[5]
• So Yi-hyun as Park Na-young^[6]
• Ha Seung-ri as Park Na-ri
• Choi Bool-am as Doo-soo's father
• In Gyo-jin as Lee Seong-hoon^[6]
• Jang Da-na as Ji-min
• Yoo Jang-young as Young-shik
• Maeng Sang-hoon as Director Oh
• Han Mi-jin as Team leader Hong
• Kang Dong-yup as Reporter Choi
• Ryu Kyung-soo as Park Jeong-ho

Ratings

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

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)
		Nationwide
1	April 23, 2012	1.253%
2	April 24, 2012	1.339%
3	April 30, 2012	0.805%
4	May 1, 2012	1.108%
5	May 7, 2012	1.267%
6	May 8, 2012	1.102%
7	May 14, 2012	1.505%
8	May 15, 2012	1.510%
9	May 21, 2012	1.377%
10	May 22, 2012	1.668%
11	May 28, 2012	1.311%
12	May 29, 2012	1.215%
13	June 4, 2012	1.298%
14	June 5, 2012	1.346%
15	June 11, 2012	1.100%
16	June 18, 2012	1.142%
17	June 19, 2012	1.245%
18	June 25, 2012	1.378%
19	June 26, 2012	1.056%
20	July 2, 2012	1.582%
21	July 3, 2012	1.550%
22	July 9, 2012	1.297%
23	July 10, 2012	1.320%
24	July 16, 2012	1.175%
25	July 17, 2012	1.78%
Average		1.290%

• 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).