Big Issue
Title: 빅이슈 / Big Issue
Genre: Fantasy, Suspense, Romance
Episodes: 32 (36-4)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2019-March-06 to 2019-May-02
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Synopsis
This drama is about the story of a paparazzo who chases after celebrity scandals.
Due to a controversial photo, Han Suk Joo (Joo Jin Mo) loses everything, including his prestigious job as a photographer for a top newspaper and his family. Meanwhile, Ji Soo Hyun (Han Ye Seul), the notorious chief editor of a paparazzi group, tries to recruit Han Suk Joo to become a paparazzi photographer at her company.
Cast
Main Cast
Han Ye Seul as Ji Soo Hyun
Joo Jin Mo as Han Suk Joo
Shin So Yool as Hye Jung
People around Han Suk Joo
Choi Song Hyun as Bae Min Jung
People around Ji Soo Hyun
Kim Gyu Sun as Lee Myung Ja
Others
Kim Dong Kyoon as Kong Sung Pil
Heo Hyung kyu as Choi Kyung Sik
Song Kyung Chul as Doo Chul
Oh Gwang Rok as Gobaksa (Doctor Go)
Ahn Se Ha as a Photo journalist
Jo Duk Hyun as Director Kim
Minseo as Moon Bo Yeong
Danny Ahn as handsome man
Jo Hye Joo as female assistant
Lee Kwan Hoon as Kim Sun Soo
Park Shin Ah as Choi Seo Hee
Cameo
Production Credits
Production Company: HB Entertainment
Producer: Moon Bo Mi
Director: Lee Dong Hun
Screenwriter: Jang Hyuk Rin
Note
The lead roles were first offered to actor Park Shin Yang and actress Soo Ae, but both declined.
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2019-03-06 | 1 | 3.7 | - | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 2019-03-06 | 2 | 4.3 | - | 4.8 | 5.0 |
| 2019-03-07 | 3 | 3.5 | - | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 2019-03-07 | 4 | 3.7 | - | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 2019-03-13 | 5 | - | - | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 2019-03-13 | 6 | - | - | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 2019-03-14 | 7 | - | - | 3.7 | - |
| 2019-03-14 | 8 | - | - | 4.0 | - |
| 2019-03-20 | 9 | 3.3 | - | 4.3 | 4.4 |
| 2019-03-20 | 10 | 3.6 | - | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| 2019-03-21 | 11 | 4.3 | - | 3.7 | - |
| 2019-03-21 | 12 | 4.1 | - | 4.1 | - |
| 2019-03-27 | 13 | 2.8 | - | 3.0 | 3.4 |
| 2019-03-27 | 14 | 3.3 | - | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| 2019-03-28 | 15 | 3.6 | - | 3.3 | - |
| 2019-03-28 | 16 | 3.6 | - | 3.6 | - |
| 2019-04-10 | 17 | 2.5 | - | 2.6 | - |
| 2019-04-10 | 18 | 2.8 | - | 2.9 | - |
| 2019-04-11 | 19 | - | - | 2.4 | - |
| 2019-04-11 | 20 | - | - | 3.3 | - |
| 2019-04-17 | 21 | 2.9 | - | 2.5 | - |
| 2019-04-17 | 22 | 3.1 | - | 2.8 | - |
| 2019-04-18 | 23 | - | - | 2.6 | - |
| 2019-04-18 | 24 | - | - | 2.8 | - |
| 2019-04-24 | 25 | - | - | 2.9 | - |
| 2019-04-24 | 26 | - | - | 3.6 | - |
| 2019-04-25 | 27 | - | - | 3.0 | - |
| 2019-04-25 | 28 | - | - | 3.3 | - |
| 2019-05-01 | 29 | - | - | 2.1 | - |
| 2019-05-01 | 30 | - | - | 2.8 | - |
| 2019-05-02 | 31 | - | - | 2.9 | - |
| 2019-05-02 | 32 | - | - | 3.7 | - |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
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Poster
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Trailer:-
– Official Trailer
– Trailer I
– Trailer II
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February 24th, 2019 at 1:38 pm
Put Park Junhee from A.C.E as cameo too.
February 24th, 2019 at 2:26 pm
U forgot A.C.E JUN cameo in Big Issue
https://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=213&aid=0001088188&spi_ref=m_entertain_twitter
March 5th, 2019 at 1:03 pm
can’t wait
March 13th, 2019 at 6:22 am
Nice to see Danny Ahn. Hope it’s not just a cameo.
April 5th, 2019 at 7:30 pm
really got fantasy a not?
April 26th, 2019 at 5:38 pm
How Many Episodes does this drama really has?.
and What Website/s has the real-exact information about its number of episodes?…
In Wikipedia&Asianwiki it has 32 Episodes(30mins.) which is 16 Episodes(1hr.) WHILE
In koreandrama&hancinema it has 36 Episodes (30mins.) which is 18 Episodes(1hr.)
May 22nd, 2019 at 7:12 pm
Tried but first few episodes bores me. Jin Mo is getting boring.
July 12th, 2019 at 12:32 am
Love Joo Jin Mo and Han Ye Seul. This seems like a timely drama too.