The King's Doctor

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The King's Doctor
Horse Doctor-poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Also known as
  • Horse Doctor
  • The Horse Healer
Genre
Written by Kim Yi-young
Directed by
Starring
Composers
  • Kim Jun-seok
  • Jung Se-rin
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes50
Production
Cinematography
  • Kim Young-cheol
  • Kim Hyeong-geun
Running time70 minutes
Production companies Kim Jong-hak Production
AStory
Original release
Network Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
ReleaseOctober 1, 2012 (2012-10-01) 
March 25, 2013 (2013-03-25)

Guest appearances

Episode ratings

Original broadcast dateEpisodeAverage audience share
TNmS Ratings [8] AGB Nielsen [9]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
2012-10-010110.0% (15th)11.7% (8th)8.7% (16th)9.1% (17th)
2012-10-020212.5% (9th)13.1% (7th)9.7% (15th)10.7% (10th)
2012-10-08035.9% (NR)6.9% (NR)6.6% (NR)7.6% (NR)
2012-10-09049.2% (17th)9.2% (19th)10.0% (12th)11.0% (11th)
2012-10-150511.7% (14th)13.4% (5th)10.4% (13th)12.1% (8th)
2012-10-160612.5% (7th)12.6% (6th)12.9% (6th)13.9% (5th)
2012-10-220715.0% (3rd)16.1% (3rd)14.3% (4th)15.6% (3rd)
2012-10-230815.3% (5th)16.9% (4th)14.3% (5th)16.9% (3rd)
2012-10-290913.1% (4th)14.8% (4th)13.4% (3rd)15.2% (3rd)
2012-10-301014.0% (9th)16.0% (5th)13.5% (7th)15.1% (5th)
2012-11-051114.5% (5th)16.0% (4th)14.7% (4th)15.9% (4th)
2012-11-061215.5% (4th)17.1% (4th)15.4% (4th)16.8% (4th)
2012-11-121313.8% (9th)14.0% (5th)14.6% (4th)16.4% (4th)
2012-11-131416.4% (4th)17.8% (3rd)16.8% (4th)18.5% (3rd)
2012-11-191515.7% (5th)17.9% (4th)17.8% (3rd)20.0% (3rd)
2012-11-201616.7% (4th)17.4% (4th)18.1% (3rd)20.3% (3rd)
2012-11-261717.0% (4th)19.1% (3rd)17.7% (3rd)19.5% (3rd)
2012-11-271817.8% (4th)19.9% (3rd)18.9% (3rd)20.6% (2nd)
2012-12-031919.1% (4th)21.4% (3rd)18.0% (3rd)19.7% (3rd)
2012-12-042018.7% (2nd)21.7% (1st)17.8% (2nd)19.1% (1st)
2012-12-102117.6% (3rd)19.7% (1st)16.0% (4th)17.5% (2nd)
2012-12-112217.4% (3rd)20.7% (3rd)17.4% (3rd)18.8% (3rd)
2012-12-172317.5% (3rd)19.0% (3rd)17.7% (3rd)19.0% (3rd)
2012-12-182418.0% (3rd)19.7% (3rd)18.9% (3rd)20.6% (2nd)
2012-12-242517.2% (3rd)19.3% (3rd)17.1% (3rd)19.1% (3rd)
2012-12-252620.2% (3rd)21.7% (3rd)19.1% (3rd)19.9% (3rd)
2013-01-012718.1% (3rd)20.0% (3rd)18.1% (3rd)19.4% (3rd)
2013-01-072818.3% (3rd)20.7% (3rd)16.6% (3rd)17.7% (3rd)
2013-01-082920.3% (3rd)22.1% (2nd)18.3% (3rd)19.7% (3rd)
2013-01-143018.9% (3rd)21.1% (3rd)18.1% (3rd)19.5% (3rd)
2013-01-153120.5% (3rd)23.0% (2nd)19.2% (3rd)20.4% (3rd)
2013-01-213219.4% (3rd)21.3% (2nd)20.1% (3rd)21.8% (3rd)
2013-01-223320.7% (3rd)22.9% (2nd)20.0% (3rd)21.4% (3rd)
2013-01-283419.4% (3rd)22.2% (2nd)18.4% (3rd)20.1% (3rd)
2013-01-293521.5% (3rd)24.4% (2nd)21.0% (3rd)21.5% (3rd)
2013-02-043622.8% (3rd)24.8% (2nd)22.4% (3rd)24.2% (2nd)
2013-02-053724.2% (2nd)26.7% (2nd)23.7% (3rd)25.8% (2nd)
2013-02-113820.8% (3rd)24.1% (2nd)19.3% (3rd)20.7% (3rd)
2013-02-123919.5% (4th)22.2% (3rd)20.3% (2nd)22.7% (2nd)
2013-02-184021.2% (3rd)24.1% (2nd)19.4% (3rd)21.4% (3rd)
2013-02-194119.7% (3rd)22.5% (2nd)18.1% (4th)19.0% (4th)
2013-02-254220.6% (3rd)23.3% (3rd)19.6% (3rd)22.0% (3rd)
2013-02-264320.0% (3rd)21.5% (3rd)19.7% (3rd)21.9% (3rd)
2013-03-044418.4% (3rd)20.6% (3rd)18.4% (3rd)20.6% (3rd)
2013-03-054518.8% (3rd)20.5% (2nd)18.5% (4th)20.4% (2nd)
2013-03-114619.6% (3rd)21.7% (3rd)18.8% (3rd)20.6% (3rd)
2013-03-124718.9% (4th)21.0% (4th)19.4% (3rd)21.4% (3rd)
2013-03-184818.0% (5th)20.5% (4th)18.8% (3rd)20.9% (3rd)
2013-03-194917.9% (5th)19.6% (5th)19.1% (4th)21.1% (3rd)
2013-03-255017.2% (4th)18.4% (5th)17.8% (4th)20.2% (3rd)
Average17.3%-17.1%-

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2012Grand Prize (Daesang) [10] Cho Seung-woo Won
Best DramaThe King's DoctorNominated
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Cho Seung-woo Won
Son Chang-min Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Lee Yo-won Nominated
Yoo Sun Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Han Sang-jin Nominated
Lee Sang-woo Won
Excellence Award, Actress in a Special Project Drama Kim Hye-sun Nominated
Best New Actress Kim So-eun Won

International broadcast

CountryChannelSeries premiereTitle
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan NHK [11] [12] 2013馬医 (Umai)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam SCTV Phim tổng hợpOctober 2013Ngự y của hoàng đế
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Channel 25 November 2013Морины эмч (Morinii emch)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Rupavahini November 2013ඉසිවර වෙදැදුරු (Isiwara Wedaduru)
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Cambodian Television Network December 2013ពេទ្យសេះម្ចាស់ស្នេហ៍ (Pet Seh Mchas Sne)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Indosiar November 2014King's Doctor
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines GMA Network June 2015
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT 1 2013

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