9.6 /10 1 Votes
Genre Fantasy
Crime Directed by Kim Won-seok First episode date 22 January 2016 Number of episodes 16 | 4.8/5 DramaFever Written by Kim Eun-hee Country of origin South Korea Final episode date 12 March 2016 Writers Kim Eun-hee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Lee Je-hoon
Kim Hye-soo
Cho Jin-woong Theme music composer Kim Jun-seok, Park Seong-il Awards PaekSang Arts Award for Best TV Drama Cast Lee Je‑hoon, Kim Hye‑soo, Cho Jin‑woong Similar Reply 1988, Guardian: The Lonely and Great, Misaeng, Another Oh Hae‑young, Descendants of the Sun Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Signal (Hangul: 시그널; RR: Sigeuneol) is a South Korean police drama television series starring Lee Je-hoon, Kim Hye-soo and Cho Jin-woong. It premiered on tvN on January 22, 2016. Sixteen episodes aired on Fridays and Saturdays at 08:30 KST, with the final episode airing on March 12, 2016. The series was inspired by the Hwaseong serial murders.
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The series was a critical and commercial success. With its finale rating of 12.54%, it is one of the highest rated Korean dramas in cable television history. The drama went on to win several awards from different award-giving bodies, including Best Drama, Best Screenplay for Kim Eun-hee, and Best Actress for Kim Hye-soo at the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards, as well as another Best Actress award for Kim and the Daesang (Grand Prize for Television) for Cho Jin-woong at the tvN10 Awards. Cho also won the Daesang at the 1st Asia Artist Awards for his performance.
Synopsis
A mysterious walkie talkie allows a detective in 1989 to communicate with a cold case profiler from 2015; with the power of fore and hindsight the two not only solve crimes but prevent them from ever taking place. However, a long standing murder case is closer to home than either realizes.
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Ratings
Note: This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC & EBS).