2018 South Korean television series
Tale of Fairy Promotional poster
Also known as Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter [ 1] Hangul 계룡선녀전
Literal meaning Tale of Gyeryong Fairy Revised Romanization Gyeryongseonnyeojeon
Genre Based on Tale of Gyeryong Fairy by Dol BaeDeveloped by Studio Dragon Written by Yoo Kyung-sun Directed by Kim Yun-cheol Starring Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes16 Executive producer Lee Jin-suk Camera setup Single-camera Production company JS Pictures Network tvN Release November 5 (2018-11-05 ) – December 25, 2018 (2018-12-25 )
Tale of Fairy [ 2] [ 3] (Korean : 계룡선녀전 ; RR : Gyeryongseonnyeojeon ) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Moon Chae-won , Yoon Hyun-min , Seo Ji-hoon , Jeon Soo-jin and Kang Mi-na . It is based on the popular webtoon of the same title by Dol Bae which was first published via Naver WEBTOON in 2017. The series aired on tvN from November 5 to December 25, 2018.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Cast
Main
A 699-year old fairy who currently works as a barista with the special ability to talk to plants. Only a few can see her otherworldly beauty while she appears to the majority as a humble old woman.
A biology professor. One of Ok-nam's potential husband reincarnations.
A graduate student and assistant professor at Lee Won University, Department of Biology. Another one of Ok-nam's potential husband reincarnations. He has the ability to communicate with animals.
A professor of psychology at Lee Won University who also works as a psychiatrist. A close friend to Jung Yi-hyun. She has a one-sided love for him.
Daughter of Sun Ok-nam who can turn into a cat or a tiger under certain circumstances. A ghostwriter of an erotica.
Supporting
Deities
A guardian deity who operates the coffee truck at Lee Won University.
A pigeon deity who'd lost the ability to fly.
An immortal wizard.
Lee Won University Yoo Jung-woo as Eum Kyung-sul[ 17]
An aspiring film director. He has a crush on Jeom Soon-yi.
Yoo Ah-reum as Ahn Jung-min[ 18]
A graduate student at the Lee Won University, Department of Biology.
A graduate student at the Lee Won University, Department of Biology.
Yum Dong-hun as Professor Park
Jung Yi-hyun's rival.
A student of Jung Yi-hyun's at Lee Won University.
Others
Special appearances
Production Kang So-ra was cast in the lead female role but had to back out of the drama due to scheduling conflicts.[ 24]
The first script reading was held on May 27, 2018.[ 25] [ 26]
Original soundtrack
Part 1 Released on November 13, 2018 (2018-11-13 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "With Coffee" Lee Sang-hoon Lee Jong-hoon HOONS 03:16 2. "With Coffee" (Inst.) Lee Sang-hoon Lee Jong-hoon 03:16 Total length: 06:32
Part 2 Released on November 20, 2018 (2018-11-20 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Peach Paradise" D.SOUL Mina (Gugudan )03:31 2. "Peach Paradise" (Inst.) D.SOUL 03:31 Total length: 07:02
Part 3 Released on November 27, 2018 (2018-11-27 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Deer's Tears (feat. SAya!)" (사슴의 눈물) Park Geun-chul Jung Su-min DANI Park Geun-chul Jung Su-min Monday Kiz 04:15 2. "Deer's Tears (feat. SAya!)" (Inst.) Park Geun-chul Jung Su-min 04:15 Total length: 08:30
Part 4 Released on December 11, 2018 (2018-12-11 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "In My Dream" RUNY 03:23 2. "In My Dream" (Inst.) 03:23 Total length: 06:46
Ratings Tale of Fairy : 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 1343 1156 807 996 807 785 787 787 882 851 708 819 805 925 869 1026 897
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Media Research .
[ 27]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[ 28]
Nationwide
Seoul
1
November 5, 2018
5.628%
6.214%
2
November 6, 2018
4.992%
5.727%
3
November 12, 2018
3.140%
2.987%
4
November 13, 2018
4.157%
4.425%
5
November 19, 2018
3.371%
3.588%
6
November 20, 2018
3.579%
3.835%
7
November 26, 2018
3.300%
3.716%
8
November 27, 2018
3.481%
4.169%
9
December 3, 2018
3.576%
3.947%
10
December 4, 2018
3.889%
4.083%
11
December 10, 2018
3.004%
3.581%
12
December 11, 2018
3.330%
3.486%
13
December 17, 2018
3.683%
4.222%
14
December 18, 2018
3.862%
4.386%
15
December 24, 2018
3.698%
4.029%
16
December 25, 2018
3.787%
3.587%
Average
3.780%
4.124%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
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 ).
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External links
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