Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek (Korean: 광고천재 이태백; Hanja: 廣告天才 李太白; RR: Gwanggocheonjae Itaebaek; MR: Kwanggoch'ŏnjae It'aebaek) is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Jin Goo, Park Ha-sun, Jo Hyun-jae and Han Chae-young.
Set in the cutthroat field of advertising where creativity and competition coexist, the drama is the success story of underdog Lee Tae-baek who fights his way to becoming the best ad man in the business. It aired on KBS2 from February 4 to March 26, 2013, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) for 16 episodes.
Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek | |
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Also known as | Advertising Genius Lee Tae-baek |
Hangul | 광고천재 이태백 |
Hanja | 廣告天才 李太白 |
Revised Romanization | Gwanggocheonjae Itaebaek |
McCune–Reischauer | Kwanggoch'ŏnjae It'aebaek |
Genre | Workplace drama Romance |
Written by | Seol Joon-seok Lee Jae-ha Lee Yoon-jong |
Directed by | Park Ki-ho Lee So-yeon |
Starring | Jin Goo Park Ha-sun Jo Hyun-jae Han Chae-young |
Composers | Oh Joon-seong Lee Im-woo |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Lee Jae-young Yoo Geon-shik |
Producer | Kim Jin-woo |
Production location | Korea |
Cinematography | Uhm Joon-seong Lee Young-seob |
Editor | Han Ok-geum |
Running time | 60 minutes Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
Production companies | Raemongraein Co., Ltd. |
Original release | |
Network | KBS2 |
Release | February 4 March 26, 2013 | –
The protagonist is loosely based on internationally-renowned advertising designer and social activist Jeseok Yi (a.k.a. Jeski), who wrote the 2010 book Ad Genius Lee Je-seok.
The drama reunites Han Chae-young and Jo Hyun-jae who previously worked together in the 2005 TV series Only You.
Drama series depicts the lives and love of people working in the advertisement industry.
Lee Tae-baek (Jin Goo) is extremely talented but, due to his poor resume, goes through difficulties as he attempts to succeed in the advertising world.
Baek Ji-yoon (Park Ha-sun) is an intern at Geumsan Ad Company. She tries to do her best regardless of the task. Ji-yoon is full of passion and becomes involved with Lee Tae-Baek.
Go Ah-ri (Han Chae-young) is an ad planner at Geumsan Ad Company. She's a confident and sexy woman. In order to achieve her dream, she throws away her past and her love.
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
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AGB Nielsen | TNmS | ||||
Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
1 | February 4, 2013 | 4.3% | 4.3% | 5.2% | 6.0% |
2 | February 5, 2013 | 4.4% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 5.3% |
3 | February 11, 2013 | 4.4% | 5.4% | 4.8% | 5.7% |
4 | February 12, 2013 | 4.4% | 4.8% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
5 | February 18, 2013 | 4.0% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 6.2% |
6 | February 19, 2013 | 3.9% | 4.0% | 5.4% | 5.8% |
7 | February 25, 2013 | 4.3% | 5.3% | 4.1% | 4.8% |
8 | February 26, 2013 | 4.0% | 4.6% | 4.4% | 4.9% |
9 | March 4, 2013 | 3.5% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.3% |
10 | March 5, 2013 | 4.2% | 5.2% | 4.0% | 5.0% |
11 | March 11, 2013 | 3.5% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.5% |
12 | March 12, 2013 | 3.5% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 5.1% |
13 | March 18, 2013 | 3.8% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.0% |
14 | March 19, 2013 | 3.7% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 5.0% |
15 | March 25, 2013 | 3.6% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
16 | March 26, 2013 | 6.3% | 6.7% | 5.5% | 5.7% |
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