Sketch (TV series)

2018 South Korean television series

Sketch

Promotional poster

Hangul|

스케치

RR| Seukechi
MR| Sŭk'ech'i
Genre| Action
Fantasy
Crime
Written by| Kang Hyun-sung
Directed by| Lim Tae-woo
Starring|

* Rain
* Lee Sun-bin
* Lee Dong-gun
* Jung Jin-young
* Kang Shin-il
* Lim Hwa-young
* Lee Seung-joo

Composer| Ji Pyung-kwon
Country of origin| South Korea
Original language| Korean
No. of episodes| 16
Production
Executive producers|

* Bae Ik-hyun
* Lee Hyang-bong
* Park Joon-seo

Camera setup| Single camera
Running time| 60 mins
Production companies| Drama House JTBC
Neo Entertainment
Original release
Network| JTBC
Release| May 25 (2018-05-25) –
July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14)

Sketch (Korean: 스케치) is a South Korean television series starring Rain, Lee Sun-bin, Lee Dong-gun, Jung Jin-young, Kang Shin-il, Lim Hwa-young and Lee Seung-joo. It aired on JTBC from May 25, 2018 to July 14, 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

## Synopsis

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The plot revolves around an ace detective, Kang Dong-soo (Jung Ji-hoon), and a female detective, Yoo Shi-hyun (Lee Sun-bin), who can sketch out the future as they try to capture a serial killer.

## Cast

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### Main

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* Rain as Kang Dong-soo[7]

An ace detective armed with excellent intuition and executive ability.

* Lee Dong-gun as Kim Do-jin[8]

A member of the Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command who seeks revenge for the death of his wife.

* Lee Sun-bin as Yoo Shi-hyun[9]

A detective who has the psychic ability to sketch out drawings of what will happen three days in the future.

* Jung Jin-young as Jang Tae-joon[10]

A mysterious man. Chief of Internal Affairs.

* Kang Shin-il as Moon Jae-hyun

Team leader of the Butterfly Project.

* Lim Hwa-young as Oh Young-shim[9]

A technical assistant of the Butterfly Project that provides crucial information to the team.

Song Ji-woo as young Oh Young-shim

* Lee Seung-joo [ko] as Yoo Si-joon

Prosecutor and elder brother of Yoo Shi-hyun.

### Recurring

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* Yoo Da-in as Min Ji-soo

Kang Dong-soo's fiancé

* Lee Joong-ok as Seo Sang-goo
* Shim Wan-joon as Lee
* Kim Hyung-mook [ko] as Nam Sun-woo
* Park Sung-geun [ko] as Doctor Oh
* Kim Yong-hee as Jung Il-woo
* Lee Kyu-sung as An Kyung-tae
* Park Doo-shik as Jung Il-soo
* Joo Min-kyung as Lee Soo-young
* Son Jong-hak [ko] as Park Mi-moon
* Lee Hae-young as Baek Woo-jin
* Jung So-young [ko] as Kim Sun-mi
* Lee Ki-hyuk as Lee Jin-yeong's husband
* Kim Hee-jung as Shi-hyun's mother

### Special appearance

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* Yoon Bok-in as Oh Yeong-sim's mother[11]

## Production

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Hwang Jung-eum was offered the lead role but declined.[12]

This drama reunites Rain and Lee Dong-gun who have worked together 15 years ago in the drama Sang Doo! Let's Go to School.[13]

The first script reading took place in March, 2018 at the JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul.[14]

## Original soundtrack

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Sketch
OST

Soundtrack album by

Various Artists

Released| 2018 (2018)
Genre| Soundtrack
Language|

* Korean
* English

Label| Warner Music Korea

### Part 1

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Released on June 8, 2018No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Artist| Length

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1.| "On This Strange Road" (이 낯선 길에서)|

* Lim Tae-woo
* Namu

| Ji Pyung-kwon| DZO| 3:26
2.| "On This Strange Road" (Inst.)|  | Ji Pyung-kwon|  | 3:26
Total length:| 6:52

### Part 2

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Released on June 15, 2018No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Artist| Length

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1.| "Faded" (옅은)| SunBee|

* Ji Pyung-kwon
* Yeom Seung-jae

| SunBee| 2:47
2.| "Faded" (Inst.)|  |

* Ji Pyung-kwon
* Yeom Seung-jae

|  | 2:47
Total length:| 5:34

### Part 3

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Released on June 22, 2018No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Artist| Length

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1.| "Sailing"| Damon| Ji Pyung-kwon| Damon| 3:51
2.| "Sailing" (Inst.)|  | Ji Pyung-kwon|  | 3:51
Total length:| 7:42

### Part 4

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Released on June 30, 2018No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Artist| Length

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1.| "Becoming A Butterfly" (나비가 되어)|

* Ji Pyung-kwon
* Lee Jong-won

| Ji Pyung-kwon| Kimmaster| 3:39
2.| "Becoming A Butterfly" (Inst.)|  | Ji Pyung-kwon|  | 3:39
Total length:| 7:18

### Part 5

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Released on July 6, 2018No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Artist| Length

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1.| "Sunset"| All Against| Ji Pyung-kwon| All Against| 5:05
2.| "Sunset" (Inst.)|  | Ji Pyung-kwon|  | 5:05
Total length:| 10:10

## Viewership

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Sketch : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season| Episode number| Average

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1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16
| 1| 654| 753| 694| 753| 622| 685| 538| 548| 674| 502| 519| 505| 490| 528| 552| 566| 599

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[15]

Average TV viewership ratings  Ep. | Original broadcast date  | Average audience share

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AGB Nielsen[16] | TNmS
Nationwide  | Seoul | Nationwide
1  | May 25, 2018  | 3.254%  | 3.977%  | 3.4%
2  | May 26, 2018  | 3.682% | 4.518% | 3.3%
3  | June 1, 2018  | 2.982%  | 3.455%  | 3.0%
4  | June 2, 2018  | 3.196%  | 3.826%  | 3.3%
5  | June 8, 2018  | 3.222%  | 4.135%  | 2.9%
6  | June 9, 2018  | 3.405%  | 3.696%  | 3.0%
7  | June 15, 2018  | 2.459%  | 2.902%  | 2.6%
8  | June 16, 2018  | 2.448%  | 3.639%
9  | June 22, 2018  | 2.835%  | 3.275%  | 3.0%
10  | June 23, 2018  | 2.559%  | 2.878%  | 2.7%
11  | June 29, 2018  | 2.535%  | 3.232%  | 2.6%
12  | June 30, 2018  | 2.590%  | 2.943%  | 2.8%
13  | July 6, 2018  | 2.234% | 2.832%  | 2.4%
14  | July 7, 2018  | 2.487%  | 2.850%  | 2.6%
15  | July 13, 2018  | 2.620%  | 3.086%  | —
16  | July 14, 2018  | 2.324%  | 2.416%
Average  | 2.802% | 3.354% | —[a]

* In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
* N/A denotes that the rating is not known.
* This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

## Awards and nominations

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Year  | Award  | Category  | Nominee  | Result  | Ref.

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2018  | 6th APAN Star Awards | Best New Actress  | Lee Sun-bin | Nominated  | [17]

## Notes

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1. ^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

## References

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1. ^ [단독] 비, JTBC '스케치' 주인공…2년만의 안방 복귀. Naver (in Korean). News1. February 13, 2018.
2. ^ [공식입장] 비 측 "'스케치' 출연 확정"..2년만에 안방극장 복귀. Naver (in Korean). OSEN. February 13, 2018.
3. ^ "Rain, Lee Dong-gun cast for cop series 'Sketch'". Yonhap News Agency. March 6, 2018.
4. ^ "Lee Dong-gun, Rain to star as investigators in 'Sketch'". Kpop Herald. March 6, 2018.
5. ^ "New JTBC drama features Jung Ji-hoon, Lee Dong-gun as antagonists". Kpop Herald. May 1, 2018.
6. ^ "New crime thriller poses philosophical question on how justice is served". Yonhap News Agency. May 24, 2018.
7. ^ [단독] 아빠 된 비, 내년 3월 JTBC '스케치'로 컴백. Naver (in Korean). YTN. November 10, 2017.
8. ^ [공식입장] 이동건 측 "'스케치' 출연 확정"···득녀 후 첫 작품. Naver (in Korean). The Seoul Economic Daily. March 5, 2018.
9. ^ a b [공식입장] '스케치' 측 "이선빈-임화영 출연 확정". Naver (in Korean). The Seoul Economic Daily. March 27, 2018.
10. ^ [공식입장] 이선빈x정진영, '스케치' 합류…정지훈·이동건과 호흡. News1 (in Korean). April 4, 2018.
11. ^ Kim Soo-kyung (July 7, 2018). 윤복인, '스케치' 특별 출연...임화영의 어머니 연기 [Bok-in Yoon to make a special appearance in 'Sketch'... Lim Hwa-young's mother acting]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
12. ^ 비·황정음, JTBC '스케치' 출연 않기로…드라마 복귀 불발. Naver (in Korean). News1. January 11, 2018.
13. ^ '스케치' 정지훈 "거친 매력 속 슬픔 표현하기 위해 고민 중" (in Korean). Sports Donga. May 10, 2018.
14. ^ Gang Seo-jung (April 10, 2018). "[Oh!쎈 컷] '스케치' 정지훈X이동건X이선빈X정진영, 대본리딩 공개 '긴장감'". The Korea Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-12.
15. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved November 29, 2019.
16. ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved May 25, 2018.
17. ^ "이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트". Star News (in Korean). September 27, 2018.

## External links

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* Official website (in Korean)
* Sketch at IMDb
* Sketch at HanCinema

*[No.]: Number
*[Ep.]: Episode