About Time (TV series)

About Time (Korean: 멈추고 싶은 순간: 어바웃타임; RR: Meomchugo Sipeun Sungan: Eobauttaim; lit. A Moment I Want to Stop: About Time) is a 2018 fantasy romance South Korean television series starring Lee Sang-yoon and Lee Sung-kyung. It aired on tvN from May 21 to July 10, 2018 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:30 KST time slot.[1][2]

About Time
Promotional poster
Hangul멈추고 싶은 순간: 어바웃타임
Genre
Created byStudio Dragon
Written byChu Hye-mi
Directed byKim Hyung-sik
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Bae Sun-hae
  • Lee Chan-ho
  • Lee Min-jin
Producer(s)
  • Kim Na-kyung
  • Park Eun-kyung
Production company(s)Story TV
DistributortvN
Release
Original networktvN
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseMay 21 (2018-05-21) –
July 10, 2018 (2018-07-10)
External links
Website
Production website

Synopsis

Choi Michaela (Lee Sung-kyung) is a musical actress who has a special ability to see a person's life span. She meets a man who has an ability to stop her life-clock, and the two fall in love with each other.

Cast

Main
Chief director of a cultural foundation.[3][4]
A musical actress with an unfortunate fate who can see the lifespan clocks of people.[3]
A musical director who is known for his genius abilities, but lacks humanity.[5]
Director of a musical magazine who has a one-sided love for Do-ha.[6]
Choi Michaela's best friend.[7]
  • Kim Ro-woon as Choi Wee-jin
Choi Michaela's younger brother who loves Sung-hee.[8]

Supporting

Do-ha's family

Lee Do-ha's cold-hearted father.[9]
  • Min Sung-wook as Lee Do-bin
    • Kim Ji-wan as child Do-bin
Do-ha's older brother.[4][10]
  • Jung Moon-sung as Yoon Do-san
    • Lee Min-sung as child Do-san
Do-ha and Do-bin's half brother.[4][10]
  • Kim Sa-hee as Kim Hye-young
Do-bin's wife. An aloof and elegant rich woman who hides a secret.[11]

Michaela's family

Choi Michaela's spoilt mother.[9]

People around Do-ha

Do-ha's friend and doctor.[10]
Do-ha's secretary.[10]
  • Kim Gyu-ri as Kim Joon-ah
Do-ha's first love.[12]

People around Michaela

A reliable ally of Choi Michaela who secretly shares her same ability.

Extended

Production

Original soundtrack
About Time OST
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
Released2018
Genresoundtrack
LanguageKorean
LabelStone Music Entertainment, CREAHUB

Part 1
Released on May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Amazing Thing" (신기한 일)Lee Sang-hoonLee Sang-hoon, Choi Hye-sungKim E-Z (GGot Jam Project)03:14
2."Amazing Thing (Inst.)" (신기한 일 (Inst.)) Lee Sang-hoon, Choi Hye-sung 03:14
Total length:06:28

Part 2
Released on May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Yesterday"Mathi, Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-minPark Geun-chul, Jung Su-minPark Bo-ram04:16
2."Yesterday (Inst.)" Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min 04:16
Total length:08:32

Part 3
Released on June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Maybe"RUNY, Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-minPark Geun-chul, Jung Su-min, RUNYHui (Pentagon)04:21
2."Maybe (Inst.)" Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min, RUNY 04:21
Total length:08:42

Part 4
Released on June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Tears Flow" (눈물이 나)MackelliMackelliMackelli03:40
2."Tears Flow (Inst.)" (눈물이 나 (Inst.)) Mackelli 03:40
Total length:07:20

Part 5
Released on June 26, 2018 (2018-06-26)
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."My Room"Mathi, Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-minPark Geun-chul, Jung Su-minHong Dae-kwang03:35
2."My Room (Inst.)" Park Geun-chul, Jung Su-min 03:35
Total length:07:10

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[22]
Nationwide Seoul
1 May 21, 2018 1.766% 2.249%
2 May 22, 2018 2.103% 2.842%
3 May 28, 2018 1.338% 1.327%
4 May 29, 2018 1.491% 1.766%
5 June 4, 2018 1.483% 1.595%
6 June 5, 2018 1.652% 2.098%
7 June 11, 2018 1.452% 1.493%
8 June 12, 2018 2.083% 2.344%
9 June 18, 2018 0.887% 1.206%
10 June 19, 2018 1.628% 1.562%
11 June 25, 2018 1.262% 1.380%
12 June 26, 2018 1.888% 1.952%
13 July 2, 2018 1.838% 1.828%
14 July 3, 2018 1.491% 1.739%
15 July 9, 2018 1.239% 1.574%
16 July 10, 2018 1.771% 1.985%
Average 1.586% 1.809%
  • 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 and EBS).

International broadcast
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