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| Creator: | for MBC | ||
| Director: | Lee Chang-han | ||
| Country: | South Korea | ||
| Language: | Korean | ||
| Num Episodes: | 32 | ||
| Camera: | Single-camera | ||
| Runtime: | 35 minutes | ||
| Network: | MBC TV |
Risky Romance is a South Korean television series starring Ji Hyun-woo, Lee Si-young, Kim Jin-yeop and Yoon Joo-hee. It aired on MBC from July 23 to September 17, 2018 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 (KST).[1]
The romance story of an excellent neurosurgeon and a determined endocrinologist. Han Seung-joo (Ji Hyun-woo) used to be a warm and an understanding person, but after the death of a close friend, he became a hot-headed person and merciless towards others. After listening to the rumors of how Seung-joo has turned into a completely different person, Joo In-ah (Lee Si-young) can't help but feel intrigued towards him, believing that all of that temper is because of hormones. She is determined to make him as her patient, and run a blood test on him to check on his hormone levels. From then, their rivalry begins.
A talented neurosurgeon with an extraordinary memory and a logical approach to things. However, his feisty personality and competitiveness makes him unstoppable when he fixates on something.
A hormone-obsessed woman who believes that life is controlled entirely by them.
Son of the hospital director. A neurosurgeon with talent, wealth and looks.
Joo In-ah's stepsister. A TV announcer who is pursuing Cha Jae-hwan.
Cha Jae-hwan's father, who is the head of the same hospital Joo In-ah and Han Seung-joo are working for.
| Risky Romance OST | |
| Type: | Soundtrack |
| Artist: | Various artists |
| Released: | 2018 |
| Genre: | Soundtrack |
| Label: | TAJOY Entertainment, kakao M |
| Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS[13] | AGB Nielsen[14] | |||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | |||
| 1 | July 23, 2018 | 3.6% | 3.8% | |||
| 2 | 3.7% | 3.5% | 3.8% | |||
| 3 | July 24, 2018 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.9% | |
| 4 | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.2% | |||
| 5 | July 30, 2018 | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.7% | |
| 6 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.1% | 3.3% | ||
| 7 | July 31, 2018 | 3.3% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.0% | |
| 8 | 3.8% | 3.9% | 3.4% | 3.5% | ||
| 9 | August 6, 2018 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 2.4% | |
| 10 | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.7% | ||
| 11 | August 7, 2018 | 3.1% | 3.2% | 2.7% | 2.8% | |
| 12 | 3.3% | 3.4% | 2.9% | 3.0% | ||
| 13 | August 13, 2018 | 2.5% | 3.1% | |||
| 14 | 2.4% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 3.3% | ||
| 15 | August 14, 2018 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.1% | 3.2% | |
| 16 | 3.5% | 3.6% | ||||
| 17 | August 21, 2018 | 3.0% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 2.8% | |
| 18 | 3.2% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 3.0% | ||
| 19 | August 28, 2018 | |||||
| 20 | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.3% | ||
| 21 | September 3, 2018 | rowspan=12 | ||||
| 22 | 2.5% | |||||
| 23 | September 4, 2018 | 2.8% | ||||
| 24 | 3.5% | |||||
| 25 | September 10, 2018 | 2.8% | ||||
| 26 | 3.0% | |||||
| 27 | September 11, 2018 | 2.5% | ||||
| 28 | 2.8% | |||||
| 29 | September 17, 2018 | 2.3% | ||||
| 30 | 2.9% | |||||
| 31 | 2.2% | |||||
| 32 | 2.5% | |||||
| Average | ||||||
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Ji Hyun-woo | ||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Lee Si-young | ||||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Yoon Joo-hee | ||||