Good Doctor (TV series)
Good Doctor | |
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Promotional poster for Good Doctor | |
Genre |
Medical drama Romance Comedy |
Written by | Park Jae-bum |
Directed by |
Ki Min-soo Kim Jin-woo |
Starring |
Joo Won Moon Chae-won Joo Sang-wook |
Composer(s) | Choi Cheol-ho |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Kim Sung-geun |
Producer(s) |
Lee Jae-hoon Park Woo-ram |
Location(s) | Korea |
Cinematography |
Kim Jae-hwan Kim Yong-soo |
Editor(s) | Kim Mi-kyung |
Running time | Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
Production company(s) | Logos Film |
Release | |
Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
Original release | August 5 – October 8, 2013 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Shark |
Followed by | Marry Him If You Dare |
External links | |
Website |
Good Doctor (Hangul: 굿 닥터; RR: Gut Dakteo) is a 2013 South Korean medical drama television series starring Joo Won, Moon Chae-won, Joo Sang-wook, Chun Ho-jin, Kwak Do-won and Ko Chang-seok. It aired on KBS2 from August 5 to October 8, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes. Joo Won played an autistic savant who becomes a genius pediatric surgeon.[1]
The early working title was Green Scalpel (Hangul: 그린 메스; RR: Geurin Meseu; lit. "Green Mes"[2]).[3][4]
Plot
Park Shi-on (Joo Won) is an autistic savant who was sent to a specialized care center as a child, where he was discovered to have a genius-level memory and keen spatial skills. He eventually enters the field of pediatric surgery as a resident, where he is given 6 months to prove himself capable. However, due to his atypical mental and emotional condition, Shi-on faces conflict from his peers and patients, who view him as childlike and unreliable. Most critical is the hotheaded surgeon Kim Do-han (Joo Sang-wook), who labels him a soulless robot of a doctor who can only rely heavily on his photographic memory instead of feeling what the patient needs. Despite help from understanding and fair colleagues like Cha Yoon-seo (Moon Chae-won) and Han Jin-wook (Kim Young-kwang), the hospital is a fierce and competitive world and the challenges Shi-on faces become only greater when he falls in love with Yoon-seo.
Cast
Main characters
- Joo Won as Park Shi-on[5][6][7]
- Moon Chae-won as Cha Yoon-seo[8][9][10]
- Joo Sang-wook as Kim Do-han[11][12][13]
- Kim Min-seo as Yoo Chae-kyung
Supporting characters
- Sungwon University Hospital officials
- Chun Ho-jin as Choi Woo-seok, hospital director
- Kwak Do-won as Kang Hyun-tae, hospital deputy director
- Na Young-hee as Lee Yeo-won
- Jo Hee-bong as Go Choong-man, head of the Pediatric Surgery department
- Lee Ki-yeol as Lee Hyuk-pil, managing director of the hospital foundation
- Jung Man-sik as Kim Jae-joon, head of the Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery department
- Kim Chang-wan as President Jung
- Department of Pediatric Surgery
- Kim Young-kwang as Han Jin-wook[14]
- A warm and friendly fourth-year resident, who first approaches Park Shi-on when he is shunned by the others.
- Yoon Park as Woo Il-kyu, second-year resident
- Yoon Bong-gil as Hong Gil-nam, second-year resident
- Wang Ji-won as Kim Sun-joo, intern
- Nursing division
- Ko Chang-seok as Jo Jung-mi, senior nurse
- Jin Kyung as Nam Joo-yeon, head nurse
- Lee Ah-rin as Ga-kyung
- Ha Kyu-won as Hye-jin
- Children's ward
- Kim Hyun-soo as Na In-hae
- Uhm Hyun-kyung as Na In-young
- Ahn Sung-hoon as Lee Woo-ram
- Yoo Je-gun as Park Ho-suk
- Lee Jang-kyung as Kim Ye-eun
- Oh Eun-chan as Cha Dong-jin
- Yoo Hae-jung as Eun-ok
- Jung Yun-seok as Lee Kyu-hyun
- Extended cast
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Oh Kyung-joo, Shi-on's mother
- Jung Ho-keun as Park Choon-sung, Shi-on's father
- Choi Ro-woon as young Shi-on
- Seo Hyun-chul as Byung-soo
- Jeon Joon-hyuk as Park Yi-on, Shi-on's older brother
- Ban Min-jung as Kyu-hyun's mother
- Kwak Ji-min as Lee Soo-jin (guest appearance, ep 10-12)[15]
- Moon Hee-kyung as Mrs. Jang, Soo-jin's mother-in-law
- Kim Sun-hwa as Eun-ok's aunt
- Ryu Deok-hwan as adult Yi-on (cameo, ep 10)
- Seo Kang-joon as one of the punks who want to beat up Shi-on (ep 12)
- In Gyo-jin as Soo-jin's husband (cameo, ep 12)
- Yoo Jae-myung as the killer (ep 15)
- Kim Young-hee as staff of the family restaurant (ep 17)
- Gong Jung-hwan as Professor of Neurosurgery Department (ep 17)
- Park Ki-woong as Woong-ki (cameo, ep 20)[16][17]
Ratings
Good Doctor made a strong debut on the TV ratings chart.[18] It maintained the number one spot in its timeslot for most of its run, with an average viewership rating of 17.4% (TNmS) and 18.0% (AGB Nielsen).
Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
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TNmS Ratings[19] | AGB Nielsen[20] | ||||
Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | ||
1 | 5 August 2013 | 10.5% | 10.3% | 10.9% | 11.6% |
2 | 6 August 2013 | 13.6% | 14.6% | 14.0% | 15.1% |
3 | 12 August 2013 | 13.8% | 14.6% | 15.3% | 16.2% |
4 | 13 August 2013 | 15.9% | 16.9% | 15.8% | 15.8% |
5 | 19 August 2013 | 16.5% | 17.6% | 18.0% | 18.5% |
6 | 20 August 2013 | 18.4% | 20.4% | 19.0% | 20.0% |
7 | 26 August 2013 | 17.2% | 18.1% | 17.4% | 18.2% |
8 | 27 August 2013 | 17.5% | 19.0% | 18.4% | 18.5% |
9 | 2 September 2013 | 17.0% | 18.3% | 17.4% | 17.4% |
10 | 3 September 2013 | 18.5% | 20.5% | 18.4% | 18.3% |
11 | 9 September 2013 | 18.3% | 20.2% | 18.3% | 18.7% |
12 | 10 September 2013 | 20.0% | 22.2% | 19.4% | 19.4% |
13 | 16 September 2013 | 17.5% | 19.3% | 17.9% | 18.4% |
14 | 17 September 2013 | 18.9% | 20.3% | 18.6% | 19.3% |
15 | 23 September 2013 | 18.5% | 20.2% | 19.6% | 20.3% |
16 | 24 September 2013 | 20.9% | 22.7% | 21.5% | 22.8% |
17 | 30 September 2013 | 18.0% | 20.5% | 20.3% | 21.1% |
18 | 1 October 2013 | 19.0% | 21.4% | 20.6% | 21.5% |
19 | 7 October 2013 | 17.6% | 20.1% | 19.0% | 20.0% |
20 | 8 October 2013 | 19.5% | 22.4% | 19.2% | 19.5% |
Average | 17.4% | 18.9% | 18.0% | 18.5% |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2013 | | Top Excellence Award, Actress (TV) | Moon Chae-won | Nominated |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor | Joo Won | Nominated | |
Joo Sang-wook | Nominated | |||
Top Excellence Award, Actress | Moon Chae-won | Nominated | ||
Best Writer | Park Jae-bum | Won | ||
Best Drama | Good Doctor | Nominated | ||
| Excellence Award, Actor | Joo Sang-wook | Nominated | |
Excellence Award, Actress | Moon Chae-won | Nominated | ||
Top Excellence Award, Actor | Joo Won | Nominated | ||
| Best Couple Award | Joo Won and Moon Chae-won | Won | |
Netizen Award, Actor | Joo Won | Won | ||
Popularity Award, Actress | Moon Chae-won | Won | ||
Actor of the Year (selected by directors) | Joo Won | Won | ||
Best Young Actor | Jung Yun-seok | Nominated | ||
Best Young Actress | Kim Hyun-soo | Nominated | ||
Best New Actor | Kim Young-kwang | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Jo Hee-bong | Nominated | ||
Ko Chang-seok | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Jin Kyung | Nominated | ||
Kim Min-seo | Nominated | |||
Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama | Joo Sang-wook | Won | ||
Joo Won | Nominated | |||
Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama | Moon Chae-won | Won | ||
Top Excellence Award, Actor | Joo Won | Won | ||
Top Excellence Award, Actress | Moon Chae-won | Nominated | ||
2014 | | Best Performer | Joo Won | Won |
Best Drama | Good Doctor | Won | ||
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Most Popular Actor (TV) | Joo Won | Nominated | |
Most Popular Actress (TV) | Moon Chae-won | Nominated | ||
Best Actor (TV) | Joo Won | Nominated | ||
Best Director (TV) | Ki Min-soo | Nominated | ||
Best Drama | Good Doctor | Won | ||
| Best Serial Drama | Good Doctor | Won | |
| Best Drama | Good Doctor | Won | |
People's Choice Actor | Joo Won | Nominated | ||
People's Choice Actress | Moon Chae-won | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Korean Drama OST | I'm Loving You - 2BiC | Nominated | ||
I'm Just Crying - Baek Ji-young | Nominated | |||
Outstanding Korean Actor | Joo Won | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Korean Actress | Moon Chae-won | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Korean Drama | Good Doctor | Nominated | ||
Silver Bird Prize for Best Mini-series (Runner-up) | Good Doctor | Won |
In November 2013, the Korea Association of the Welfare Institutes for the Disabled gave the series a plaque of recognition for creating awareness about autism and how socially challenged individuals can contribute to society.[27] In December 2013, Good Doctor also received an award from the Disability Awareness Campaign Headquarters and was designated as a "Good Program" by the Korea Communications Standards Commission.[28][29]
Remake
An American remake produced by Daniel Dae Kim is in development at CBS. The story of a pediatric surgeon with Asperger syndrome will be set in Boston and is projected to air in August 2015.[30][31][32]
References
- ↑ Kim, Gwang-kuk (5 August 2013). "PREVIEW: KBS Mon/Tue Drama Good Doctor". TenAsia. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ↑ "Mes" is derived from the Dutch word for knife, and is commonly used in Korea/Japan to refer to a scalpel.
- ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (28 May 2013). "Joo Won Cast as Lead of KBS2's Green Scalpel". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ↑ Kang, Jung-yeon (29 May 2013). "Joo Won to Turn Doctor in Medical Drama". TenAsia. Retrieved 2013-05-31.
- ↑ Lee, Hye-ji (31 July 2013). "Joo Won Ready to Become Good Doctor". TenAsia. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (3 August 2013). "Joo Won Says He'll Showcase a Different Type of Autistic Character". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ↑ Han, Jae-hee (20 August 2013). "Unusual doctor in spotlight". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-08-20.
- ↑ Jeon, Su-mi (5 June 2013). "Moon Chae Won Cast in Green Scalpel as Joo Won's Costar". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
- ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (3 August 2013). "Moon Chae Won Says She Aims to be More Professional Than Pretty". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ↑ "Moon Chae-Won Scores Another Hit with Medical Drama". hancinema. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ↑ Kang, Jung-yeon (4 June 2013). "Joo Sang-uk Joins Medical Drama". TenAsia. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
- ↑ "Joo Sang-wook ready to play doctor". KBS Global. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ↑ Choi, Eun-hwa (3 August 2013). "Joo Sang Wook was So Stressed about Good Doctor That He Nearly Went Bald". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ↑ An, So-hyoun (24 June 2013). "Kim Young Kwang Cast for Good Doctor". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-06-24.
- ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (4 September 2013). "Good Doctor Delivers Meaningful Cameos". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
- ↑ "Park Ki Woong Compliments Joo Won's Acting in Good Doctor". Soompi. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- ↑ "Good Doctor the final Cameo is Park Gi-Woong". Innolife. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- ↑ Lee, Eun-ah (7 August 2013). "Good Doctor makes strong debut on TV charts". TenAsia. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ↑ "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ↑ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ↑ Lee, Cory (2 January 2014). "Kim Hye-soo Reclaims Glory, Good Doctor, Secret Love Win Big at the 2013 KBS Drama Awards". TenAsia. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
- ↑ "한국PD대상 수상자들, 세월호 실종자 무사 귀환 기도 배우 주원 "진도에서 기적이 일어나길 바란다"". PD Journal (in Korean). 17 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (28 May 2014). "Jun Ji Hyun and Song Kang Ho Receive Highest Honors at the Baeksang Arts Awards". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ "Rockie Awards Category Winners Announced". 9 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ↑ "Winners from 41st Korea Broadcasting Awards". Beatus Corner. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
- ↑ Lee, Min-ji (5 September 2014). "You Who Came From the Stars Wins Four Awards at Seoul International Drama Awards". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
- ↑ 드라마 '굿닥터' 제작진에 감사패 전달. Able News (in Korean). 6 November 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ↑ "'KBS 굿닥터', 장애인먼저실천상 대상". Able News (in Korean). 10 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ↑ "10월 이달의 좋은프로그램상에 KBS '의궤,8일간의 축제'". KBS News (in Korean). 17 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
- ↑ Lee, Hyo-won (22 May 2014). "Daniel Dae Kim Wants to Bring North Korean Defector Story to Screen (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
- ↑ "Daniel Dae Kim to remake Good Doctor for CBS". The Korea Times. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
- ↑ Lee, Sun-min (1 September 2014). "Good Doctor to be adapted". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
External links
- Good Doctor official KBS website (Korean)
- Good Doctor at HanCinema
- Good Doctor at the Internet Movie Database