Blind (South Korean TV series)

Blind (Korean: 블라인드; RR: Beullaindeu) is a South Korean television series starring Ok Taec-yeon, Ha Seok-jin, and Jung Eun-ji. It aired on tvN from September 16, to November 5, 2022, airing every Friday and Saturday at 22:40 (KST) for 16 episodes.^[4][5][6]

Blind
Promotional poster
Hangul	블라인드
Revised Romanization	Beullaindeu
Genre	Mystery[1] Thriller[1] Crime drama[2]
Written by	Kwon Ki-kyung[3]
Directed by	Shin Yong-hwi[3] Jang Jeong-do[2]
Starring	Ok Taec-yeon Ha Seok-jin Jung Eun-ji
Music by	Gaemi
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Jang Jeong-do Kim Chul-min (CP)
Producers	Kim Seong-min Yoon Jeong-bin Choi Yeon-ho
Running time	60 minutes[2]
Production companies	Fantagio[4] Studio Dragon[4]
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	September 16 (2022-09-16) – November 5, 2022 (2022-11-05)

Synopsis

The series follows the story of ordinary people who have unfairly become victims to different crimes, their perpetrators, and those who try to catch the perpetrators.^[1][7]

Cast

Main

• Ok Taec-yeon as Ryu Seong-joon^[8]
• Ha Seok-jin as Ryu Seong-hoon/Im Sung-hoon^[9]
• Jung Eun-ji as Jo Eun-ki^[10]

Supporting

People around Ryu Sung-joon

• Jo Seo-hoo as Soo-young, Ryu Sung-joon's college friend^[11]

Ryu Sung-joon and Sung-hoon's family

• Choi Hong-il as Ryu Il-ho^[12]
• Cho Kyung-sook as Na Gook-hee^[12]

People around Jo Eun-ki

• Jo Yeon-hee as Jo In-seok^[12]
• Kang Na-eon as Kwon Yu-na^[13]

People Muyeong Police Station

• Jung In-gi as Yeom Ki-nam^[12]
• Jung Eui-wook as Oh Young-guk^[14]
• Yoon Jung-hyuk as Kang Chang-wook^[15]
• Gyul Hwi as Na Dong-hwa^[16]
• Kim Min-seok as Kim Seok-gu^[17]

Juror

• Kim Ha-kyun as Kang Young-ki^[18]
• Choi Ji-yeon as Kwon Gyeong-ja^[18]
• Cho Seung-yeon as Bae PD / Bae Cheol-ho^[18]
• Chae Dong-hyun as Ahn Tae-ho^[18]
• Baek Seung-hee as Yeom Hye-jin^[19]
• Park Ji-bin as Jung In-seong/Jung Yoon-Jae^[20]
• Choi Jae-sub as Choi Soon-gil^[21]
• Choi Gi-sa as Choi Jae-seop^[18]
• Oh Seung-yoon as Chef Charles^[18]

Others

• Kim Beop-rae as Baek Moon-kang^[12]
• Jeon Jin-woo as Jeong Man-chun^[22]
• Jung Chan-woo as Koo Jung-sa^[12]

Extended

• Oh Min-ae as In Seong-mo^[12]
• Jung Ji-hoon^[23]
• Oh Se-young as Baek Ji-eun^[24]

Special appearance

• Kim San-ho as Park Moo-hyeok^[25]

Release

Blind was initially confirmed to be released on OCN.^[7] However, it was later announced that the series would air on tvN's Friday and Saturday time slot instead, on September 16.^[5][6]

Viewership

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	769	559	531	487	380	613	511	589	557	606	511	482	628	538	507	790	566

Blind : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[26]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	September 16, 2022	3.385% (1st)	3.954% (1st)
2	September 17, 2022	2.430% (3rd)	2.627% (3rd)
3	September 23, 2022	2.460% (1st)	2.540% (1st)
4	September 24, 2022	2.591% (3rd)	2.799% (3rd)
5	September 30, 2022	1.785% (2nd)	1.804% (3rd)
6	October 1, 2022	2.847% (2nd)	3.415% (2nd)
7	October 7, 2022	2.194% (1st)	2.442% (1st)
8	October 8, 2022	2.849% (2nd)	3.191% (2nd)
9	October 14, 2022	2.383% (1st)	2.704% (1st)
10	October 15, 2022	2.582% (2nd)	2.989% (2nd)
11	October 21, 2022	2.535% (1st)	2.912% (1st)
12	October 22, 2022	2.172% (2nd)	2.531% (2nd)
13	October 28, 2022	3.152% (1st)	3.555% (1st)
14	October 29, 2022	2.613% (2nd)	2.790% (3rd)
15	November 4, 2022	2.518% (1st)	2.809% (1st)
16	November 5, 2022	3.136% (2nd)	3.127% (3rd)
Average		2.602%	2.887%
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).