VIP (South Korean TV series)
VIP (Korean: 브이아이피; RR: Beuiaipi) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Jang Na-ra, Lee Sang-yoon, Lee Chung-ah, Kwak Sun-young, Pyo Ye-jin and Shin Jae-ha. It aired on SBS TV's Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 (KST) time slot from October 28 to December 24, 2019.[1]
| VIP | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 브이아이피 |
| Genre | |
| Written by | Cha Hye-won |
| Directed by | Lee Jung-rim |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Song Kyung-hwa |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | The Story Works |
| Distributor | SBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | SBS TV |
| Picture format | 2160p (UHDTV) |
| Original release | October 28 – December 24, 2019 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Synopsis
The story of Sung Un Department Store's team who works for VIP clients which constitute the top 1% of their customers.
One day after a receiving a text message of her husband's infidelity from an anonymous source, Na Jeong-seon begins to suspect her husband and her colleagues of having an affair. In her quest to discover the truth, she ends up revealing more than one secret that her colleagues are hiding.
Cast
VIP Team
- Jang Na-ra as Na Jeong-seon[2]
- Wife and colleague to Seong-joon. She is from an affluent family and graduated from a prestigious university who landed a high-level job at Sung Un Department Store without much difficulty.
- Lee Sang-yoon as Park Seong-joon
- The team leader of Sung Un Department Store's VIP management team and husband of Na Jeong-seon.
- Lee Chung-ah as Lee Hyeon-ah
- A professional and fashionable section chief of VIP task force and ace of the team. She has recently returned from a year off work due to a former scandal with her boss, who was in charge of HR.
- Kwak Sun-young as Song Mi-na
- A working mother of two young sons who had missed few promotions due to multiple maternity leaves, despite having worked for six years in the company. Getting a promotion in the VIP task force is her goal.
- Pyo Ye-jin as On Yoo-ri
- She comes from a poor family and fights for survival. She lands a job at the VIP task force and becomes the center of office gossip. Her hiring caused the team members’ lives to change with her secrets unveiled.
- Shin Jae-ha as Ma Sang-woo[3]
- A new employee at the VIP task force. He has been brought up in a comfortable surrounding with a prestige education. He acts cautiously of his actions in front of his seniors at work.
Sung Un Department Store
- Jung Joon-won as Cha Jin-ho
- Lee Jae-won as Lee Byeong-hoon
- Mi-na's husband
- Park Sung-geun as Ha Jae-woong
- Jang Hyuk-jin as Bae Do-il
- Cho Seung-yeon as Ha Young-woong
- Lee Jin-hee as Kang Ji-young
Others
- Kim Mi-kyung as Key Mi-ok
- Choi Hong-il as Na Young-chul
- Jung Ae-ri as Han Sook-young
- Sora Jung as Han Sook-ja
- Bae Hae-sun as Gil-ja
- Jang Hyun-sung as Jang Jin-chul
- Jeon Hye-jin as Lee Byung-eun
Special appearances
- Oh Ah-rin as Ha Rim
- Bae Hae-sun as nouveau riche VIP customer
- Yu-bin as Cha Se-rin
- Seo Woo-jin as Seo-jin
- Soy Kim as Ria
- Lee Ki-chan as Daniel
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | South Korea viewers (millions) [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A Whole New World" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | October 28, 2019 | 1.059 |
| 2 | "Women With a Secret" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | October 29, 2019 | 1.263 |
| 3 | "Crack" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 4, 2019 | 1.354 |
| 4 | "Truth or Dare" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 5, 2019 | 1.407 |
| 5 | "Ugly Truth" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 18, 2019 | 1.276 |
| 6 | "Red Pill or Blue Pill" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 19, 2019 | 1.469 |
| 7 | "The Calm Before the Storm" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 25, 2019 | 1.306 |
| 8 | "Tifóne" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | November 26, 2019 | 1.894 |
| 9 | "After the Storm" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 2, 2019 | 1.898 |
| 10 | "Out of Tune" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 3, 2019 | 2.081 |
| 11 | "Irreparable" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 9, 2019 | 2.006 |
| 12 | "Blind Side" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 10, 2019 | 2.159 |
| 13 | "Two Opponents" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 16, 2019 | 2.163 |
| 14 | "End of the Maze" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 17, 2019 | 2.248 |
| 15 | "Were We Ever In Love?" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 23, 2019 | 2.468 |
| 16 | "Someone's Ending, Someone's Beginning" | Lee Jung-rim | Cha Hye-won | December 24, 2019 | 2.688 |
Production
The first script reading took place on April 18, 2019. Filming began on May 9 and ended on October 26, 2019, two days before the premiere of the series.[5]
Reception
Viewership
VIP : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[6]
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 1.059 | 1.263 | 1.354 | 1.407 | 1.276 | 1.469 | 1.306 | 1.894 | 1.898 | 2.081 | 2.006 | 2.159 | 2.163 | 2.248 | 2.468 | 2.688 | 1.796 | |
| Ep. | Part | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen[4] | TNmS[7] | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | |||
| 1 | 1 | October 28, 2019 | 5.9% (17th) | 6.7% (15th) | 6.1% (18th) |
| 2 | 6.8% (15th) | 7.8% (9th) | 6.6% (15th) | ||
| 2 | 1 | October 29, 2019 | 6.5% (13th) | 6.9% (12th) | 6.4% (13th) |
| 2 | 7.6% (7th) | 8.2% (5th) | 7.4% (12th) | ||
| 3 | 1 | November 4, 2019 | 6.0% (17th) | 7.1% (12th) | 6.8% (15th) |
| 2 | 8.0% (10th) | 9.4% (3rd) | 7.5% (14th) | ||
| 4 | 1 | November 5, 2019 | 7.4% (10th) | 8.5% (4th) | 6.9% (13th) |
| 2 | 9.1% (5th) | 10.4% (2nd) | 8.2% (8th) | ||
| 5 | 1 | November 18, 2019[lower-alpha 1] | 5.9% (18th) | 6.7% (12th) | 6.0% (20th) |
| 2 | 7.8% (10th) | 9.1% (5th) | 7.6% (12th) | ||
| 6 | 1 | November 19, 2019[lower-alpha 1] | 6.1% (15th) | 7.0% (10th) | 6.8% (15th) |
| 2 | 9.0% (4th) | 10.4% (3rd) | 8.9% (8th) | ||
| 7 | 1 | November 25, 2019 | 6.4% (14th) | 7.1% (13th) | 7.0% (15th) |
| 2 | 8.1% (10th) | 9.0% (4th) | 8.2% (10th) | ||
| 8 | 1 | November 26, 2019 | 8.5% (8th) | 9.1% (6th) | 7.5% (11th) |
| 2 | 11.4% (4th) | 12.4% (2nd) | 9.9% (7th) | ||
| 9 | 1 | December 2, 2019 | 8.3% (10th) | 8.9% (6th) | 7.8% (13th) |
| 2 | 11.3% (4th) | 12.3% (2nd) | 9.2% (7th) | ||
| 10 | 1 | December 3, 2019 | 10.6% (5th) | 11.4% (3rd) | 8.0% (10th) |
| 2 | 12.7% (2nd) | 13.5% (2nd) | 10.4% (7th) | ||
| 11 | 1 | December 9, 2019 | 9.6% (6th) | 10.8% (5th) | 8.4% (10th) |
| 2 | 12.2% (4th) | 13.6% (2nd) | 10.6% (7th) | ||
| 12 | 1 | December 10, 2019 | 10.0% (6th) | 11.0% (4th) | 8.5% (9th) |
| 2 | 13.2% (2nd) | 14.2% (2nd) | 10.7% (7th) | ||
| 13 | 1 | December 16, 2019 | 10.6% (5th) | 12.0% (4th) | 9.2% (10th) |
| 2 | 13.1% (3rd) | 15.0% (2nd) | 11.0% (5th) | ||
| 14 | 1 | December 17, 2019 | 11.2% (5th) | 12.6% (3rd) | 10.2% (7th) |
| 2 | 13.9% (2nd) | 15.7% (2nd) | 12.6% (4th) | ||
| 15 | 1 | December 23, 2019 | 11.9% (5th) | 13.8% (3rd) | 9.8% (7th) |
| 2 | 14.9% (2nd) | 16.6% (1st) | 12.9% (3rd) | ||
| 16 | 1 | December 24, 2019 | 12.0% (3rd) | 13.0% (3rd) | 11.5% (5th) |
| 2 | 15.9% (2nd) | 17.7% (1st) | 14.2% (3rd) | ||
| Average | 9.8% | 10.9% | 8.8% | ||
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Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2019 SBS Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Shin Jae-ha | Nominated | [8] |
| Best New Actress | Kwak Sun-young | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Lee Chung-ah | Won | |||
| Best Character Award (Actress) | Pyo Ye-jin | Won | |||
| Excellence Award in Miniseries (Actor) | Lee Sang-yoon | Won | |||
| Top Excellence Award in Miniseries (Actress) | Jang Na-ra | Nominated | |||
| Producer Award | Won |
Notes
- Broadcast is delayed due to the SBS 2019 WBSC Premier 12 baseball game broadcast.
References
- Yeon, Hwi-seon (June 5, 2019). "장나라X이상윤→이청아·곽선영까지, SBS 'VIP' 캐스팅 완료 [공식]". Osen (in Korean). News Chosun. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- Kang, Seo-jung (August 7, 2019). "'VIP' 장나라, 나정선 차장님 변신 스틸 첫공개..고혹+청초미[Oh!쎈 컷]". Osen (in Korean). News Chosun. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- Moon, Ji-yeon (March 28, 2019). "[단독] '라이징 스타' 신재하, 'VIP' 합류..장나라·이상윤과 호흡". News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ""VIP" Proves to Be a Notable Success of Fifty Two Hour Work Week Plan". HanCinema. November 4, 2019.
- "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- TNmS ratings:
- "Ep. 1". Break News (in Korean). October 28, 2019.
- "Ep. 2". Break News (in Korean). October 29, 2019.
- "Ep. 3". Break News (in Korean). November 5, 2019.
- "Ep. 4". Break News (in Korean). November 6, 2019.
- "Ep. 5". Break News (in Korean). November 19, 2019.
- "Ep. 6". Break News (in Korean). November 20, 2019.
- "Ep. 7". Break News (in Korean). November 26, 2019.
- "Ep. 8". Break News (in Korean). November 27, 2019.
- "Ep. 9". Break News (in Korean). December 3, 2019.
- "Ep. 10". Break News (in Korean). December 4, 2019.
- "Ep. 11". Break News (in Korean). December 10, 2019.
- "Ep. 12". Break News (in Korean). December 11, 2019.
- "Ep. 13". Break News (in Korean). December 17, 2019.
- "Ep. 14". Break News (in Korean). December 18, 2019.
- "Ep. 15". Break News (in Korean). December 24, 2019.
- "Ep. 16". Break News (in Korean). December 25, 2019.
- Kim, Soo-hyung (January 1, 2020). "'열혈사제' 김남길, 대상으로 '8관왕' 기염‥'VIP' 장나라, 프로듀서상 (종합) [2019 SBS 연기대상]". Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020 – via Naver.
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- VIP at IMDb
- VIP at HanCinema
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