Adolescence Medley

Adolescence Medley
Also known as Puberty Medley
Teenage Medley
Medley of Youth
Genre School
Romance
Friendship
Comedy
Drama
Based on Adolescence Medley
by Kwak In-geun
Written by Kim Bo-yeon
Directed by Kim Sung-yoon
Starring Kwak Dong-yeon
Lee Se-young
Kwak Jung-wook
Choi Tae-joon
Park Jung-min
Bae Noo-ri
Yoon Park
Opening theme "Stargirl 2013" by Bulldog Mansion
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 4
Production
Executive producer(s) Bae Kyung-soo
Producer(s) Baek Sang-hoon
Location(s) South Korea
Running time Sundays at 23:10 (KST)
Broadcast
Original channel Korean Broadcasting System
Original run 10 July 2013 – 31 July 2013
Chronology
Preceded by Glass Bandage
Followed by Night Watch
External links
Website

Adolescence Medley (Hangul: 사춘기 메들리; RR: Sachungi Medeulli; also known as Puberty Medley) is a 2013 South Korean television miniseries starring Kwak Dong-yeon, Lee Se-young, Kwak Jung-wook, Choi Tae-joon, Park Jung-min, Bae Noo-ri and Yoon Park. It aired as part of the Drama Special Series anthology on KBS2 from July 10 to July 31, 2013 on Sundays at 23:10 for four episodes.[1]

A coming-of-age teen drama about students at a village high school, it was adapted from the webtoon of the same title written by Kwak In-geun, which was published on Daum WebToon from November 9, 2011 to February 29, 2012.[2]

Plot

Choi Jung-woo (Kwak Dong-yeon) is the new student at Namil High School. After transferring schools for 7 times because of his father's job, Jung-woo has learned to live like an "invisible man" and is determined not to make friends. But Yang Ah-young (Lee Se-young), the smart and seemingly aloof class president, is actually full of empathy, so she nags him into doing lots of school chores, which annoys Jung-woo. Meanwhile, his shy seatmate Im Deok-won (Kwak Jung-wook) is being bullied by the seniors. At first, Jung-woo doesn't want to get involved, but he ends up yelling and throwing a bag of snacks at the bullies, that unfortunately lands on someone else walking along the corridor. This happens to be the school legend "Brown Bear," Lee Yeok-ho (Choi Tae-joon). The Brown Bear won't let his slight go easily and challenges Jung-woo to a one-on-one fight.

Another complication occurs when Jung-woo takes revenge on Ah-young by asking her out. To his shock, she says "yes" and everyone at school goes ballistic about this happy news. When Jung-woo learns that his father will be transferred to Seoul in a few days, he volunteers to join the National Singing Contest which everyone avoids, thinking that he'll be in Seoul by the time the show films anyway. But his nightmare continues when Jung-woo's father decides not to transfer to Seoul after all and tells his family that they're staying in Namil. Instead of running away, Jung-woo now has to face all his problems.

Cast

Main characters

Supporting characters

Episode Ratings

Episode # Episode title Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[4] AGB Nielsen[5]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 Transfer Student 10 July 2013 2.9% <8.4% 3.3% <7.8%
2 It's a Secret 17 July 2013 2.5% <8.0% 2.6% <8.0%
3 Qualifications of a Man 24 July 2013 2.2% <8.4% 2.6% <7.9%
4 Your Voice Ringing in My Ears 31 July 2013 2.5% <9.2% 2.1% <8.0%
Average 2.5% - 2.7% -

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2013 Korea Communications Standards Commission Good Program of the Month Won
KBS Drama Awards Best Drama Nominated

References

  1. "Teenage Medley, Three Keywords for Fun Viewing". KBS Global. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  2. 사춘기 메들리. Daum (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kang, Jung-yeon (17 July 2013). "INFINITE's Sung Yeol, CNBLUE's Lee Jong-hyun to Make Cameo Appearances in Drama". TenAsia. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  4. "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  5. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved 2013-06-10.

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