Spotlight (South Korean TV series)

Spotlight (Korean: 스포트라이트) is a 2008 South Korean television series, starring Son Ye-jin and Ji Jin-hee. It aired on MBC from May 14 to July 3, 2008, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.^[1]

Spotlight
Genre	Workplace drama
Written by	Lee Ki-won
Directed by	Kim Do-hoon
Starring	Son Ye-jin Ji Jin-hee Jo Yoon-hee Jin Goo
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Oh Gyeong-hoon
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Release	May 14 (2008-05-14) – July 3, 2008 (2008-07-03)

The series revolves around the world of television news and the lives of four news reporters.^[2][3]

Plot

Oh Tae Suk (Ji Jin-hee), a supervisor in a news division, works with his junior reporter Seo Woo Jin (Son Ye-jin) to expose the injustices of society.

Cast

Main characters

• Son Ye-jin as Seo Woo-jin
• Ji Jin-hee as Oh Tae-suk
• Jo Yoon-hee as Cha Myung-eun
• Jin Goo as Lee Seon-chul

Supporting characters

• Kim Jeong-wook as Seo Woo-hyeon
• Kim Bo-kyung as Lee Joo-hee
• Ahn Suk-hwan as Ahn Joong-seok
• Lee Ki-yeol as Moon Jae-gook
• Jeong Gyu-soo as Jeong Seong-il
• Lee Dae-yeon as Det. Go Byung-chun
• Jeong Jin as Jang Jin-gyu
• Im Seung-dae as Lee Choon-ki
• Park Yong-gi as Director Lee Jae-myeong
• Min Ah-ryung as Reporter Jung
• Park Yoon-jae as Yoon Seok-chang
• Jeon In-taek as Woo-jin's father
• Geum Bo-ra as Woo-jin's mother
• Jung Hye-young as Kim Mi-hee (cameo, episode 1)
• Kim Cheol-ki as Mi-hee's husband
• Shin Chae-won
• Min Seo-hyun
• Jeong Hoon
• Choi Seung-kyung
• Kim Hyun-joong as SS501 member (cameo, episode 1)
• SS501 (cameo)
• Ryu Ui-hyun

Ratings

Episode #	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[4]
		Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area
1	May 14, 2008	8.6%	9.7%
2	May 15, 2008		8.8%
3	May 21, 2008	11.4%	12.8%
4	May 22, 2008	11.2%	12.5%
5	May 28, 2008	13.2%	14.3%
6	May 29, 2008	11.4%	12.6%
7	June 4, 2008	11.2%	12.5%
8	June 5, 2008	11.5%	12.9%
9	June 11, 2008	10.1%	11.5%
10	June 12, 2008	10.2%	12.1%
11	June 18, 2008	9.4%	10.6%
12	June 19, 2008	10.2%	11.7%
13	June 25, 2008	9.6%	11.7%
14	June 26, 2008	8.9%	10.3%
15	July 2, 2008	9.1%	10.7%
16	July 3, 2008	9.3%	10.5%
Average			11.6%