Heart Surgeons (TV series)

Heart Surgeons[3] (Korean: 흉부외과: 심장을 훔친 의사들; RR: Hyungbuoegwa: Simjangeul Humchin Uisadeul; lit. Thoracic Surgery: Doctors Who Stole Your Heart) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Go Soo, Um Ki-joon and Seo Ji-hye. It aired on SBS's Wednesdays and Thursdays from September 27 to November 15, 2018 at 22:00 (KST) time slot for 32 episodes.[4][5]

Heart Surgeons
Promotional poster
Also known as
  • Two Lives One Heart[1]
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
Hangul흉부외과: 심장을 훔친 의사들
GenreMedical drama
Written by
  • Choi Soo-jin
  • Choi Chang-hwan
Directed byJo Young-kwang
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
No. of episodes32[lower-alpha 1]
Production
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time35 minutes[lower-alpha 1]
Production company(s)The Story Works
DistributorSeoul Broadcasting System
Release
Original networkSBS TV
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseSeptember 27 (2018-09-27) –
November 15, 2018 (2018-11-15)
External links
Website
Production website

Sypnopsis

The series revolves around the thoracic surgery department of a hospital.[6]

Cast

Main
A thoracic surgery fellow for four years whose mother is waiting for a heart transplant.[7][8]
A thoracic surgeon who is renowned for his skills but has not been treated fairly due to his humble medical background from a local university.[9]
A thoracic surgical assistant. Also the daughter of the director of Taesan hospital, the main setting for this drama.[10]

Supporting
A cardiology fellow.[11]
Soo-yeon's uncle and the chief of surgery.
  • Nam Kyung-eup as Yoon Hyun-mok
Soo-yeon's father who is a hospital director and a genius pediatric heart surgeon.[12]
A veteran nurse with over twenty years of experience in surgery.[13]
  • Choi Dae-hoon as Goo Dong-joon[14]
  • Jung Hee-tae as Lee Dae-young[15]
  • Park Kyung-hye as Lee Seon-young[16]
  • Lee Jae-won as Nam Woo-jin[17]
  • Oh Dong-min as Moon Seung-jae[18]
  • Nam Tae-boo as Lee Mi-ran[19]
  • Jung Yoo-min as Bae Yoo-ri[20]
  • Cha Soon-bae as Lee Joong-do
  • Son Kwang-eop as Son Jae-myung
  • Jung Hyun-suk as Head Department Yoo
  • Lee Duck-hee as Oh Jeong-ae, Tae-soo's mother
  • Jo Jae-yoon as Hwang Jin-cheol
  • Seo Ha as Lee Ye-rin

Special appearance

Production
  • Writers Choi Soo-jin and Choi Chang-hwan and director Jo Young-kwang previously worked together on the 2017 TV series Innocent Defendant, along with Um Ki-joon as one of the lead stars.[21]
  • The first script reading with the cast was held in early August 2018.[22]

Ratings
  • In the table below, 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. Broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS[23] AGB Nielsen[24]
Nationwide Nationwide Seoul
1 September 27, 2018[lower-alpha 2] 7.3% 6.9% (13th) 7.6% (10th)
2 7.7% 7.5% (9th) 8.1% (9th)
3 7.2% 6.2% (19th) 6.7% (15th)
4 6.9% 6.5% (17th) 6.9% (14th)
5 October 3, 2018 6.8% 6.8% (15th) 7.2% (12th)
6 8.0% 8.5% (8th) 8.8% (5th)
7 October 4, 2018 8.0% 6.9% (13th) 7.2% (12th)
8 9.0% 8.4% (9th) 8.6% (6th)
9 October 10, 2018 5.9% 5.8% (19th) 6.1% (18th)
10 7.3% 7.0% (14th) 7.3% (10th)
11 October 11, 2018 6.9% 7.4% (12th) 7.8% (11th)
12 7.5% 8.3% (9th) 8.5% (6th)
13 October 17, 2018 6.2% 5.7% (19th) 6.3% (19th)
14 7.0% 6.9% (13th) 7.9% (7th)
15 October 18, 2018 7.6% 7.2% (14th) 7.9% (12th)
16 8.3% 8.8% (9th) 9.7% (6th)
17 October 24, 2018 6.2% 5.7% (20th) 6.3% (18th)
18 7.1% 7.0% (14th) 7.7% (9th)
19 October 25, 2018 7.6% 6.7% (14th) 7.1% (12th)
20 7.7% 7.5% (11th) 8.0% (9th)
21 October 31, 2018 6.0% 6.5% (17th) 6.2% (18th)
22 6.6% 8.1% (11th) 7.5% (14th)
23 November 1, 2018 6.7% 7.6% (14th) 8.5% (13th)
24 7.0% 8.4% (13th) 9.6% (7th)
25 November 7, 2018 6.1% 5.8% (NR) 6.3% (19th)
26 7.4% 7.1% (13th) 7.8% (11th)
27 November 8, 2018 N/A 6.4% (17th) 7.5% (14th)
28 7.5% (14th) 8.8% (12th)
29 November 14, 2018 5.8% (NR) 6.6% (18th)
30 6.4% 7.3% (14th) 8.3% (9th)
31 November 15, 2018 7.4% 7.8% (14th) 8.9% (8th)
32 7.9% 8.4% (11th) 9.4% (9th)
Average % 7.1% 7.7%

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2018 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama Go Soo Nominated [25]
Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama Uhm Ki-joon Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama Seo Ji-hye Won
Best Supporting Actor Choi Dae-hoon Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Park Kyung-hye Nominated
Producer's Award for Actor Uhm Ki-joon Won

Notes
  1. In order to circumvent Korean laws that prevent commercial breaks in the middle of an episode, what would previously have been aired as single 70 minute episodes are now being repackaged as two 35 minute episodes, with two episodes being shown each night with a commercial break between the two.[2]
  2. Episodes 1 to 4 aired back-to-back due to the broadcast of the film Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days the previous day.

References
  1. "Two Lives One Heart (title in the URL)". Seoul Broadcasting System.
  2. Park, Jin-hai (May 16, 2017). "Drama viewers angry over commercial breaks". The Korea Times. PressReader. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  3. SBS [흉부외과] - 1차 티저 / 'Heart Surgeons' Teaser Ver.1. YouTube (in Korean). SBSNOW. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  4. Lee, Woo-in. "고수·엄기준·서지혜X'피고인' 제작진…'흉부외과' 믿보의드 완성 [종합]". Naver (in Korean). TV Report. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  5. [종합] 고수·엄기준·서지혜·김예원, '흉부외과' 확정..'피고인' 영광 어게인. OSEN (in Korean). August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
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  11. [공식입장] 김예원, '흉부외과' 캐스팅..깡·근성 있는 악바리 캐릭터. Naver (in Korean). OSEN. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
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  13. ""Cardiothoracic Surgery" Brings On Jang So-yeon as Top Class Nurse". Hancinema. Nate. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  14. Yoo, Chung-hee (July 19, 2018). "씬스틸러 최대훈, SBS '흉부외과' 출연... 대세활약 이어간다". Naver (in Korean). TenAsia. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  15. "정희태, '흉부외과' 배짱 두둑한 마취과 의사役...고수·엄기준과 호흡website=Naver" (in Korean). TenAsia. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  16. 박경혜, '흉부외과' 합류…"첫 의학 드라마, 책임감 느낀다". Naver (in Korean). TenAsia. August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
  17. "[공식입장] 이재원, SBS '흉부외과' 합류..고수 단짝 남우진役 '절친케미'". Naver (in Korean). Osen. August 9, 2018.
  18. [공식]오동민, '흉부외과' 캐스팅...고수-엄기준-서지혜와 호흡. Naver (in Korean). Sports Chosun. August 13, 2018.
  19. [공식입장] 남태부, '흉부외과' 캐스팅 확정..남자 간호사 된다. Naver (in Korean). Osen. August 16, 2018.
  20. [공식] 정유민, '흉부외과' 간호사役 캐스팅…고수-서지혜와 호흡. Naver (in Korean). Sports Chosun. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
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  24. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  25. "[SBS 연기대상] 감우성·김선아, 공동 대상..베스트 커플상까지(종합)". News1 (in Korean). 1 January 2019.
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