Cross (South Korean TV series)

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]

Cross
Promotional poster
Hangul	크로스
Genre	Medical Thriller
Created by	Studio Dragon (led by Jinnie Choi)
Written by	Choi Min-seok
Directed by	Shin Yong-hwi
Starring	Go Kyung-pyo Cho Jae-hyun Jeon So-min
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Lee Jang-soo Choi Tae-young
Running time	60 minutes[1]
Production company	Logos Film
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	January 29 (2018-1-29) – March 20, 2018 (2018-3-20)

Synopsis

A gifted young man learns medicine out of a desire to avenge his father who was brutally murdered fifteen years ago.^[6]

Cast

Main

• 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]

Supporting

• Jang Gwang as Son Young-sik
• Kim Jong-goo as Lee Sang-hoon
• Heo Sung-tae as Kim Hyung-beom
• Yoo Seung-mok as Baek Ji-nam
• Woo Ki-hoon as Lee-dong
• Kim Dae-gon as Jae-hyun
• Woo Hyun as Noh Jong-il
• Kim Ji-eun as Social Services staff
• Seo Woo-jin as Ha Kwan-woo

Production

• 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

Part 1

Released on February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I Swear"	Lee Ha-jin	Dingo	Salt N Paper	04:49
2.	"I Swear" (Inst.)		Dingo		04:49
Total length:					09:38

Part 2

Released on February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
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

Part 3

Released on February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
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

Part 4

Released on March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
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

Part 5

Released on March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
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

Viewership

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

Cross : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

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).

Note

1. Credited as Kim Ji-han.