Jang Yeong-sil (TV series)

Jang Yeong-sil

Promotional poster
Also known as Jang Youngsil: The Greatest Scientist of Joseon
Genre Science
Historical period drama
Written by Lee Myung-hee
Ma Chang-jun
Directed by Kim Young-jo
Starring Song Il-gook
Kim Yeong-cheol
Kim Sang-kyung
Park Sun-young
Lee Ji-hoon
Son Byong-ho
Kim Byung-ki
Jung Han-yong
Im Hyuk
Kang Sung-jin
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 24
Production
Executive producer(s) Kim Hyung-il
Producer(s) Kim Sang-hwi
Running time 50 minutes
Release
Original network KBS1
Picture format 1080i
Audio format Dolby Digital Audio 1.0
Original release January 2 (2016-01-02) – March 26, 2016 (2016-03-26)
External links
Website

Jang Yeong-sil (Hangul: 장영실) is a 2016 South Korean historical drama television series starring Song Il-gook, Kim Yeong-cheol, Kim Sang-kyung and Park Sun-young. It replaced The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War and aired on KBS1 from January 2, 2016 to March 26, 2016 on Saturdays and Sundays at 21:40 (KST) for 24 episodes.

Plot

A television series talk about Jang Yeong-sil (Song Il-gook), a popular scientist of Joseon in XVth century. Born as a slave but with the remarkable talent and the profound passion for astronomy, he was known by King Sejong (Kim Sang-kyung) and was recommended to the court. Jang Yeong-sil had a lot of contributions for the science-technology of Joseon, he have left many great inventions such as the water clock, the sundial, the astronomical instruments, the rain gauge and also many research on weaponry.

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Royal household
Court officials
Seoungwan people
Dongraehyeon people
Hanyang people
Ming dynasty
Extended cast

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
TNmS Ratings[1] AGB Nielsen Ratings[2]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 January 2, 2016 8.5% 8.7% 11.6% 11.5%
2 January 3, 2016 8.6% 8.4% 11.5% 12.3%
3 January 9, 2016 9.6% 8.6% 10.2% 10.4%
4 January 10, 2016 9.0% 9.2% 11.3% 12.3%
5 January 16, 2016 9.8% 9.3% 10.1% 10.1%
6 January 17, 2016 10.0% 9.9% 12.2% 12.9%
7 January 23, 2016 12.2% 11.3% 14.1% 14.2%
8 January 24, 2016 12.4% 10.8% 14.1% 15.1%
9 January 30, 2016 10.7% 9.3% 12.2% 12.5%
10 January 31, 2016 10.4% 10.0% 13.4% 13.5%
11 February 6, 2016 9.9% 9.5% 11.9% 12.5%
12 February 13, 2016 9.2% 8.2% 10.9% 11.8%
13 February 14, 2016 9.1% 8.5% 10.3% 10.3%
14 February 20, 2016 9.0% 9.5% 11.0% 11.1%
15 February 21, 2016 9.2% 8.4% 11.7% 11.6%
16 February 27, 2016 8.8% 8.3% 10.8% 10.8%
17 February 28, 2016 9.6% 9.3% 11.7% 11.6%
18 March 5, 2016 10.5% 10.1% 11.5% 12.1%
19 March 6, 2016 9.7% 8.2% 11.8% 11.6%
20 March 12, 2016 9.4% 8.4% 10.4% 10.1%
21 March 13, 2016 10.1% 8.2% 12.0% 12.2%
22 March 19, 2016 9.5% 8.2% 10.4% 10.0%
23 March 20, 2016 10.5% 9.8% 11.9% 11.9%
24 March 26, 2016 9.4% 8.0% 10.2% 10.2%
Average ratings 9.7958% 9.0875% 11.55% 11.775%

Remark

Episode 12, scheduled to be broadcast on the evening of February 7, was canceled because the South Korea was in emergency after the North Korea's missile launch (Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4) at 9:30 am in the same day.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Oh, Ji-won (February 7, 2016). "'장영실' 7일 결방, 북한 미사일 관련 프로그램 긴급 편성". TVDaily (in Korean). Retrieved February 9, 2016.

External links

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