Love to the End

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Love to the End
Promotional poster
Hangul
끝까지 사랑
Revised RomanizationKkeukkkaji Sarang
Genre
Created byKBS Drama Production
Written byLee Sun-Hee
Directed byShin Chang-Seok
Starring
Music byLee Chang-hee
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes104[a]
Production
Executive producers
  • Choi Hyuk-jin
  • Hwang Eui-kyung
  • Kwak Hong-suk
  • Oh Sung-min
ProducerSung Jun-hye
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time35 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseJuly 23 (2018-07-23) –
December 31, 2018 (2018-12-31)

Love to the End[1] (Korean끝까지 사랑; RRKkeukkkaji Sarang) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Lee Young-ah, Hong Soo-ah, Kang Eun-tak, and Shim Ji-ho. The series aired on KBS2 from Monday to Friday from 7:50 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (KST) starting July 23, 2018.

Cast[edit]

Main[edit]

Supporting[edit]

  • Jung Hye-in as Emily
  • Han Ki-woong as Park Jae-dong
  • Lee Kyung-jin as Lee Jung-in
  • Kim Ha-kyun as Han Soo-chang
  • Lee Eung-kyung as Seo Mi-soon
  • Park Gwang-hyun as Han Doo-young
    • Lee Do-hyung as child Doo-young
  • Han Ki-woong as Park Jae-dong
  • Lee Min-ji as Jang Hae-ri
  • Kim Il-woo as Kang Je-hyeok
  • Bae Do-hwan as Choi Man-sik
  • Jung So-young as Yoon Jung-bin
  • Nam Gi-ae as Ha Young-ok
  • Park Ji-il as Yoon Sang-min
  • Kim Tae-gyeom as Choi Deok-bae
  • Carson Allen as loan shark
  • Jeon Se-hyun as Se-na's mother
  • Lee Se-rang as Cosmetic store owner
  • Ahn Seung-hun as CEO Jung
  • Eun Hae-seong as Kei
  • Song Min-jae as Han Yoon-Soo
  • Lee A-ra as Han Song-Yi
  • Choi Cheol-ho as Manager Baek Chul
  • Na Seok-min as Baek's subordinate
  • Kang Pil-sun as man pulls piece of hair from Yoon-soo
  • Jang Eui-don as Creditor
  • Seo Kwang-jae as Judge
  • Lee Myung-ho as CEO Jung's lawyer
  • Kwak Na-yeon as Helper
  • Jang Chul-soon as Reporter
  • Kim Nam-ho as Police Officer
  • Daniel Joey Albright as Police Officer Randy (ep.10)
  • Jo Jae-wan
  • Kim Young-ah
  • Choi Young
  • Maeng Bong-hak
  • Seo Dong-suk
  • Lee Ye-won
  • Kim Sung-gon
  • Lee Seung-joon
  • Shin In-a

Ratings[edit]

  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings AGB Nielsen[4]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
1 July 23, 2018 12.5% 7.9% 9.6% (5th) 9.0% (5th)
2 July 24, 2018 11.9% 7.2% 8.8% (4th) 7.8% (6th)
3 July 25, 2018 11.5% 6.7% 8.3% (6th) 6.8% (12th)
4 July 26, 2018 10.8% 5.9% 9.2% (5th) 8.5% (6th)
5 July 27, 2018 12.2% 7.5% 8.4% (10th) 7.4% (10th)
6 July 30, 2018 11.6% 6.7% 9.8% (5th) 8.8% (7th)
7 July 31, 2018 11.7% 7.0% 8.9% (5th) 8.6% (5th)
8 August 1, 2018 11.3% 6.5% 8.1% (6th) 6.7% (10th)
9 August 2, 2018 9.8% 4.9% 8.0% (5th)
10 August 3, 2018 9.5% 4.4% 8.6% (8th) 7.5% (11th)
11 August 6, 2018 10.4% 5.6% 10.4% (5th) 8.9% (6th)
12 August 7, 2018 12.0% 7.3% 8.9% (6th) 7.5% (8th)
13 August 8, 2018 11.6% 6.8% 9.3% (5th) 8.4% (5th)
14 August 9, 2018 12.3% 7.6% 9.7% (5th) 9.1% (5th)
15 August 10, 2018 12.5% 8.1% 10.0% (5th) 8.5% (10th)
16 August 13, 2018 11.7% 7.2% 9.8% (5th) 9.1% (6th)
17 August 14, 2018 11.6% 7.0% 9.2% (5th) 8.4% (6th)
18 August 15, 2018 9.7% 4.9% 8.4% (7th) 7.6% (10th)
19 August 16, 2018 13.0% 8.4% 10.0% (4th) 8.8% (5th)
20 August 17, 2018 12.7% 8.0% 9.3% (7th) 7.9% (9th)
21 August 20, 2018[b] 7.1% 2.3% 4.0% (NR) 3.7% (NR)
22 August 22, 2018[c] 11.6% 6.9% 9.4% (5th) 8.6% (5th)
23 August 28, 2018[c] 11.9% 7.4% 9.7% (6th) 9.2% (6th)
24 August 29, 2018 11.5% 6.8% 9.3% (8th) 8.0% (12th)
25 September 3, 2018[c] 15.2% 10.6% (5th) 9.5% (7th)
26 September 4, 2018 14.6% 10.8% (4th) 9.6% (5th)
27 September 5, 2018 13.6% 9.1% (5th)
28 September 6, 2018 14.2% 11.0% (3rd) 9.0% (4th)
29 September 7, 2018 12.8% 9.9% (9th) 8.2% (9th)
30 September 10, 2018 11.7% (3rd) 10.6% (5th)
31 September 12, 2018[d] 11.5% (3rd) 9.9% (3rd)
32 September 13, 2018 13.4% 11.0% (3rd) 8.9% (5th)
33 September 14, 2018 11.1% (5th) 9.0% (8th)
34 September 17, 2018 13.7% 10.6% (4th) 9.0% (7th)
35 September 18, 2018 13.4% 10.3% (3rd) 9.1% (4th)
36 September 19, 2018 12.9% 10.8% (2nd) 9.6% (2nd)
37 September 20, 2018 13.5% 11.2% (3rd) 10.1% (3rd)
38 September 21, 2018 12.6% 11.6% (6th) 10.0% (7th)
39 September 26, 2018[e] 12.2% 9.6% (6th) 8.3% (8th)
40 September 27, 2018 14.8% 11.3% (3rd) 10.2% (4th)
41 September 28, 2018 14.1% 11.8% (4th) 10.1% (6th)
42 October 1, 2018 16.0% 12.2% (3rd) 10.7% (3rd)
43 October 2, 2018 15.9% 12.4% (3rd) 10.9% (3rd)
44 October 3, 2018 10.3% (3rd)
45 October 4, 2018 12.0% (3rd) 10.3% (4th)
46 October 5, 2018 12.6% (4th) 10.5% (7th)
47 October 8, 2018 14.8% 12.4% (3rd) 11.0% (3rd)
48 October 9, 2018 16.4% 13.7% (2nd) 11.7% (3rd)
49 October 10, 2018 16.6% 12.1% (3rd) 10.0% (4th)
50 October 11, 2018 15.7% 12.3% (2nd) 10.5% (3rd)
51 October 12, 2018 14.8% 11.5% (4th) 9.4% (6th)
52 October 15, 2018 17.5% 13.1% (3rd) 11.1% (3rd)
53 October 16, 2018 16.7% 12.9% (2nd) 10.8% (4th)
54 October 17, 2018 17.5% 12.7% (3rd) 11.3% (3rd)
55 October 18, 2018 18.0% 14.4% (2nd) 12.7% (2nd)
56 October 19, 2018 17.2% 12.2% (3rd) 9.8% (4th)
57 October 22, 2018 17.6% 12.8% (3rd) 10.6% (3rd)
58 October 23, 2018 13.3% (2nd) 11.8% (2nd)
59 October 24, 2018 19.1% 14.6% (2nd) 12.4% (3rd)
60 October 25, 2018 19.3% 13.8% (2nd) 12.4% (2nd)
61 October 26, 2018 19.8% 14.5% (2nd) 12.5% (5th)
62 October 29, 2018 19.1% 15.3% (2nd) 12.9% (3rd)
63 October 30, 2018 18.6% 14.3% (2nd) 12.0% (2nd)
64 November 1, 2018[f] 19.4% 15.3% (2nd) 13.9% (2nd)
65 November 2, 2018 18.2% 13.9% (2nd) 11.9% (5th)
66 November 5, 2018 17.0% 12.4% (3rd)
67 November 6, 2018 18.7% 15.7% (2nd) 13.4% (2nd)
68 November 8, 2018[f] 14.9% (2nd) 12.9% (2nd)
69 November 9, 2018 13.0% (2nd) 11.5% (4th)
70 November 13, 2018[f] 19.7% 14.2% (2nd) 13.1% (3rd)
71 November 14, 2018 19.0% 14.1% (2nd) 12.4% (2nd)
72 November 15, 2018 19.6% 14.9% (2nd) 13.9% (2nd)
73 November 16, 2018 19.6% 14.6% (2nd) 12.6% (4th)
74 November 19, 2018 19.9% 13.9% (3rd) 12.2% (3rd)
75 November 20, 2018 17.1% 13.7% (4th) 11.8% (3rd)
76 November 21, 2018 19.4% 15.3% (2nd) 13.6% (2nd)
77 November 22, 2018 20.0% 14.8% (2nd) 13.1% (2nd)
78 November 23, 2018 18.8% 14.9% (3rd) 13.4% (2nd)
79 November 26, 2018 20.1% 14.7% (2nd) 13.2% (2nd)
80 November 27, 2018 20.3% 15.1% (2nd) 13.3% (3rd)
81 November 28, 2018 20.9% 14.3% (2nd) 12.9% (2nd)
82 November 29, 2018 19.4% 15.0% (2nd) 13.9% (2nd)
83 November 30, 2018 19.3% 13.6% (2nd)
84 December 3, 2018 20.0% 15.7% (2nd) 14.0% (2nd)
85 December 4, 2018 19.4% 15.3% (2nd) 12.9% (2nd)
86 December 5, 2018 19.6% 14.7% (2nd) 13.0% (2nd)
87 December 6, 2018 20.1% 14.4% (2nd) 12.6% (2nd)
88 December 7, 2018 12.7% (4th)
89 December 10, 2018 16.9% 14.7% (2nd) 13.6% (2nd)
90 December 11, 2018 18.6% 15.1% (2nd) 13.1% (2nd)
91 December 12, 2018 21.2% 14.9% (2nd) 12.5% (2nd)
92 December 13, 2018 20.1% 15.2% (2nd) 13.5% (3rd)
93 December 14, 2018 19.9% 13.5% (2nd) 11.7% (5th)
94 December 17, 2018 20.2% 14.9% (2nd) 12.8% (2nd)
95 December 18, 2018 19.3% 15.1% (2nd) 13.3% (2nd)
96 December 19, 2018 19.2% 14.9% (2nd) 13.5% (3rd)
97 December 20, 2018 19.3% 14.0% (3rd) 12.1% (4th)
98 December 21, 2018 19.8% 14.8% (2nd) 13.2% (4th)
99 December 24, 2018 19.6% 15.0% (2nd) 14.2% (2nd)
100 December 25, 2018 20.6% 16.0% (2nd) 14.8% (2nd)
101 December 26, 2018 20.8% 15.8% (3rd) 14.3% (3rd)
102 December 27, 2018 20.7% 15.2% (3rd) 13.7% (4th)
103 December 28, 2018 20.1% 16.4% (2nd) 15.3% (2nd)
104 December 31, 2018 16.7% 14.1% (2nd) 12.8% (2nd)
Average - - 12.44% 10.92%

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2018 2018 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama Kang Eun-tak Won [5]
Shim Ji-ho Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama Lee Young-ah Nominated
Hong Soo-ah Nominated
Best New Actress Jung Hye-in Nominated

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Originally scheduled to air for 100 episodes, the series was extended by four episodes in lieu of 12 pre-empts.
  2. ^ Aired earlier than usual due to coverage of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
  3. ^ a b c No episodes were aired on August 21, 23, 24, 27, 30 and 31 due to coverage of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
  4. ^ No episode was aired on September 11 due to coverage of a soccer match between South Korea and Chile.
  5. ^ No episodes were aired on September 24 due to the broadcast of the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, and on September 25 due to the broadcast of the movie Transformers: The Last Knight.
  6. ^ a b c No episodes were aired on October 31, November 7 and 12 due to the broadcast of KBO playoff baseball games.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Love to the End". KBS World. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Park, Jae-hwan (July 9, 2018). "청순한 이영아, 성숙한 한가영". KBS Media (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Park, Jae-hwan (Jul 3, 2018). 이영아-강은탁 일일극 "끝까지 사랑". KBS Media (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  5. ^ Woo, Bin (January 1, 2019). [2018 KBS 연기대상] 유동근 대상 "장미희 덕분인데 내가 왜..대하드라마 부활 기원" [[2018 KBS Drama Awards] Donggeun Lee Grand Prize "Why am I ... thanks to Jang Mi-hee.]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via Naver.

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