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2019 South Korean television series
Babel Promotional poster
Also known as Tower of Babel Hangul 바벨
Genre Created by TV Chosun Written by Kwon Soon-won Park Sang-wook Directed by Yoon Sung-sik Starring Music by Composers Seol Ki-tae
Gaemi Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes16 Executive producer Oh Nam-seok Running time 60 minutes Production companies HIGROUND WantsMaker Pictures Network TV Chosun Release January 27 (2019-01-27 ) – March 24, 2019 (2019-03-24 )
Babel (Korean : 바벨 ; RR : Babel ) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Park Si-hoo and Jang Hee-jin . The series aired on TV Chosun from January 27 to March 24, 2019 on Saturdays and Sundays at 22:50 (KST ).[1] [2]
Synopsis [ edit ]
The story of a prosecutor who would do anything to achieve his revenge and an actress who loses everything after marrying into a rich family.
Park Si-hoo as Cha Woo-hyuk, former newspaper reporter now working as a prosecutor [3]
Jang Hee-jin as Han Jeong-won, former actress married to Tae Min-ho[4]
Supporting [ edit ]
Kim Hae-sook as Sin Hyeon-sook, wife of Tae Byeong-cheo
Jang Shin-young as Tae Yoo-ra, daughter of Tae Byeong-cheo and younger sister of Tae Soo-ho, Cha Woo-Hyuk's boss at prosecutor's office whom she also has a crush on
Kim Ji-hoon as Tae Min-ho, youngest son of Tae Byeong-cheo, designated successor to head Geosan
Song Jae-hee as Tae Soo-ho, oldest son of Tae Byeong-cheo
Im Jung-eun as Na Yeong-eun, daughter of the owner of the newspaper company, wife of Tae Soo-ho
Kim Jong-goo as Tae Byeong-cheo, chairman of chaebol Geosan
Lee Seung-hyung as Sin Hyeon-cheol, younger cousin and co-conspirator of Sin Hyeon-sook, director of Geosan
Song Won-geun as Secretary Woo, personal assistant to Tae min-ho
Ha Si-eun as Hong Mi-seon, who runs a Spanish restaurant, best friends with Han Jeong-won
Yoon Bong-gil as Detective Lee
Lee Jae-gu as Ricky
Park Joo-hyung as Go Jae-il, newspaper reporter who was a colleague of Cha Woo-Hyuk, boyfriend of Hong Mi-seon
Yoon Jin-ho as Jang Bae-yoon
Kyung Sung-hwan as Kwon Byeon, lawyer and mentee of Tae Yoo-ra
Ri Min as Gook Gwa-soo
Kim Jin-ho as Chief prosecutor
Production [ edit ]
The first script reading took place on November 20, 2018 at TV Chosun Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.[5]
Original soundtrack [ edit ]
Released on February 3, 2019 (2019-02-03 ) Title Artist 1. "Cry" Kim Yong-jin (Bohemian ) 4:07 2. "Cry" (Inst.) 4:07 Total length: 8:14
Released on February 23, 2019 (2019-02-23 ) Title Artist 1. "Love Is Strong" WoongSan 3:29 2. "Love Is Strong" (Inst.) 3:29 Total length: 6:58
Released on February 27, 2019 (2019-02-27 ) Title Artist 1. "The Things You Want" (당신이 원하는 것) uangelvoice 4:20 2. "The Things You Want" (Inst.) 4:20 Total length: 8:40
Released on March 2, 2019 (2019-03-02 ) Title Artist 1. "You're My Everything" John Park 5:23 2. "You're My Everything" (Inst.) 5:23 Total length: 10:46
Ratings [ edit ]
Babel : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Season Episode number Average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 639 500 524 576 581 525 608 559 610 662 556 670 591 717 568 579 592
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Media Research .
[6]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[7]
Nationwide
Seoul
1
2018/02/26
3.532%
4.321%
2
2018/02/27
2.509%
2.653%
3
2018/03/05
2.838%
3.603%
4
2018/03/06
3.281%
3.625%
5
2018/03/12
2.929%
3.364%
6
2018/03/13
2.691%
3.042%
7
2018/03/19
3.231%
3.605%
8
2018/03/20
2.768%
2.487%
9
2018/03/26
3.352%
4.005%
10
2018/03/27
3.421%
3.957%
11
2018/04/02
2.929%
2.811%
12
2018/04/03
3.713%
4.058%
13
2018/04/09
3.197%
3.125%
14
2018/04/10
3.643%
3.981%
15
2018/04/16
3.207%
3.418%
16
2018/04/17
3.319%
3.449%
Average
3.160%
3.469%
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 [ edit ]
^ Kang, Seo-jung (January 24, 2019). " '바벨' 박시후X장희진, 19금 격정멜로로 TV조선 역대 최고시청률 찍을까(종합)[Oh!쎈 현장]" . Osen (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo . Archived from the original on August 15, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
^ "Park Si-hoo, Jang Hee-jin Star in New Mystery Series" . The Chosun Ilbo . 26 January 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2019 .
^ Kang, Seo-jung (October 31, 2018). "박시후, TV조선 드라마 '바벨' 출연확정..미스터리 격정멜로[공식입장]" . Osen (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo . Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
^ "장희진, TV 조선 새 드라마 '바벨' 여자 주인공 출연" . Newsis (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo . November 7, 2018. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
^ Jin, Hyang-hee (December 20, 2018). "TV CHOSUN '바벨' 박시후-장희진-김해숙-김지훈-장신영, 첫 대본리딩 현장" . MK (in Korean). Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2019 .
^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2020 .
^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2019 .
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