Night Light () is a South Korean television series starring Lee Yo-won, Jin Goo, and Uee. It aired on MBC every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST) starting from November 21, 2016.
Plot A story of three individuals propelled by their undying greed as they clamor for wealth and power in order to reign supreme at the top of the food chain. Seo Yi-kyung (Lee Yo-won), a cold crystal of a woman who is willing to do anything for her ambitions and she doesn't believe that greed is a sin. Park Gun-woo (Jin Goo), a warm-hearted, free-spirited man of integrity and the heir of a big company who got betrayed by his love, Yi-kyung, 12 years ago. Lee Se-jin (Uee) is a hired persona and comes from a poor family, she lost her parents when she was young, and desperately wants to escape from her situation.
Cast
Main Lee Yo-won as Seo Yi-kyung A cold woman and the embodiment of heated passion who wants to be the queen of her own enterprise. Jin Goo as Park Gun-woo A chaebol's son with a free-spirited personality, and initially decides to put aside his status to pursue music. Uee as Lee Se-jin A poor woman who works multiple jobs to turn her life around.
Supporting
S Finance Choi Il-hwa as Seo Bong-soo Choi Min as Jo Seong-mook Shim Yi-young as Writer Kim Jung Hae-in as Tak
Sejin's family Yoon Bok-in as Kim Hwa-sook Kim Go-eun as Shin Song-mi Kim Bo-yoon as Shin Dong-mi
Mujin Group Jung Han-yong as Park Moo-il Lee Jae-yong as Park Moo-sam Nam Gi-ae as Moon Hee-jeong
Tianjin Finance Jun Gook-hwan as Son Ee-sung Park Seon-woo as Son Gi-tae Lee Ho-jung as Son Ma-ri
BaekSong Foundation Jung Dong-hwan as Jang Tae-joon Song Yeong-kyu as Nam Jong-kyu
Others
Lee Yoon-sang Cha Sun-hyung Hwang Shi-myung Kim Sa-hoon Sung Nak-kyung Min Joon-hyun Seo Yoon-seok Kim Hyun Na Jong-soo Kwon Hyeok-soo Jun Jin-gi Son Sun-keun Kim Yong-hwan Bae Gi-beom
Special appearance Kim Kang-hyun Jung Seung-gil Oh Jung-se
Production The first script reading took place September 27, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea and filming began on October 4 in Seoul. The cast started filming in Fukuoka, Japan on October 16. The filming then moved to Nagoya on October 30.
Payment controversy Three months after the end of Night Light, the TV Chosun subsidiary HIGROUND (then known as C-Story), one of its producers, was accused of not duly compensating the actors of the drama. When sought for comment, the company's management said that it was "confused by the reports and that while payments have been delayed, they have been communicating with all of the as-yet-unpaid actors".
Original soundtrack
OST Part 1
OST Part 2
OST Part 3
Charted Songs
Title Year Peak chart positionsSales RemarksKORGaon"Way"(XIA) 2016 KOR: 19,253+Part 1
Ratings In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date Episode #DateAverage audience shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area1November 21, 20165.7% (NR)5.9% (NR)6.6% (NR)6.8% (NR)2November 22, 20167.2% (18th)8.2% (18th)6.3% (NR)6.3% (20th)3November 28, 20166.1% (NR)6.3% (NR)5.5% (NR)5.7% (NR)4November 29, 20166.1% (NR)6.5% (NR)6.2% (NR)6.8% (17th)5December 5, 20165.3% (NR)5.9% (NR)4.7% (NR)5.3% (NR)6December 6, 20166.4% (NR)7.3% (NR)5.4% (NR)6.3% (NR)7December 12, 20164.2% (NR)4.5% (NR)4.7% (NR)5.5% (NR)8December 13, 20164.6% (NR)4.6% (NR)5.2% (NR)5.8% (NR)9December 19, 20164.1% (NR)5.0% (NR)3.8% (NR)4.7% (NR)10December 20, 20164.1% (NR)5.0% (NR)4.5% (NR)5.4% (NR)11December 26, 20164.5% (NR)5.5% (NR)4.4% (NR)5.4% (NR)12December 27, 20164.1% (NR)5.0% (NR)3.8% (NR)4.7% (NR)13January 2, 20173.7% (NR)3.9% (NR)4.1% (NR)4.3% (NR)14January 3, 20174.3% (NR)4.4% (NR)4.7% (NR)4.8% (NR)15January 9, 20173.5% (NR)3.5% (NR)3.4% (NR)3.9% (NR)16January 10, 20173.5% (NR)3.9% (NR)4.0% (NR)4.5% (NR)17January 16, 20173.2% (NR)3.3% (NR)3.1% (NR)3.2% (NR)18January 17, 20173.7% (NR)4.6% (NR)3.5% (NR)4.4% (NR)19January 23, 20174.1% (NR)5.0% (NR)4.1% (NR)5.1% (NR)20January 24, 20174.4% (NR)4.8% (NR)4.3% (NR)4.7% (NR)Average4.6%-4.6%-
International broadcast Netflix acquired the international rights for the drama and is using the name White Nights for it.
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