Heard It Through the Grapevine (TV series)

Heard It Through the Grapevine (Korean: 풍문으로 들었소; RR: Pungmuneuro deureotso) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Yoo Jun-sang, Yoo Ho-jeong, Go Ah-sung, and Lee Joon.^{[2][3][unreliable source?][4][5][6][7]} It aired on SBS from February 23 to June 2, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 30 episodes.

Heard It Through the Grapevine
Also known as	Heard It as a Rumor I Heard a Rumor
Genre	Drama Satire Black comedy Family Romance
Created by	Han Jung-hwan
Written by	Jung Sung-joo
Directed by	Ahn Pan-seok
Starring	Yoo Jun-sang Yoo Ho-jeong Lee Joon Go Ah-sung
Composer	Lee Nam-yeon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	30
Production
Executive producers	Gil Don-seop (Ep. 1–16) Kim Hee-yeol (Ep. 17–30)[a]
Producer	Lee Sang-min
Cinematography	Kang Seung-gi Lee Seok-min
Editor	Jo Eun-kyung
Running time	65 minutes
Production companies	Paulownia (Ep. 1–16) Pan Entertainment (Ep. 17–30)[a]
Original release
Network	SBS TV
Release	February 23 (2015-02-23) – June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02)

Plot

Heard It Through the Grapevine is a black comedy that satirizes the way of life of Korea's upper class, who wield enormous power and thrive on inherited wealth and lineage.

Han Jeong-ho (Yoo Jun-sang), and Choi Yeon-hee (Yoo Ho-jeong), are a wealthy couple from a prestigious family. Their reputation is suddenly turned upside down because their teenage son, Han In-sang (Lee Joon), impregnates his girlfriend from an ordinary family, Seo Bom (Go Ah-sung). Bom is determined to endure being isolated from her own family and humiliated from her in-laws for the sake of her child's future, while In-sang struggles between his love for Bom and his family's high expectations.

Cast

Main characters

• Yoo Jun-sang as Han Jeong-ho (47)

The patriarch of the Han family, a prestigious and wealthy clan which for generations has produced many highly respected and successful lawyers who've influenced South Korea's politics and economy. Like his predecessors, Jeong-ho is strict and a perfectionist.

• Yoo Ho-jeong as Choi Yeon-hee (45)

Jeong-ho's beautiful, elegant and intelligent socialite wife. She secretly knows that her son feels burdened and pressured to live up to his family's expectations, but has never spoken up about it.

• Lee Joon as Han In-sang (18)

Jeong-ho and Yeon-hee's son. In-sang has received the best education and upbringing that money can buy. On the surface he seems like a perfect boy, but he actually feels pressured by his family and peers. Even though Bom told him not to meet her again, his love for her makes him break his promise.

• Go Ah-sung as Seo Bom (18)

The second-eldest daughter of an ordinary family living in a poor neighborhood. She is determined to have a better future, therefore she strives hard in her studies. Smart, popular, and well-spoken, she was chosen to attend a prestigious English camp, where she meets and falls in love with Han In-sang.

Supporting characters

• Jang Hyun-sung as Seo Hyeong-shik (47)
• Yoon Bok-in as Kim Jin-ae (45)
• Gong Seung-yeon as Seo Noo-ri (22)
• Ye Soo-jung as Joo-young's mother
• Joo Min-kyung as Noo-ri's colleague
• Jeon Suk-chan as Seo Chul-shik (43)
• Park So-young as Han Yi-ji (16)
• Baek Ji-yeon as Ji Young-ra (45)
• Jang Ho-il as Song Jae-won (45)
• Kim Ho-jung as Uhm So-jeong (45)
• Seo Jeong-yeon as Lee Seon-sook (43)
• Lee Sun-joo as Hong Geum-yeon (60)
• Gil Hae-yeon as Yang Jae-hwa (53)
• Jang So-yeon as Min Joo-young (29)
• Lee Hwa-ryong as Kim Tae-woo (35)
• Park Jin-young as Baek Dae-hun (60)
• Baek Ji-won as Yoo Shin-young (37)
• Kim Kwon as Yoon Je-hoon (26)
• Jung Yoo-jin as Jang Hyun-soo (18)
• Kim Jung-young as Jung-soon (55)
• Jung Ga-ram as Sung Min-jae (18)
• Kim Hak-sun as Butler Park (58)

Ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS[8]		AGB Nielsen[9]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	February 23, 2015	6.8%	8.7%	7.2%	8.3%
2	February 24, 2015	7.9%	10.6%	8.1%	9.7%
3	March 2, 2015	7.0%	9.9%	6.5%	7.2%
4	March 3, 2015	7.9%	10.5%	8.7%	10.0%
5	March 9, 2015	8.1%	10.2%	8.3%	9.4%
6	March 10, 2015	8.3%	10.7%	9.0%	10.4%
7	March 16, 2015	8.2%	10.5%	10.1%	11.8%
8	March 17, 2015	8.3%	11.1%	9.3%	10.6%
9	March 23, 2015	8.7%	11.5%	10.7%	13.0%
10	March 24, 2015	9.4%	12.5%	10.5%	12.2%
11	March 30, 2015	9.1%	11.9%	10.3%	12.1%
12	March 31, 2015	9.5%	12.7%	12.0%	13.7%
13	April 6, 2015	9.2%	11.7%	11.3%	12.4%
14	April 7, 2015	10.3%	13.2%	11.0%	12.3%
15	April 13, 2015	10.5%	13.2%	11.6%	13.3%
16	April 14, 2015	10.1%	13.1%	11.7%	12.9%
17	April 20, 2015	11.1%	13.4%	11.6%	12.2%
18	April 21, 2015	11.3%	13.6%	12.8%	13.6%
19	April 27, 2015	9.8%	12.1%	11.1%	12.9%
20	April 28, 2015	10.9%	14.2%	12.2%	13.7%
21	May 4, 2015	8.3%	10.2%	9.3%	9.8%
22	May 5, 2015	10.8%	14.1%	10.9%	11.6%
23	May 11, 2015	9.3%	11.3%	10.6%	11.5%
24	May 12, 2015	9.4%	11.4%	10.1%	10.6%
25	May 18, 2015	8.8%	10.9%	10.4%	11.3%
26	May 19, 2015	9.2%	11.7%	10.8%	11.8%
27	May 25, 2015	9.3%	11.6%	10.0%	11.5%
28	May 26, 2015	9.2%	11.4%	9.8%	11.2%
29	June 1, 2015	9.6%	12.0%	11.0%	12.0%
30	June 2, 2015	11.1%	14.9%	11.7%	12.9%
Average		9.2%	11.8%	10.3%	11.5%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	51st Baeksang Arts Awards[10]	Best Drama	Heard It Through the Grapevine	Won
		Best Director	Ahn Pan-seok	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Jung Sung-joo	Nominated
		Best New Actor	Lee Joon	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Go Ah-sung	Won
			Baek Ji-yeon	Nominated
	8th Korea Drama Awards	Best Drama	Heard It Through the Grapevine	Nominated
		Best Production Director	Ahn Pan-seok	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actor	Yoo Jun-sang	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor	Lee Joon	Won
	4th APAN Star Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Yoo Jun-sang	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Yoo Ho-jeong	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Lee Joon	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Go Ah-sung	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Jang Hyun-sung	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Gil Hae-yeon	Won
		Best New Actress	Baek Ji-yeon	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special	Yoo Jun-sang	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Drama Special	Go Ah-sung	Won
		Special Award, Actor in a Drama Special	Jang Hyun-sung	Won
		New Star Award	Go Ah-sung	Won
			Gong Seung-yeon	Won

Notes

1. On April 15, SBS announced that Pan Entertainment (producer of Winter Sonata, Moon Embracing the Sun, Man from the Equator, Mama, 4 Legendary Witches and Kill Me, Heal Me, among others) will assume the production duties for Heard It Through the Grapevine instead of Paulownia (producer of Secret Door). According to SBS, that was because of "internal issues" within Paulownia. Therefore, Pan Entertainment vice-president Kim Hee-yeol became the co-executive producer replacing Paulownia CEO Gil Don-seop.^[1]