Wanted () is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Kim Ah-joong, Ji Hyun-woo, Uhm Tae-woong and Park Hae-joon. It aired on SBS TV on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) from June 22 to August 18, 2016 for 16 episodes.
Plot Jung Hye-in (Kim Ah-joong) is a top actress in Korea who reigns over dramas, movies, and commercials. The drama begins when Jung Hye-in's son is kidnapped on the day she announces her retirement. With the help of PD Shin Dong-wook (Uhm Tae-woong) and police detective Cha Seung-in (Ji Hyun-woo), she ends up participating in a live reality show where she follows the kidnapper's orders, and in the process uncovers clues towards catching the culprit and finding her son.
Cast
Main cast Kim Ah-joong as Jung Hye-in – 35-year-old, actress Ji Hyun-woo as Cha Seung-in – 33-year-old, detective of Kangnam Police station's homicide investigation team Uhm Tae-woong as Shin Dong-wook – 38-year-old, "Jung Hye-in's Wanted" PD Park Hae-joon as Song Jeong-ho – 42-year-old, Hye-in's husband, UCN's CEO
Broadcast production member Lee Moon-sik as Choi Joon-goo – 48-year-old, Head of UCN Drama Bureau, "Wanted" executive producer Park Hyo-joo as Yeon Woo-shin – 35-year-old, freelance broadcasting writer Jun Hyo-seong as Park Bo-yeon – 26-year-old, assistant director
Investigation team Shin Jae-ha as Lee Young-gwan – 27-year-old, Kangnam Police station's homicide investigation team newcomer, Seung-in's partner Kim Sun-young as Oh Mi-ok – 39-year-old, profiler, inspector of Police Hall's crime information support section Kim Byeong-ok as Jung Jung-ki – 54-year-old, Kangnam Police station's homicide investigation team leader as Park Young-sik – 38-year-old, detective of Kangnam Police station's homicide investigation team as Yoo Dong-joon – 31-year-old, detective of Kangnam Police station's homicide investigation team
People around Jung Hye-in Bae Yoo-ram as Kwon Kyung-hoon – 25-year-old, Hye-in's manager Lee Seung-joon as Jang Jin-woong – 36-year-old, internet entertainment show "Star Live" reporter as Ham Tae-seop – SG Group CEO, Tae-young's older brother as Song Hyun-woo – 7-year-old, Jeong-ho and Hye-in's son
Events and mission-related people as Park Se-hyung – Hyun-woo kidnap's suspect Shim Eun-woo as Lee Ji-eun – BJ as Kim Woo-jin – teacher, Han-sol's father (first mission) Kim Ye-jun as Kim Han-sol – child found in the car trunk (first mission) as Ha Dong-min – Soo Jeong Hospital's Head of Pediatrics (second mission) as Kim Sang-mi – Soo Jeong Hospital nurse (second mission) N/A as Kim Hae-joo – people who solicited the killing of Kim Sang-mi (second mission) Park Sang-wook as Jo Nam-cheol – old hand Choo Gyo-jin as Im Hyung-soon – people who was killed by Jo Nam-cheol Ahn Soo-bin as Kim Yang-hee – Jo Nam-cheol's girlfriend Seo Hyun-chul as Kim Sang-sik – Jo Seung-in's police senior as Na Soo-hyun – coffee shop's part-time staff as Go Hyung-joon – detective investigating the disappearance of Na Jae-hyun as Moon Sung-hyuk as Lee Yong-hwan – Lee Ji-eun's father as Lee Tae-gyun – Police Hall chief as Kim So-hyun – Song Jeong-ho's lady Baek Seung-hyeon as Choi Pil-gyu – lawyer as Ham Tae-young – Jung Hye-in's deceased husband, Hyun-woo's biological father
Extended cast as Kim Hong-joon – director of film "Mother" in which starred Jung Hye-in as Broadcasting PD – successor PD of the program directed by Shin Dong-wook as talk show "Kiss and Talk" PD Kim Sung-kyung as talk show "Kiss and Talk" MC Joo Woo-jae as talk show "Kiss and Talk" guest Hwang Young-hee as internet entertainment show "Star Live" editor-in-chief Yeo Woon-bok as debate program's police panelist as Cha Seung-in's father Shin Young-jin as autopsy responsibility Kang Chan-yang as nurse as Na Young-hyun – Na Soo-hyun's younger sister Oh Hee-joon as Pierrot Kim Min-sang as Kaepko Kang Heon as convenience store's customer Song Young-gyu
as Police Hall deputy as Kim Sang-oh – Ham Tae-seop's lawyer Sung Min-soo as Kang Young-min – Internal Affairs Department's police officer
Kim Ji-eun as Nurse
Ratings In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. Episode #Original broadcast date Average audience shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area 1 June 22, 20166.9%8.9%5.9%6.7% 2 June 23, 20166.6%8.4% 7.8% 8.2% 3 June 29, 20166.2%7.9%6.7%8.0% 4 June 30, 20167.0%8.6%7.6%8.6% 5 July 6, 20165.7%7.3%7.0%7.5% 6 July 7, 20168.4%10.0%7.1%7.9% 7 July 13, 20167.1%8.8%7.7%9.0% 8 July 14, 20167.2%9.2%7.7%9.0% 9 July 20, 20165.5%6.7%5.4%6.0% 10 July 21, 20166.9%8.7%6.5%7.4% 11 July 27, 20165.8%7.8%6.0%7.1% 12 July 28, 20166.7%8.3%6.5%7.5% 13 August 3, 20165.3%7.1%5.2%5.8% 14 August 4, 20166.1%7.3%5.2%5.4% 15 August 17, 20164.7%6.1%4.7%<6.9% 16 August 18, 20165.1%6.7%4.9%<6.7%Average 6.33% 7.99% 6.37% <7.36%
Remark Episode 15 and 16 wasn't aired on August 10 and 11 due to broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This episode was re-scheduled to be aired on August 17 and 18, 2016.
Original soundtrack
OST Part 1
OST Part 2
OST Part 3
OST Part 4
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result2016 Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Kim Ah-joong Excellence Award, Actress in a Genre Drama Park Hyo-joo Special Award, Actress in a Genre Drama Jun Hyo-seong
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