VIP (South Korean TV series)
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| Hangul | 브이아이피 |
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| Release | October 28 – December 24, 2019 |
VIP (Korean: 브이아이피; RR: Beuiaipi) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Jang Na-ra, Lee Sang-yoon, Lee Chung-ah, Kwak Sun-young, Pyo Ye-jin and Shin Jae-ha. It aired on SBS TV from October 28 to December 24, 2019, every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.[1]
Synopsis
The story of Sung Un Department Store's team who works for the VIP clients which constitute the top 1% of their customers.
One day after a receiving a text message about her husband's infidelity from an anonymous source, Na Jeong-seon (Jang Na-ra) begins to suspect her husband and her colleagues of having an affair. In her quest to discover the truth, she ends up revealing more than one secret that her colleagues are hiding.
Cast
Main
VIP Team
- Jang Na-ra as Na Jeong-seon[2]
- Wife and colleague to Park Seong-joon. She is from an affluent family and got a high-level job at Sung Un Department Store without much difficulty, after graduating from a prestigious university.
- Lee Sang-yoon as Park Seong-joon
- The team leader of Sung Un Department Store's VIP Management Team and Na Jeong-seon's husband.
- Lee Chung-ah as Lee Hyeon-ah
- A professional and fashionable section chief of VIP Management Team. She has recently returned from a year off work due to a former scandal with her boss, who was in charge of HR.
- Kwak Sun-young as Song Mi-na
- A working mother of two young sons who had missed a few promotions due to multiple maternity leaves, despite having worked for six years in the company.
- Pyo Ye-jin as On Yoo-ri
- She comes from a poor family and fights for survival. She becomes the center of office gossip after landing a job at Sung Un Department Store's VIP Management Team. Her hiring caused the team members’ lives to change.
- Shin Jae-ha as Ma Sang-woo[3]
- A new employee at the VIP Management Team. He has been brought up in comfortable surroundings, with a prestigious education.
Supporting
Sung Un Department Store
- Jung Joon-won as Cha Jin-ho
- Lee Jae-won as Lee Byeong-hoon, Mi-na's husband
- Park Sung-geun as Ha Jae-woong
- Jang Hyuk-jin as Bae Do-il
- Cho Seung-yeon as Ha Young-woong
- Lee Jin-hee as Kang Ji-young
Others
- Kim Mi-kyung as Key Mi-ok
- Choi Hong-il as Na Young-chul
- Jung Ae-ri as Han Sook-young
- Sora Jung as Han Sook-ja
- Bae Hae-sun as Gil-ja
- Jang Hyun-sung as Jang Jin-chul
- Yoon Ji-on as Kim Min-ki
- Oh Se-young as Han So-mi
- Jeon Hye-jin as Lee Byung-eun
Special appearances
- Oh Ah-rin as Ha Rim
- Bae Hae-sun as a nouveau riche VIP customer
- Yu-bin as Cha Se-rin
- Seo Woo-jin as Seo-jin
- Soy Kim as Ria
- Lee Ki-chan as Daniel
- Shim Hee-sub as Chef Michael
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | South Korea viewers (millions) [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A Whole New World" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | October 28, 2019 | 1.059 |
| 2 | "Women With a Secret" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | October 29, 2019 | 1.263 |
| 3 | "Crack" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 4, 2019 | 1.354 |
| 4 | "Truth or Dare" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 5, 2019 | 1.407 |
| 5 | "Ugly Truth" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 18, 2019 | 1.276 |
| 6 | "Red Pill or Blue Pill" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 19, 2019 | 1.469 |
| 7 | "The Calm Before the Storm" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 25, 2019 | 1.306 |
| 8 | "Tifóne" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 26, 2019 | 1.894 |
| 9 | "After the Storm" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 2, 2019 | 1.898 |
| 10 | "Out of Tune" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 3, 2019 | 2.081 |
| 11 | "Irreparable" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 9, 2019 | 2.006 |
| 12 | "Blind Side" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 10, 2019 | 2.159 |
| 13 | "Two Opponents" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 16, 2019 | 2.163 |
| 14 | "End of the Maze" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 17, 2019 | 2.248 |
| 15 | "Were We Ever In Love?" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 23, 2019 | 2.468 |
| 16 | "Someone's Ending, Someone's Beginning" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 24, 2019 | 2.688 |
Production
The first script reading took place on April 18, 2019. Filming began on May 9 and ended on October 26, 2019, two days before the premiere of the series.[5]
Reception
Viewership
VIP : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[6]
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 1.059 | 1.263 | 1.354 | 1.407 | 1.276 | 1.469 | 1.306 | 1.894 | 1.898 | 2.081 | 2.006 | 2.159 | 2.163 | 2.248 | 2.468 | 2.688 | 1.796 | |
| Ep. | Part | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen[4] | TNmS[7] | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | |||
| 1 | 1 | October 28, 2019 | 5.9% (17th) | 6.7% (15th) | 6.1% (18th) |
| 2 | 6.8% (15th) | 7.8% (9th) | 6.6% (15th) | ||
| 2 | 1 | October 29, 2019 | 6.5% (13th) | 6.9% (12th) | 6.4% (13th) |
| 2 | 7.6% (7th) | 8.2% (5th) | 7.4% (12th) | ||
| 3 | 1 | November 4, 2019 | 6.0% (17th) | 7.1% (12th) | 6.8% (15th) |
| 2 | 8.0% (10th) | 9.4% (3rd) | 7.5% (14th) | ||
| 4 | 1 | November 5, 2019 | 7.4% (10th) | 8.5% (4th) | 6.9% (13th) |
| 2 | 9.1% (5th) | 10.4% (2nd) | 8.2% (8th) | ||
| 5 | 1 | November 18, 2019[a] | 5.9% (18th) | 6.7% (12th) | 6.0% (20th) |
| 2 | 7.8% (10th) | 9.1% (5th) | 7.6% (12th) | ||
| 6 | 1 | November 19, 2019[a] | 6.1% (15th) | 7.0% (10th) | 6.8% (15th) |
| 2 | 9.0% (4th) | 10.4% (3rd) | 8.9% (8th) | ||
| 7 | 1 | November 25, 2019 | 6.4% (14th) | 7.1% (13th) | 7.0% (15th) |
| 2 | 8.1% (10th) | 9.0% (4th) | 8.2% (10th) | ||
| 8 | 1 | November 26, 2019 | 8.5% (8th) | 9.1% (6th) | 7.5% (11th) |
| 2 | 11.4% (4th) | 12.4% (2nd) | 9.9% (7th) | ||
| 9 | 1 | December 2, 2019 | 8.3% (10th) | 8.9% (6th) | 7.8% (13th) |
| 2 | 11.3% (4th) | 12.3% (2nd) | 9.2% (7th) | ||
| 10 | 1 | December 3, 2019 | 10.6% (5th) | 11.4% (3rd) | 8.0% (10th) |
| 2 | 12.7% (2nd) | 13.5% (2nd) | 10.4% (7th) | ||
| 11 | 1 | December 9, 2019 | 9.6% (6th) | 10.8% (5th) | 8.4% (10th) |
| 2 | 12.2% (4th) | 13.6% (2nd) | 10.6% (7th) | ||
| 12 | 1 | December 10, 2019 | 10.0% (6th) | 11.0% (4th) | 8.5% (9th) |
| 2 | 13.2% (2nd) | 14.2% (2nd) | 10.7% (7th) | ||
| 13 | 1 | December 16, 2019 | 10.6% (5th) | 12.0% (4th) | 9.2% (10th) |
| 2 | 13.1% (3rd) | 15.0% (2nd) | 11.0% (5th) | ||
| 14 | 1 | December 17, 2019 | 11.2% (5th) | 12.6% (3rd) | 10.2% (7th) |
| 2 | 13.9% (2nd) | 15.7% (2nd) | 12.6% (4th) | ||
| 15 | 1 | December 23, 2019 | 11.9% (5th) | 13.8% (3rd) | 9.8% (7th) |
| 2 | 14.9% (2nd) | 16.6% (1st) | 12.9% (3rd) | ||
| 16 | 1 | December 24, 2019 | 12.0% (3rd) | 13.0% (3rd) | 11.5% (5th) |
| 2 | 15.9% (2nd) | 17.7% (1st) | 14.2% (3rd) | ||
| Average | 9.8% | 10.9% | 8.8% | ||
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Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2019 SBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Shin Jae-ha | Nominated | [8] |
| Best New Actress | Kwak Sun-young | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Lee Chung-ah | Won | |||
| Best Character Award (Actress) | Pyo Ye-jin | Won | |||
| Excellence Award in Miniseries (Actor) | Lee Sang-yoon | Won | |||
| Top Excellence Award in Miniseries (Actress) | Jang Na-ra | Nominated | |||
| Producer Award | Won |
Adaptations
| Country | Local title | Network | Original release |
|---|---|---|---|
 Thailand
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VIP รักซ่อนชู้ | One 31 | 12 October 2023 – present |
Notes
References
- ^ Yeon, Hwi-seon (June 5, 2019). "장나라X이상윤→이청아·곽선영까지, SBS 'VIP' 캐스팅 완료 [공식]". Osen (in Korean). News Chosun. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ Kang, Seo-jung (August 7, 2019). "'VIP' 장나라, 나정선 차장님 변신 스틸 첫공개..고혹+청초미[Oh!쎈 컷]". Osen (in Korean). News Chosun. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ Moon, Ji-yeon (March 28, 2019). "[단독] '라이징 스타' 신재하, 'VIP' 합류..장나라·이상윤과 호흡". News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ ""VIP" Proves to Be a Notable Success of Fifty Two Hour Work Week Plan". HanCinema. November 4, 2019.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ TNmS ratings:
- "Ep. 1". Break News (in Korean). October 28, 2019.
- "Ep. 2". Break News (in Korean). October 29, 2019.
- "Ep. 3". Break News (in Korean). November 5, 2019.
- "Ep. 4". Break News (in Korean). November 6, 2019.
- "Ep. 5". Break News (in Korean). November 19, 2019.
- "Ep. 6". Break News (in Korean). November 20, 2019.
- "Ep. 7". Break News (in Korean). November 26, 2019.
- "Ep. 8". Break News (in Korean). November 27, 2019.
- "Ep. 9". Break News (in Korean). December 3, 2019.
- "Ep. 10". Break News (in Korean). December 4, 2019.
- "Ep. 11". Break News (in Korean). December 10, 2019.
- "Ep. 12". Break News (in Korean). December 11, 2019.
- "Ep. 13". Break News (in Korean). December 17, 2019.
- "Ep. 14". Break News (in Korean). December 18, 2019.
- "Ep. 15". 브레이크뉴스 (in Korean). December 24, 2019.
- "Ep. 16". Break News (in Korean). December 25, 2019.
- ^ Kim, Soo-hyung (January 1, 2020). "'열혈사제' 김남길, 대상으로 '8관왕' 기염‥'VIP' 장나라, 프로듀서상 (종합) [2019 SBS 연기대상]". Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020 – via Naver.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- VIP at IMDb
- VIP at HanCinema
