That Sun in the Sky

That Sun in the Sky (Korean: TV소설 저 하늘에 태양이) is a 2016 South Korea morning soap opera starring Yoon A-jung, Lee Min-woo, Noh Young-hak, Kim Hye-ji. It aired on KBS2 from September 7, 2016 on Mondays to Fridays at 09:00 for 121 episodes.

That Sun in the Sky
Promotional poster
Also known as	Reaching for the Stars
Hangul	TV소설 저 하늘에 태양이
RR	TVsoseol jeo haneure taeyangi
MR	TVsosŏl chŏ hanŭre t'aeyangi
Genre	Family Melodrama Period drama Comedy Romance
Written by	Kim Ji-wan Lee Jin-suk
Directed by	Kim Shin-il
Creative director	Yoo Kwan-mo
Starring	Yoon A-jung Lee Min-woo Noh Young-hak Kim Hye-ji
Music by	Lee Chang-hee
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	121
Production
Executive producer	Choi Ji-young
Producer	Hwang Seung-ki
Running time	40 min
Production company	KBS Drama Production
Original release
Network	KBS
Release	September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07) – February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)

It is the 41st TV Novel series (10th in 2010s) of KBS.

Summary

This series depicts the process of a pure countryside woman overcoming many obstacles, and growing into the best actor in Korea in the 1970s.

Cast

Main

• Yoon A-jung as Kang In-kyung
• Lee Min-woo as Nam Jung-ho
• Noh Young-hak as Cha Min-woo / Kim Shin-woo
• Kim Hye-ji as Nam Hee-ae

Supporting

People around In-kyung

• Oh Seung-yoon as Kang Han-soo
• Yoon Bok-in as Park Mal-soon

People at Ran-guk Dong

• Han Ga-rim as Bae Choon-ja
• Han Ji-an as Oh Kim-soon
• Kim Seung-dae as Heo Chil-bong

Baedo Film Studio

• Ban Min-jung as Yoon Mi-hee
• Ha Jee-un as Lee Seo-yeon
• Lee Jae-yong as Nam Tae-joon
• Hyun Chul-ho as Kim Choong-seok

Seongri Transport

• Choi Joon-yong as Lee Hyung-ok
• Kim Kyu-chul as Byun Geun-tae
• Park Kyung-hye as Go Sung-ran
• Jang Tae-sung as Ma Chul-hee
• Lee Myung-ho as Im Hee-sang

Ratings

• In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS Ratings[1]		AGB Nielsen[2]
		Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area	Nationwide	Seoul National Capital Area
1	September 7, 2016	10.4% (9th)	8.5% (15th)	7.8% (17th)	NR
2	September 8, 2016	2.5% (NR)	NR	2.4% (NR)	NR
3	September 9, 2016	10.7% (7th)	8.9% (10th)	8.0% (12th)	7.0% (17th)
4	September 12, 2016	10.9% (11th)	8.4% (18th)	7.7% (NR)	NR
5	September 13, 2016	9.2% (13th)	7.4% (16th)	7.9% (14th)	7.2% (19th)
6	September 14, 2016	7.9% (18th)	NR	6.5% (NR)	NR
7	September 19, 2016	9.3% (15th)	NR	7.9% (16th)	7.1% (19th)
8	September 20, 2016	10.0% (13th)	8.7% (14th)	7.4% (19th)	NR
9	September 21, 2016	9.6% (12th)	8.3% (13th)	6.9% (NR)	NR
10	September 22, 2016	9.6% (11th)	7.9% (13th)	7.6% (17th)	6.9% (20th)
11	September 23, 2016	9.1% (14th)	7.5% (16th)	7.7% (17th)	6.8% (20th)
12	September 26, 2016	9.4% (15th)	7.8% (16th)	8.6% (14th)	7.8% (19th)
13	September 27, 2016	9.0% (15th)	6.7% (18th)	8.4% (15th)	7.8% (18th)
14	September 28, 2016	9.5% (14th)	8.0% (15th)	7.5% (17th)	6.8% (20th)
15	September 29, 2016	10.6% (12th)	7.7% (18th)	7.7% (18th)	NR
16	September 30, 2016	11.0% (8th)	8.0% (14th)	8.5% (16th)	7.4% (17th)
17	October 3, 2016	10.0% (13th)	8.3% (14th)	8.4% (18th)	NR
18	October 4, 2016	9.5% (13th)	7.5% (14th)	8.4% (16th)	7.7% (18th)
19	October 5, 2016	9.8% (12th)	7.8% (18th)	8.3% (15th)	7.4% (18th)
20	October 6, 2016	10.1% (13th)	8.3% (14th)	7.6% (17th)	6.7% (20th)
21	October 7, 2016	9.2% (13th)	7.3% (17th)	7.1% (19th)	NR
22	October 10, 2016	8.9% (15th)	7.3% (19th)	8.1% (17th)	7.6% (18th)
23	October 11, 2016	9.4% (13th)	8.0% (17th)	7.4% (17th)	NR
24	October 12, 2016	8.8% (16th)	7.3% (16th)	NR	NR
25	October 13, 2016	8.5% (18th)	NR	7.5% (17th)	NR
26	October 14, 2016	9.4% (15th)	7.4% (16th)	6.8% (17th)	NR
27	October 17, 2016	9.3% (15th)	7.9% (16th)	7.6% (18th)	NR
28	October 18, 2016	8.2% (16th)	NR	7.4% (18th)	NR
29	October 19, 2016	8.8% (16th)	7.2% (18th)	7.3% (20th)	NR
30	October 20, 2016	9.7% (13th)	8.6% (14th)	7.3% (20th)	NR
31	October 21, 2016	10.3% (11th)	8.9% (12th)	7.8% (16th)	6.9% (17th)
32	October 24, 2016	9.6% (15th)	8.4% (13th)	8.4% (14th)	7.5% (19th)
33	October 25, 2016	10.5% (8th)	9.1% (9th)	8.9% (12th)	8.4% (11th)
34	October 26, 2016	10.0% (7th)	8.3% (12th)	7.5% (19th)	6.5% (20th)
35	October 27, 2016	9.9% (13th)	9.3% (9th)	8.0% (15th)	7.3% (18th)
36	October 28, 2016	9.9% (13th)	8.5% (13th)	8.5% (14th)	7.2% (17th)
37	October 31, 2016	10.2% (11th)	8.7% (13th)	8.4% (15th)	7.5% (18th)
38	November 1, 2016	10.1% (9th)	8.7% (9th)	8.0% (14th)	6.8% (18th)
39	November 2, 2016	9.5% (13th)	8.6% (13th)	7.7% (16th)	7.1% (18th)
40	November 3, 2016	10.0% (13th)	9.1% (15th)	8.4% (16th)	NR
41	November 4, 2016	10.3% (7th)	8.3% (11th)	8.7% (8th)	7.6% (13th)
42	November 7, 2016	11.5% (6th)	9.9% (8th)	9.1% (11th)	7.8% (16th)
43	November 8, 2016	10.8% (6th)	9.6% (7th)	9.8% (7th)	8.0% (13th)
44	November 9, 2016	10.7% (9th)	9.2% (9th)	9.4% (11th)	7.8% (16th)
45	November 10, 2016	10.9% (8th)	10.2% (9th)	9.6% (10th)	7.9% (19th)
46	November 11, 2016	12.6% (4th)	10.9% (6th)	10.2% (7th)	7.9% (11th)
47	November 14, 2016	11.4% (7th)	9.7% (6th)	9.1% (12th)	7.6% (18th)
48	November 15, 2016	11.7% (6th)	10.2% (6th)	9.0% (9th)	7.3% (16th)
49	November 16, 2016	11.2% (8th)	9.9% (6th)	8.8% (9th)	7.7% (13th)
50	November 17, 2016	10.5% (9th)	8.8% (9th)	9.1% (10th)	7.8% (14th)
51	November 18, 2016	11.7% (6th)	9.1% (11th)	9.9% (9th)	8.2% (14th)
52	November 21, 2016	11.2% (10th)	8.3% (12th)	9.5% (9th)	8.5% (11th)
53	November 22, 2016	12.9% (6th)	10.3% (7th)	9.2% (10th)	7.7% (13th)
54	November 23, 2016	12.1% (7th)	10.1% (8th)	9.5% (9th)	8.5% (13th)
55	November 24, 2016	11.8% (6th)	9.7% (7th)	10.0% (8th)	8.3% (13th)
56	November 25, 2016	11.5% (7th)	10.1% (8th)	10.5% (7th)	9.5% (8th)
57	November 28, 2016	11.4% (7th)	10.2% (6th)	10.2% (9th)	8.6% (12th)
58	November 29, 2016	11.1% (7th)	9.4% (7th)	9.1% (8th)	7.4% (12th)
59	November 30, 2016	11.1% (8th)	9.9% (7th)	8.7% (10th)	7.3% (13th)
60	December 1, 2016	11.3% (8th)	10.5% (7th)	9.1% (11th)	6.9% (18th)
61	December 2, 2016	10.9% (7th)	8.9% (9th)	9.4% (10th)	8.3% (11th)
62	December 5, 2016	11.7% (6th)	10.7% (6th)	9.6% (8th)	8.5% (10th)
63	December 6, 2016	11.4% (6th)	10.1% (6th)	9.6% (7th)	8.0% (12th)
64	December 7, 2016	12.6% (6th)	10.6% (6th)	9.9% (7th)	8.7% (9th)
65	December 8, 2016	12.3% (6th)	10.5% (7th)	10.4% (8th)	9.0% (8th)
66	December 9, 2016	13.3% (3rd)	11.7% (5th)	9.8% (7th)	8.2% (9th)
67	December 12, 2016	13.0% (6th)	11.8% (6th)	9.6% (10th)	8.6% (12th)
68	December 13, 2016	12.9% (6th)	11.0% (6th)	9.7% (6th)	8.0% (13th)
69	December 14, 2016	12.2% (7th)	10.8% (7th)	9.2% (9th)	8.0% (15th)
70	December 15, 2016	13.7% (6th)	11.9% (7th)	10.5% (6th)	8.6% (11th)
71	December 16, 2016	12.7% (5th)	10.6% (6th)	10.7% (6th)	8.9% (10th)
72	December 19, 2016	13.0% (5th)	11.4% (5th)	10.1% (7th)	8.8% (10th)
73	December 20, 2016	12.1% (7th)	10.7% (5th)	9.9% (5th)	9.4% (5th)
74	December 21, 2016	12.3% (6th)	10.7% (6th)	8.6% (9th)	7.1% (17th)
75	December 22, 2016	13.5% (5th)	12.0% (5th)	10.4% (6th)	9.0% (8th)
76	December 23, 2016	13.2% (5th)	10.7% (7th)	10.4% (7th)	9.2% (9th)
77	December 26, 2016	11.0% (7th)	9.3% (8th)	9.6% (9th)	8.6% (11th)
78	December 27, 2016	11.9% (5th)	10.2% (5th)	10.8% (5th)	9.9% (5th)
79	December 28, 2016	12.1% (5th)	10.6% (6th)	10.0% (7th)	8.5% (12th)
80	December 29, 2016	12.7% (4th)	10.9% (8th)	9.8% (10th)	8.2% (14th)
81	December 30, 2016	12.0% (7th)	9.9% (10th)	10.9% (7th)	9.4% (10th)
82	January 2, 2017	11.9% (6th)	10.4% (6th)	9.8% (9th)	8.6% (13th)
83	January 3, 2017	11.4% (7th)	10.1% (5th)	9.6% (9th)	8.1% (13th)
84	January 4, 2017	11.7% (6th)	10.6% (6th)	9.9% (7th)	7.9% (16th)
85	January 5, 2017	11.4% (7th)	10.1% (7th)	9.3% (10th)	8.1% (16th)
86	January 6, 2017	12.5% (5th)	10.0% (7th)	11.0% (6th)	10.2% (8th)
87	January 9, 2017	10.7% (9th)	9.3% (10th)	10.3% (5th)	9.0% (8th)
88	January 10, 2017	12.4% (5th)	10.7% (5th)	10.1% (6th)	8.5% (11th)
89	January 11, 2017	12.7% (5th)	11.3% (5th)	10.5% (5th)	9.2% (5th)
90	January 12, 2017	12.6% (5th)	10.8% (6th)	10.8% (6th)	9.6% (6th)
91	January 13, 2017	13.3% (5th)	11.2% (6th)	10.2% (7th)	8.9% (10th)
92	January 16, 2017	12.6% (5th)	11.4% (5th)	10.3% (5th)	8.7% (11th)
93	January 17, 2017	12.0% (6th)	10.4% (5th)	9.6% (6th)	8.1% (14th)
94	January 18, 2017	11.7% (6th)	9.3% (6th)	9.5% (7th)	7.8% (15th)
95	January 19, 2017	11.5% (8th)	9.8% (8th)	10.2% (7th)	8.7% (10th)
96	January 20, 2017	12.8% (5th)	10.9% (7th)	11.1% (6th)	9.6% (7th)
97	January 23, 2017	12.2% (4th)	10.6% (5th)	10.3% (6th)	8.8% (7th)
98	January 24, 2017	12.9% (5th)	10.9% (6th)	10.3% (6th)	8.8% (10th)
99	January 25, 2017	12.1% (6th)	9.6% (8th)	10.1% (7th)	8.2% (9th)
100	January 26, 2017	12.7% (5th)	10.0% (7th)	10.0% (7th)	8.0% (13th)
101	January 27, 2017	8.1% (12th)	6.4% (20th)	7.3% (14th)	6.8% (16th)
102	January 30, 2017	12.0% (5th)	9.8% (10th)	9.8% (15th)	NR
103	January 31, 2017	12.9% (5th)	10.3% (5th)	11.3% (6th)	9.8% (7th)
104	February 1, 2017	12.7% (4th)	10.7% (6th)	10.9% (7th)	9.5% (8th)
105	February 2, 2017	13.9% (4th)	11.0% (7th)	11.8% (6th)	10.3% (7th)
106	February 3, 2017	11.8% (7th)	8.9% (11th)	10.4% (8th)	9.2% (8th)
107	February 6, 2017	11.6% (6th)	8.5% (12th)	11.7% (5th)	10.1% (7th)
108	February 7, 2017	12.9% (5th)	10.5% (6th)	11.5% (6th)	9.6% (7th)
109	February 8, 2017	12.1% (5th)	9.1% (10th)	10.8% (5th)	9.1% (10th)
110	February 9, 2017	12.9% (4th)	10.4% (6th)	12.3% (6th)	10.8% (7th)
111	February 10, 2017	12.1% (7th)	8.6% (11th)	11.9% (6th)	10.2% (9th)
112	February 13, 2017	12.3% (5th)	10.4% (6th)	11.8% (5th)	10.0% (9th)
113	February 14, 2017	11.9% (6th)	9.8% (8th)	10.9% (7th)	9.0% (9th)
114	February 15, 2017	11.4% (6th)	10.1% (5th)	11.0% (7th)	8.8% (11th)
115	February 16, 2017	12.0% (6th)	10.4% (7th)	10.4% (8th)	8.8% (9th)
116	February 17, 2017	11.4% (7th)	8.7% (15th)	10.8% (7th)	9.1% (10th)
117	February 20, 2017	10.6% (6th)	9.4% (6th)	10.2% (9th)	8.9% (11th)
118	February 21, 2017	11.0% (6th)	9.3% (7th)	10.4% (9th)	8.4% (11th)
119	February 22, 2017	11.4% (5th)	9.4% (5th)	10.7% (5th)	9.5% (9th)
120	February 23, 2017	11.9% (5th)	9.9% (6th)	10.6% (7th)	8.9% (10th)
121	February 24, 2017	12.9% (4th)	11.0% (6th)	11.1% (7th)	9.4% (9th)
Average		11.1%	%	7.1%	7.6%