| Alt Name: | Lovely Horror-vely[1] | ||
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| Creator: | KBS Drama Production | ||
| Director: | Kang Min-kyung | ||
| Country: | South Korea | ||
| Language: | Korean | ||
| Num Episodes: | 32 | ||
| Executive Producer: | Moon Bo-mi | ||
| Runtime: | 35 minutes | ||
| Network: | KBS2 |
Lovely Horribly is a South Korean television series starring Park Si-hoo and Song Ji-hyo with Lee Gi-kwang, Hahm Eun-jung and Choi Yeo-jin.[2] It aired on KBS2 from August 13 to October 2, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST).[3] [4] [5]
Philip (Park Si-hoo) and Eul-soon (Song Ji-hyo) are bound by an unusual fate: one's happiness always results in the other's misfortune. The two start writing a drama together, and the events in the screenplay mysteriously begin occurring in real life.
A top star who has extraordinary luck and is successful at everything he does.
A prophetic screenwriter who is down on her luck.
A rookie production director who can see ghosts. He has a crush on Eul-soon.
A popular actress who is Philip's girlfriend.
A best-selling script writer who stole the work of her best friend Eul-soon. She hates Eul-soon as she is better than her when it comes to writing which created jealousy and hatred towards Eul-soon.
CEO of Phillip's agency
Manager of Phillip
Ex-girlfriend and fiancee of Phillip
Phillip's mother
Phillip's rival.
Eul-soon's assistant and friend.
The first script reading was held on June 2, 2018, at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, Seoul.[10]
| Lovely Horribly OST | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Language: | Korean |
| Label: | Forest Media/EL PARK/kakao M |
| Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen[11] | |||
| Nationwide | |||
| 1 | August 13, 2018 | 4.8% | |
| 2 | 5.0% | ||
| 3 | August 14, 2018 | 3.9% | |
| 4 | 4.5% | ||
| 5 | August 20, 2018 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | 5.3% | ||
| 7 | August 21, 2018 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | 4.6% | ||
| 9 | August 27, 2018 | 5.4% | |
| 10 | |||
| 11 | August 28, 2018 | 4.0% | |
| 12 | 4.4% | ||
| 13 | September 3, 2018 | 4.2% | |
| 14 | |||
| 15 | September 4, 2018 | 3.9% | |
| 16 | 4.3% | ||
| 17 | September 10, 2018 | 3.4% | |
| 18 | 3.7% | ||
| 19 | September 11, 2018 | 4.4% | |
| 20 | |||
| 21 | September 17, 2018 | 2.4% | |
| 22 | 2.7% | ||
| 23 | September 18, 2018 | 2.6% | |
| 24 | 2.9% | ||
| 25 | September 24, 2018 | ||
| 26 | 2.2% | ||
| 27 | September 25, 2018 | 2.0% | |
| 28 | 3.2% | ||
| 29 | October 1, 2018 | 2.7% | |
| 30 | 2.8% | ||
| 31 | October 2, 2018 | 2.9% | |
| 32 | 3.3% | ||
| Average | |||
| Award ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama | Park Si-hoo | [12] | |
| Netizen Award Actor | ||||
| Best Couple Award | Song Ji-hyo & Park Si-hoo | |||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama | Song Ji-hyo | |||
| Netizen Award, Actress | ||||
| Best New Actor | Lee Gi-kwang | |||
| Best Young Actor | Kim Tae-yool | |||
| Best Young Actress | Shin Rin-ah | |||
| Asia Artist Awards | Most Popular Actress | Song Ji-hyo | [13] | |