Good Casting () is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee, Yoo In-young, Kim Ji-young, Lee Sang-yeob, Lee Jun-young and Lee Jong-hyuk. It aired on SBS TV from April 27 to June 16, 2020.
Synopsis
Legendary espionage agents give girl power a whole new meaning in this thrilling action comedy. Once part of South Korea's top secret National Intelligence Service, a group of talented female agents are reassigned to go undercover in a case involving corruption and leaked trade secrets at the country's largest conglomerate. After several mistakes during important missions, Baek Chan Mi (Choi Kang Hee) was reassigned to the cybersecurity team, but dreams of returning to her former role. Hwang Mi Soon has left agent life behind and became a full-time homemaker. Meanwhile, Lim Ye Eun, a smart single mom and desk agent dreams of being promoted to an undercover spymaster working in the field. Their lives collide when Don Kwan Soo, a longtime director in the NIS, recruits all three for a do or die mission.
Cast Main Choi Kang-hee as Baek Chan-mi / Baek Jang-mi Yoo In-young as Im Ye-eun / Im Jung-eun Kim Ji-young as Hwang Mi-soon / Gi Mi-sun Lee Sang-yeob as Yoon Seok-ho Lee Jun-young as Kang Woo-won Lee Jong-hyuk as Dong Kwan-soo
Supporting National Intelligence Service Jung In-gi as Seo Gook-hwan Park Kyung-soon as Bae Moo-hyuk Hwang Bo-mi as Gan Tae-hee Kim Jin-ho as Geum Dong-seok
Il Kwang Hitech Woo Hyun as Myung Gye-chul Lee Sang-hoon as Tak Sang-gi Kim Yong-hee as Ok Chul as Byun Woo-seok Han Soo-jin as Assistant Goo Jo Young-hoon as Seol Young-hoon Kim Kyung-sook as Park Kyung-sook
Main's entourage Cha Soo-yeon as Shim Hwa-ran Lee Seung-hyung as Nam Bong-man Yoon Sa-bong as Prison boss Kim Bo-yoon as Nam Joo-yeon Bae Jin-woong as Pi Chul-woong Sung Hyuk as Kwon Min-seok Noh Ha-yeon as Kwon So-hee
Production Development The series is based on a screenplay which was one of the winners of the 2016 2H MBC Drama Screenplay Competition (miniseries category), alongside the 2019–20 SBS television series Hot Stove League.
Early working title of the series is Miscasting (). Director Choi Young-hoon first wanted to name the series that way because the characters are miscasted for the operation, but he changed it to Good Casting as all three actresses showed good team work.
Filming The series is entirely pre-produced. Filming ended on February 7, 2020.
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Viewership
+ Average TV viewership ratings Part Original broadcast date Average audience share Nielsen Korea TNmSTNmS ratings:
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide 1 1 April 27, 2020 9.5% 10.5% 8.5% 2 9.5% 2 1 April 28, 2020 9.8% 10.9% 9.5% 2 10.8% 11.8% 9.8% 3 1 May 4, 2020 8.5% 9.4% 7.7% 2 9.8% 10.8% 9.2% 4 1 May 5, 2020 8.7% 9.9% 8.7% 2 11.1% 12.8% 5 1 May 11, 2020 8.6% 9.3% 7.9% 2 10.3% 11.1% 9.3% 6 1 May 12, 2020 8.4% 9.2% 8.5% 2 9.2% 10.0% 9.3% 7 1 May 18, 2020 7.6% 8.3% 7.8% 2 9.1% 9.9% 9.1% 8 1 May 19, 2020 7.4% 8.8% 7.5% 2 8.5% 10.0% 8.6% 9 1 May 25, 2020 6.9% 7.5% 6.7% 2 8.5% 9.4% 8.2% 10 1 May 26, 2020 7.1% 7.6% 7.0% 2 8.7% 9.4% 8.2% 11 1 June 1, 2020 6.5% 6.9% 6.8% 2 8.0% 8.2% 7.7% 12 1 June 2, 2020 7.1% 7.8% 6.6% 2 8.3% 9.0% 7.9% 13 1 June 8, 2020 2 8.4% 9.4% 7.8% 14 1 June 9, 2020 6.7% 7.3% 6.1% 2 8.5% 9.3% 7.9% 15 1 June 15, 2020 6.6% 7.3% 6.3% 2 8.1% 8.9% 7.6% 16 1 June 16, 2020 7.9% 8.6% 6.5% 2 9.8% 11.0% 8.2% Average
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.2020SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama Lee Sang-yeob Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama Choi Kang-hee Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama Lee Jong-hyuk Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama Kim Ji-young Best Character Award, Actress Choi Kang-hee Best New Actor Lee Jun-young
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