The Golden Garden
Promotional poster
Hangul
황금정원
Hanja
黃金庭院
Revised RomanizationHwanggeumjeongwon
GenreMelodrama
Mystery
Thriller
Romance
Developed byKim Seung-mo
Written byPark Hyeon-joo
Directed by
  • Lee Dae-yeong
  • Lee Dong-hyun
Starring
Music byLee Pil-ho
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes60[a]
Production
Producers
  • Son Ki-won
  • Kim Nam-pyo
Running time35 minutes[a]
Production companyKim Jong-hak Production
Original release
NetworkMBC TV
ReleaseJuly 20 (2019-07-20) –
October 26, 2019 (2019-10-26)

The Golden Garden (Korean: 황금정원; Hanja: 黃金庭院) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Han Ji-hye, Lee Sang-woo, Oh Ji-eun and Lee Tae-sung. It aired four episodes every Saturday on MBC TV from 20:45 to 23:10 (KST), from July 20 to October 26, 2019.[2]

Synopsis

Eun Dong Joo attempts to get back her stolen life. When she was 6 years-old, she was abandoned at an orphanage. She did not remember anything except her name. Despite her difficult environment, she has grown into a woman with a positive and bright personality. Cha Pil Seung is a detective, who is good at his job. His parents died when he was young and he was then raised by his wealthy grandmother. Even though he is popular with women, he doesn't fall in love with anyone due to trauma from his parents' deaths.

Cast

Main

Supporting

People around Dong-joo

People around Pil-seung

People around Sabina

People around Joon-ki

Others

Production

Ratings

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(AGB Nielsen)[6]
Nationwide Seoul
1 July 20, 2019 4.5% (NR) —
2 7.2% (14th) 6.9% (14th)
3 6.4% (19th) 6.5% (19th)
4 7.3% (13th) 7.4% (11th)
5 July 27, 2019 4.9% (NR) —
6 6.9% (14th) 6.6% (11th)
7 6.6% (17th) —
8 7.4% (10th) 6.9% (13th)
9 August 3, 2019 5.2% (19th) 4.9% (19th)
10 7.5% (8th) 7.5% (8th)
11 7.3% (9th) 6.8% (9th)
12 7.9% (5th) 7.7% (6th)
13 August 10, 2019 5.6% (NR) —
14 7.6% (8th) 7.5% (8th)
15 7.0% (14th) 7.2% (9th)
16 8.2% (5th) 8.1% (7th)
17 August 17, 2019 4.3% (NR) —
18 7.2% (11th) 7.2% (9th)
19 6.8% (14th) 6.7% (16th)
20 8.0% (6th) 8.1% (6th)
21 August 24, 2019 5.4% (20th) 5.3% (18th)
22 7.5% (8th) 7.6% (5th)
23 7.3% (10th) 7.2% (8th)
24 7.7% (7th) 7.7% (4th)
25 August 31, 2019 4.2% (NR) —
26 7.0% (7th) 6.5% (8th)
27 6.7% (11th) 6.2% (10th)
28 7.3% (6th) 6.7% (7th)
29 September 7, 2019 5.0% (NR) —
30 8.5% (9th) 8.0% (14th)
31 8.3% (10th) 7.9% (15th)
32 9.5% (8th) 9.0% (7th)
33 September 14, 2019 3.6% (NR) —
34 7.6% (7th) 6.8% (8th)
35 7.5% (9th) 6.8% (8th)
36 8.3% (4th) 7.5% (6th)
37 September 21, 2019 6.0% (NR) —
38 8.8% (7th) 7.7% (9th)
39 8.3% (8th) 7.0% (13th)
40 9.1% (6th) 7.8% (8th)
41 September 28, 2019 5.7% (18th) 5.5% (18th)
42 9.2% (5th) 8.6% (7th)
43 8.8% (7th) 8.2% (9th)
44 9.3% (4th) 8.8% (5th)
45 October 5, 2019 6.6% (15th) 6.2% (16th)
46 9.6% (6th) 9.1% (7th)
47 9.3% (7th) 8.4% (10th)
48 9.9% (5th) 9.6% (5th)
49 October 12, 2019 6.3% (16th) 5.9% (16th)
50 9.9% (5th) 9.3% (6th)
51 9.7% (6th) 8.9% (8th)
52 10.4% (3rd) 9.9% (4th)
53 October 19, 2019 6.6% (14th) 5.9% (16th)
54 9.0% (5th) 8.2% (5th)
55 9.0% (5th) 8.2% (5th)
56 9.8% (4th) 8.8% (4th)
57 October 26, 2019 4.6% (NR) —
58 7.8% (8th) 7.4% (7th)
59 6.0% (15th) 5.7% (17th)
60 9.8% (5th) 9.3% (6th)
Average 7.4% —[b]

Notes

  1. ^ a b In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[1]
  2. ^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. Retrieved April 17, 2020 – via PressReader.
  2. ^ Jang, A-leum (May 13, 2019). "[공식입장] 한지혜·이상우, '황금정원'으로 재회…오지은·이태성 합류". News1 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Yu, Byung-chul (June 19, 2019). "'황금정원' 한지혜-이상우-오지은-이태성, 실시간 드라마 본 듯한 대본리딩 공개". Hankyung (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Jeong, Hwi-yeon (April 23, 2019). "한지혜-이상우, MBC 토요극 '황금정원' 주연으로 만나나 "검토 중" [공식입장]". Sports Donga (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "금 나와라, 뚝딱!", 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전 (in Korean), 2022-03-11, retrieved 2023-01-16
  6. ^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2019.

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