Love in Contract () is a 2022 South Korean television series starring Park Min-young, Go Kyung-pyo, and Kim Jae-young. It aired on tvN from September 21 to November 10, 2022, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 (KST).
Synopsis The series is about the unusual job of a "single life helper", who pretends to be the spouse of single people needing a partner to attend events such as couples' gatherings and reunions.
Cast and characters Main Park Min-young as Choi Sang-eun / Jamie Oh Eun-seo as child Sang-eun / Jamie Park So-Ye as young Sang-eun / Jamie An elegant single life helper with thirteen years of career experience with perfect abilities. Go Kyung-pyo as Jung Ji-ho Choi Ye-chan as child Ji-ho Lee Ha-min as young Ji-ho A mysterious man who has a long-term exclusive contract with Sang-eun for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Kim Jae-young as Kang Hae-jin / Kang Yoo-Jin Kim Ye-sung as child Hae-jin / Yoo-Jin The youngest son of a chaebol family, a hallyu star who has a new contract with Sang-eun for Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Supporting People around Choi Sang-eun Kang Hyung-suk as Woo Kwang-nam Jin Kyung as Yoo Mi-ho / Tiffany Yoo Ahn Suk-hwan as Jung Gil-tae Kim Dong-hyun as Choi Sang-moo
People around Jung Ji-ho Bae Hae-sun as Kim Seong-mi Park Chul-min as a senior manager Park Kyung-hye as Kim Yu-mi Lee Taek-geun as Park Sang-gu
People around Kang Hae-jin Kim Hyun-mok as Yoo Jung-han Jung Seong-ho as Choi Chan-hee Oh Ryung as Kang Seon-jin Lee Seung-cheol as Kang Jin Yang Jung-a as Choi Ran-hee
Other Lee Joo-bin as Jung Ji-eun Yang Seo-Hyun as young Ji-eun
Special appearances Nana as Yu-mi Yoon Ye-hee as Sang-eun's mother Go Geon-han as Lee Seon-ho Lee Seung-guk as a YouTuber
Production Filming of the series started in May 2022 and continued for five months until October 29.
Original soundtrack
Viewership
+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Average audience share(Nielsen Korea)Nielsen Korea ratings:
Nationwide Seoul 1 September 21, 2022 3.859% 2 September 22, 2022 3.447% 3.818% 3 September 28, 2022 3.761% 4 September 29, 2022 3.584% 3.745% 5 October 5, 2022 3.007% 2.905% 6 October 6, 2022 3.539% 3.763% 7 October 12, 2022 2.859% 2.988% 8 October 13, 2022 3.633% 3.744% 9 October 19, 2022 2.913% 10 October 20, 2022 2.833% 11 October 26, 2022 2.745% 3.241% 12 October 27, 2022 2.804% 3.082% 13 November 2, 2022 2.753% 2.815% 14 November 3, 2022 2.926% 3.394% 15 November 9, 2022 3.122% 3.338% 16 November 10, 2022 3.059% 3.131% Average In the table above, the represent the lowest ratings and the represent the highest ratings. This series 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).
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