Love to the End

Love to the End^[1] (Korean: 끝까지 사랑; RR: Kkeukkkaji Sarang) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Lee Young-ah, Hong Soo-ah, Kang Eun-tak, and Shim Ji-ho. The series aired on KBS2 from Monday to Friday from 7:50 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (KST) starting July 23, 2018.

Love to the End
Promotional poster
Hangul	끝까지 사랑
Revised Romanization	Kkeukkkaji Sarang
Genre	Family Melodrama
Created by	KBS Drama Production
Written by	Lee Sun-Hee
Directed by	Shin Chang-Seok
Starring	Lee Young-ah Hong Soo-ah Kang Eun-tak Shim Ji-ho
Music by	Lee Chang-hee
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	104[a]
Production
Executive producers	Choi Hyuk-jin Hwang Eui-kyung Kwak Hong-suk Oh Sung-min
Producer	Sung Jun-hye
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	35 minutes
Production companies	GnG Production [ko] Take 2 Media Group
Original release
Network	KBS2
Release	July 23 (2018-07-23) – December 31, 2018 (2018-12-31)

Cast

Main

• Lee Young-ah as Han Ga-young^[2]
• Hong Soo-ah as Kang Se-na
• Kang Eun-tak as Yoon Jung-han^[3]
• Shim Ji-ho as Kang Hyun-ki

Supporting

• Jung Hye-in as Emily
• Han Ki-woong as Park Jae-dong
• Lee Kyung-jin as Lee Jung-in
• Kim Ha-kyun as Han Soo-chang
• Lee Eung-kyung as Seo Mi-soon
• Park Gwang-hyun as Han Doo-young
  • Lee Do-hyung as child Doo-young
• Han Ki-woong as Park Jae-dong
• Lee Min-ji as Jang Hae-ri
• Kim Il-woo as Kang Je-hyeok
• Bae Do-hwan as Choi Man-sik
• Jung So-young as Yoon Jung-bin
• Nam Gi-ae as Ha Young-ok
• Park Ji-il as Yoon Sang-min
• Kim Tae-gyeom as Choi Deok-bae
• Carson Allen as loan shark
• Jeon Se-hyun as Se-na's mother
• Lee Se-rang as Cosmetic store owner
• Ahn Seung-hun as CEO Jung
• Eun Hae-seong as Kei
• Song Min-jae as Han Yoon-Soo
• Lee A-ra as Han Song-Yi
• Choi Cheol-ho as Manager Baek Chul
• Na Seok-min as Baek's subordinate
• Kang Pil-sun as man pulls piece of hair from Yoon-soo
• Jang Eui-don as Creditor
• Seo Kwang-jae as Judge
• Lee Myung-ho as CEO Jung's lawyer
• Kwak Na-yeon as Helper
• Jang Chul-soon as Reporter
• Kim Nam-ho as Police Officer
• Daniel Joey Albright as Police Officer Randy (ep.10)
• Jo Jae-wan
• Kim Young-ah
• Choi Young
• Maeng Bong-hak
• Seo Dong-suk
• Lee Ye-won
• Kim Sung-gon
• Lee Seung-joon
• Shin In-a

Ratings

• In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
• N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS Ratings		AGB Nielsen[4]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	July 23, 2018	12.5%	7.9%	9.6% (5th)	9.0% (5th)
2	July 24, 2018	11.9%	7.2%	8.8% (4th)	7.8% (6th)
3	July 25, 2018	11.5%	6.7%	8.3% (6th)	6.8% (12th)
4	July 26, 2018	10.8%	5.9%	9.2% (5th)	8.5% (6th)
5	July 27, 2018	12.2%	7.5%	8.4% (10th)	7.4% (10th)
6	July 30, 2018	11.6%	6.7%	9.8% (5th)	8.8% (7th)
7	July 31, 2018	11.7%	7.0%	8.9% (5th)	8.6% (5th)
8	August 1, 2018	11.3%	6.5%	8.1% (6th)	6.7% (10th)
9	August 2, 2018	9.8%	4.9%	8.0% (5th)
10	August 3, 2018	9.5%	4.4%	8.6% (8th)	7.5% (11th)
11	August 6, 2018	10.4%	5.6%	10.4% (5th)	8.9% (6th)
12	August 7, 2018	12.0%	7.3%	8.9% (6th)	7.5% (8th)
13	August 8, 2018	11.6%	6.8%	9.3% (5th)	8.4% (5th)
14	August 9, 2018	12.3%	7.6%	9.7% (5th)	9.1% (5th)
15	August 10, 2018	12.5%	8.1%	10.0% (5th)	8.5% (10th)
16	August 13, 2018	11.7%	7.2%	9.8% (5th)	9.1% (6th)
17	August 14, 2018	11.6%	7.0%	9.2% (5th)	8.4% (6th)
18	August 15, 2018	9.7%	4.9%	8.4% (7th)	7.6% (10th)
19	August 16, 2018	13.0%	8.4%	10.0% (4th)	8.8% (5th)
20	August 17, 2018	12.7%	8.0%	9.3% (7th)	7.9% (9th)
21	August 20, 2018[b]	7.1%	2.3%	4.0% (NR)	3.7% (NR)
22	August 22, 2018[c]	11.6%	6.9%	9.4% (5th)	8.6% (5th)
23	August 28, 2018[c]	11.9%	7.4%	9.7% (6th)	9.2% (6th)
24	August 29, 2018	11.5%	6.8%	9.3% (8th)	8.0% (12th)
25	September 3, 2018[c]	15.2%	—	10.6% (5th)	9.5% (7th)
26	September 4, 2018	14.6%		10.8% (4th)	9.6% (5th)
27	September 5, 2018	13.6%			9.1% (5th)
28	September 6, 2018	14.2%		11.0% (3rd)	9.0% (4th)
29	September 7, 2018	12.8%		9.9% (9th)	8.2% (9th)
30	September 10, 2018			11.7% (3rd)	10.6% (5th)
31	September 12, 2018[d]	—		11.5% (3rd)	9.9% (3rd)
32	September 13, 2018	13.4%		11.0% (3rd)	8.9% (5th)
33	September 14, 2018	—		11.1% (5th)	9.0% (8th)
34	September 17, 2018	13.7%		10.6% (4th)	9.0% (7th)
35	September 18, 2018	13.4%		10.3% (3rd)	9.1% (4th)
36	September 19, 2018	12.9%		10.8% (2nd)	9.6% (2nd)
37	September 20, 2018	13.5%		11.2% (3rd)	10.1% (3rd)
38	September 21, 2018	12.6%		11.6% (6th)	10.0% (7th)
39	September 26, 2018[e]	12.2%		9.6% (6th)	8.3% (8th)
40	September 27, 2018	14.8%		11.3% (3rd)	10.2% (4th)
41	September 28, 2018	14.1%		11.8% (4th)	10.1% (6th)
42	October 1, 2018	16.0%		12.2% (3rd)	10.7% (3rd)
43	October 2, 2018	15.9%		12.4% (3rd)	10.9% (3rd)
44	October 3, 2018	—			10.3% (3rd)
45	October 4, 2018			12.0% (3rd)	10.3% (4th)
46	October 5, 2018			12.6% (4th)	10.5% (7th)
47	October 8, 2018	14.8%		12.4% (3rd)	11.0% (3rd)
48	October 9, 2018	16.4%		13.7% (2nd)	11.7% (3rd)
49	October 10, 2018	16.6%		12.1% (3rd)	10.0% (4th)
50	October 11, 2018	15.7%		12.3% (2nd)	10.5% (3rd)
51	October 12, 2018	14.8%		11.5% (4th)	9.4% (6th)
52	October 15, 2018	17.5%		13.1% (3rd)	11.1% (3rd)
53	October 16, 2018	16.7%		12.9% (2nd)	10.8% (4th)
54	October 17, 2018	17.5%		12.7% (3rd)	11.3% (3rd)
55	October 18, 2018	18.0%		14.4% (2nd)	12.7% (2nd)
56	October 19, 2018	17.2%		12.2% (3rd)	9.8% (4th)
57	October 22, 2018	17.6%		12.8% (3rd)	10.6% (3rd)
58	October 23, 2018			13.3% (2nd)	11.8% (2nd)
59	October 24, 2018	19.1%		14.6% (2nd)	12.4% (3rd)
60	October 25, 2018	19.3%		13.8% (2nd)	12.4% (2nd)
61	October 26, 2018	19.8%		14.5% (2nd)	12.5% (5th)
62	October 29, 2018	19.1%		15.3% (2nd)	12.9% (3rd)
63	October 30, 2018	18.6%		14.3% (2nd)	12.0% (2nd)
64	November 1, 2018[f]	19.4%		15.3% (2nd)	13.9% (2nd)
65	November 2, 2018	18.2%		13.9% (2nd)	11.9% (5th)
66	November 5, 2018	17.0%			12.4% (3rd)
67	November 6, 2018	18.7%		15.7% (2nd)	13.4% (2nd)
68	November 8, 2018[f]	—		14.9% (2nd)	12.9% (2nd)
69	November 9, 2018			13.0% (2nd)	11.5% (4th)
70	November 13, 2018[f]	19.7%		14.2% (2nd)	13.1% (3rd)
71	November 14, 2018	19.0%		14.1% (2nd)	12.4% (2nd)
72	November 15, 2018	19.6%		14.9% (2nd)	13.9% (2nd)
73	November 16, 2018	19.6%		14.6% (2nd)	12.6% (4th)
74	November 19, 2018	19.9%		13.9% (3rd)	12.2% (3rd)
75	November 20, 2018	17.1%		13.7% (4th)	11.8% (3rd)
76	November 21, 2018	19.4%		15.3% (2nd)	13.6% (2nd)
77	November 22, 2018	20.0%		14.8% (2nd)	13.1% (2nd)
78	November 23, 2018	18.8%		14.9% (3rd)	13.4% (2nd)
79	November 26, 2018	20.1%		14.7% (2nd)	13.2% (2nd)
80	November 27, 2018	20.3%		15.1% (2nd)	13.3% (3rd)
81	November 28, 2018	20.9%		14.3% (2nd)	12.9% (2nd)
82	November 29, 2018	19.4%		15.0% (2nd)	13.9% (2nd)
83	November 30, 2018	19.3%			13.6% (2nd)
84	December 3, 2018	20.0%		15.7% (2nd)	14.0% (2nd)
85	December 4, 2018	19.4%		15.3% (2nd)	12.9% (2nd)
86	December 5, 2018	19.6%		14.7% (2nd)	13.0% (2nd)
87	December 6, 2018	20.1%		14.4% (2nd)	12.6% (2nd)
88	December 7, 2018	—			12.7% (4th)
89	December 10, 2018	16.9%	14.7% (2nd)	13.6% (2nd)
90	December 11, 2018	18.6%	15.1% (2nd)	13.1% (2nd)
91	December 12, 2018	21.2%	14.9% (2nd)	12.5% (2nd)
92	December 13, 2018	20.1%	15.2% (2nd)	13.5% (3rd)
93	December 14, 2018	19.9%	13.5% (2nd)	11.7% (5th)
94	December 17, 2018	20.2%	14.9% (2nd)	12.8% (2nd)
95	December 18, 2018	19.3%	15.1% (2nd)	13.3% (2nd)
96	December 19, 2018	19.2%	14.9% (2nd)	13.5% (3rd)
97	December 20, 2018	19.3%	14.0% (3rd)	12.1% (4th)
98	December 21, 2018	19.8%	14.8% (2nd)	13.2% (4th)
99	December 24, 2018	19.6%	15.0% (2nd)	14.2% (2nd)
100	December 25, 2018	20.6%	16.0% (2nd)	14.8% (2nd)
101	December 26, 2018	20.8%	15.8% (3rd)	14.3% (3rd)
102	December 27, 2018	20.7%	15.2% (3rd)	13.7% (4th)
103	December 28, 2018	20.1%	16.4% (2nd)	15.3% (2nd)
104	December 31, 2018	16.7%	14.1% (2nd)	12.8% (2nd)
Average		-	-	12.44%	10.92%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2018	2018 KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama	Kang Eun-tak	Won	[5]
			Shim Ji-ho	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama	Lee Young-ah	Nominated
			Hong Soo-ah	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Jung Hye-in	Nominated

Notes

1. Originally scheduled to air for 100 episodes, the series was extended by four episodes in lieu of 12 pre-empts.
2. Aired earlier than usual due to coverage of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
3. No episodes were aired on August 21, 23, 24, 27, 30 and 31 due to coverage of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
4. No episode was aired on September 11 due to coverage of a soccer match between South Korea and Chile.
5. No episodes were aired on September 24 due to the broadcast of the movie Guardians of the Galaxy, and on September 25 due to the broadcast of the movie Transformers: The Last Knight.
6. No episodes were aired on October 31, November 7 and 12 due to the broadcast of KBO playoff baseball games.

References

1. "Love to the End". KBS World. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
2. Park, Jae-hwan (July 9, 2018). "청순한 이영아, 성숙한 한가영". KBS Media (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
3. Park, Jae-hwan (Jul 3, 2018). 이영아-강은탁 일일극 "끝까지 사랑". KBS Media (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
4. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
5. Woo, Bin (January 1, 2019). [2018 KBS 연기대상] 유동근 대상 "장미희 덕분인데 내가 왜..대하드라마 부활 기원" [[2018 KBS Drama Awards] Donggeun Lee Grand Prize "Why am I ... thanks to Jang Mi-hee.]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via Naver.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Love to the End on KBS World