Love Alert

Not to be confused with Love Alarm.

Love Alert (Korean: 설렘주의보; RR: Seollemjuuibo) is a 2018 South Korean television series based on the web novel of the same name by Seo Han-kyul.^[1] It stars Yoon Eun-hye and Chun Jung-myung.^[2] It aired on MBN's Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 KST from October 31 to December 20, 2018.^[3][4]

Love Alert
Promotional poster
Hangul	설렘주의보
Hanja	설렘注意報
Lit.	Fluttering Warning
RR	Seollemjuuibo
MR	Sŏllemjuŭibo
Genre	Romantic comedy
Based on	Love Alert by Seo Han-kyul
Written by	Kim Shin-hye
Directed by	Jo Chang-wan
Starring	Yoon Eun-hye Chun Jung-myung
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Love Alert LLC[a]
Original release
Network	MBN
Release	October 31 (2018-10-31) – December 20, 2018 (2018-12-20)

Synopsis

The series is about a celibate doctor named Cha Woo-hyun (Chun Jung-myung) who gets involved in a scandal with top actress Yoon Yoo-jung (Yoon Eun-hye) for inexplicable reasons. The two sign a contract where they have to pretend to be in love to achieve their mutual goals.

Cast

Main

• Yoon Eun-hye as Yoon Yoo-jung^[5]
• Chun Jung-myung as Cha Woo-hyun^[6]
• Han Go-eun as Han Chae-kyung^[7]
• Joo Woo-jae as Sung Hoon^[8][9]

Supporting

• Pyo Ji-hoon as Yoon Yoo-joon^[10]
• Lee Hye-ran as Joo Min-ah^[10]
• Kang Seo-yeon as Kang Hye-joo
• Kim Byung-ki as Cha Tae-soo
• Oh Mi-hee as Ko Kyung-eun
• Choi Cheol-ho as An Jung-seok
• Kim Ye-ryeong as Na Hwa-jung
• Choi Jung-won as Hwang Jae-min
• Choi Jung-woo as Choi Kyung-jung
• Jeong Gyu-su as Yoon Cheol-seo

Original soundtrack

Love Alert OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2018 (2018)
Genre	K-pop
Language	Korean English
Label	The Groove Company Kakao M

Part 1

Released on November 1, 2018

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Could I Love Again" (다시 만날 수 있을까)	Kim Jong-min	3:42
2.	"Could I love again (Inst.)" (다시 만날 수 있을까)		3:42

Part 2

Released on November 8, 2018

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"I'll Come To You" (너에게 다가갈 거야)	Go Woon(Berry Good)	3:06
2.	"I'll Come To You (Inst.)" (너에게 다가갈 거야)		3:06

Part 3

Released on November 14, 2018

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Twice Love" (두번째 설레임)	Sangil (Snuper), Myung Hyung-seo (Busters)	3:17
2.	"Twice Love (Inst.)" (두번째 설레임)		3:17

Part 4

Released on November 22, 2018

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Beautiful as Ever" (여전히 아름다운)	Yoon Hyuk (December)	3:56
2.	"Beautiful as Ever (Inst.)" (여전히 아름다운)		3:56

Part 5

Released on December 6, 2018

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Because of You" (그대가 좋아서)	Eun Hee	3:22
2.	"Because of You (Inst.)" (그대가 좋아서)		3:22

Part 6

Released on December 12, 2018

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"Away from You" (뒷걸음치며)	Jun Sang Geun	4:21
2.	"Away from You (Inst.)" (뒷걸음치며)		4:21

Part 7

Released on December 19, 2018

No.	Title	Artists	Length
1.	"I Want to Know"	Lee Gyu-ra	3:40
2.	"I Want to Know (Inst.)"		3:40

Ratings

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

Ep.	Original broadcast date	AGB Nielsen (Nationwide)[11]
1	October 31, 2018	2.796%
2	November 1, 2018	1.763%
3	November 7, 2018	2.018%
4	November 8, 2018	2.382%
5	November 14, 2018	1.888%
6	November 15, 2018	1.824%
7	November 21, 2018	1.492%
8	November 22, 2018	1.602%
9	November 28, 2018	1.678%
10	November 29, 2018	1.421%
11	December 5, 2018	1.489%
12	December 6, 2018	1.544%
13	December 12, 2018	1.929%
14	December 13, 2018	1.623%
15	December 19, 2018	1.712%
16	December 20, 2018	1.604%
Average		1.797%

• 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).

Production

In January 2019, YG Studioplex, the drama production affiliate of YG Plus, belatedly announced that it has terminated its co-CEO Cho Jung-ho and filed a case against him. According to the company, ex-CEO Cho made an illegal contract to sell the distribution rights of Love Alert in Japan to an unnamed Japanese distribution company through his own firm Barami Bunda Inc., which was a co-owner in YG Studioplex. Cho also stole much money from investors, one of those was the drama's co-producer The Groove Company.^{[12][unreliable source?]}

Notes

1. Joint venture of YG Studioplex, The Groove Company, and Excel Investment Co., Ltd.