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2018 South Korean television series

Sketch
Promotional poster

Hangul	스케치

Genre	Action Fantasy Crime
Written by	Kang Hyun-sung
Directed by	Lim Tae-woo
Starring	Rain Lee Sun-bin Lee Dong-gun Jung Jin-young Kang Shin-il Lim Hwa-young Lee Seung-joo
Composer	Ji Pyung-kwon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Bae Ik-hyun Lee Hyang-bong Park Joon-seo
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	60 mins
Production companies	Drama House JTBC Neo Entertainment
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	May 25 (2018-05-25) – July 14, 2018 (2018-07-14)

Sketch (Korean: 스케치; RR: Seukechi) is a South Korean television series starring Rain, Lee Sun-bin, Lee Dong-gun, Jung Jin-young, Kang Shin-il, Lim Hwa-young and Lee Seung-joo. It aired on JTBC from May 25, 2018 to July 14, 2018.

Synopsis

The plot revolves around an ace detective, Kang Dong-soo (Jung Ji-hoon), and a female detective, Yoo Shi-hyun (Lee Sun-bin), who can sketch out the future as they try to capture a serial killer.

Cast

Main

Rain as Kang Dong-soo

An ace detective armed with excellent intuition and executive ability.

Lee Dong-gun as Kim Do-jin

A member of the Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command who seeks revenge for the death of his wife.

Lee Sun-bin as Yoo Shi-hyun

A detective who has the psychic ability to sketch out drawings of what will happen three days in the future.

Jung Jin-young as Jang Tae-joon

A mysterious man. Chief of Internal Affairs.

Kang Shin-il as Moon Jae-hyun

Team leader of the Butterfly Project.

Lim Hwa-young as Oh Young-shim

A technical assistant of the Butterfly Project that provides crucial information to the team.

Song Ji-woo as young Oh Young-shim

Lee Seung-joo [ko] as Yoo Si-joon

Prosecutor and elder brother of Yoo Shi-hyun.

Recurring

Yoo Da-in as Min Ji-soo

Kang Dong-soo's fiancé

Lee Joong-ok as Seo Sang-goo
Shim Wan-joon as Lee
Kim Hyung-mook [ko] as Nam Sun-woo
Park Sung-geun [ko] as Doctor Oh
Kim Yong-hee as Jung Il-woo
Lee Kyu-sung as An Kyung-tae
Park Doo-shik as Jung Il-soo
Joo Min-kyung as Lee Soo-young
Son Jong-hak [ko] as Park Mi-moon
Lee Hae-young [ko] as Baek Woo-jin
Jung So-young [ko] as Kim Sun-mi
Lee Ki-hyuk as Lee Jin-yeong's husband
Kim Hee-jung as Shi-hyun's mother

Special appearance

Yoon Bok-in as Oh Yeong-sim's mother

Production

Hwang Jung-eum was offered the lead role but declined.

This drama reunites Rain and Lee Dong-gun who have worked together 15 years ago in the drama Sang Doo! Let's Go to School.

The first script reading took place in March, 2018 at the JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul.

Original soundtrack

Sketch OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	2018 (2018)
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean English
Label	Warner Music Korea

Part 1

Released on June 8, 2018
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"On This Strange Road" (이 낯선 길에서)	Lim Tae-woo Namu	Ji Pyung-kwon	DZO	3:26
2.	"On This Strange Road" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon		3:26
Total length:					6:52

Part 2

Released on June 15, 2018
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Faded" (옅은)	SunBee	Ji Pyung-kwon Yeom Seung-jae	SunBee	2:47
2.	"Faded" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon Yeom Seung-jae		2:47
Total length:					5:34

Part 3

Released on June 22, 2018
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Sailing"	Damon	Ji Pyung-kwon	Damon	3:51
2.	"Sailing" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon		3:51
Total length:					7:42

Part 4

Released on June 30, 2018
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Becoming A Butterfly" (나비가 되어)	Ji Pyung-kwon Lee Jong-won	Ji Pyung-kwon	Kimmaster	3:39
2.	"Becoming A Butterfly" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon		3:39
Total length:					7:18

Part 5

Released on July 6, 2018
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Sunset"	All Against	Ji Pyung-kwon	All Against	5:05
2.	"Sunset" (Inst.)		Ji Pyung-kwon		5:05
Total length:					10:10

Viewership

Sketch : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Average
	1	654	753	694	753	622	685	538	548	674	502	519	505	490	528	552	566	599

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	May 25, 2018	3.254%	3.977%	3.4%
2	May 26, 2018	3.682%	4.518%	3.3%
3	June 1, 2018	2.982%	3.455%	3.0%
4	June 2, 2018	3.196%	3.826%	3.3%
5	June 8, 2018	3.222%	4.135%	2.9%
6	June 9, 2018	3.405%	3.696%	3.0%
7	June 15, 2018	2.459%	2.902%	2.6%
8	June 16, 2018	2.448%	3.639%	2.6%
9	June 22, 2018	2.835%	3.275%	3.0%
10	June 23, 2018	2.559%	2.878%	2.7%
11	June 29, 2018	2.535%	3.232%	2.6%
12	June 30, 2018	2.590%	2.943%	2.8%
13	July 6, 2018	2.234%	2.832%	2.4%
14	July 7, 2018	2.487%	2.850%	2.6%
15	July 13, 2018	2.620%	3.086%	—
16	July 14, 2018	2.324%	2.416%	—
Average		2.802%	3.354%	—
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. This drama 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).

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2018	6th APAN Star Awards	Best New Actress	Lee Sun-bin	Nominated

Notes

Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.

References

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"비·황정음, JTBC '스케치' 출연 않기로…드라마 복귀 불발". Naver (in Korean). News1. January 11, 2018.
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"Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved November 29, 2019.
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