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Money Game (TV series)

Money Game (Korean: 머니게임; RR: Meonigeim) is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Go Soo, Lee Sung-min and Shim Eun-kyung. It aired on tvN from January 15 to March 5, 2020 every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:30.[1][2]

Money Game
Promotional poster
Hangul
머니게임
Genre
Finance
Created byStudio Dragon
Written byLee Young-mi
Directed byKim Sang-ho
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Running time70 minutes
Production companyJS Pictures
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseJanuary 15 (2020-01-15) –
March 5, 2020 (2020-03-05)

Synopsis

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As the South Korean government fears that the 1997 Asian financial crisis is about to repeat itself, three people working at the Financial Services Commission and the Ministry of Economy and Finance try their best to avoid the coming crisis.

Cast

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Main

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Supporting

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Production

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  • First script reading was held and filming began in summer 2019.
  • This series marked Shim Eun-kyung's small-screen comeback after 5 years since Naeil's Cantabile.

Viewership

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Money Game : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode numberAverage
12345678910111213141516
1774425414320480428493315440419445N/A479N/A444414N/A
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[4]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea)[5]
Nationwide Seoul
1 January 15, 2020 3.520% 3.843%
2 January 16, 2020 1.953% 2.433%
3 January 22, 2020 1.850% 1.775%
4 January 23, 2020 1.293% 1.236%
5 January 29, 2020 2.202% 2.065%
6 January 30, 2020 1.693% 1.621%
7 February 5, 2020 2.187% 2.072%
8 February 6, 2020 1.599% —
9 February 12, 2020 2.064% 2.054%
10 February 13, 2020 1.709% 1.683%
11 February 19, 2020 2.051% —
12 February 20, 2020 1.361%
13 February 26, 2020 2.167%
14 February 27, 2020 1.762%
15 March 4, 2020 2.146% 2.053%
16 March 5, 2020 1.890%[6] —
Average 1.966% —[a]
  • In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
  • This drama aired 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).

Notes

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  1. ^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

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  1. ^ "On the money". Korea JoongAng Daily. January 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Choi, Ji-won (January 8, 2020). "Veteran actors to play 'Money Game'". The Korea Herald.
  3. ^ Eun-song Jang (February 5, 2020). "'머니게임' 고수, 박지일과 손잡고 이성민 몰아내기 시작[별별TV]" ['Money Game' Go Soo, Park Ji-il and Park Ji-il start to drive out Lee Seong-min [Byulbyeol TV]]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved January 15, 2020.
  6. ^ "[시청률 VS.] '포레스트' 소폭 하락에도 수목극 1위 굳건". theceluv (in Korean). Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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