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- Drama: Pinocchio
- Revised romanization: Pinokio
- Hangul: 피노키오
- Director: Jo Soo-Won
- Writer: Park Hye-Ryun
- Network: SBS
- Episodes: 20
- Release Date: November 12, 2014 - January 15, 2015
- Runtime: Wed. & Thur. 21:55
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
As a child, Ha-Myeong (Lee Jong-Suk) grew up in a family with his firefighter father, mother and older brother. Ha-Myeong and his older brother (Yun Kyun-Sang) both possess higher than normal intellect and are proud of their father. A fire at a waste facility though destroys his family. His mother dies a short time later and Ha-Myeong ends up being scooped out of the ocean by an unknown man (Byun Hee-Bong).
The man that pulls Ha-Myeong out of the ocean is the grandfather of In-Ha (Park Shin-Hye). In-Ha's grandfather believes Ha-Myeong is his eldest son Dal-Po, who died 30 years ago. Ha-Myeong is then adopted by In-Ha's grandfather and his name is changed to Dal-Po. In-Ha and Dal-Po now live together as uncle and niece, although they are in the same age range. In-Ha has a Pinocchio Syndrome. Whenever she lies she gets the hiccups. In-Ha and Dal-Po get along well until Dal-Po learns that In-Ha's mother (Jin Kyung) is the reporter that covered the waste facility fire that destroyed his family. Dal-Po tries to distance himself from In-Ha, but he also develops feelings for her.
Years later, Dal-Po and In-Ha's family are now living in Seoul. In-Ha attempts to become a reporter like her mother. In-Ha meets her mother for the first time in years at a job interview for MSC Broadcasting Station. Her mother is the person giving her the job interview. In-Ha though fails the job interview. Her mother rejects her because of her Pinocchio Syndrome.
Dal-Po is now driving a taxi to support their family. One day, Dal-Po meets In-Ha's mother and decides to become a reporter.
Notes
- "Pinocchio" takes over the Wednesday & Thursday 21:55 time slot previously occupied by "My Lovely Girl" and followed by "Hyde Jekyll, Me" January 21, 2015.
- Actor Kim Woo-Bin was offered the lead male role, but declined due to scheduling.
- First script reading took place October, 2014 at SBS Production Center in Ilsan, South Korea.
- According to SidusHQ (production company for "Pinocchio"), "Pinocchio" sold to Youku Tudou Inc in China for $280,000 USD per episode. That's the highest price per episode for a Korean drama to date, surpassing "My Lovely Girl," which recently sold for $200,000 USD per episode.
- Actor Yoon Sang-Hyun makes a cameo appearance in ep.11. He plays Attorney Cha Kwan-Woo, which is the same character from 2013 SBS drama series "I Can Hear Your Voice." Pinocchio's director Jo Soo-Won, screenwriter Park Hye-Ryun, actor Lee Jong-Suk & Yoon Sang-Hyun all worked together in "I Can Hear Your Voice."
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Episode Ratings
| Date
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Episode
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TNmS
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AGB
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| Nationwide
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Seoul
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Nationwide
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Seoul
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| 2014-11-12 |
1 |
7.8% (19th) |
9.9% (14th) |
7.8% (19th) |
8.4% (17th)
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| 2014-11-13 |
2 |
10.6% (14th) |
12.8% (6th) |
9.8% (15th) |
10.8% (11th)
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| 2014-11-19 |
3 |
9.4% (18th) |
10.9% (14th) |
9.4% (15th) |
10.9% (11th)
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| 2014-11-20 |
4 |
10.6% (14th) |
12.8% (6th) |
10.4% (16th) |
11.8% (10th)
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| 2014-11-26 |
5 |
9.2% (16th) |
11.6% (9th) |
10.2% (13th) |
12.2% (8th)
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| 2014-11-27 |
6 |
11.0% (11th) |
14.1% (5th) |
10.4% (14th) |
12.1% (7th)
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| 2014-12-03 |
7 |
8.9% (18th) |
11.3% (15th) |
8.7% (16th) |
9.6% (15th)
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| 2014-12-04 |
8 |
10.8% (16th) |
12.7% (10th) |
10.2% (16th) |
11.4% (11th)
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| 2014-12-10 |
9 |
9.2% (16th) |
11.1% (11th) |
10.1% (12th) |
11.9% (8th)
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| 2014-12-11 |
10 |
10.8% (14th) |
13.2% (6th) |
10.7% (14th) |
12.3% (8th)
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| 2014-12-17 |
11 |
11.1% (14th) |
13.3% (7th) |
10.4% (15th) |
11.6% (10th)
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| 2014-12-18 |
12 |
11.3% (14th) |
13.5% (6th) |
9.7% (18th) |
10.9% (15th)
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| 2014-12-24 |
13 |
10.4% (14th) |
12.2% (9th) |
9.8% (14th) |
11.1% (8th)
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| 2014-12-25 |
14 |
11.6% (11th) |
13.3% (9th) |
10.8% (14th) |
11.7% (12th)
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| 2015-01-01 |
15 |
13.3% (9th) |
15.6% (7th) |
12.9% (9th) |
14.6% (5th)
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| 2015-01-07 |
16 |
12.9% (9th) |
15.7% (5th) |
11.8% (9th) |
14.0% (5th)
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| 2015-01-08 |
17 |
12.7% (8th) |
15.1% (5th) |
12.9% (5th) |
15.2% (4th)
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| 2015-01-14 |
18 |
12.6% (8th) |
16.0% (5th) |
11.9% (8th) |
13.3% (5th)
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| 2015-01-14 |
19 |
12.1% (11th) |
15.5% (6th) |
11.3% (10th) |
12.1% (7th)
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| 2015-01-15 |
20 |
13.6% (6th) |
16.7% (5th) |
13.3% (5th) |
15.1% (5th)
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Source: TNS Media Korea & AGB Nielson
- NR denotes not ranked within the Top 20 TV programs (including news, sports, variety, etc.) for that day according to TNS Media Korea and AGB Nielson.
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