Twinkling Watermelon TV Series Details:
Hangul | 반짝이는 워터멜론 |
Literal meaning | Sparkling Watermelon |
McCune–Reischauer | Banjjag-ineun Woteomellon |
Revised Romanization | Pantchaginŭn Wŏt’ŏmellon |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Genre | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy Drama |
Season | 1 |
Episodes | 16 |
Release date | September 25, 2023 – November 14, 2023 |
Aired on | Monday, Tuesday |
Running time | 70 min |
Age rating | 16+ |
Starring | Ryeoun Choi Hyun-wook Seol In-ah Shin Eun-soo |
Developed by | Studio Dragon (planning) |
Directed by | Jin Soo-wan |
Written by | Son Jeong-hyeon Yoo Beom-sang |
Produced by | Yoo Beom-sang Park Hae-min |
Executive producer | Lee Hye-young |
Music by | Fara Effect |
Production Company | Pan Entertainment |
Distributor | tvN |
Budget | ₩15.6 billion |
Twinkling Watermelon TV Series Cast & Character:
- Ryeoun as Ha Eun-gyeol: The only hearing person (CODA) in a family of deaf people. Eun-gyeol is a model student by day, but at night he leads a double life as a guitarist in a band.
- Jung Hyeon-jun as young Eun-gyeol: A hot-blooded man who seems to have jumped out of a cheerful cartoon. He lives with his grandmother who owned an accommodation house named Snail House.
- Choi Hyun-wook as Ha Yi-chan
- Choi Won-young as 46 years old Yi-chan
- Seol In-ah as Choi Se-kyung / On Eun-yoo
- Choi Se-kyung: The cello goddess of Seowon Arts High School.
- On Eun-yoo: Se-kyung’s daughter who looks exactly like her during her youth.
- Lee So-yeon as 46 year-old Choi Se-kyung
- Shin Eun-soo as Yoon Cheong-ah: As a young person, a cold and isolated person, who is born deaf.
- Seo Young-hee as 46 years old Yoon Cheong-ah
Storyline:
The series tells the story of a CODA boy with a natural talent for music, who travels back in time to 1995. He joins a band with his childhood father and forms a band called Watermelon Sugar with the suspicious youths he meets there, and communicates with them through music.
About Twinkling Watermelon TV Series:
Twinkling Watermelon (Korean: 반짝이는 워터멜론) is a South Korean fantasy romantic comedy-drama television series directed by Son Jong-hyun and starring Ryeoun, Choi Hyun-wook, Seol In-ah and Shin Eun-soo.
Pan Entertainment produced the series and the cost of production was about ₩15.6 billion.
The series aired on tvN from September 25 to November 14, 2023, every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST) for 16 episodes. It is also available for streaming on Viu and Viki in selected regions.
Twinkling Watermelon TV Series Episodes List:
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.
Episodes | Broadcast Date | Average audience share (Nationwide) | Rank Nationwide | Average audience share (Seoul) | Rank Seoul |
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1 | September 25, 2023 | 3.144% | 2nd | 3.503% | 2nd |
2 | September 26, 2023 | 3.311% | 1st | 3.387% | 2nd |
3 | October 2, 2023 | 3.441% | 1st | 3.726% | 1st |
4 | October 3, 2023 | 4.688% | 1st | 4.805% | 1st |
5 | October 9, 2023 | 3.689% | 1st | 4.393% | 1st |
6 | October 10, 2023 | 3.580% | 1st | 4.106% | 1st |
7 | October 16, 2023 | 3.551% | 1st | 4.042% | 1st |
8 | October 17, 2023 | 3.089% | 1st | 2.922% | 2nd |
9 | October 23, 2023 | 3.718% | 1st | 4.380% | 1st |
10 | October 24, 2023 | 3.512% | 1st | 3.738% | 1st |
11 | October 30, 2023 | 3.264% | 1st | 3.569% | 1st |
12 | October 31, 2023 | 3.790% | 1st | 4.236% | 1st |
13 | November 6, 2023 | 3.689% | 1st | 4.179% | 1st |
14 | November 7, 2023 | 3.593% | 1st | 4.050% | 1st |
15 | November 13, 2023 | 3.494% | 1st | 3.802% | 1st |
16 | November 14, 2023 | 4.460% | 1st | 4.458% | 1st |
Average | 3.626% | 3.957% |