Manhole () is a South Korean television series starring Kim Jae-joong, Uee, Cha Sun-woo, Jung Hye-sung. It aired on KBS2, from August 9 to September 28, 2017 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.
The drama drew a nationwide rating of 1.4% for its eighth episode. At the time, this was the lowest ever recorded for a drama airing in a regular time slot on broadcast television. Lovely Horribly recorded an even lower single-episode rating of 1.0% in 2018, but Manhole remained the primetime drama with the lowest average rating (2.1%), until Welcome, which aired on the same network and timeslot, broke the record in 2020.
Synopsis Foreseeing his own fate, he travels from past to present. The main purpose of him traveling through time is to stop his ideal girl's wedding.
Cast Main Kim Jae-joong as Bong Pil Uee as Kang Soo-jin Jung Hye-sung as Yoon Jin-sook Cha Sun-woo as Jo Suk-tae
Supporting Neighborhood families Lee Sang-yi as Oh Dal-soo Kang Hong-seok as Yang Koo-gil Kim Min-ji as Hong Jung-ae
Main characters' parents Joo Jin-mo as Bong Dal Kim Hye-ok as Yoon Kkeut-soon Woo Hyun as Suk-tae's father Seo Hyun-chul as Soo-jin's father Lee Yun-kyung as Soo-jin's mother
Strangers in the neighborhood Jang Mi-kwan as Park Jae-hyun
Bonbon Hope Seo Young as Mi-ja Son Ji-an as Yoon-mi
Extended
Park Ah-in as Park Young-joo Jo Seo-hoo as Yoon-mi Kim Young-ok (voice only) Jung In-gi Kim Dae-gon as Jang-hye Kim Joong-kil Choi Yoon-bin Park Hee-kon Seon Woo-sung Heo Soo-jung Son Kyung-won Lee Seung-hoon Go Man-kyoo Ha Jin Ri Min Lee Jae-eun Kim Ji-sun Ahn Hee-joo Yoo Geum Park Sang-yong Jo Hee Oh Yong Kim Kwon as Man attending church Kim Kyu-chul as Yang Koo-gil's father Song Ha-rim Park Chan-hong Sung Hyun-joon Park Shi-yun Heo Soo-jung Park Do-joon Han Jae-woong Kim Bong-soo Lee Seung-hyun Kim Hae-kon Choi Yoon-joon Song Kyung-hwa Tae Won-suk Park Hee-kon Lee Dong-hee Choi Kyo-shik
Soundtrack
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Ratings In this table, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
Broadcast dateAverage audience shareTNmSAGB NielsenNationwideSeoulNationwideSeoul1August 9, 2017 2August 10, 20173.0% 3.7% 2.8% 3.5% 3August 16, 20173.4% 3.8% 2.2% 2.5% 4August 17, 20173.1% 3.5% 2.0% 2.4% 5August 23, 20173.0% 3.6% 2.0% 2.7% 6August 24, 20172.5% 2.8% 2.1% 2.4% 7August 30, 20172.3% 3.1% 2.0% 2.8% 8August 31, 2017 2.7% 9September 6, 20172.5% 2.8% 2.2% 2.3% 10September 7, 20172.5% 2.9% 1.8% 2.2% 11September 13, 20172.5% 2.9% 2.1% 2.5% 12September 14, 20172.4% 1.9% 2.1% 13September 20, 20172.6% 3.3% 2.6% 3.4% 14September 21, 20172.6% 3.3% 2.3% 3.0% 15September 27, 2017 2.7% 3.6% 1.9% 2.8% 16September 28, 2017 2.5% 3.2% 1.9% 2.6% Average
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref. 31st KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress
References
External links (in Korean)