The Three Musketeers (South Korean TV series)

The Three Musketeers
Promotional poster
GenrePeriod drama
Action
Romance
Drama
Political
Based onThe Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
Written bySong Jae-jeong
Directed byKim Byung-soo
StarringJung Yong-hwa
Lee Jin-wook
Yang Dong-geun
Jung Hae-in
Seo Hyun-jin
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean language
No. of episodes12
Production
Production companiesChorokbaem Media
JS Pictures
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseAugust 17 (2014-08-17) –
November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02)

The Three Musketeers (Korean: 삼총사; RR: Samchongsa) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Jung Yong-hwa, Lee Jin-wook, Yang Dong-geun, Jung Hae-in, and Seo Hyun-jin. Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Three Musketeers, the series follows three Joseon-era adventurers who serve Crown Prince Sohyeon as his warrior guards. It aired on cable channel tvN from August 17 to November 2, 2014 on Sundays at 21:00 for 12 episodes.[1][2]

The Three Musketeers was originally planned for three seasons with a budget of US$10 million (12 episodes per season), with the last season to be filmed in China.[3] But with low viewership ratings for its first season, plans for succeeding seasons have been postponed indefinitely.[4][5]

Cast

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Title Average audience share
AGB Nielsen
Nationwide
1 August 17, 2014 First Encounter 1.820%
2 August 24, 2014 The Three Musketeers 1.386%
3 August 31, 2014 Secret Mission 1.461%
4 September 7, 2014 Protect the Neck of Enemy General Ingguldai 0.987%
5 September 14, 2014 A Duel 1.088%
6 September 21, 2014 Commander Kim Ja-jeom 1.007%
7 September 28, 2014 Mi-ryung and Hyang-sun 1.157%
8 October 5, 2014 The Crown Princess' Desire 0.794%
9 October 12, 2014 Immediate Execution 1.030%
10 October 19, 2014 One for All, All for One 1.370%
11 October 26, 2014 Kiss 1.758%
12 November 2, 2014 Letter from Mainland 1.960%
Average 1.318%
  • 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. ^ "Three Musketeers Main Casting Completed, to Star Lee Jin Wook, Jung Yong Hwa, Yang Dong Geun, Seo Hyun Jin and More". Soompi. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  2. ^ Jones, Julie (9 June 2014). "Another Musketeer Joins Lee Jin Wook And Jung Yong Hwa". KDramaStars. Archived from the original on 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  3. ^ Park, Ji-ryun (23 May 2014). "Lee Jin Wook Finalizing Details for Big-Scale Drama The Three Musketeers". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
  4. ^ Park, Gyu-oh (9 December 2014). "Three Musketeers 2nd season postponed". K-Pop Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  5. ^ "Three Musketeers nixing follow-up seasons?". Dramabeans. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  6. ^ Kim, Min-jin (2 September 2014). "Jung Yong-hwa proves quality as actor in Three Musketeers". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  7. ^ Kim, Hee-eun (27 June 2014). "Seo Hyun-jin to play Joseon princess in Three Musketeers". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2014-06-27.