Flower Boy Ramyun Shop

Title: 꽃미남 라면가게 / Flower Boy Ramyun Shop
Chinese Title: 花美男拉面店
Also known as: Flower Boy Ramen Shop
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: tvN
Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-31 to 2011-Dec-20
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 23:00
Related Series: Flower Boy Series

Synopsis
This romantic comedy deals with “pretty boys,” who with good looks and individuality, operate a ramen shop with lively college girls and experience the happenings of daily life.
Yang Eun Bi is a University student preparing for her civil service exam with the dream of being a high school teacher. She accidentally encounters Cha Chi Soo, an arrogant son of the biggest food conglomerate in Korea. Cha Chi Soo looks cool, confident and fascinates women with his bright smile and pure love. Both of them ends up working at a ramen shop runned by the lazy Choi Kang Hyuk.
Cast
Main Cast
Jung Il Woo as Cha Chi Soo
Lee Ki Woo as Choi Kang Hyuk
Lee Chung Ah as Yang Eun Bi
Suppporting Cast
Kim Shin Ah as Kang Dong Joo
Park Min Woo as Kim Ba Wool
Jo Yoon Woo as Woo Hyun Woo
Ho Soo as Yoon So Yi
Joo Hyun as Cha Ok Gyun
Jung In Ki as Yang Chul Dong
Seo Bum Suk a Coach Seo
Song Jae Rim as Hee Gon
Kim Hye Soo as fortuneteller (cameo, ep 1)
Gong Hyo Jin as store owner (cameo, ep 9)
Production Credits
Director: Jung Jung Hwa (정정화)
Screenwriter: Yoon Nan Joong (윤난중)
Note
This Drama is the First project of tvN’s Oh! Boy Series. The next drama in this series is Shut Up Flower Boy Band.
Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide
2011-10-31	1	1.19
2011-11-01	2	1.45
2011-11-07	3	2.07
2011-11-08	4	2.85
2011-11-14	5	2.26
2011-11-15	6	2.62
2011-11-21	7	2.84
2011-11-22	8	2.50
2011-11-28	9	2.93
2011-11-29	10	2.40
2011-12-05	11	2.54
2011-12-06	12	2.72
2011-12-12	13	2.06
2011-12-13	14	2.00
2011-12-19	15	2.30
2011-12-20	16	2.84

Source: AGB Nielsen
*** Note: This drama is aired on Pay-TV channel which has fewer viewers than Free-TV channels. So, please don’t be surprised with the low rating. ***
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Mary Stayed Out All Night

Title: 매리는 외박중 / Maerineun Oebakjoong / Mary Stayed Out All Night
Chinese Title : 玛丽外宿中
Also Known as : Mary is Out at Night / Marry Me, Mary!
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2010-Nov-08 to 2010-Dec-28
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55

Synopsis
Wi Mae Ri is the cheerful, pragmatic daughter of a failed businessman who had grown used to being constantly on the move to escape from debtors. She becomes fast friends with the free-spirited indie singer Kang Moo Kyul when she nearly ran him over in a car. Meanwhile, her father Wi Dae Han is saved from his debtors by his old friend, Jung Suk, who had just returned from considerable success in the Japanese entertainment industry. Jung Suk, who had harboured a secret love for Mae Ri’s mother, sets up a deal with Dae Han to have Mae Ri marry his son, Jung In. In her desperate to escape this predicament, Mae Ri begs Moo Kyul to pose as her husband, and finds herself in even more trouble than before when her father proposes a 100-day period in which she has to divide her time equally between Moo Kyul and Jung In, after which she has to decide who to marry.
Cast
Moon Geun Young as Wi Mae Ri
Jang Geun Suk as Kang Moo Kyul
Kim Jae Wook as Byun Jung In
Kim Hyo Jin as Seo Joon
Park Joon Gyu as Jung Suk (Jung In’s father)
Park Sang Myun as Wi Dae Han (Mae Ri’s father)
Lee Ah Hyun as Kam So Young (Moo Kyul’s mother)
Shim Yi Young as Director Bang
Lee Sun Ho as Lee An
Kim Min Gyu as Ri No
Geum Ho Suk as Yo Han
Park Chul Hyun as Re Oh
Kim Hae Rim as Ji Hye
Lee Eun as So Ra
Chae Min Hee as Jang PD
Yoon Yoo Sun as Lee Kang-Hyun (writer)
Production Credits
Chief Producer: Jung Sung Hyo
Producer: Han Sang Woo (한상우)
Director: Hong Suk Goo, Kim Young Kyoon (김영균)
Original writing: Won Soo Yeon (원수연)
Screenwriter: In Eun Ah (1-10), Go Bong Hwang (11-16)
Note
- Based on the internet comic “Maerineun Uibakjoong” by Won Soo Yeon.
- “Maerineun Uibakjoong” was first published online via cartoon.media.daum.net on February 6, 2009. It was then published as comic book on November 24, 2009
- Won Soo Yeon also wrote the manhwa “Full House” which was adapted into the 2004 KBS drama “Full House”.
- Writer In Eun Ah left the drama due to the drama’s low ratings and discord with the production team. She was replaced with Go Bong Hwang who took over the script from episode 11.
Awards
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Netizens’ Award (Jang Geun Suk)
- 2010 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Moon Geun Young and Jang Geun Suk)
- 2010 koreandrama.org Awards : The Best Korean Drama of 2010
Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2010-11-08	1	6.7	(<7.7)
2010-11-09	2	7.0	7.3 (20th)
2010-11-15	3	8.7 (15th)	8.8 (13th)
2010-11-16	4	7.0	7.1 (20th)
2010-11-22	5	7.1 (19th)	7.2 (18th)
2010-11-29	6	6.6	(<8.1)
2010-11-30	7	7.1	7.4 (19th)
2010-12-06	8	5.6	(<7.5)
2010-12-07	9	5.1	(<7.3)
2010-12-13	10	5.6	(<7.8)
2010-12-13	11	5.6	(<7.8)
2010-12-14	12	5.0	(<8.1)
2010-12-20	13	5.9	(<7.6)
2010-12-21	14	5.9	(<7.8)
2010-12-27	15	5.3	(<7.6)
2010-12-28	16	6.6	(<7.8)

Source: TNS Media Korea
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