Sweet Secret

For other uses, see Sweet Secret (disambiguation).
Sweet Secret

Promotional poster for Sweet Secret
Also known as Love & Secret
Genre Romance
Corporate
Family
Written by Kim Kyung-hee
Directed by Park Man-young
Starring Shin So-yul
Kim Heung-soo
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 102
Production
Executive producer(s) Jung Hae-ryong
Running time Mondays to Fridays at 19:50 (KST)
Production company(s) I Will Media
Release
Original network Korean Broadcasting System
Original release November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11) – April 3, 2015 (2015-04-03)
Chronology
Preceded by Two Mothers
Followed by Love on a Rooftop
External links
Website

Sweet Secret (Hangul: 달콤한 비밀; RR: Dalkomhan bimil), also known as Love & Secret, is a 2014-2015 South Korean daily drama starring Shin So-yul and Kim Heung-soo.[1][2] It aired on KBS2 from November 11, 2014 to April 3, 2015 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:50 for 102 episodes.[3][4]

Plot

Han Ah-reum, the daughter of the Korean Vice-Minister for Culture, returns home with a child born out of wedlock, a fact that will shame her family and ruin the chances of her father becoming the Minister for Culture. Chun Sung-woon, heir of the Winner fashion and clothing company, is being backed into an arranged marriage that he does not want. When the paths of the two cross and re-cross, initial hostility turns into love. However, the secret of Ah-reum's illegitimate daughter may become a barrier to true love.

Cast

Main characters

Fashion student who becomes pregnant with Phillip's daughter Tiffany, but is abandoned by him, becomes a single mother despite the stigma that brings, becomes a designer at Winner's in order to provide for her daughter, where she meets and falls in love with Cheon Sung-woon.
Director of the Winner's Group, falls in love with Ah-reum and breaks off an arranged marriage with Go Yoon-yi, persists in wanting to marry Ah-reum even after it is discovered that she is a single mother
Hedge fund manager, abandons Ah-reum for a financially more lucrative marriage but seeks a divorce from his wife once he has extracted what he wants from it, when Ah-reum rejects him becomes obsessed with winning back Ah-reum and taking custody of Tiffany, uses Winner's need for expansion capital to manipulate Sung-woon and Ah-reum
Corporate lawyer, and Sung-woon's friend since childhood, from an impoverished background Sung-woon's family paid for her education with the intention of marrying her to him, when Sung-woon breaks off their engagement she helps Phillip and betrays Winner's in order to drive Sung-woon and Ah-reum apart

Supporting characters

Han family
Ah-reum's father, vice-minister of culture, candidate to become minister, ruins his career and a reputation for probity in order to protect Ah-reum
Ah-reum's mother, housewife, suffers early onset dementia which Phillip uses to snatch Tiffany and paint Ah-reum as an unfit mother
Ah-reum's younger brother, a medical student and talented singer
Chun family
Extended cast

Ratings

The series aired, two weeks after initial broadcast, on KBS World with subtitles.

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[5] AGB Nielsen[6]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 2014/11/11 14.6% 14.4% 14.5% 15.4%
2 2014/11/12 18.1% 16.8% 17.3% 17.6%
3 2014/11/13 16.0% 15.3% 16.4% 17.3%
4 2014/11/14 15.9% 15.8% 16.5%
5 2014/11/17 18.2% 18.3% 18.6% 19.3%
6 2014/11/18 16.8% 17.0% 15.4%
7 2014/11/19 17.4% 17.1% 17.7% 17.8%
8 2014/11/20 17.0% 16.8% 17.6%
9 2014/11/24 17.7% 16.7% 17.2% 18.1%
10 2014/11/25 16.8% 16.2% 16.9%
11 2014/11/26 18.2% 16.8% 17.7%
12 2014/11/27 17.5% 16.1% 17.3% 17.8%
13 2014/11/28 16.4% 16.7% 16.8%
14 2014/12/01 18.2% 17.9% 18.6% 18.9%
15 2014/12/02 17.2% 16.8% 17.7% 18.1%
16 2014/12/03 18.6% 17.7% 18.1% 18.6%
17 2014/12/04 19.5% 19.4% 19.2% 19.7%
18 2014/12/05 18.0% 16.8% 17.6% 17.3%
19 2014/12/08 19.1% 18.3% 18.7% 19.2%
20 2014/12/09 18.5% 18.6% 18.0% 19.3%
21 2014/12/10 19.4% 18.8% 18.5% 18.2%
22 2014/12/11 19.5% 20.1% 18.7% 19.2%
23 2014/12/12 16.6% 15.6% 18.1%
24 2014/12/15 17.5% 16.8% 18.2% 19.8%
25 2014/12/16 17.8% 17.7% 17.3% 17.6%
26 2014/12/17 19.4% 19.0% 18.7% 18.8%
27 2014/12/18 17.8% 17.1% 19.2% 19.7%
28 2014/12/19 17.8% 16.7% 17.6%
29 2014/12/22 19.2% 18.0% 19.2% 19.0%
30 2014/12/23 18.8% 18.5% 16.9% 16.7%
31 2014/12/24 16.9% 16.1% 18.0% 18.3%
32 2014/12/25 20.0% 18.3% 20.3% 21.1%
33 2014/12/26 19.6% 19.7% 19.6% 19.5%
34 2014/12/29 19.9% 20.5% 19.8% 19.9%
35 2014/12/30 19.4% 19.1% 19.0% 19.1%
36 2014/12/31 18.7% 19.5% 18.2% 17.8%
37 2015/01/01 21.2% 21.3% 20.8% 20.2%
38 2015/01/02 18.9% 19.1% 17.9% 17.5%
39 2015/01/05 19.6% 20.0% 20.4% 21.0%
40 2015/01/06 20.7% 20.8% 20.0% 19.9%
41 2015/01/07 18.3% 17.0% 17.6% 17.2%
42 2015/01/08 18.9% 19.2% 20.1% 21.1%
43 2015/01/09 19.2% 18.6% 19.3% 19.6%
44 2015/01/12 18.1% 17.1% 18.8%
45 2015/01/13 18.0% 17.4% 18.4% 18.8%
46 2015/01/14 19.6% 18.6% 19.5% 19.9%
47 2015/01/15 20.2% 19.4% 18.7% 19.6%
48 2015/01/16 18.2% 18.7% 18.3% 18.4%
49 2015/01/19 19.6% 19.2% 19.2% 19.6%
50 2015/01/20 18.5% 17.9% 18.6% 18.9%
51 2015/01/21 18.6% 17.5% 18.8% 18.3%
52 2015/01/22 19.0% 17.9% 18.6% 18.9%
53 2015/01/23 17.2% 16.3% 16.9% 17.4%
54 2015/01/26 16.6% 16.4% 16.5%
55 2015/01/27 19.9% 18.2% 19.4% 19.5%
56 2015/01/28 19.5% 18.5% 17.7% 17.2%
57 2015/01/29 19.4% 18.0% 18.3% 18.9%
58 2015/01/30 18.3% 17.4% 17.1% 16.8%
59 2015/02/02 20.2% 19.3% 20.1% 20.2%
60 2015/02/03 20.7% 19.5% 19.1% 18.3%
61 2015/02/04 18.3% 16.8% 18.2% 17.6%
62 2015/02/05 18.8% 18.2% 17.0% 16.7%
63 2015/02/06 16.3% 15.2% 14.7%
64 2015/02/09 19.4% 18.2% 17.2% 16.9%
65 2015/02/10 20.0% 18.5% 17.7% 17.4%
66 2015/02/11 18.6% 17.0% 16.1% 14.9%
67 2015/02/12 19.1% 18.9% 18.1% 17.9%
68 2015/02/13 18.1% 17.3% 16.8% 16.4%
69 2015/02/16 19.4% 18.3% 19.7% 19.8%
70 2015/02/17 18.0% 18.3% 18.2% 18.9%
71 2015/02/18 15.6% 16.0% 14.9% 14.2%
72 2015/02/19 14.5% 14.5% 12.6% 11.9%
73 2015/02/20 15.9% 15.0% 14.7% 14.2%
74 2015/02/23 19.1% 18.9% 18.2% 19.3%
75 2015/02/24 20.2% 19.3% 19.8% 20.3%
76 2015/02/25 18.8% 16.2% 18.3% 17.8%
77 2015/02/26 17.7% 16.0% 17.6% 18.3%
78 2015/02/27 19.3% 19.2% 18.5% 19.6%
79 2015/03/02 18.8% 18.4% 18.7% 19.8%
80 2015/03/03 21.6% 21.0% 19.7% 20.6%
81 2015/03/04 18.7% 16.6% 17.9% 17.4%
82 2015/03/05 18.4% 17.7% 18.5% 18.3%
83 2015/03/06 19.2% 18.5% 17.7% 18.5%
84 2015/03/09 19.4% 18.7% 19.4% 19.7%
85 2015/03/10 20.0% 19.7% 18.7% 18.5%
86 2015/03/11 17.9% 16.6% 18.2%
87 2015/03/12 18.6% 17.4% 19.3% 20.0%
88 2015/03/13 19.2% 17.6% 17.9% 17.7%
89 2015/03/16 18.3% 17.5% 18.3% 18.1%
90 2015/03/17 19.3% 18.7% 20.0% 19.8%
91 2015/03/18 17.9% 17.1% 17.9% 17.3%
92 2015/03/19 19.2% 18.2% 17.8%
93 2015/03/20 18.1% 17.9% 17.3% 17.1%
94 2015/03/23 18.8% 17.8% 18.9% 19.1%
95 2015/03/24 21.0% 18.9% 20.1% 20.5%
96 2015/03/25 19.1% 17.4% 18.5% 18.4%
97 2015/03/26 19.6% 19.3% 19.0%
98 2015/03/30 20.9% 17.6% 19.2% 19.4%
99 2015/03/31 19.9% 17.7% 19.4% 19.0%
100 2015/04/01 21.3% 18.8% 20.0% 19.4%
101 2015/04/02 21.4% 19.6% 21.1% 21.6%
102 2015/04/03 22.3% 21.5% 19.8% 19.5%
Average 18.67% 17.92% 18.19% 18.36%

Key

Notes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2014 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama Kim Heung-soo Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama Shin So-yul Won
Best New Actress Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Julie (October 16, 2014). "Sweet Secrets Offers A New Spin On The Single Mom Drama". KDramaStars. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sweet Secrets preview: Shin So-yul and Kim Heung-soo". Hancinema. October 30, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Kim, Gwang-kuk (November 6, 2014). 새 일일극 '달콤한 비밀', 비밀은 있어도 막장은 없다?. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ Song, Soo-bin (November 7, 2014). '달콤한 비밀' 신소율 김흥수, 공식 포스터 2종 공개 '기대감 증폭'. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ "TNmS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  6. ↑ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2014.

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