A Poem a Day

South Korean television series
A Poem a Day
Promotional poster
Hangul
시를 잊은 그대에게
Literal meaningYou Who Forgot Poetry
Revised RomanizationSireul Ij-eun Geudaeege
Genre
  • Medical
  • Slice of life
Created byRhee Myung-han [ko]
Written by
  • Myung Soo-hyun
  • Baek Sun-woo
  • Choi Bo-rim
Directed byHan Sang-jae
Starring
  • Lee Yu-bi
  • Lee Joon-hyuk
  • Jang Dong-yoon
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companytvN
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseMarch 26 (2018-03-26) –
May 15, 2018 (2018-05-15)

A Poem a Day (Korean: 시를 잊은 그대에게) is a 2018 medical South Korean television series starring Lee Yu-bi, Lee Joon-hyuk and Jang Dong-yoon. It aired on tvN from March 26 to May 15, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:30 KST.[1][2][3][4]

Synopsis

The story of lives of people who work at the hospital like physical therapists, rehabilitation therapists, radiographers, nurses, medical trainees and more.

Cast

Main

  • Lee Yu-bi as Woo Bo-young, a three-year physical therapist who wanted to become a poet.
  • Lee Joon-hyuk as Ye Jae-wook, a physical therapy professor.
    • Ahn Do-gyu as young Ye Jae-wook
  • Jang Dong-yoon as Shin Min-ho, a physical therapy trainee.

Supporting

Department of Physical Therapy

  • Lee Chae-young as Kim Yoon-joo
  • Seo Hyun-chul as Yang Myung-cheol
  • Shin Jae-ha as Kim Nam-woo[5]
  • Kim Jae-beom as Park Shi-won[6]
  • Jeon Hye-won as Choi Yoon-hee
  • Park Han-sol as Lee Shi-eun

Department of Radiology

  • Park Sun-ho as Han Joo-yong [7]
  • Defconn as Kim Dae-bang[8]

Special appearances

  • Lee Kan-hee as Min-ho's mother
  • Kim Il-woo as Min-ho's father
  • Lee Hee-jin as Je-wook's ex-girlfriend (Ep. 5, 8-9)
  • Lee Hae-in as Park Yeon-hee, Dae-bang's ex-girlfriend (Ep. 5)
  • Mo Tae-bum as Mo Tae-bum, a sports star (Ep. 6)
  • Go Se-won as Yoon-joo's ex-husband (Ep. 7)
  • Ha Seok-jin as Ha Seok-jin, a patient (Ep. 11)
  • Park Cho-rong as Kim Mi-rae, a college student (Ep. 12)
  • Kim Won-hae as Kim Jung-soo, a doctor (Ep. 13)

Production

Gong Myung was first offered the role of Shin Min-ho but declined.[9]

Viewership

A Poem a Day : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
SeasonEpisode number
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1297347335341193230217226N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[10]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[11] TNmS
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
1 March 26, 2018 1.357% 1.359% 2.0%
2 March 27, 2018 1.435% 1.402% 1.7%
3 April 2, 2018 1.185% N/A 1.1%
4 April 3, 2018 1.429% 1.477% 2.1%
5 April 9, 2018 0.910% N/A 0.9%
6 April 10, 2018 1.061% 1.129% 1.3%
7 April 16, 2018 0.941% N/A
8 April 17, 2018 0.925% 1.4%
9 April 23, 2018 0.768% 1.1%
10 April 24, 2018 0.987% 1.3%
11 April 30, 2018 0.900%
12 May 1, 2018 0.977% 1.6%
13 May 7, 2018 0.769% 1.1%
14 May 8, 2018 0.785% 1.4%
15 May 14, 2018 0.925% 1.061% 1.2%
16 May 15, 2018 0.820% N/A 1.0%
Average 1.011% —[a] 1.4%
  • 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 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 and EBS).

Notes

  1. ^ Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

  1. ^ "tvN medical drama on the way without a main doctor". HanCinema. FN News. 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ^ Heo, Seol-hui (2017-12-12). "tvN 측 "이준혁·이유비·공명, '시를 잊은 그대에게' 출연 검토중"". Naver (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. ^ Kim, Na-hui. "[공식입장] '시그대' 측 "이유비X이준혁X장동윤, 긍정 검토"". Naver (in Korean). Osen. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  4. ^ "Medical drama with comedy, but without doctors, "A Poem, a Day"". Kpop Herald. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  5. ^ Lee, Woo-in. "신재하 측 "tvN '시를 잊은 그대에게' 출연 결정" [공식입장]". Naver (in Korean). TV Report. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  6. ^ Lee, Eun-jin (2018-01-16). 김재범, '시를 잊은 그대에게'로 드라마 데뷔... 물리치료사 役. Naver (in Korean). Tenasia. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  7. ^ Shin, So-won (2018-01-15). [단독] "샤방샤방 선호씨" 박선호, '시를 잊은 그대에게' 출연확정. Naver (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  8. ^ "DefCon to Star in "A Poem a Day"". HanCinema. Osen. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  9. ^ Hong, Se-young (2018-01-03). '시를...그대에게' 측 "이유비·이준혁·장동윤 논의중"...공명 불발 [공식입장]. Naver (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  10. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  11. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2018.

External links

  • Official website (in Korean)
  • A Poem a Day at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • A Poem a Day at HanCinema