Sketch (TV series)

Sketch (Korean: 스케치) is a South Korean television series starring Rain, Lee Sun-bin, Lee Dong-gun, Jung Jin-young, Kang Shin-il, Lim Hwa-young and Lee Seung-joo. It aired on JTBC from May 25, 2018 to July 14, 2018.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Sketch
Promotional poster
Hangul	스케치
RR	Seukechi
MR	Sŭk'ech'i
Genre	Action Fantasy Crime
Written by	Kang Hyun-sung
Directed by	Lim Tae-woo
Starring	Rain Lee Sun-bin Lee Dong-gun Jung Jin-young Kang Shin-il Lim Hwa-young Lee Seung-joo
Composer	Ji Pyung-kwon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Bae Ik-hyun Lee Hyang-bong Park Joon-seo
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	60 mins
Production companies	Drama House JTBC Neo Entertainment
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	May 25 (2018-05-25) – July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14)

Synopsis

The plot revolves around an ace detective, Kang Dong-soo (Jung Ji-hoon), and a female detective, Yoo Shi-hyun (Lee Sun-bin), who can sketch out the future as they try to capture a serial killer.

Cast

Main

• Rain as Kang Dong-soo^[7]

An ace detective armed with excellent intuition and executive ability.

• Lee Dong-gun as Kim Do-jin^[8]

A member of the Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command who seeks revenge for the death of his wife.

• Lee Sun-bin as Yoo Shi-hyun^[9]

A detective who has the psychic ability to sketch out drawings of what will happen three days in the future.

• Jung Jin-young as Jang Tae-joon^[10]

A mysterious man. Chief of Internal Affairs.

• Kang Shin-il as Moon Jae-hyun

Team leader of the Butterfly Project.

• Lim Hwa-young as Oh Young-shim^[9]

A technical assistant of the Butterfly Project that provides crucial information to the team.

Song Ji-woo as young Oh Young-shim

• Lee Seung-joo [ko] as Yoo Si-joon

Prosecutor and elder brother of Yoo Shi-hyun.

Recurring

• Yoo Da-in as Min Ji-soo

Kang Dong-soo's fiancé

• Lee Joong-ok as Seo Sang-goo
• Shim Wan-joon as Lee
• Kim Hyung-mook [ko] as Nam Sun-woo
• Park Sung-geun [ko] as Doctor Oh
• Kim Yong-hee as Jung Il-woo
• Lee Kyu-sung as An Kyung-tae
• Park Doo-shik as Jung Il-soo
• Joo Min-kyung as Lee Soo-young
• Son Jong-hak [ko] as Park Mi-moon
• Lee Hae-young as Baek Woo-jin
• Jung So-young [ko] as Kim Sun-mi
• Lee Ki-hyuk as Lee Jin-yeong's husband
• Kim Hee-jung as Shi-hyun's mother

Special appearance

• Yoon Bok-in as Oh Yeong-sim's mother^[11]

Production

Hwang Jung-eum was offered the lead role but declined.^[12]

This drama reunites Rain and Lee Dong-gun who have worked together 15 years ago in the drama Sang Doo! Let's Go to School.^[13]

The first script reading took place in March, 2018 at the JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul.^[14]

Original soundtrack

Sketch OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2018 (2018)
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Warner Music Korea

Part 1

Released on June 8, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"On This Strange Road" (이 낯선 길에서)	Lim Tae-woo Namu	Ji Pyung-kwon	DZO	3:26
2.	"On This Strange Road" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon		3:26
Total length:					6:52

Part 2

Released on June 15, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Faded" (옅은)	SunBee	Ji Pyung-kwon Yeom Seung-jae	SunBee	2:47
2.	"Faded" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon Yeom Seung-jae		2:47
Total length:					5:34

Part 3

Released on June 22, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Sailing"	Damon	Ji Pyung-kwon	Damon	3:51
2.	"Sailing" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon		3:51
Total length:					7:42

Part 4

Released on June 30, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Becoming A Butterfly" (나비가 되어)	Ji Pyung-kwon Lee Jong-won	Ji Pyung-kwon	Kimmaster	3:39
2.	"Becoming A Butterfly" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon		3:39
Total length:					7:18

Part 5

Released on July 6, 2018

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Sunset"	All Against	Ji Pyung-kwon	All Against	5:05
2.	"Sunset" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon		5:05
Total length:					10:10

Viewership

Sketch : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	654	753	694	753	622	685	538	548	674	502	519	505	490	528	552	566	599

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[15]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[16]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	May 25, 2018	3.254%	3.977%	3.4%
2	May 26, 2018	3.682%	4.518%	3.3%
3	June 1, 2018	2.982%	3.455%	3.0%
4	June 2, 2018	3.196%	3.826%	3.3%
5	June 8, 2018	3.222%	4.135%	2.9%
6	June 9, 2018	3.405%	3.696%	3.0%
7	June 15, 2018	2.459%	2.902%	2.6%
8	June 16, 2018	2.448%	3.639%
9	June 22, 2018	2.835%	3.275%	3.0%
10	June 23, 2018	2.559%	2.878%	2.7%
11	June 29, 2018	2.535%	3.232%	2.6%
12	June 30, 2018	2.590%	2.943%	2.8%
13	July 6, 2018	2.234%	2.832%	2.4%
14	July 7, 2018	2.487%	2.850%	2.6%
15	July 13, 2018	2.620%	3.086%	—
16	July 14, 2018	2.324%	2.416%
Average		2.802%	3.354%	—[a]
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. This drama aired 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).

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2018	6th APAN Star Awards	Best New Actress	Lee Sun-bin	Nominated	[17]

Notes

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