Twinkle Twinkle () is a South Korean television series starring Kim Hyun-joo, Lee Yu-ri, Kim Suk-hoon and Kang Dong-ho. It aired on MBC TV from February 12 to August 14, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:40 for 54 episodes.
Plot Twinkle, Twinkle is a light, cheerful, and heartwarming family drama that tells the success story of Han Jung-won (Kim Hyun-joo), a workaholic career woman who is determined to make her own way in the world without the help of her family, which has garnered considerable wealth from their publishing company.
But what Jung-won doesn't know is that because of the hospital's negligence, she was switched at birth with another baby, Hwang Geum-ran (Lee Yu-ri). The identity swap resulted in the two girls being raised by families of different wealth and status, and living a different fate.
When Geum-ran learns the truth, she sees it as a way to reverse her poverty-stricken circumstances. But even after being restored to her rich biological parents, Geum-ran's bitterness makes her consider Jung-won her rival, and she continues to torment her. Jung-won, whose life has been turned upside down, faces numerous setbacks on the road to recovery.
Cast Main characters Kim Hyun-joo as Han/Hwang Jung-won Lee Yu-ri as Hwang/Han Geum-ran Kim Suk-hoon as Song Seung-joon Kang Dong-ho as Kang Dae-beom
Han family Jang Yong as Han Ji-woong Park Jung-soo as Jin Na-hee Kim Hyung-beom as Han Sang-won Park Yu-hwan as Han Seo-woo Jeon Soo-kyeong as Lee Eun-jung
Hwang family Go Doo-shim as Lee Kwon-yang Kil Yong-woo as Hwang Nam-bong Lee Ah-hyun as Hwang Tae-ran Han Ji-woo as Hwang Mi-ran Kim Sang-ho as Park Joong-hyuk Shin Soo-yeon as Park Ji-won
Extended cast Kim Ji-young as Go Eun-hye Jung Tae-woo as Yoon Seung-jae Won Ki-joon as Jegal Joon-soo Yoo Sa-ra as Han Song-yi Gong Ki-tak as Song Kwang-hee Kim Ji-seong as Team leader Choi Su-rin as Lee Ji-soo Im Chi-woo as Kwang-soo Yoon Hee-seok as Nam Sung-woo Joo Da-young as Hye-rin Yoo Chae-yeong as Pi Ba-da (cameo) Kim Soo-hyun
Viewership
+ Average TV viewership ratingsEpOriginal broadcast dateTNmSAGB NielsenNationwideSeoulNationwideSeoul12011/02/057.2%8.6%9.6%11.2%22011/02/068.3%10.1%8.9%10.1%32011/02/128.7%10.7%10.3%12.0%42011/02/138.2%10.4%9.9%11.1%52011/02/199.8%12.9%10.5%11.6%62011/02/2010.7%13.2%12.8%14.2%72011/02/2611.4%14.0%13.9%16.4%82011/02/2711.2%13.7%14.8%17.4%92011/03/0510.4%13.0%12.4%14.2%102011/03/0613.0%16.2%15.0%16.9%112011/03/1211.8%14.8%13.2%15.2%122011/03/1312.3%15.1%15.1%17.1%132011/03/1913.3%16.3%14.8%16.3%142011/03/2014.1%18.0%15.6%17.5%152011/03/2613.1%16.5%13.5%16.0%162011/03/2713.5%17.1%15.8%17.8%172011/04/0912.8%17.6%15.5%17.2%182011/04/1016.8%19.2%14.8%19.0%192011/04/1613.6%17.2%15.2%16.2%202011/04/1713.8%16.9%17.2%19.7%212011/04/2314.0%17.8%15.5%17.7%222011/04/2415.4%19.2%15.9%17.0%232011/05/0113.2%15.5%16.0%15.8%242011/05/0714.3%17.1%16.9%18.2%252011/05/0814.3%17.0%16.4%17.9%262011/05/1415.5%18.9%19.1%20.4%272011/05/1515.7%19.3%19.4%21.0%282011/05/2816.8%20.4%21.6%23.2%292011/05/2913.9%17.8%17.8%19.0%302011/06/0417.1%19.7%19.5%21.1%312011/06/0515.7%18.9%19.6%19.1%322011/06/1116.7%20.2%19.8%21.1%332011/06/1216.3%18.3%19.7%21.2%342011/06/1816.5%18.1%18.5%20.0%352011/06/1916.6%19.3%19.3%20.3%362011/06/2518.6%22.7%21.6%23.2%372011/06/2617.6%21.0%19.5%21.6%382011/07/0219.1%22.3%21.3%23.6%392011/07/0319.8%23.2%22.5%25.6%402011/07/0918.1%21.1%22.2%23.9%412011/07/1018.8%21.6%19.5%20.9%422011/07/1620.6%26.2%23.2%24.7%432011/07/1720.5%24.2%21.5%22.7%442011/07/2320.4%24.7%22.9%24.6%452011/07/2418.0%21.4%21.1%23.5%462011/07/3020.3%24.3%21.9%23.7%472011/07/3117.6%21.4%20.9%21.9%482011/08/0619.0%22.8%21.3%22.8%492011/08/0719.9%24.2%21.7%22.3%502011/08/1319.5%24.5%22.5%23.8%512011/08/1422.1%26.3%24.3%25.9%522011/08/2021.7%23.9%25.3%26.7%532011/08/2119.9%23.4%21.6%22.6%542011/08/2719.4%22.3%22.5%23.8%Average15.5%18.7%17.8%19.4%
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 2011 Best Drama Twinkle Twinkle Best Actress Kim Hyun-joo Best Supporting Actor Kim Sang-ho Best Supporting Actress Lee Yu-ri Best New Actor Kang Dong-ho Drama of the Year Twinkle Twinkle Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Kim Suk-hoon Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim Hyun-joo Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Lee Yu-ri Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Kil Yong-woo Best New Actor in a Serial Drama Kang Dong-ho Park Yu-hwan Writer of the Year Bae Yoo-mi Popularity Award, Actor Kim Suk-hoon Popularity Award, Actress Kim Hyun-joo Best Couple Award Kim Suk-hoon and Kim Hyun-joo 2012 Best Director (TV) Noh Do-chul Best Actress (TV) Kim Hyun-joo Best New Actor (TV) Kang Dong-ho
References
External links Twinkle Twinkle official MBC website Twinkle Twinkle at MBC Global Media