Love to the End

{{short description|2018 South Korean television series}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Love to the End poster.jpg

| caption = Promotional poster

| alt_name =

| native_name = {{Infobox Korean television name|hangul=끝까지 사랑|rr=Kkeukkkaji Sarang}}

| genre = {{ubl|Family|Melodrama}}

| creator = KBS Drama Production

| writer = Lee Sun-Hee

| director = Shin Chang-Seok

| creative_director =

| starring = {{ubl|Lee Young-ah|Hong Soo-ah|Kang Eun-tak|Shim Ji-ho}}

| music = Lee Chang-hee

| opentheme =

| endtheme =

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| num_seasons =

| num_episodes = 104{{efn|Originally scheduled to air for 100 episodes, the series was extended by four episodes in lieu of 12 pre-empts.}}

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = {{ubl|Choi Hyuk-jin|Hwang Eui-kyung|Kwak Hong-suk|Oh Sung-min}}

| producer = Sung Jun-hye

| location =

| cinematography =

| editor =

| camera = Single camera

| runtime = 35 minutes

| company = {{ubl|{{illm|GnG Production|ko|지앤지프로덕션}}|Take 2 Media Group}}

| budget =

| network = KBS2

| first_aired = {{start date|2018|7|23}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2018|12|31}}

| related =

}}

Love to the End{{cite news|title=Love to the End|url=http://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/program/view.php?pg_seq=1235|access-date=August 7, 2018|work=KBS World|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521092944/https://kbsworld.kbs.co.kr/program/view.php?pg_seq=1235|url-status=live}} ({{korean|끝까지 사랑||Kkeukkkaji Sarang}}) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Lee Young-ah, Hong Soo-ah, Kang Eun-tak, and Shim Ji-ho. The series aired on KBS2 from Monday to Friday from 7:50 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (KST) starting July 23, 2018.

Cast

=Main=

  • Lee Young-ah as Han Ga-young{{cite news |last=Park |first=Jae-hwan |script-title=ko:"청순한 이영아, 성숙한 한가영" |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=438&aid=0000020186 |access-date=August 7, 2018 |work=KBS Media |publisher=Naver |date=July 9, 2018 |language=ko |archive-date=August 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807220352/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=438&aid=0000020186 |url-status=live }}
  • Hong Soo-ah as Kang Se-na
  • Kang Eun-tak as Yoon Jung-han{{cite news |last=Park |first=Jae-hwan |script-title=ko:이영아-강은탁 일일극 "끝까지 사랑" |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=438&aid=0000020105 |access-date=August 7, 2018 |work=KBS Media |publisher=Naver |date=Jul 3, 2018 |language=ko |archive-date=August 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807220454/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=438&aid=0000020105 |url-status=live }}
  • Shim Ji-ho as Kang Hyun-ki

=Supporting=

  • Jung Hye-in as Emily
  • Han Ki-woong as Park Jae-dong
  • Lee Kyung-jin as Lee Jung-in
  • Kim Ha-kyun as Han Soo-chang
  • Lee Eung-kyung as Seo Mi-soon
  • Park Gwang-hyun as Han Doo-young
  • Lee Do-hyung as child Doo-young
  • Han Ki-woong as Park Jae-dong
  • Lee Min-ji as Jang Hae-ri
  • Kim Il-woo as Kang Je-hyeok
  • Bae Do-hwan as Choi Man-sik
  • Jung So-young as Yoon Jung-bin
  • Nam Gi-ae as Ha Young-ok
  • Park Ji-il as Yoon Sang-min
  • Kim Tae-gyeom as Choi Deok-bae
  • Carson Allen as loan shark
  • Jeon Se-hyun as Se-na's mother
  • Lee Se-rang as Cosmetic store owner
  • Ahn Seung-hun as CEO Jung
  • Eun Hae-seong as Kei
  • Song Min-jae as Han Yoon-Soo
  • Lee A-ra as Han Song-Yi
  • Choi Cheol-ho as Manager Baek Chul
  • Na Seok-min as Baek's subordinate
  • Kang Pil-sun as man pulls piece of hair from Yoon-soo
  • Jang Eui-don as Creditor
  • Seo Kwang-jae as Judge
  • Lee Myung-ho as CEO Jung's lawyer
  • Kwak Na-yeon as Helper
  • Jang Chul-soon as Reporter
  • Kim Nam-ho as Police Officer
  • Daniel Joey Albright as Police Officer Randy (ep.10)
  • Jo Jae-wan
  • Kim Young-ah
  • Choi Young
  • Maeng Bong-hak
  • Seo Dong-suk
  • Lee Ye-won
  • Kim Sung-gon
  • Lee Seung-joon
  • Shin In-a

Ratings

  • In this table, {{color|blue|the blue numbers}} represent the lowest ratings and {{color|red|the red numbers}} represent the highest ratings.
  • NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
  • N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="3" |{{abbr|Ep.|Episode}}

! rowspan="3" |Original broadcast date

! colspan="5" |Average audience share

colspan="2" | TNmS Ratings

! 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|language=ko|work=AGB Nielsen Media Research|access-date=June 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317134758/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00|archive-date=March 17, 2017|url-status=dead}}

width=100|Nationwide

!width=100|Seoul

!width=100|Nationwide

!width=100|Seoul

1

|July 23, 2018

|12.5%

|7.9%

|9.6% {{small|(5th)}}

|9.0% {{small|(5th)}}

2

|July 24, 2018

|11.9%

|7.2%

|8.8% {{small|(4th)}}

|7.8% {{small|(6th)}}

3

|July 25, 2018

|11.5%

|6.7%

|8.3% {{small|(6th)}}

|6.8% {{small|(12th)}}

4

|July 26, 2018

|10.8%

|5.9%

|9.2% {{small|(5th)}}

|8.5% {{small|(6th)}}

5

|July 27, 2018

|12.2%

|7.5%

|8.4% {{small|(10th)}}

|7.4% {{small|(10th)}}

6

|July 30, 2018

|11.6%

|6.7%

|9.8% {{small|(5th)}}

|8.8% {{small|(7th)}}

7

|July 31, 2018

|11.7%

|7.0%

|8.9% {{small|(5th)}}

|8.6% {{small|(5th)}}

8

|August 1, 2018

|11.3%

|6.5%

|8.1% {{small|(6th)}}

|rowspan="2"|6.7% {{small|(10th)}}

9

|August 2, 2018

|9.8%

|4.9%

|8.0% {{small|(5th)}}

10

|August 3, 2018

|9.5%

|4.4%

|8.6% {{small|(8th)}}

|7.5% {{small|(11th)}}

11

|August 6, 2018

|10.4%

|5.6%

|10.4% {{small|(5th)}}

|8.9% {{small|(6th)}}

12

|August 7, 2018

|12.0%

|7.3%

|8.9% {{small|(6th)}}

|7.5% {{small|(8th)}}

13

|August 8, 2018

|11.6%

|6.8%

|9.3% {{small|(5th)}}

|8.4% {{small|(5th)}}

14

|August 9, 2018

|12.3%

|7.6%

|9.7% {{small|(5th)}}

|9.1% {{small|(5th)}}

15

|August 10, 2018

|12.5%

|8.1%

|10.0% {{small|(5th)}}

|8.5% {{small|(10th)}}

16

|August 13, 2018

|11.7%

|7.2%

|9.8% {{small|(5th)}}

|9.1% {{small|(6th)}}

17

|August 14, 2018

|11.6%

|7.0%

|9.2% {{small|(5th)}}

|8.4% {{small|(6th)}}

18

|August 15, 2018

|9.7%

|4.9%

|8.4% {{small|(7th)}}

|7.6% {{small|(10th)}}

19

|August 16, 2018

|13.0%

|{{color|red|8.4%}}

|10.0% {{small|(4th)}}

|8.8% {{small|(5th)}}

20

|August 17, 2018

|12.7%

|8.0%

|9.3% {{small|(7th)}}

|7.9% {{small|(9th)}}

21

|August 20, 2018{{efn|Aired earlier than usual due to coverage of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.}}

|{{color|blue|7.1%}}

|{{color|blue|2.3%}}

|{{color|blue|4.0%}} {{small|(NR)}}

|{{color|blue|3.7%}} {{small|(NR)}}

22

|August 22, 2018{{efn|name=asiangames|No episodes were aired on August 21, 23, 24, 27, 30 and 31 due to coverage of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.}}

|11.6%

|6.9%

|9.4% {{small|(5th)}}

|8.6% {{small|(5th)}}

23

|August 28, 2018{{efn|name=asiangames

}

|11.9%

|7.4%

|9.7% {{small|(6th)}}

|9.2% {{small|(6th)}}

|-

!24

|August 29, 2018

|11.5%

|6.8%

|9.3% {{small|(8th)}}

|8.0% {{small|(12th)}}

|-

!25

|September 3, 2018{{efn|name=asiangames|}}

|15.2%

|rowspan=80 {{N/A}}

|10.6% {{small|(5th)}}

|9.5% {{small|(7th)}}

|-

!26

|September 4, 2018

|14.6%

|rowspan="2"|10.8% {{small|(4th)}}

|9.6% {{small|(5th)}}

|-

!27

|September 5, 2018

|13.6%

|9.1% {{small|(5th)}}

|-

!28

|September 6, 2018

|14.2%

|11.0% {{small|(3rd)}}

|9.0% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!29

|September 7, 2018

|rowspan="2"|12.8%

|9.9% {{small|(9th)}}

|8.2% {{small|(9th)}}

|-

!30

|September 10, 2018

|11.7% {{small|(3rd)}}

|10.6% {{small|(5th)}}

|-

!31

|September 12, 2018{{efn|No episode was aired on September 11 due to coverage of a soccer match between South Korea and Chile.}}

|{{N/A}}

|11.5% {{small|(3rd)}}

|9.9% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!32

|September 13, 2018

|13.4%

|11.0% {{small|(3rd)}}

|8.9% {{small|(5th)}}

|-

!33

|September 14, 2018

|{{N/A}}

|11.1% {{small|(5th)}}

|9.0% {{small|(8th)}}

|-

!34

|September 17, 2018

|13.7%

|10.6% {{small|(4th)}}

|9.0% {{small|(7th)}}

|-

!35

|September 18, 2018

|13.4%

|10.3% {{small|(3rd)}}

|9.1% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!36

|September 19, 2018

|12.9%

|10.8% {{small|(2nd)}}

|9.6% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!37

|September 20, 2018

|13.5%

|11.2% {{small|(3rd)}}

|10.1% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!38

|September 21, 2018

|12.6%

|11.6% {{small|(6th)}}

|10.0% {{small|(7th)}}

|-

!39

|September 26, 2018{{efn|No episodes were aired on September 24 due to the broadcast of the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, and on September 25 due to the broadcast of the movie Transformers: The Last Knight.}}

|12.2%

|9.6% {{small|(6th)}}

|8.3% {{small|(8th)}}

|-

!40

|September 27, 2018

|14.8%

|11.3% {{small|(3rd)}}

|10.2% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!41

|September 28, 2018

|14.1%

|11.8% {{small|(4th)}}

|10.1% {{small|(6th)}}

|-

!42

|October 1, 2018

|16.0%

|12.2% {{small|(3rd)}}

|10.7% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!43

|October 2, 2018

|15.9%

|rowspan="2"|12.4% {{small|(3rd)}}

|10.9% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!44

|October 3, 2018

|rowspan=3 {{N/A}}

|10.3% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!45

|October 4, 2018

|12.0% {{small|(3rd)}}

|10.3% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!46

|October 5, 2018

|12.6% {{small|(4th)}}

|10.5% {{small|(7th)}}

|-

!47

|October 8, 2018

|14.8%

|12.4% {{small|(3rd)}}

|11.0% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!48

|October 9, 2018

|16.4%

|13.7% {{small|(2nd)}}

|11.7% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!49

|October 10, 2018

|16.6%

|12.1% {{small|(3rd)}}

|10.0% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!50

|October 11, 2018

|15.7%

|12.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|10.5% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!51

|October 12, 2018

|14.8%

|11.5% {{small|(4th)}}

|9.4% {{small|(6th)}}

|-

!52

|October 15, 2018

|17.5%

|13.1% {{small|(3rd)}}

|11.1% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!53

|October 16, 2018

|16.7%

|12.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|10.8% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!54

|October 17, 2018

|17.5%

|12.7% {{small|(3rd)}}

|11.3% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!55

|October 18, 2018

|18.0%

|14.4% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.7% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!56

|October 19, 2018

|17.2%

|12.2% {{small|(3rd)}}

|9.8% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!57

|October 22, 2018

|rowspan=2| 17.6%

|12.8% {{small|(3rd)}}

|10.6% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!58

|October 23, 2018

|13.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|11.8% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!59

|October 24, 2018

|19.1%

|14.6% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.4% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!60

|October 25, 2018

|19.3%

|13.8% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.4% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!61

|October 26, 2018

|{{color|red|19.8%}}

|14.5% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.5% {{small|(5th)}}

|-

!62

|October 29, 2018

|19.1%

|15.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|{{color|red|12.9%}} {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!63

|October 30, 2018

|18.6%

|14.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.0% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!64

|November 1, 2018{{efn|name=kbo|No episodes were aired on October 31, November 7 and 12 due to the broadcast of KBO playoff baseball games.}}

|19.4%

|15.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!65

|November 2, 2018

|18.2%

|rowspan="2" | 13.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|11.9% {{small|(5th)}}

|-

!66

|November 5, 2018

|17.0%

|12.4% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!67

|November 6, 2018

|18.7%

|15.7% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.4% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!68

|November 8, 2018{{efn|name=kbo|}}

|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}

|14.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!69

|November 9, 2018

|13.0% {{small|(2nd)}}

|11.5% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!70

|November 13, 2018{{efn|name=kbo|}}

|19.7%

|14.2% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.1% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!71

|November 14, 2018

|19.0%

|14.1% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.4% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!72

|November 15, 2018

|19.6%

|14.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!73

|November 16, 2018

|19.6%

|14.6% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.6% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!74

|November 19, 2018

|19.9%

|13.9% {{small|(3rd)}}

|12.2% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!75

|November 20, 2018

|17.1%

|13.7% {{small|(4th)}}

|11.8% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!76

|November 21, 2018

|19.4%

|15.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.6% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!77

|November 22, 2018

|20.0%

|14.8% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.1% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!78

|November 23, 2018

|18.8%

|14.9% {{small|(3rd)}}

|13.4% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!79

|November 26, 2018

|20.1%

|14.7% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.2% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!80

|November 27, 2018

|20.3%

|15.1% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.3% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!81

|November 28, 2018

|20.9%

|14.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!82

|November 29, 2018

|19.4%

|rowspan="2"|15.0% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!83

|November 30, 2018

|19.3%

|13.6% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!84

|December 3, 2018

|20.0%

|15.7% {{small|(2nd)}}

|14.0% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!85

|December 4, 2018

|19.4%

|15.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!86

|December 5, 2018

|19.6%

|14.7% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.0% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!87

|December 6, 2018

|20.1%

|rowspan="2"|14.4% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.6% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!88

|December 7, 2018

|{{N/A}}

|12.7% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!89

|December 10, 2018

|16.9%

|14.7% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.6% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!90

|December 11, 2018

|18.6%

|15.1% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.1% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!91

|December 12, 2018

|21.2%

|14.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.5% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!92

|December 13, 2018

|20.1%

|15.2% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.5% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!93

|December 14, 2018

|19.9%

|13.5% {{small|(2nd)}}

|11.7% {{small|(5th)}}

|-

!94

|December 17, 2018

|20.2%

|14.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.8% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!95

|December 18, 2018

|19.3%

|15.1% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!96

|December 19, 2018

|19.2%

|14.9% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.5% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!97

|December 20, 2018

|19.3%

|14.0% {{small|(3rd)}}

|12.1% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!98

|December 21, 2018

|19.8%

|14.8% {{small|(2nd)}}

|13.2% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!99

|December 24, 2018

|19.6%

|15.0% {{small|(2nd)}}

|14.2% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!100

|December 25, 2018

|20.6%

|16.0% {{small|(2nd)}}

|14.8% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!101

|December 26, 2018

|20.8%

|15.8% {{small|(3rd)}}

|14.3% {{small|(3rd)}}

|-

!102

|December 27, 2018

|20.7%

|15.2% {{small|(3rd)}}

|13.7% {{small|(4th)}}

|-

!103

|December 28, 2018

|20.1%

|{{color|red|16.4%}} {{small|(2nd)}}

|15.3% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!104

|December 31, 2018

|16.7%

|14.1% {{small|(2nd)}}

|12.8% {{small|(2nd)}}

|-

!colspan="2"| Average

!{{color|green|-}}

!{{color|green|-}}

!{{color|green|12.44%}}

!{{color|green|10.92%}}

|}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable"
Year

! Award

! Category

! Recipient

! Result

! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

rowspan=5|2018

| rowspan=5|2018 KBS Drama Awards

|rowspan=2|Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama

|Kang Eun-tak

| {{won}}

| rowspan="5"|{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=312&aid=0000364968|script-title=ko: [2018 KBS 연기대상] 유동근 대상 "장미희 덕분인데 내가 왜..대하드라마 부활 기원"|trans-title=[2018 KBS Drama Awards] Donggeun Lee Grand Prize "Why am I ... thanks to Jang Mi-hee.|last=Woo|first=Bin|date=January 1, 2019|work=Ten Asia|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101002757/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=312&aid=0000364968|archive-date=January 1, 2019|access-date=January 1, 2019|via=Naver}}

Shim Ji-ho

|{{nom}}

rowspan=2|Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama

| Lee Young-ah

|{{nom}}

Hong Soo-ah

|{{nom}}

Best New Actress

|Jung Hye-in

|{{nom}}

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

{{reflist}}