The Good Wife (2016 TV series)

For the CBS television series, see The Good Wife.
The Good Wife
Genre Drama
Based on The Good Wife
by Robert King & Michelle King
Written by Han Sang-woon
Directed by Lee Jeong-hyo
Starring Jeon Do-yeon
Yoo Ji-tae
Yoon Kye-sang
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Executive producer(s) Jo Moon-joo
Producer(s) Han So-jin
Lee So-yoon
Location(s) Choi Yoon-man
Han Hwi-soo
Editor(s) Lee Hyun-mi
Kwon Hyo-rim
Production company(s) Studio Dragon[lower-alpha 1]
Release
Original network tvN
Picture format 1080i
Original release July 8 (2016-07-08) – August 27, 2016 (2016-08-27)
External links
Website

The Good Wife (Hangul: 굿 와이프; RR: Gut Waipeu) is a South Korean television series starring Jeon Do-yeon, Yoo Ji-tae and Yoon Kye-sang.[1][2] It is a Korean drama remake of the American television series of the same title[3] which aired on CBS from 2009 to 2016. It replaced Dear My Friends and it broadcast on the cable network tvN on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) for 16 episodes from July 8 to August 27, 2016.[4]

Cast

Main cast

MJ Law Firm

People around Lee Tae-joon

Kim Hye-kyung's family

Extended cast

  • Choi Byung-mo as Lee Jong-in – the judge in charge of Lee Tae-joon's case and Kim In-young's case
  • Yoon Joo-sang as Seo Jae-moon – Joong-won's father
  • Ray Yang as Amber
  • Bae Hae-seon as Shim Eun-sook – Sang-il's wife
  • Go Joon as Jo Gook-hyun – steel development's representative, Lee Tae-joon's bribery related person
  • Han Gap-soo as Kang Seok-beom – Gook-hyun's driver
  • Park Ah-in as Lee Yeon-joo – lawyer
  • Oh Yeon-ah as Lee Soo-yeon – lawyer
  • Gong Sang-ah as Kim In-young – Park Dong-hyun's wife, suspect of Park Dong-hyun's murder case
  • Jung Ji-ho
  • Song Ha-rim as apartment security, witness of Park Dong-hyun's murder case
  • Lee Young-shil as apartment's cleaning lady
  • Na Da-woon
  • Song Yoo-hyun
  • Geum Seo-yeon as Sevi – In-young's daughter
  • Chae Dong-hyun as Jang Dae-seok – Mooil Group lawyer
  • Uhm Hyun-kyung as Lee Eun-joo – rape victim
  • Kim Ki-moo as Kim Sang-man – character accompanied by Lee Eun Joo
  • Jung Dong-hyun as Jung Han-wook – 3rd generation chaebeol, suspect of Lee Eun-joo's rape case
  • Lee Bong-gyu as talk show's political commentator
  • Ahn Hye-kyung as talk show host
  • Yoon In-jo as sex shop madame
  • Na Soo-yoon as Kim Dan's friend at prosecutor's office
  • Kang Hee
  • Sung Gi-yoon as the judge in charge of Lee Eun-joo's rape case
  • Seol Chang-hee
  • Jang Tae-min
  • Lee Gi-seop as Jang Dae-seok's junior, witness of Lee Eun-joo's rape case
  • Park Seon-im as Hana – Seo Joong-won's meeting woman
  • Moon Ah-ram as Choi Yoon-jin – hotel staff
  • Jung Da-woon as Kim Ye-ji – Eun-joo's friend
  • Kang Jeong-goo
  • Song Young-hak as detective who tried to arrest Jung Han-wook
  • Lee Hyun-bae as the judge in charge of Seo Jae-moon's case
  • Jo Soon-chang as traffic police
  • Lee Yoon-sang as KJ Products's finance director
  • Park Chul-min
  • Kim Kwang-tae
  • Lee Gyu-seop as Cheol-goo
  • Jung Seon-ah
  • Im Pyung-soon
  • Jo Hwi as Sang-il's divorce lawyer
  • Do Yool-gok
  • Kim Bong-soo as Sai Yoichi
  • Park Joo-yong
  • Yoon Da-kyung as Dong-hyun's mother
  • Kim Jeong-young as Jae-yeol's mother
  • Jung Jae-min as Jung Jae-yeol
  • Jung In-wook
  • Kang Shin-goo
  • Seo Dong-gap
  • Ryu Chang-woo
  • Jang In-ho
  • Kim Jae-heum
  • Lee Eun-shil
  • Sung Hyun-mi
  • Kim Bo-ri
  • Han Dae-ryong
  • Choo Gwi-jeong as Kim Hee-ae – the judge in charge of Lee Ho-jin's dignity-related case
  • Na Cheol as Na Joong-gi – Lee Hyo-jin's common-law relationship husband
  • Jeon Seok-chan as Lee Hyo-jin's older brother
  • Park Tae-sung as Woo-sung – Lee Hyo-jin's doctor, Joong-won's friend, witness
  • Hong Seo-joon as gynecologist – Lee Hyo-jin's related plaintiff witnesses
  • Han Tae-il as Lee Hyo-jin's adult relative
  • Kim Tae-rang
  • Kim Ji-eun as Lee Ho-jin
  • Kim Mi-hye as Kim Mi-hye – CNB News reporter
  • Kim Jae-cheol
  • Kwon Gi-joo
  • Kang Sung-cheol as hospital's security team member
  • Kang Chan-yang
  • Choi Nam-wook
  • Seo Hyun-woo as Baek Min-hyuk – inspector
  • Kang Dong-yeop
  • Seo Hyun-cheol as Son Byung-ho – presiding judge, the judge in charge of Lee Tae-joon's case
  • Kim Tae-hwan
  • Jung Jong-woo
  • Choi Hyun-jeong
  • Shin Dong-eun
  • Hwang Yoon-geol
  • Jung Soo-in
  • Sung Nak-kyung
  • Ha Ji-eun
  • Lee Joo-seok as judge
  • Park Ji-a as medical staff
  • Kim Tae-hwan
  • Kim Min-kwang
  • Choi Young
  • Im Jae-geun
  • Go Ah-chim
  • Baek Joon-hyuk
  • Kim Seo-kyung as Kim Woo-yeol – Kim Dan's colleague at prosecutor's office
  • Uhm Soo-jeong as Ji-eun – Park Jeong-jin's wife
  • Kang Ki-dong as Jung Shi-yeon's boyfriend
  • Lee Myung-haeng as Park Jeong-jin
  • Jang Do-yoon
  • Kim Bo-hyun as Jung Shi-yeon
  • Jo Hye-jin
  • Jung Ye-ji
  • Jin Gi-joo as Song Hee-soo
  • Jang Joon-ho as MJ Law Firm's fired lawyer
  • Lee Ik-joon
  • Park Ik-joon
  • Kim Hyung-gi
  • Kim Do-hae
  • Kang Min-seo
  • Min Ye-ji
  • Park Joo-hee as Do Han-na
  • Seo Byung-deok
  • Gong Jung-hwan
  • Lee Sang-hwa
  • Lee Jong-eun
  • Kim Joon-won
  • Park Seon-young
  • Woo Hye-young
  • Ha Jin
  • Lee Shi-on
  • Kim Min-sang
  • Choi Myung-gil

Cameo appearances

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen Ratings[10] TNmS Ratings[11]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide
1 July 8, 2016 3.966% 4.172% 3.2%
2 July 9, 2016 3.765% 3.772% 3.0%
3 July 15, 2016 4.771% 4.715% 4.9%
4 July 16, 2016 4.503% 5.101% 3.2%
5 July 22, 2016 5.382% 6.831% 5.1%
6 July 23, 2016 3.954% 4.970% 3.4%
7 July 29, 2016 5.183% 6.152% 3.8%
8 July 30, 2016 3.887% 4.838% 2.7%
9 August 5, 2016 4.818% 5.322% 4.4%
10 August 6, 2016 4.313% 4.963% 4.2%
11 August 12, 2016 4.455% 4.717% 4.4%
12 August 13, 2016 4.222% 5.110% 4.0%
13 August 19, 2016 5.203% 5.760% 4.3%
14 August 20, 2016 4.108% 4.759% 3.3%
15 August 26, 2016 5.921% 6.487% 4.6%
16 August 27, 2016 6.232% 7.261% 5.3%
Average 4.668% 5.308% 3.99%

Note: This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS & MBC & EBS).

Original soundtrack

OST Part 1

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Breath (숨)"  Nell5:01
2."Breath (숨)" (Inst.) 5:01
Total length:10:02

OST Part 2

No.TitleArtistLength
1."The Light"  Jo Jeong-hee (조정희)3:09
2."The Light" (Inst.) 3:09
Total length:6:18

OST Part 3

No.TitleArtistLength
1."When I Dream"  Jang Jane3:51
2."When I Dream" (Inst.) 3:51
Total length:7:42

Production

The series is being directed by Lee Jung-hyo whose prior work includes I Need Romance and Witch's Romance.[12]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2016 5th APAN Star Awards Best New Actress Nana Nominated
9th Korea Drama Awards Nominated
1st Asia Artist Awards Best Rookie Award, Actress Won

Notes

  1. Studio Dragon (스튜디오 드래곤) is CJ E&M's drama production unit, launched in 2016.

References

  1. Kim Jin-seok (April 14, 2016). "[단독]'굿 와이프', 월화→금토 "7월 8일 첫방송"". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  2. Han Hye-ri (April 20, 2016). "'굿와이프', 웰메이드 드라마의 시작을 알리다". TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  3. "Jeon Do-yeon returns to small screen for the first time in 11 years". The Korea Times. February 18, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  4. Jung, Min-kyung (May 12, 2016). "Sneak peek of tvN drama 'The Good Wife'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  5. Yoon Go-eun (February 24, 2016). "전도연, 11년만 드라마 출연…tvN '굿 와이프'". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  6. Park Jin-hai (July 18, 2016). "Jun Do-yeon dominant in 'Good Wife'". The Korea Times. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  7. Heo Jeong-yoon (April 28, 2016). "'굿와이프' 윤계상, 매력만점 '독신남'으로 변신". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  8. Yoon Ji-yoon (April 12, 2016). "이원근, tvN '굿 와이프' 합류..'전도연-유지태와 호흡'". IssueDaily (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  9. Jung Sol-hee (April 15, 2016). "김태우, '굿와이프' 출연 확정…초호화 특급 라인업 완성". OBS News (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  10. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  11. "TNmS Daily Ratings on Naver". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  12. Ahn, Sung-mi (April 14, 2016). "Yoon Kye-sang to return with 'The Good Wife'". The Korea Herald. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
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