The Three Musketeers (2014 TV series)

The Three Musketeers

Promotional poster for The Three Musketeers
Genre Period drama
Action
Romance
Drama
Political
Based on The Three Musketeers 
by Alexandre Dumas
Written by Song Jae-jung
Directed by Kim Byung-soo
Starring Jung Yong-hwa
Lee Jin-wook
Yang Dong-geun
Jung Hae-in
Seo Hyun-jin
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 12
Production
Location(s) Korea
Running time Sundays at 21:00 (KST)
Production company(s) Chorokbaem Media
JS Pictures
Release
Original network tvN
Original release August 17, 2014 (2014-08-17) – November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02)
External links
Website

The Three Musketeers (Hangul: 삼총사; RR: Samchongsa) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Jung Yong-hwa, Lee Jin-wook, Yang Dong-geun, Jung Hae-in, and Seo Hyun-jin. Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, the series follows three Joseon-era adventurers who serve Crown Prince Sohyeon as his warrior guards. It aired on cable channel tvN from August 17 to November 2, 2014 on Sundays at 21:00 for 12 episodes.[1][2]

The Three Musketeers was originally planned for three seasons with a budget of US$10 million (12 episodes per season), with the last season to be filmed in China.[3] But with low viewership ratings for its first season, plans for succeeding seasons have been postponed indefinitely.[4][5]

Cast

Ratings

Episode # Broadcast date Title Nationwide[8][9]
1 17 August 2014 First Encounter 1.82%
2 24 August 2014 The Three Musketeers 1.386%
3 31 August 2014 Secret Mission 1.461%
4 7 September 2014 Protect the Neck of Enemy General Ingguldai 0.987%
5 14 September 2014 A Duel 1.088%
6 21 September 2014 Commander Kim Ja-jeom 1.007%
7 28 September 2014 Mi-ryung and Hyang-sun 1.157%
8 5 October 2014 The Crown Princess' Desire 0.794%
9 12 October 2014 Immediate Execution 1.03%
10 19 October 2014 One for All, All for One 1.37%
11 26 October 2014 Kiss 1.758%
12 2 November 2014 Letter from Mainland 1.96%

International broadcast

It aired in Thailand on PPTV beginning September 27, 2014.[10]

References

  1. "Three Musketeers Main Casting Completed, to Star Lee Jin Wook, Jung Yong Hwa, Yang Dong Geun, Seo Hyun Jin and More". Soompi. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  2. Jones, Julie (9 June 2014). "Another Musketeer Joins Lee Jin Wook And Jung Yong Hwa". KDramaStars. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  3. Park, Ji-ryun (23 May 2014). "Lee Jin Wook Finalizing Details for Big-Scale Drama The Three Musketeers". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  4. Park, Gyu-oh (9 December 2014). "Three Musketeers 2nd season postponed". K-Pop Herald. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  5. "Three Musketeers nixing follow-up seasons?". Dramabeans. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  6. Kim, Min-jin (2 September 2014). "Jung Yong-hwa proves quality as actor in Three Musketeers". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  7. Kim, Hee-eun (27 June 2014). "Seo Hyun-jin to play Joseon princess in Three Musketeers". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  8. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  9. This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free TV/public broadcasters (SBS, KBS, MBC).
  10. "ซัมชองซา: 3 ทหารเสือคู่บัลลังก์ The Three Musketeers – ซีรีย์เกาหลี". korea.tlcthai.com. 2 September 2015. Thai: ภาษาไทย

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