Lobbyist
Promotional poster for Lobbyist
Written byChoi Wan-kyu
Joo Chan-ok
Directed byLee Hyun-jik
Boo Sung-chul
StarringSong Il-kook
Jang Jin-young
Han Jae-suk
Country of originSouth Korea
No. of episodes24
Production
Production locationsSouth Korea
Kyrgyzstan
United States
Running timeWednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST)
Production companiesKorea Pictures International, Inc.
Chorokbaem Media
Yedang Entertainment
Original release
NetworkSeoul Broadcasting System
ReleaseOctober 3 (2007-10-03) –
December 26, 2007 (2007-12-26)

Lobbyist (Korean: 로비스트; RR: Lobiseuteu), originally titled Angel, was a 2007 South Korean television series produced by Korea Pictures International, Inc. that aired on SBS. Budgeted at ₩12 million, overseas filming locations included the United States and Kyrgyzstan. It starred Song Il-kook,[1] Han Jae-suk and Jang Jin-young (in her last performance).

Plot

Lobbyist centers around a fictional love story caught in the real-world scenario of international politics, secret weapons trading, and deadly lobbying activities.

Kang Tae-hyuk is a successor of a main munitions business company in Korea. He has an innate ability as a lobbyist and is a master schemer. His exploits take him to the United States where he deals with the mafia. He plans to sweep over the whole of Asia.

Cast

Ratings

Date Episode Nationwide Seoul
2007-10-10 1 12.6% (6th) 13.8% (6th)
2007-10-10 2 12.0% (9th) 13.5% (7th)
2007-10-11 3 15.7% (3rd) 16.6% (4th)
2007-10-11 4 14.1% (7th) 16.2% (5th)
2007-10-17 5 14.0% (6th) 15.3% (6th)
2007-10-18 6 15.6% (7th) 16.5% (6th)
2007-10-24 7 14.4% (6th) 15.3% (6th)
2007-10-25 8 21.3% (3rd) 22.4% (3rd)
2007-10-31 9 14.9% (6th) 16.2% (5th)
2007-11-01 10 14.7% (6th) 15.5% (6th)
2007-11-07 11 12.3% (11th) 13.1% (8th)
2007-11-08 12 12.3% (11th) 12.6% (9th)
2007-11-14 13 13.3% (8th) 13.9% (7th)
2007-11-15 14 12.2% (9th) 12.6% (8th)
2007-11-21 15 11.0% (14th) 11.5% (12th)
2007-11-22 16 11.6% (12th) 11.8% (12th)
2007-11-28 17 10.5% (15th) 10.3% (16th)
2007-11-29 18 12.6% (11th) 12.8% (11th)
2007-12-05 19 10.1% (17th) 10.1% (17th)
2007-12-06 20 14.6% (5th) 15.3% (3rd)
2007-12-12 21 12.1% (9th) 12.5% (9th)
2007-12-13 22 14.1% (8th) 14.9% (8th)
2007-12-20 23 11.6% (9th) 12.0% (10th)
2007-12-26 24 11.1% (12th) 11.6% (11th)
Average 13.3% 14.0%

Source: TNmS Media Korea

References

  1. ^ "Song Il-gook, "I'm actually not too confident about being a lobbyist"". Broasia via Hancinema. 28 September 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

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