Happy Ending (TV series)

2012 South Korean television series

Happy Ending
Promotional poster

Hangul	해피 엔딩

Genre	Drama
Written by	Kim Yoon-jung
Directed by	Kwak Young-bum Shin Yoon-sun
Starring	Choi Min-soo Shim Hye-jin Lee Seung-yeon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	24
Production
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	Logos Film
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	April 23 (2012-04-23) – July 16, 2012 (2012-07-16)

Happy Ending (Korean: 해피 엔딩; RR: Haepi Ending) is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Choi Min-soo, Shim Hye-jin and Lee Seung-yeon. It aired on JTBC from April 23 to July 16, 2012.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

The series revolves around Kim Doo-soo (Choi Min-soo)'s family after he learns that he is terminally ill.

Cast

Main

Choi Min-soo as Kim Doo-soo^[3]
Shim Hye-jin as Yang Sun-ah
Lee Seung-yeon as Hong Ae-ran

Supporting

So Yoo-jin as Kim Geum-ha
Kim So-eun as Kim Eun-ha^[4]
Yeon Joon-seok as Choi Dong-ha
Park Jung-chul as Lee Tae-pyung
Kangta as Goo Seung-jae^[5]
So Yi-hyun as Park Na-young^[6]
Ha Seung-ri as Park Na-ri
Choi Bool-am as Doo-soo's father
In Gyo-jin as Lee Seong-hoon^[6]
Jang Da-na as Ji-min
Yoo Jang-young as Young-shik
Maeng Sang-hoon as Director Oh
Han Mi-jin as Team leader Hong
Kang Dong-yup as Reporter Choi
Ryu Kyung-soo as Park Jeong-ho

Ratings

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

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Nationwide
1	April 23, 2012	1.253%
2	April 24, 2012	1.339%
3	April 30, 2012	0.805%
4	May 1, 2012	1.108%
5	May 7, 2012	1.267%
6	May 8, 2012	1.102%
7	May 14, 2012	1.505%
8	May 15, 2012	1.510%
9	May 21, 2012	1.377%
10	May 22, 2012	1.668%
11	May 28, 2012	1.311%
12	May 29, 2012	1.215%
13	June 4, 2012	1.298%
14	June 5, 2012	1.346%
15	June 11, 2012	1.100%
16	June 18, 2012	1.142%
17	June 19, 2012	1.245%
18	June 25, 2012	1.378%
19	June 26, 2012	1.056%
20	July 2, 2012	1.582%
21	July 3, 2012	1.550%
22	July 9, 2012	1.297%
23	July 10, 2012	1.320%
24	July 16, 2012	1.175%
25	July 17, 2012	1.78%
Average		1.290%

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 and EBS).

References

^ "'해피엔딩' 심혜진 "최민수와 20년만에 부부로 재회 소감? 친정 오빠 같다". TV Report (in Korean). April 20, 2012.
^ "JTBC 새 월화드라마 '해피엔딩', 포스터 공개". New Daily (in Korean). April 20, 2012.
^ "Choi Min-soo in JTBC "Happy Ending"". HanCinema. March 30, 2012.
^ "Kim So-eun transforms into pretty hotelier in "Happy Ending" with Kangta". HanCinema. March 26, 2012.
^ "Kangta to come back with "Happy Ending" with Kim So-eun". HanCinema. April 4, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Actors to Wed After Years of Playing On-screen Couples". The Chosun Ilbo. April 10, 2014.