Happy Ending (TV series)

Promotional poster

Hangul 해피 엔딩

Genre Drama

Written by Kim Yoon-jung

 Kwak Young-bum
Directed by
 Shin Yoon-sun

Starring  Choi Min-soo

 Shim Hye-jin

 Lee Seung-yeon

Country of origin South Korea

Original language Korean

No. of episodes 24

Production

Running time 70 minutes

 Production company Logos Film

Original release

Network JTBC

Release April 23 –

July 16, 2012

Happy Ending (Korean: 해피 엔딩; RR: Haepi Ending) is a 2012 South Korean
television series starring Choi Min-soo, Shim Hye-jin and Lee Seung-yeon. It aired
on JTBC from April 23 to July 16, 2012.[1][2]
Synopsis[edit]
The series revolves around Kim Doo-soo (Choi Min-soo)'s family after he learns that he
is terminally ill.
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
 Choi Min-soo as Kim Doo-soo[3]
 Shim Hye-jin as Yang Sun-ah
 Lee Seung-yeon as Hong Ae-ran
Supporting[edit]
 So Yoo-jin as Kim Geum-ha
 Kim So-eun as Kim Eun-ha[4]
 Yeon Joon-seok as Choi Dong-ha
 Park Jung-chul as Lee Tae-pyung
 Kangta as Goo Seung-jae[5]
 So Yi-hyun as Park Na-young[6]
 Ha Seung-ri as Park Na-ri
 Choi Bool-am as Doo-soo's father
 In Gyo-jin as Lee Seong-hoon[6]
 Jang Da-na as Ji-min
 Yoo Jang-young as Young-shik
 Maeng Sang-hoon as Director Oh
 Han Mi-jin as Team leader Hong
 Kang Dong-yup as Reporter Choi
 Ryu Kyung-soo as Park Jeong-ho
Ratings[edit]
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red
numbers represent the highest ratings.
 Average
audience share
Original broadcast (AGB Nielsen)
Ep.
date

Nationwide

1 April 23, 2012 1.253%

2 April 24, 2012 1.339%

3 April 30, 2012 0.805%

4 May 1, 2012 1.108%

5 May 7, 2012 1.267%

6 May 8, 2012 1.102%

7 May 14, 2012 1.505%

8 May 15, 2012 1.510%

9 May 21, 2012 1.377%

10 May 22, 2012 1.668%

11 May 28, 2012 1.311%

12 May 29, 2012 1.215%

13 June 4, 2012 1.298%

14 June 5, 2012 1.346%

15 June 11, 2012 1.100%

16 June 18, 2012 1.142%

17 June 19, 2012 1.245%

18 June 25, 2012 1.378%

19 June 26, 2012 1.056%

20 July 2, 2012 1.582%

21 July 3, 2012 1.550%

22 July 9, 2012 1.297%

23 July 10, 2012 1.320%

24 July 16, 2012 1.175%

Average 1.290%

 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).