2019 South Korean television series
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Hangul 왓쳐
RR Watcheo MR Watch'ŏ Genre Created by Studio Dragon Written by Han Sang-woon Directed by Ahn Gil-ho Starring Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes 16 Production Executive producers Camera setup Single-camera Production company Studio Dragon Original release Network OCN Release July 6 (2019-07-06 ) – (2019-08-25 )
Watcher Korean : 왓쳐 WATCHER South Korean television series starringHan Suk-kyu ,Seo Kang-joon , andKim Hyun-joo . It aired onOCN every Saturday and Sunday at 22:20 (KST ) from July 6 to August 25, 2019.[ 1]
A brutal murder committed 15 years ago turned three lives upside down. A decade and a half later, the trio – brought together by fate – goes on the hunt for answers.[ 2]
A detective who has caught many criminals during his career. He hates corruption within the police and becomes leader of the internal affairs investigation team to find the truth about a particular incident. A police officer who joins Do Chi-kwang's team after they become involved in the same incident. A former prosecutor turned lawyer after she got involved too deep while working on a case and almost died. She starts working with Do Chi-kwang and Kim Yeong Goon. Head of the Police Investigation Department, he is often in conflict with Do Chi-kwang. With a degree in Chemistry, she became part of the Scientific Investigation Team. After she makes a mistake, however, she decides to quit to join the internal affairs investigation team. Joo Jin-mo as Park Jin-woo Deputy Commissioner of police force. Commissioner of police force. Lee Joong-ok as Jae-shik's friendAhn Gil-kang as Kim Jae-myung, Kim Yeong-goon's fatherLee Jae-yoon as Kim Kang-wookJung Do-won as Hong Jae-sik Kim Dae-gun as Detective Chan-hee Won Gun-su as Detective 2 Park Hoon as Yoon Ji-hoon, Han Tae-joo's ex-husbandJung Min-sung as Son Byeong-gil Kim Dong-hyun as Kim Sang-joon Chae Dong-hyun as Lee Dong-yoon Yang Ye-na as Yoon-ji Kim Yong-ji as Lee Hyo-jungPark Sung-il as Department Head Kim Han Sang-hoon as Coroner Shin Hyun-jong as Min Young-ki Jung Soon-won as Jung Han-wook Yu Ha-jun as Oh Sang-do Park Ji-hoon as Park Si-youngLee Seung-chul as Chairman Jung Seok-tae Shin Mun-sung as Lee Joong-ho (EP.10) Lee Yoon-sun as Jang Ji-yoon (EP.14) ADDITIONAL CAST
Woo Jung-won as Park Ji-hyun Lee Nam-hee as Shin Woo-sung Jeon Suk-chan as Kim Jo-han Park Mi-hyun as Jo Hyun-kyung Kim Dan-woo as Areum (Son Byeong-gil's daughter) Lee Eol as Jang Hyun-soo Yoo Jung-ho as Park Jung-geum Kim Geon-u as Kim Cha-hoon Kim Ju-yeon as Baek Song-yiHan Seung-soo as Regional Investigation unit detective Jang Eui-don as Patient Yu Seung-il as Driving violator (ep.1) Park Yong The series is directed by Ahn Gil-ho (Stranger Memories of the Alhambra [ 6]
Original soundtrack [ edit ] Released on July 21, 2019 (2019-07-21 ) No. Title Lyrics Music Artist Length 1. "Horizon" Choi Jeong-in Kim Tae-sung Ha Jin 3:10 2. "Horizon" (Inst.) 3:10 Total length: 6:20
Released on August 4, 2019 (2019-08-04 ) No. Title Lyrics Music Artist Length 1. "Watchin'" nafla Kim Tae-sung Curtis F Nathan nafla 3:15 2. "Watchin'" (Inst.) Kim Tae-sung Curtis F Nathan 3:15 Total length: 6:30
Released on August 11, 2019 (2019-08-11 ) No. Title Lyrics Music Artist Length 1. "Blurry" Park Geun-cheol Jung Su-min RUNY Elli K 3:18 2. "Blurry" (Inst.) Park Geun-cheol Jung Su-min RUNY 3:18 Total length: 6:36
Released on August 18, 2019 (2019-08-18 ) No. Title Lyrics Music Artist Length 1. "Outsider" (아웃사이더) Ha Mel-li Lee Sang-hoon Lee Seung-yeol 4:01 2. "Outsider" (Inst.) Lee Sang-hoon 4:01 Total length: 8:02
Watcher : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Season Episode number Average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 0.814 1.251 0.873 1.113 0.875 1.306 0.915 1.194 0.829 1.204 0.866 1.462 0.994 1.286 1.197 1.602 1.111
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Media Research .
[ 7] Average TV viewership ratings Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share[ 7] Nationwide Seoul 1 July 6, 2019 2.993% 3.576% 2 July 7, 2019 4.493% 5.306% 3 July 13, 2019 3.665% 4.130% 4 July 14, 2019 4.549% 5.223% 5 July 20, 2019 3.646% 4.071% 6 July 21, 2019 5.405% 6.198% 7 July 27, 2019 3.738% 4.336% 8 July 28, 2019 5.066% 5.687% 9 August 3, 2019 3.348% 3.895% 10 August 4, 2019 5.076% 6.044% 11 August 10, 2019 3.477% 3.797% 12 August 11, 2019 6.094% 6.567% 13 August 17, 2019 4.156% 4.367% 14 August 18, 2019 5.520% 6.029% 15 August 24, 2019 4.960% 5.346% 16 August 25, 2019 6.585% 7.198% Average 4.548% 5.111% In the table above, theblue numbers red numbers This series 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 andEBS ).
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