Watcher (TV series)

*Watcher* OST
Watcher OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	2019
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean; English;
Label	Genie Music; Stone Music Entertainment;

*Watcher*
Watcher
	Promotional poster
Hangul	왓쳐
Revised Romanization	Watcheo
Genre	Crime; Thriller;
Created by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Han Sang-woon
Directed by	Ahn Gil-ho
Starring	Han Suk-kyu; Seo Kang-joon; Kim Hyun-joo;
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Jinnie Choi; Kim Young-kyu;
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production company	Studio Dragon
Original release
Network	OCN
Release	July 6 –; August 25, 2019

Watcher (Korean: 왓쳐; stylized as WATCHER) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Han Suk-kyu, Seo Kang-joon, and Kim Hyun-joo. It aired on OCN every Saturday and Sunday at 22:20 (KST) from July 6 to August 25, 2019.^[1]

Synopsis

A brutal murder committed 15 years ago turned three lives upside down. A decade and a half later, the trio – brought together by fate – goes on the hunt for answers.^[2]

Cast

Main

Han Suk-kyu as Do Chi-kwang^[3]

A detective who has caught many criminals during his career. He hates corruption within the police and becomes leader of the internal affairs investigation team to find the truth about a particular incident.

Seo Kang-joon as Kim Yeong-goon^[3]
- Moon Woo-jin as young Kim Yeong-goon

A police officer who joins Do Chi-kwang's team after they become involved in the same incident.

Kim Hyun-joo as Han Tae-joo^[3]

A former prosecutor turned lawyer after she got involved too deep while working on a case and almost died. She starts working with Do Chi-kwang and Kim Yeong Goon.

Supporting

Heo Sung-tae as Jang Hae-ryong^[4]

Head of the Police Investigation Department, he is often in conflict with Do Chi-kwang.

Park Joo-hee as Jo Soo-yeon^[5]

With a degree in Chemistry, she became part of the Scientific Investigation Team. After she makes a mistake, however, she decides to quit to join the internal affairs investigation team.

Joo Jin-mo as Park Jin-woo

Deputy Commissioner of police force.

Kim Soo-jin as Yeom Dong-sook

Commissioner of police force.

Lee Joong-ok as Jae-shik's friend
Ahn Gil-kang as Kim Jae-myung, Kim Yeong-goon's father
Lee Jae-yoon as Kim Kang-wook
Jung Do-won as Hong Jae-sik
Kim Dae-gun as Detective Chan-hee
Won Gun-su as Detective 2
Park Hoon as Yoon Ji-hoon, Han Tae-joo's ex-husband
Jung Min-sung as Son Byeong-gil
Kim Dong-hyun as Kim Sang-joon
Chae Dong-hyun as Lee Dong-yoon
Yang Ye-na as Yoon-ji
Kim Yong-ji as Lee Hyo-jung
Park Sung-il as Department Head Kim
Han Sang-hoon as Coroner
Shin Hyun-jong as Min Young-ki
Jung Soon-won as Jung Han-wook
Yu Ha-jun as Oh Sang-do
Park Ji-hoon as Park Si-young
Lee Seung-chul as Chairman Jung Seok-tae
Shin Mun-sung as Lee Joong-ho (EP.10)
Lee Yoon-sun as Jang Ji-yoon (EP.14)

ADDITIONAL CAST

Woo Jung-won as Park Ji-hyun
Lee Nam-hee as Shin Woo-sung
Jeon Suk-chan as Kim Jo-han
Park Mi-hyun as Jo Hyun-kyung
Kim Dan-woo as Areum (Son Byeong-gil's daughter)
Lee Eol as Jang Hyun-soo
Yoo Jung-ho as Park Jung-geum
Kim Geon-u as Kim Cha-hoon
Kim Ju-yeon as Baek Song-yi
Han Seung-soo as Regional Investigation unit detective
Jang Eui-don as Patient
Yu Seung-il as Driving violator (ep.1)
Park Yong

Production

The series is directed by Ahn Gil-ho (Stranger, Memories of the Alhambra).^[6]

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on July 21, 2019 (2019-07-21)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Horizon"	Choi Jeong-in Kim Tae-sung	Choi Jeong-in POPKID	Ha Jin	3:10
2.	"Horizon" (Inst.)		Choi Jeong-in POPKID		3:10
Total length:					6:20

Part 2

Released on August 4, 2019 (2019-08-04)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Watchin'"	nafla	Kim Tae-sung Curtis F Nathan	nafla	3:15
2.	"Watchin'" (Inst.)		Kim Tae-sung Curtis F Nathan		3:15
Total length:					6:30

Part 3

Released on August 11, 2019 (2019-08-11)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Blurry"	Naiv Jayins	Park Geun-cheol Jung Su-min RUNY	Elli K	3:18
2.	"Blurry" (Inst.)		Park Geun-cheol Jung Su-min RUNY		3:18
Total length:					6:36

Part 4

Released on August 18, 2019 (2019-08-18)
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Outsider" (아웃사이더)	Ha Mel-li	Lee Sang-hoon	Lee Seung-yeol	4:01
2.	"Outsider" (Inst.)		Lee Sang-hoon		4:01
Total length:					8:02

Ratings

Watcher : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number																Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Average
	1	0.814	1.251	0.873	1.113	0.875	1.306	0.915	1.194	0.829	1.204	0.866	1.462	0.994	1.286	1.197	1.602	1.111

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[7]

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)^[7]
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Nationwide	Seoul
1	July 6, 2019	2.993%	3.576%
2	July 7, 2019	4.493%	5.306%
3	July 13, 2019	3.665%	4.130%
4	July 14, 2019	4.549%	5.223%
5	July 20, 2019	3.646%	4.071%
6	July 21, 2019	5.405%	6.198%
7	July 27, 2019	3.738%	4.336%
8	July 28, 2019	5.066%	5.687%
9	August 3, 2019	3.348%	3.895%
10	August 4, 2019	5.076%	6.044%
11	August 10, 2019	3.477%	3.797%
12	August 11, 2019	6.094%	6.567%
13	August 17, 2019	4.156%	4.367%
14	August 18, 2019	5.520%	6.029%
15	August 24, 2019	4.960%	5.346%
16	August 25, 2019	6.585%	7.198%
Average		4.548%	5.111%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series aired 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

^ "'Watcher' explores a mysterious incident". Korea JoongAng Daily. July 3, 2019.
^ Watcher | Rakuten Viki, retrieved 2020-12-26
^ ^a ^b ^c Kim, Myung-mi (April 8, 2019). "'왓쳐' 한석규-서강준-김현주 출연확정, 막강 라인업 완성(공식입장)". Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
^ Kim, Ju-won (April 13, 2019). "[공식] 허성태, '왓쳐(WATCHER)' 출연 확정..한석규-서강준과 호흡". Sedaily (in Korean). Retrieved April 24, 2019.
^ Hwang, Su-yeon (April 24, 2019). "'왓쳐' 박주희 출연확정, 한석규·서강준과 호흡[공식입장]". Xports News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
^ Park, So-young (January 24, 2019). "[단독] '비밀의숲' '알함브라' 안길호PD, OCN 장르물 'WATCHER'로 하반기 컴백". News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved April 24, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved August 25, 2020.

External links

[1] "'Watcher' explores a mysterious incident". Korea JoongAng Daily. July 3, 2019.

[2] Watcher | Rakuten Viki, retrieved 2020-12-26

[Main-3] Kim, Myung-mi (April 8, 2019). "'왓쳐' 한석규-서강준-김현주 출연확정, 막강 라인업 완성(공식입장)". Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[4] Kim, Ju-won (April 13, 2019). "[공식] 허성태, '왓쳐(WATCHER)' 출연 확정..한석규-서강준과 호흡". Sedaily (in Korean). Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[5] Hwang, Su-yeon (April 24, 2019). "'왓쳐' 박주희 출연확정, 한석규·서강준과 호흡[공식입장]". Xports News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[6] Park, So-young (January 24, 2019). "[단독] '비밀의숲' '알함브라' 안길호PD, OCN 장르물 'WATCHER'로 하반기 컴백". News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved April 24, 2019.

[Nielsen_Korea-7] "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved August 25, 2020.

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