March 7 (2016-03-07) – April 26, 2016 (2016-04-26)
Pied Piper (Korean: 피리부는 사나이; RR: Piribuneun Sanai) is a 2016 South Korean police procedural-crime drama television series. It replaced Cheese in the Trap and aired on cable network tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes from March 7 to April 26, 2016.[1][2][3]
Synopsis
Pied Piper focuses on a police negotiation task force that specializes in tense, worst-case scenarios that require highly trained communication. They handle all sorts of cases, from suicide to hostage situations to terrorist attacks, and even war. They do their work with words, not weapons, to neutralize volatile situations before they erupt into full-blown catastrophes.
Joo Sung-chan (Shin Ha-kyun) is a genius lead negotiator of the crisis negotiation police unit. Meanwhile, Yoon Hee-sung (Yoo Jun-sang) is the anchor of TNN Night News channel. Yeo Myung-ha (Jo Yoon-hee) is an inspector of the Crisis Negotiation Team.
Cast
Main
Shin Ha-kyun as Joo Sung-chan – A genius negotiator in the past, currently an outside advisor of the police Crisis Negotiation Team
In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
AGB Nielsen
TNmS
Nationwide
Nationwide
1
March 7, 2016
3.307%
3.0%
2
March 8, 2016
3.625%
3.5%
3
March 14, 2016
2.347%
2.2%
4
March 15, 2016
2.516%
2.3%
5
March 21, 2016
2.066%
2.0%
6
March 22, 2016
1.428%
1.6%
7
March 28, 2016
1.869%
1.5%
8
March 29, 2016
2.036%
2.0%
9
April 4, 2016
2.170%
2.0%
10
April 5, 2016
2.421%
1.7%
11
April 11, 2016
1.452%
1.3%
12
April 12, 2016
1.900%
1.8%
13
April 18, 2016
1.464%
1.5%
14
April 19, 2016
1.744%
1.8%
15
April 25, 2016
1.891%
1.5%
16
April 26, 2016
1.932%
1.7%
Average
2.136%
2.0%
This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
