Blessing of the Sea
{{Short description|2019 South Korean television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Blessing of the Sea.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| alt_name = Protect the Dragon King
| native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name|hangul=용왕님보우하사|rr=Yongwang-nimbouhasa|lk=Protect the King}}
| genre = Melodrama
Comedy
Tragedy
| creator =
| developer =
| based_on =
| writer = Choi Yeon-kul
| director = Choi Eun-kyung
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| starring = {{ubl|Lee So-yeon|Jae Hee|Jo An}}
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| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| num_episodes = 121
| executive_producer = {{ubl|Jang Kyung-ik|Kim Woo-taek|Syd Lim}}
| producer = MBC C&I
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| runtime = 35 minutes
| company =
| network = MBC
| first_aired = {{Start date|2019|01|14}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2019|07|12}}
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Blessing of the Sea ({{Korean|용왕님보우하사}}) is a 2019 South Korean television series starring Lee So-yeon, Jae Hee, and Jo An. The series aired every Monday to Friday at 19:15 (KST) on MBC.{{cite web|url=https://www.hankyung.com/entertainment/article/2019032650144|script-title=ko:'용왕님 보우하사', 오늘(26일) 결방...축구 평가전 중계 위해|date=March 26, 2019|publisher=The Korea Economic Daily|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hankyung.com/entertainment/article/201901102386H|script-title=ko:이소연X재희 '용왕님 보우하사', 일일드라마의 '좋은 예' 될까 (종합)|publisher=The Korea Economic Daily|date=January 10, 2019|access-date=January 1, 2020|language=ko}}
Synopsis
Shim Cheong-yi, a woman with an absolute vision that reads thousands of colors from all over the world, meets pianist Ma Poong-do who sees the world only in black and white. He shares love and life's beauty, and discovers the secret of her lost father.
Cast
=Main=
- Lee So-yeon as Shim Cheong-yi
- Jae Hee as Ma Poong-do
- Jo An as Yeo Ji-na
- Kim Hyung-min as Baek Shi-joon
=Supporting=
- Ahn Nae-sang as Shim Hak-kyu (Cheong-yi's feed father )
- Geum Bo-ra as Bang Duk-hee (Cheong-yi's feed mother)
- Ha Eun-jin as Jo Hun-jung (Shi-joon's cousin / Cheong-yi's friend)
- Jun Ah-min as Lee Woo-yang (Hun-jung's husband)
- Lee El-bin as Lee Tae-yang (Hun-jung & Woo Yang's son)
- Oh Mi-yeon as Ma Young-in (Ma Poong-do's grandmother)
- Im Ji-eun as Ma Jae-ran
- Park Jung-hak as Seo Pil-doo
- Lee Seul-ah as Oh Kwi-nyeo (Jae-ran's daughter)
- Yoon Bok-in as Jung Moo-shim (Shi-joon's mother)
- Kim Do-hye as Jung Yeol-mae (Moo-shim's adopted daughter)
- Baek Bo-ram as Go Yong-jung
- Min Chan-ki as Ryan (Poong-do's manager)
- Im Ho as Jo Ji-hwan (Shim Cheong-yi's biological father)
Ratings
In this table, {{color|blue|the blue numbers}} represent the lowest ratings and {{color|red|the red numbers}} represent the highest ratings.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="3" |{{abbr|Ep.|Episode}} ! rowspan="3" |Original broadcast date ! colspan="3" |Average audience share |
| colspan="2" |AGB Nielsen{{cite web|url=http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|title=AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu|website=Nielsen Korea|publisher=Nielsen Media Research|access-date=July 31, 2019|language=ko}}
! colspan="1" |TNmS |
|---|
| width="90" |Nationwide
! width="90" |Seoul ! width="90" |Nationwide |
| 1
|January 14, 2019 |8.2% |8.2% |9.5% |
| 2
|January 15, 2019 |8.1% |7.9% |10.5% |
| 3
|January 16, 2019 |8.9% |9.3% |10.3% |
| 4
|January 17, 2019 |7.8% |7.8% |10.9% |
| 5
|January 18, 2019 |8.2% |8.4% |10.7% |
| 6
|January 21, 2019 |9.0% |9.0% |10.3% |
| 7
|January 22, 2019 |8.7% |8.1% |11.9% |
| 8
|January 23, 2019 |8.4% |8.0% |10.2% |
| 9
|January 24, 2019 |8.1% |8.2% |10.4% |
| 10
|January 25, 2019 |8.3% |8.4% |10.0% |
| 11
|January 28, 2019 |8.9% |8.5% |10.8% |
| 12
|January 29, 2019 |8.1% |7.5% |10.2% |
| 13
|January 30, 2019 |8.7% |6.3% |6.4% |
| 14
|January 31, 2019 |8.5% |7.8% |10.9% |
| 15
|February 1, 2019 |7.8% |7.4% |10.1% |
| 16
|February 7, 2019 |8.2% |8.2% |9.4% |
| 17
|February 8, 2019 |7.4% |7.2% |10.1% |
| 18
|February 11, 2019 |8.0% |7.7% |9.9% |
| 19
|February 12, 2019 |7.9% |7.4% |9.5% |
| 20
|February 13, 2019 |7.9% |7.3% |9.3% |
| 121
|July 12, 2019 |5.7% |6.1% |6.4% |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/BlessingoftheSea/}} {{in lang|ko}}
Category:Korean-language television shows
Category:MBC TV television dramas
Category:Television series by MBC C&I
Category:South Korean melodrama television series