Love All Play () is a 2022 South Korean television series starring Park Ju-hyun, Chae Jong-hyeop, Park Ji-hyun, Kim Mu-jun and Seo Ji-hye. The series depicts a hot sports romance in a badminton business team. It premiered on KBS2 on April 20, 2022, and aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:50 (KST) with 16 episodes. It is also available for streaming on Disney+ in selected regions.
Love All Play holds the record for the lowest-ever peak rating for a Korean drama airing on free television during prime time. Unprecedentedly, its ratings never broke the 2% mark, as its pilot episode rating of 1.9% was its highest. Its ratings dipped to a low of 0.9% for its penultimate episode, with only the 2020 drama Welcome scoring a lower single-episode rating of 0.8%. Overall, the ratings of Love All Play averaged 1.4%, beating the previous low of 1.6% set by the MBC drama Oh My Ladylord in 2021 and holding the record for two years until KBS2 drama Dare to Love Me drew average ratings of 1.3% in 2024.
Synopsis The series is a sports romance drama about the passion and affectionate love between the male and female mixed-doubles protagonists within their group of badminton team members.
Cast Main Park Ju-hyun as Park Tae-yang, a badminton player whose life is all about sports. Chae Jong-hyeop as Park Tae-joon, a player who views badminton as just a profession. A person who dreams of a comfortable life after his retirement, but joins the business team Yunis after being cut off from the city hall team. Park Ji-hyun as Park Jun-young, Tae-joon older sister. She is an Olympic gold medalist who retired due to an accident. Kim Mu-jun as Yook Jeong-hwan Seo Ji-hye as Lee Yoo-min, the queen of overlapping jinxes.
Supporting Yunis Badminton Team coaches Jo Han-chul as Lee Tae-sang In Gyo-jin as Joo Sang-hyeon, Yunis's Tiger coach due to his austere personality and strict rules. So he leads the team. Hence, he is known as 'Juralli' for players. Lee Seo-hwan as Kim Si-bon, Yunis Team trainer.
Yunis Badminton Team players Choi Seung-yoon as Yeon Seung-woo Jo Soo-hyang as Lee Young-shim Moon Dong-hyeok as Go Dong-wan Kwon So-hyun as Cheon Yu-ri Bin Chan-wook as Oh Seon-su Jeon Hye-won as Yang Seong-sil Lee Chae-min as Lee Ji-ho Kim Nu-rim as New players
Others Jeon Bae-soo as Park Man-soo, Tae-yang's father. Lee Ji-hyun as Tae-joon and Jun-young's mother. Sung Ki-yoon as Park Nam-goo, Tae-joon's father and Badminton equipment shop owner.
Extended Park Doo-shik as Koo Hyuk-bong, National badminton player. Lee Min-jae as Eden, of Han Woong Electronics, especially as Yook Jung-hwan's junior and rival.
Special appearance Kim Hyun-joo as President of Yunis Business Team. Park Ah-sung as Sneaker seller Jin Seon-kyu as A sushi restaurant owner, who has a special relationship with Park Tae-yang.
Production The first script reading of the cast was held at the KBS annex in October 2021.
On February 18, 2022, Chae Jong-hyeop tested positive for the COVID-19 self-diagnosis kit and conducted a PCR test. A day later, it was revealed that he tested negative for COVID-19 PCR test and filming resumed soon as it was confirmed that Chae Jong-hyeop tested negative.
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Ratings + Average TV viewership ratings (nationwide) Original broadcast date Average audience share(Nielsen Korea)Nielsen Korea ratings: 1 April 20, 2022 2 April 21, 20221.8% 3 April 27, 2022 1.7% 4 April 28, 2022 1.5% 5 May 4, 2022 1.2% 6 May 5, 2022 1.2% 7 May 11, 2022 1.4% 8 May 12, 2022 1.6% 9 May 18, 2022 1.1% 10 May 19, 2022 1.1% 11 May 25, 2022 1.3% 12 May 26, 2022 1.0% 13 June 1, 20221.8% 14 June 2, 2022 1.4% 15 June 8, 2022 16 June 9, 2022 1.3% Average In the table above, the represent the lowest ratings and the represent the highest ratings.
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