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2018 South Korean TV series
Cross Promotional poster
Hangul 크로스
Genre Created by Studio Dragon (led by Jinnie Choi) Written by Choi Min-seok Directed by Shin Yong-hwi Starring Country of origin South Korea Original language Korean No. of episodes16 Executive producers Running time 60 minutes[ 1] Production company Logos Film Network tvN Release January 29 (2018-01-29 ) – March 20, 2018 (2018-03-20 )
Cross (Korean : 크로스 ; RR : Keuroseu ) is a 2018 medical thriller South Korean television series starring Go Kyung-pyo , Cho Jae-hyun , and Jeon So-min . It aired on tvN from January 29 to March 20, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:30 (KST ).[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
A gifted young man learns medicine out of a desire to avenge his father who was brutally murdered fifteen years ago.[ 6]
Go Kyung-pyo as Kang In-gyu, a genius first-year resident doctor working in the organ transplant department of Sunrim Hospital who graduated atop of his class all throughout medical school and passed his doctor's licensing exams with a perfect score.
Cho Jae-hyun as Go Jung-hoon, a world-renowned expert in liver transplants and chief of the organ transplant center.
Jeon So-min as Go Ji-in, an organ transplant coordinator who is the only daughter of Jung-hoon.
Jin Yi-han [ a] as Lee Joo-hyuk, an organ transplant specialist.[ 7]
Yang Jin-sung as Son Yeon-hee, the daughter of the hospital chairman. She is a first-year fellow doctor and a maternity specialist.[ 8]
The series is formerly known as Cross: God's Gift (크로스: 신의 선물 ; Keuroseu: Sin-eui Seonmul ).[ 9]
Go Kyung-pyo and Yang Jin-sung previously worked together in the 2017 TV series Chicago Typewriter .[ 10]
The first script reading of the cast was held in late November 2017 at Studio Dragon in Sangam-dong .[ 11]
On February 24, 2018, actor Cho Jae-hyun was removed from the TV series following his admission of committing sexual harassment.[ 12] [ 13]
Original soundtrack [ edit ]
Released on February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Swear" Lee Ha-jin Dingo Salt N Paper 04:49 2. "I Swear" (Inst.) Dingo 04:49 Total length: 09:38
Released on February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Thousand Times" Blank Simon Petren, Maja Keuc Samuel 03:36 2. "Thousand Times" (Inst.) Simon Petren, Maja Keuc 03:36 Total length: 07:12
Released on February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Childhood" Choi Go-eun Choi Go-eun Choi Go-eun 03:45 2. "Childhood" (Inst.) Choi Go-eun 03:45 Total length: 07:30
Released on March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Only I'm Alone" (나만 혼자) Lee Ha-jin POPKID, Dingo GB9 03:26 2. "Only I'm Alone" (Inst.) POPKID, Dingo 03:27 Total length: 06:53
Released on March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Want You And I Need You" (원하고 바래요) minGtion minGtion, Kim Yeon-seo Taeha, Ahin (Momoland ) 03:20 2. "I Want You And I Need You" (Inst.) minGtion, Kim Yeon-seo 03:20 Total length: 06:40
Cross : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Season Episode number Average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 882 865 1034 1031 930 1129 853 1002 680 745 652 712 591 724 662 847 834
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Korea .
[ 14]
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[ 15]
TNmS[ 16]
Nationwide
Seoul
Nationwide
1
January 29, 2018
3.877%
4.601%
3.7%
2
January 30, 2018
3.930%
4.405%
3.9%
3
February 5, 2018
4.493%
5.167%
4.4%
4
February 6, 2018
4.733%
4.999%
4.1%
5
February 12, 2018
4.257%
5.236%
3.6%
6
February 13, 2018
4.575%
5.195%
4.0%
7
February 19, 2018
3.224%
3.650%
3.6%
8
February 20, 2018
4.194%
5.141%
3.6%
9
February 26, 2018
3.224%
3.615%
3.2%
10
February 27, 2018
3.671%
4.244%
3.7%
11
March 5, 2018
3.181%
3.870%
2.9%
12
March 6, 2018
3.421%
4.009%
4.0%
13
March 12, 2018
3.103%
3.833%
2.9%
14
March 13, 2018
3.398%
3.722%
3.5%
15
March 19, 2018
3.292%
3.964%
3.4%
16
March 20, 2018
4.222%
5.034%
4.2%
Average
3.799%
4.417%
3.7%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers 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 ).
^ Credited as Kim Ji-han.
^ "Cross (2018)" . CJ ENM . Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022 .
^ "New tvN medical drama "Cross: God's Gift" woos Go Kyung-pyo and Cho Jae-hyun" . HanCinema . Star Today. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
^ Kim, Jin-seok. "[단독]조재현·고경표, tvN '크로스' 투톱 주인공" . Naver (in Korean). Ilgan Sports . Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
^ "<크로스> 전소민, 고경표-조재현과 만났다! 첫 메디컬 출사표.. 기대감 UP" . Naver (in Korean). iMBC . Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
^ "Medical thriller 'Cross' crosses between good and evil, legal and illegal" . Yonhap News Agency . January 25, 2018.
^ Kim, Yoon-ji. '크로스' 측 "고경표·조재현, 캐스팅 확정…1월 첫방송" . Naver (in Korean). E Daily. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
^ <크로스> 김지한-양진성, 고경표-조재현-전소민과 호흡..'크로스군단' 완성! . Naver (in Korean). iMBC . Retrieved December 7, 2017 .
^ "Yang Jin-sung to star in "Cross: God's Gift" with Go Kyung-pyo and Cho Jae-hyun" . HanCinema . Star In. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
^ Jang, Ah-reum. "tvN 측 "'크로스' 내년 편성 예정…조재현X고경표 검토 중' [공식]" . Naver (in Korean). News1 Korea. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
^ Kim, Yoon-ji. 양진성, '크로스' 합류…고경표·조재현과 호흡 . Naver (in Korean). E Daily. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
^ Jeon, Hyo-jin. " '크로스' 고경표X조재현X전소민, 완벽한 대본리딩 현장공개" . Naver (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Retrieved December 13, 2017 .
^ Jo, Yoon-sun (February 24, 2018). [공식입장 전문] '크로스'측 "조재현 하차 결정, 최대한 빠른 시기에 진행" . Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved February 24, 2018 .
^ Jin, Min-ji. "Cho Jae-hyun embroiled in Me Too scandal: Veteran actor plans to step down from current starring role in tvN series 'Cross' " . Korea JoongAng Daily . JoongAng Ilbo . Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved January 29, 2018 .
^ "TNMS Daily Ratings at Naver" . TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved February 9, 2018 .
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