The Doctors (2016 TV series)


The Doctors is a 2016 South Korean medical drama starring Kim Rae-won and Park Shin-hye. It aired every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 on SBS from June 20 to August 23, 2016 for 20 episodes.
The drama was a hit and averaged 18.40% in audience ratings. In particular, Park's character as a troubled teenager turned charismatic doctor was very popular among the audiences for her action scenes and straightforward lines.

Synopsis

Yoo Hye-jung was a headstrong girl in high school with a prickly, gangster personality. Due to her many childhood scars, Hye-jung keeps her heart closed towards other people. However, she changes after meeting her mentor Hong Ji-hong, who plays a key role in transforming her life from a "hopeless" delinquent to a compassionate doctor. They part ways subsequently but meet again after 13 years, when Yoo Hye-jung had become a doctor.

Cast

Main

People around Hong Ji-hong

First script reading took place on April 28, 2016 at SBS Ilsan Production Studios in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
The series reunited Park Shin-hye and Baek Sung-hyun, who previously played the younger versions of Han Jung-suh and Cha Song-joo, respectively, in the 2003 hit drama, Stairway to Heaven. It also reunited Park Shin-hye and Yoon Kyun-sang who previously worked together in the 2014 hit drama, Pinocchio

Original soundtrack

No.Song titleArtist
1.No WayPark Yong-in & Kwon Soon-il of Urban Zakapa
2.SunflowerYounha ft. Kassy
3.That Love
그 애 		Jung-yup of Brown Eyed Soul
4.You're Pretty
넌 예뻐		Jungho of 2MUCH
5.Sun Shower
여우비		SE O of Jelly Cookie
6.No Way
7.Sunflower
8.That Love
그 애
9.You're Pretty
넌 예뻐
10.Sunshower
여우비
11.SchoolVarious Artists
12.From Me To YouVarious Artists
13.Beautiful LiesVarious Artists
14.Chromatic SurgeryVarious Artists
15.Doctor's MemoryVarious Artists
16.Healing HeartVarious Artists
17.Into The TimeVarious Artists
18.Table DeathVarious Artists
19.Pitter-PatterVarious Artists
20.Awake SurgeryVarious Artists
21.Hurt And HeartVarious Artists
22.Sad Gold SpoonVarious Artists
23.Good-bye My FellowVarious Artists
24.Code BlueVarious Artists
25.Doctors In LoveVarious Artists

Charted songs

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
Note: Episode 18 wasn't aired on Tuesday August 16 due to the broadcast of 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This episode was aired on Monday August 22, 2016.

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

The series aired in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia through Sony's Pay-TV channel ONE TV Asia on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 20:10, 19:10 within 24 hours of its first telecast in South Korea. It is also available for streaming in Singapore on Viu with English subtitles.
In Thailand, it aired on Channel 8, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 starting on July 4, 2016.
In the United States, the drama aired in the Los Angeles DMA free, over-the-air on Asian American-oriented TV channel, LA 18 KSCI-TV with English subtitles, Monday through Tuesday at 9:00pm, from July 18 to September 20, 2016.
In Vietnam, the drama airs on HTV2 at 21:00 Mondays to Fridays starting December 15, 2016.
In Indonesia, it aired on RTV, on Mondays to Fridays at 09:15 starting on Thursday March 5, 2020
The Turkish drama Kalp Atisi is a remake of Doctor Crush, starring Öykü Karayel and started airing in June 2017.
In 2017, broadcasting began in Uzbekistan. The series became the highest-rated foreign series in the history of Uzbek television.
In the Philippines, it aired on ABS-CBN from May 7 to July 6, 2018 under the title Doctor Crush. The series rebroadcast on Asianovela Channel on February 11, 2019.
In Malaysia, Sony One will re-air the series again on Tuesdays at 17:45 starting from July 24, 2018 for the third time after two years.