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South Korean television series
Player Promotional poster for season two
Also known as
The Player [ 1]
Player 2: War of Gamblers [ 2]
The Player 2: Master of Swindlers [ 3]
Hangul 플레이어
Revised Romanization Peulleieo McCune–Reischauer P'ŭlleiŏ
Genre Developed by Studio Dragon (planning; season 2)[ 2] Written by
Shin Jae-hyung (season 1)[ 4]
Park Sang-moon (season 2)[ 2]
Choi Seul-gi (season 2)[ 2]
Directed by
Go Jae-hyun (season 1)[ 4]
So Jae-hyun (season 2)[ 2]
Starring Music by
Si Seong-won (Season 1)
Jeong Seung-hyun (Season 1)
Kim Joon-seok (Season 2)[ 5]
Jeong Se-rin (season 2)[ 5]
Country of origin Südkorea Original language Korean No. of episodesTemplate:Episode counter Executive producer Kim Gin-hong Producers
Lee Geun-jang
Jang Si-woo
Running time 60 minutes Production companies Network OCN (season 1)Release September 29 (2018-09-29 ) – November 11, 2018 (2018-11-11 ) Network tvN (season 2)Release June 3, 2024 (2024-06-03 ) – present
Player (Korean : 플레이어 ) is an ongoing South Korean television series starring Song Seung-heon , Krystal Jung , Lee Si-eon , Tae Won-suk [ko ] , Oh Yeon-seo , and Jang Gyu-ri . The first season aired on OCN from September 29, to November 11, 2018, every Saturday and Sunday at 22:20 (KST ).[ 7] The second season premiered on tvN on June 3, 2024, and airs every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST).[ 8] [ 9]
Synopsis
Season 1
The story about the four talented individuals in their respective fields who create an elite team to solve crimes in partnership with a righteous prosecutor. Together, they confiscate black money and make sure that those who earn money through crimes will be arrested.[ 10]
Season 2
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Series overview
Cast
Main
A veteran conman from a family of investigators who was born bold and gifted with words.
A skilled driver who grew up in an orphanage after being abandoned by her parents.[ 11]
A talented hacker who had a past with Chairman Chun.[ 4]
Tae Won-suk as Do Jin-woong
A powerful fighter who had accidentally worked for "that person".[ 12]
An assistant to Ha-ri and the team's watcher.
Ah-ryung's younger sister who is also a skilled driver. Her real name is Cha Hae-ryung.
Supporting
Public Prosecutors' Office
The prosecutor who teamed up with Ha-ri and his team.
Ahn Se-ho as Investigator Maeng Ji-hoon[ 15]
Lee Hwang-ui as Yoo Ki-hoon[ 16]
Target
Kim Jong-tae as "that person" (real name: Yeon Je-seok)
A consultant and power broker for politicians.
Kwak Ja-hyung as Cheon Dong-seob
People around Ha-ri
Ha-ri's father and former team leader of Special Corruption Division.
A doctor and the only person who knows Ha-ri's past.[ 17]
Others
Min Joon-hyun as Team Leader Shim Dal-soo[ 18]
Kang Min-tae as gangster
Kim Hyung-mook as Na Won-hak[ 19]
Lee Hwa-ryong[ 20]
Min Joon-hyun
Kim Sung-cheol as Ji Sung-goo[ 21]
Lee Chung-mi as Yang Hae-joo
Jin Mo as Wang Seob
Kim Seo-kyung as Mike
Special appearances
Production
Early working titles of the series were Hustle (허슬 ; Heoseul ) and Round (판 ; Pan ).[ 26] [ 27]
On July 12, 2022, it was announced that the series would return with second season in the second half of 2023, under the title Player: War of Gamblers (플레이어: 꾼들의 전쟁 ; Peulleieo: Kkundeur-ui Jeonjaeng ).[ 8] On January 27, 2023, it was reported that filming was scheduled to begin in March 2023, and actresses Oh Yeon-seo and Jang Gyu-ri were in talks for the main roles.[ 28] [ 29] In January 2024, it was officially announced that the second season is included on tvN 's 2024 drama line-up.[ 2]
Original soundtrack
Part 1
Released on October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06 ) Titel Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Player" (플레이어 ) Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo Dok2 feat. Jinsil (Mad Soul Child) 03:05 2. "Player" (Inst.) Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo 03:05 Total length: 06:10
Part 2
Released on October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14 ) Titel Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Changer" Kim Ho-kyung 1601 The Vane 03:15 2. "Changer" (Inst.) 1601 03:15 Total length: 06:30
Part 3
Released on October 21, 2018 (2018-10-21 ) Titel Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Yesterday" Min Yeon-jae 1601 JK Kim Dong-wook 04:00 2. "Yesterday" (Inst.) 1601 04:00 Total length: 08:00
Part 4
Released on October 28, 2018 (2018-10-28 ) Titel Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Bluffing" Min Yeon-jae 1601 Luna (f(x) )03:07 2. "Bluffing" (Inst.) 1601 03:07 Total length: 06:14
Part 5
Released on November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04 ) Titel Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Born to Be a Player" Jung Min-wook Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo Hey Men 03:01 2. "Born to Be a Player" (Inst.) Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo 03:01 Total length: 06:02
Part 6
Released on November 4, 2018 (2018-11-04 ) Titel Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Anyone" Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo Nam Tae-hyun 03:57 2. "Anyone" (Inst.) Lee Jong-soo Yang Sung-woo 03:57 Total length: 07:54
Viewership
Player : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Season Episode number Average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 1.217 1.381 1.136 1.165 1.003 1.171 1.122 1.221 1.200 1.169 0.928 0.958 1.117 1.515 1.165 2 0.940 0.911 0.905 0.671 0.805 0.757 0.866 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD - TBD
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Korea .
[ 30]
Average TV viewership ratings (season 1)
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share[ 31]
Nielsen Korea[ 32]
TNmS[ 33]
Nationwide
Seoul
Nationwide
1
September 29, 2018
4.474%
5.226%
4.3%
2
September 30, 2018
4.876%
5.638%
4.9%
3
October 6, 2018
4.092%
4.433%
4.8%
4
October 7, 2018
4.186%
4.180%
5.5%
5
October 13, 2018
3.720%
4.196%
K.A.
6
October 14, 2018
4.573%
5.097%
7
October 20, 2018
4.415%
5.393%
8
October 21, 2018
4.904%
5.302%
9
October 27, 2018
4.723%
5.531%
10
October 28, 2018
4.640%
4.928%
11
November 3, 2018
3.993%
4.425%
12
November 4, 2018
3.879%
4.116%
13
November 10, 2018
4.553%
4.780%
14
November 11, 2018
5.803%
6.249%
Average
4.488%
4.964%
— [ a]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest published ratings and the red numbers represent the highest published ratings.
N/A denotes ratings that were not published.
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 ).
Average TV viewership ratings (season 2)
Ep.
Original broadcast date
Average audience share
Nielsen Korea[ 34]
Nationwide
Seoul
1
June 3, 2024
4.185% (2nd)
4.658% (2nd)
2
June 4, 2024
3.966% (2nd)
4.065% (2nd)
3
June 10, 2024
4.188% (2nd)
4.310% (2nd)
4
June 11, 2024
3.537% (2nd)
3.594% (3rd)
5
June 17, 2024
3.531% (2nd)
3.722% (2nd)
6
June 18, 2024
3.570% (2nd)
3.519% (3rd)
7
June 24, 2024
3.810% (1st)
4.178% (1st)
8
June 25, 2024
9
July 1, 2024
10
July 2, 2024
11
July 8, 2024
12
July 9, 2024
Average
—
—
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest published ratings and the red numbers represent the highest published ratings.
This series airs 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 ).
Notes
^ Due to some unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.
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"Ep. 3" (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. June 10, 2024. Archived from the original on June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024 .
"Ep. 4" (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2024 .
"Ep. 5" (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. June 17, 2024. Archived from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024 .
"Ep. 6" (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. June 18, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024 .
"Ep. 7" (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024 .
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