My Fellow Citizens!

My Fellow Citizens!^[4] (Korean: 국민 여러분!; RR: Gungmin yeoreobun!) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Choi Si-won, Lee Yoo-young and Kim Min-jung. It aired from April 1 to May 28, 2019 on KBS2.^[5][6]

My Fellow Citizens!
Promotional poster
Hangul	국민 여러분!
Lit.	Fellow Citizens!
RR	Gungmin yeoreobun!
MR	Kungmin yŏrŏbun!
Genre	Comedy Crime[1]
Written by	Han Jung-hoon
Directed by	Kim Jung-hyun
Starring	Choi Si-won Lee Yoo-young Kim Min-jung
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	36[a]
Production
Executive producers	Jung Hae-ryung Seo Jang-won
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	35 minutes[a]
Production companies	Monster Union[3] Won Contents
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	April 1 (2019-04-01) – May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28)
Related
The Company You Keep

Synopsis

A con man, who gets involved with unexpected incidents, marries a police officer and somehow ends up running to become a member of the National Assembly.^[1]

Cast

Main

• Choi Si-won as Yang Jung-kook, a skilled fraudster who is the third generation of a family of con artists. He gets involved with a loan shark to earn a large sum of money for his marriage, only to get scammed by his ex-girlfriend who runs off with the marriage funds.^[7][8]
• Lee Yoo-young as Kim Mi-young, a police detective who catches her ex-boyfriend cheating on her, but meets Jung-kook. The two become close and soon begin dating. She chooses to lie about her job to keep their relationship and finally decides to confess her true life to Jung-kook on their wedding day.^[9][10]
• Kim Min-jung as Park Hoo-ja, the fourth daughter of Park Sang-pil, a notorious loan shark, who trains to become his successor. Her father collapses after being a victim of a mysterious stranger's schemes. After her father's death, she inherits and successfully expands their business and tracks down the person who conned her father, Jung-kook. Instead, of revenge, Hoo-ja offers to save his life as long as he runs for a seat in the National Assembly.^[9][10]

Supporting

• Tae In-ho as Han Sang-jin, a political newcomer who is the step-brother of Mi-young.^[3]
• Kim Eui-sung as Kim Joo-myung, a veteran politician who is a member of the National Assembly.^[3]
• Im Ji-hyun as Yoo Hee-jin, Jung-kook's ex-girlfriend.^[11]
• Jeon Seok-ho as Kang Hyun-tae, Sang-jin's former university colleague and current policy adviser.^[12]
• Heo Jae-ho as Choi Pil-joo, Hoo-ja's right-hand man.^[13]
• Lee Ju-myoung as Hwang Seung-yi
• Ahn Eun-jin as Park Gwi-nam
• Jung Soo-young as Myung-in
• Ji Yi-soo as Detective Na
• Kim Min-jae as Kim Nam-hwa

Special appearance

• Yeom Hye-ran as Sun-hee, Park Hoo-ja's older sister. (Ep. 11)

Original soundtrack

My Fellow Citizens! OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Recorded	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Kakao M Star Entry Entertainment

Part 1

Released on April 8, 2019 (2019-04-08)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Yadannatdaya" (야단났다야)	Park Jeong-eun, Defconn	Park Jeong-eun	Hyungdon and Daejun	3:21
2.	"Yadannatdaya" (Inst.)		Park Jeong-eun		3:21
Total length:					6:42

Part 2

Released on April 15, 2019 (2019-04-15)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Haohrio" (하오리오)	Choi Jeong-in	Choi Jeong-in	Kim Chang-wan	2:51
2.	"Haohrio" (Inst.)		Choi Jeong-in		2:51
Total length:					5:42

Part 3

Released on April 22, 2019 (2019-04-22)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Really Bad Guy" (오빠 나빠요)	Kim Hee-won, Jung Da-woon, Oh Seung-eun, Zeenan, Ye-eun	Kim Hee-won, Jung Da-woon, Oh Seung-eun, Zeenan	Seung-hee, Ye-eun (CLC)	3:00
2.	"Really Bad Guy" (Inst.)		Kim Hee-won, Jung Da-woon, Oh Seung-eun, Zeenan		3:00
Total length:					6:00

Part 4

Released on April 29, 2019 (2019-04-29)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Let Me In"	Kim Beom-joo, Kim Shi-hyuk	Kim Beom-joo, Kim Shi-hyuk	NeighBro	4:03
2.	"Let Me In" (Inst.)		Kim Beom-joo, Kim Shi-hyuk		4:03
Total length:					8:06

Part 5

Released on May 5, 2019 (2019-05-05)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Catch Me If You Can" (올 테면 와라)	Jay Lee, Yoo Song-yeon	Jay Lee, Yoo Song-yeon	Ulala Session	3:31
2.	"Catch Me If You Can" (Inst.)		Jay Lee, Yoo Song-yeon		3:31
Total length:					7:02

Part 6

Released on May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Boom Boom"	Glody, Kim Shi-hyuk	Glody, Vulcan4	Kim Tae-hyun (DickPunks)	3:00
2.	"Boom Boom" (Inst.)		Glody, Vulcan4		3:00
Total length:					6:00

Ratings

Ep.	Broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea[14]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	April 1, 2019	6.8%	6.3%	6.7%
2		7.5%	6.9%	7.1%
3	April 2, 2019	7.0%	7.2%	6.2%
4		8.4%	9.0%	7.4%
5	April 8, 2019	5.4%	5.2%	4.8%
6		6.5%	6.1%	5.9%
7	April 9, 2019	6.9%	7.3%	5.7%
8		7.9%	8.3%	6.3%
9	April 15, 2019	5.3%	5.5%	4.4%
10		6.0%	5.9%	5.3%
11	April 16, 2019	5.4%	N/A
12		6.5%	6.3%	6.1%
13	April 22, 2019	4.3%	N/A	N/A
14		5.4%		5.2%
15	April 23, 2019	5.0%		N/A
16		6.9%
17	April 29, 2019	4.9%
18		6.6%	6.9%
19	April 30, 2019	5.8%	5.9%
20		7.0%	7.2%
21	May 6, 2019	4.5%	N/A
22		6.2%	6.3%
23	May 7, 2019	6.1%	6.3%	5.4%
24		7.0%	6.6%	N/A
25	May 13, 2019	5.1%	N/A	4.4%
26		5.7%	5.8%	5.0%
27	May 14, 2019	5.4%	5.5%	5.4%
28		6.4%	6.5%	5.9%
29	May 20, 2019	5.0%	N/A	N/A
30		6.0%	6.1%	5.8%
31	May 21, 2019	6.5%	6.8%	5.9%
32		7.5%	7.7%	6.4%
33	May 27, 2019	4.6%	N/A	N/A
34		5.9%	6.1%
35	May 28, 2019	6.3%	6.5%	5.5%
36		8.0%	8.1%	6.7%
Average		6.2%	—[b]	—[b]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2019	12th Korea Drama Awards[15][16]	Top Excellence Award, Actress	Kim Min-jung	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress	Lee Yoo-young	Nominated
	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama	Choi Si-won	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama	Lee Yoo-young	Nominated
		Best New Actress		Nominated
		Netizen Award, Actor	Choi Si-won	Nominated
		Netizen Award, Actress	Lee Yoo-young	Nominated
			Kim Min-jung	Nominated
		Best Couple Award	Choi Si-won and Lee Yoo-young	Nominated

American adaptation

Main article: The Company You Keep (TV series)

In March 2022, ABC ordered the pilot of an American adaptation of the series titled The Company You Keep, starring Milo Ventimiglia. It is being written and executive produced by Julia Cohen for 20th Television.^[17] In April and May 2022, Catherine Haena Kim and William Fichtner joined the cast in the pilot, respectively.^[18][19] Also in May, Sarah Wayne Callies, James Saito, Tim Chiou, Freda Foh Shen and Felisha Terrell were added to the cast.^[20] In August 2022, ABC picked up the series.^[21] It premiered on February 19, 2023.^[22]

Notes

1. Wanting to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.^[2]
2. Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.