Discovery of Love

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Discovery of Love
Discovery of Romance-poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Also known asDiscovery of Romance
Finding True Love
Genre Romance
Drama
Comedy
Written byJung Hyun-jung
Directed byKim Sung-yoon
Lee Eung-bok
Starring Jung Yu-mi
Eric Mun
Sung Joon
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producerHam Young-hoon
ProducersKim Hyung-seok
Park Woo-ram
Production locationKorea
Running time70 minutes
Production company JS Pictures
Original release
Network KBS2
Release18 August (2014-08-18) –
7 October 2014 (2014-10-07)

Discovery of Love (Korean : 연애의 발견; RR : Yeonaeui Balgyeon) is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Jung Yu-mi, Eric Mun, and Sung Joon. It aired on KBS2 from August 18 to October 7, 2014, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. [1] [2]

Contents

Plot

Han Yeo-reum (Jung Yu-mi) is a furniture designer who owns a workshop space that she shares with other designers. For the past year, she's been dating Nam Ha-jin (Sung Joon), a plastic surgeon with a sweet and gentle personality. But Yeo-reum's peaceful existence is shaken when her ex-boyfriend Kang Tae-ha (Eric Mun) suddenly reappears in her life. The CEO of an interior design company, Tae-ha is a smart, confident man with a strong competitive edge who always gets what he wants. Meanwhile, Ha-jin comes across Ahn Ah-rim (Yoon Jin-yi), whom he recognizes as the girl he treated like a sister when they were both children living in an orphanage. As she begins working with Tae-ha, Yeo-reum is forced to re-evaluate her romantic history, which sets her off on a search for true love. [3]

Cast

Production

This was the second acting collaboration of Jung Yu-mi and Eric Mun, seven years after Que Sera, Sera in 2007. [10] [11] Jung and Sung Joon had also previously worked with screenwriter Jung Hyun-jung on I Need Romance 2012 (2012) and I Need Romance 3 (2014), respectively. [12] [13] [14]

It was also Mun's first television series three years since Spy Myung-wol (2011), [15] about which he explained, "There was the period when I was at the army and also the period I promoted with Shinhwa. It wasn't that I was purposely not appearing in any dramas, but Shinhwa promotions were important. I also think I didn't discover a project that I really wanted to do." [16]

Ratings

Despite the single-digit television ratings, the drama recorded ratings as high as 31.3% on Tving, a mobile and internet streaming site for live television. This figure was more than double the percentage of its competition. However these figures are not included in TNmS or AGB Nielsen ratings. [17]

EpisodeBroadcast dateTitleAverage audience share
TNmS Ratings [18] AGB Nielsen [19]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
12014-08-18How did we end up sleeping in the same bed?5.0%5.2%6.3%7.1%
22014-08-19Will you break up with him and come back to me?5.3%5.8%6.3%7.3%
32014-08-25Can't help it if you think it's jealousy4.6%5.2%5.6%6.2%
42014-08-26You like Han Yeo-reum?5.2%5.9%6.2%7.0%
52014-09-01I know that it's a confession I'll regret tomorrow!7.1%8.5%7.6%9.3%
62014-09-02Even if the sky falls, I'm not going to you5.6%6.5%6.6%7.8%
72014-09-08This is your first one-sided love, isn't it?6.3%8.7%7.3%7.9%
82014-09-09This isn't dating; it's war6.7%7.5%7.7%8.4%
92014-09-15I said "I love you" hundreds of times...6.2%7.0%6.9%7.5%
102014-09-16Let's break up...6.6%8.1%7.2%7.8%
112014-09-22Staring out the window several times a day5.4%6.1%6.8%7.6%
122014-09-23The day the words "I love you" touched my heart...6.0%7.0%7.6%8.6%
132014-09-29Should I act drunk and just kiss you?7.2%7.4%7.6%8.6%
142014-09-30Did you just call me a bitch?6.8%8.0%7.7%8.4%
152014-10-06Will they be able to love again?7.4%7.5%7.5%8.3%
162014-10-07Although there's no such thing as everlasting love...7.2%9.5%7.6%8.3%
Average6.1%7.1%7.0%7.9%

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2014Best New Actress Kim Seul-gi Won
Top Excellence Award, Actor Eric Mun Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress Jung Yu-mi Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Eric Mun Won
Sung Joon Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Jung Yu-mi Won
Best New Actor Yoon Hyun-min Nominated
Best New Actress Kim Seul-gi Won
Netizen Award, Actor Eric Mun Won
Netizen Award, Actress Jung Yu-mi Won
Best Couple Award Eric Mun and Jung Yu-mi Won
201548th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival [20] Gold Remi for TV Series ComedyDiscovery of LoveWon
Popular Actor (TV) Eric Mun Nominated
Popular Actress (TV) Jung Yu-mi Nominated
Best New Actress (TV) Kim Seul-gi Nominated
Rockie Award, Melodrama categoryDiscovery of LoveWon

Webtoon adaptation

The webtoon adaptation of the series was confirmed. The series has created a fandom to the point where it has been called the "standard of romantic comedy" until now. Interest is gathered in how the charm of the refreshing romantic comedy genre will be conveyed through the webtoon adaptation. [22]

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