2018 South Korean television series
The Ghost Detective Promotional poster
Hangul 오늘의 탐정
Literal meaning Today's Detective Revised Romanization Oneur-ui Tamjeong
Genre Created by KBS Drama Division Written by Han Ji-wan Directed by Lee Jae-hoon Starring Music by Park Jun-oh Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes32[ a] Executive producers Jung Ah-reum Kim Seong-gon Lee Gun-joon Producer Yoon Jae-hyuk Camera setup Single-camera Running time 35 minutes[ a] Production companies Network KBS2 Release September 5 (2018-09-05 ) – October 31, 2018 (2018-10-31 )
The Ghost Detective (Korean : 오늘의 탐정 ) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Choi Daniel , Park Eun-bin and Lee Ji-ah . It aired on KBS2 from September 5 to October 31, 2018, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:00 (KST ).[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Synopsis Detective Lee Da-il (Choi Daniel ), who catches ghosts, tries to solve the case of his assistant, Jung Yeo-wool's (Park Eun-bin ) younger sibling's bizarre death. He runs into a mysterious woman in red called Sunwoo Hye (Lee Ji-ah ) who appears at every crime scene.[ 6]
Cast
Main Choi Daniel as Lee Da-il, a sharp and tenacious detective who displays his abilities only when he is investigating a case that interests him.[ 7]
Park Eun-bin as Jung Yeo-wool, a cheerful, persistent and strong assistant detective.[ 8]
Lee Ji-ah as Sunwoo Hye, a mysterious woman who always wears a red dress and carries both an innocent and spooky vibe with her.[ 9]
Supporting Kim Won-hae as Han Sang-seop, a local private investigator and chief of a detective agency.[ 11]
Lee Jae-kyun as Park Jung-dae, a smart and vigorous police detective.[ 12]
Lee Joo-young as Gil Chae-won, a medical examiner who has the ability to communicate with ghosts.[ 13]
Shin Jae-ha as Kim Gyeol[ 14]
Chae Ji-an as Jung Yi-rang[ 14]
Park Joo-hee as Baek Da-hee, a lawyer from a top firm.[ 15]
Yoo Su-bin as Kang Eun-jung, an aspiring journalist.[ 16]
Hyun Bong-sik as detective
Ye Soo-jung as Da-il's mother
Kim Min-sang as Detective Squad Chief Sim
Mi Ram as Chan-mi, a kindergarten teacher.[ 17]
Woo Ki-hoon as Pil-seung
Shin Cheol-jin as Grandpa's Ghost
Production Early working title of the series is A Few Good Men (어퓨굿맨 ; Eopyugunmaen ).[ 18]
First script reading was held in June 2018 at KBS Annex Building.[ 19]
Original soundtrack
Part 1 Released on September 5, 2018 (2018-09-05 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "To You" (너에게) Ji Hoon Rocoberry Park Na-rae (Spica ) 3:15 2. "To You" (Inst.) Rocoberry 3:15 Total length: 6:30
Part 2 Released on September 12, 2018 (2018-09-12 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Twinkle" (빛나던) Ji Hoon Cha Ji-hye 3:44 2. "Twinkle" (Inst.) 3:44 Total length: 7:28
Part 3 Released on September 19, 2018 (2018-09-19 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "One Day" (하루) Ji Hoon Goo Hye-rim Yoon Sung-joon Lee Hyung-soon (Chansline) Lee Bo-ram 3:45 2. "One Day" (Inst.) Goo Hye-rim Yoon Sung-joon Lee Hyung-soon (Chansline) 3:45 Total length: 7:30
Part 4 Released on October 3, 2018 (2018-10-03 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "The Reason I Have Waited" (내가 기다리는 이유) Ji Hoon Ahn Young-min Wheesung 2:52 2. "The Reason I Have Waited" (Inst.) Ahn Young-min 2:52 Total length: 5:44
Part 5 Released on October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "You, You, You" (그대 그대 그대) Ji Hoon Hwang Chan-hee Yoon Mi-rae 3:50 2. "You, You, You" (Inst.) Hwang Chan-hee 3:50 Total length: 7:40
Part 6 Released on October 18, 2018 (2018-10-18 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Dream Me" (나라는 꿈) Ji Hoon Lee Seung-joo Joy (Red Velvet ), Mark (NCT )3:25 2. "Dream Me" (Inst.) Lee Seung-joo 3:25 Total length: 6:50
Ratings
Ep.
Broadcast date
Average audience share (nationwide)
TNmS[ 20]
Nielsen Korea[ 21]
1
September 5, 2018
4.6%
3.7%
2
5.6%
4.4%
3
September 6, 2018
N/A
3.5%
4
4.0%
5
September 12, 2018
3.5%
6
3.6%
7
September 13, 2018
2.0%
8
2.7%
9
September 19, 2018
3.3%
10
3.8%
11
September 20, 2018
3.0%
12
3.3%
13
September 27, 2018[ b]
2.6%
14
15
October 3, 2018
2.8%
16
2.7%
17
October 4, 2018
2.3%
18
2.2%
19
October 10, 2018
2.3%
20
2.2%
21
October 11, 2018
2.0%
22
2.2%
23
October 17, 2018
2.3%
24
25
October 18, 2018
1.8%
26
2.0%
27
October 24, 2018
2.1%
28
29
October 25, 2018
1.7%
30
1.9%
31
October 31, 2018
2.3%
32
2.1%
Average
— [ c]
2.67%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest published ratings and the red numbers represent the highest published ratings.
N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Awards and nominations
Notes
^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[ 1]
^ No episodes were aired on September 26 due to the broadcast of a Chuseok special.
^ Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.
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