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Hangul | 디 엠파이어: 법의 제국 |
Literal meaning | The Empire: Empire of Law |
Revised Romanization | Di Empaieo: Beob-ui Jeguk |
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Created by | SLL[2] |
Written by | Oh Ga-gyu[3] |
Directed by | Yoo Hyeon-gi[3] |
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Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
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Network | JTBC |
Release | September 24 November 13, 2022 | –
The Empire[4] (Korean: 디 엠파이어: 법의 제국) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Sun-a, Ahn Jae-wook, and Lee Mi-sook. It premiered on JTBC on September 24, 2022, and aired every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 (KST).[5] It is also available for streaming on Viu in selected regions.[6]
A series that depicts the scandalous scandals of the nation's top law-abiding aristocrats dreaming of hereditary succession.
The series was written by Oh Ja-kyu and planned and produced by JTBC Studios (now known as SLL), with Celltrion Entertainment as producer.[3]
On August 24, 2022, JTBC released the first footage of the series along with announcing the premiere date. The series was scheduled to be shown on September 24, 2022, as a follow-up to The Good Detective 2 on Saturday and Sunday.[5]
Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
1 | 564 | 650 | 413 | 775 | 497 | 849 | 395 | 655 | 371 | 691 | 397 | N/A | 608 | 467 | 600 | 832 | N/A |
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[25] | |
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Nationwide | Seoul | ||
1 | September 24, 2022 | 2.399% (4th) | 2.542% (2nd) |
2 | September 25, 2022 | 3.003% (3rd) | 3.401% (2nd) |
3 | October 1, 2022 | 1.885% (6th) | 2.042% (4th) |
4 | October 2, 2022 | 3.414% (2nd) | 3.150% (2nd) |
5 | October 8, 2022 | 2.120% (6th) | 2.195% (4th) |
6 | October 9, 2022 | 3.883% (2nd) | 3.859% (2nd) |
7 | October 15, 2022 | 2.146% (6th) | 1.803% (8th) |
8 | October 16, 2022 | 2.917% (2nd) | 2.750% (2nd) |
9 | October 22, 2022 | 1.695% (11th) | 1.562% (10th) |
10 | October 23, 2022 | 3.062% (2nd) | 2.757% (4th) |
11 | October 29, 2022 | 1.844% (9th) | N/A |
12 | November 5, 2022[a] | 1.573% (13th) | |
13 | November 6, 2022 | 2.844% (2nd) | 2.702% (3rd) |
14 | November 12, 2022 | 2.115% (9th) | N/A |
15 | November 13, 2022[b] | 2.811% (4th) | 2.445% (4th) |
16 | 4.036% (2nd) | 3.725% (2nd) | |
Average | 2.609% | —[c] | |
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