The Running Mates: Human Rights

The Running Mates: Human Rights
Promotional poster
Hangul
달리는 조사관
Literal meaningRunning Investigators
Revised RomanizationDallineun Josagwan
Based onRunning Investigators
by Song Shi-woo
Developed byStudio Dragon
Written byBaek Jung-chul
Directed byKim Yong-soo
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes14
Production
ProducerSong Jung-woo
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time60 minutes
Production companyDaydream Entertainment
Original release
NetworkOCN
ReleaseSeptember 18 (2019-09-18) –
October 31, 2019 (2019-10-31)

The Running Mates: Human Rights (Korean: 달리는 조사관) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee Yo-won and Choi Gwi-hwa. Based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Song Shi-woo, it aired on OCN's Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 KST from September 18 to October 31, 2019.[1][2]

Synopsis

The series follows a group of investigators who work for South Korea's Human rights commission.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Human rights commission

Others

Production

The first script reading took place in June 2019.[6][7]

On October 14, it was announced that the total number of episodes was reduced from 16 to 14.

Ratings

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[8]
Nationwide
1 September 18, 2019 1.207%
2 September 19, 2019 1.3%
3 September 25, 2019 1.18%
4 September 26, 2019 1.057%
5 October 2, 2019 0.813%
6 October 3, 2019 0.8%
7 October 9, 2019 0.819%
8 October 10, 2019 0.892%
9 October 16, 2019 0.6%
10 October 17, 2019 0.4%
11 October 23, 2019 0.9%
12 October 24, 2019 0.909%
13 October 30, 2019 0.8%
14 October 31, 2019 1.1%
Average 0.9%
  • 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).

References

  1. ^ Park, So-young (June 26, 2019). "이요원·최귀화·장현성·오미희, OCN '달리는 조사관' 확정 [공식입장]". OSEN [ko] (in Korean). Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Park, Chang-gi (August 16, 2019). "'달리는 조사관', 메인포스터 공개···이요원 등 '인권 히어로 6인방' 맹활약 예고". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Moon, Ji-yeon (March 19, 2019). "[단독] "이번에 인권위"..이요원·최귀화 OCN '달리는 조사관' 주인공". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Hong, Sye-young (March 19, 2019). "OCN "이요원·최귀화 '달리는 조사관' 출연 검토…하반기 편성" [공식입장]". Sports Donga (in Korean). Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  5. ^ Yu, Byung-cheol (July 8, 2019). "'킬미나우' 장현성 "관객들의 공감 눈빛, 오래 기억될 것" 막공 소감". The Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  6. ^ Hwang, Hye-jin (August 2, 2019). "'달리는 조사관' 이요원 최귀화 장현성 오미희 대본리딩, 첫만남부터 美친 케미". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  7. ^ Park, Hyeon-sook (August 2, 2019). "'달리는 조사관' 이요원×최귀화×장현성×오미희 첫 만남부터 美친 케미!". Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  8. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved September 18, 2019.