Untouchable (South Korean TV series)

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Untouchable
	Promotional poster
Hangul	언터처블
Revised Romanization	Eonteocheobeul
Genre	Action; Thriller; Mystery; Melodrama;
Created by	JTBC
Written by	Choi Jin-won
Directed by	Jo Nam-kook
Starring	Jin Goo; Kim Sung-kyun; Jung Eun-ji; Go Joon-hee;
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Park Joon-seo; Son Gi-won;
Production companies	Drama House; Kim Jong-hak Production;
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	November 24, 2017 –; January 20, 2018

Untouchable (Korean: 언터처블) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Jin Goo, Kim Sung-kyun, Jung Eun-ji and Go Joon-hee. It aired on JTBC from November 24, 2017 to January 20, 2018, every Friday and Saturday at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Synopsis

Untouchable is the story of power games and hidden secrets of the Jang family who has ruled the city of Bukcheon for three generations.^[1]^[6]

Jin Goo as Jang Joon-seo, a detective squad chief and the second son of Jang clan who chases after the truth behind the death of his wife.
Kim Sung-kyun as Jang Ki-seo, Joon-seo's older brother who turns corrupt like his father in order to survive.
Jung Eun-ji as Seo Yi-ra, a prosecutor.
Go Joon-hee as Goo Ja-kyung, Ki-seo's wife who is the only daughter of a former president.

The series is set in a fictional city called Bukcheon.^[7]
The first script reading of the cast was held on August 17, 2017 at JTBC building in Sangam-dong.^[8]

Untouchable : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	495	595	N/A	547	N/A	711

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[9]^[a]

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea^[10]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	November 24, 2017	2.300%	N/A	2.3%
2	November 25, 2017	3.324%	3.324%	2.8%
3	December 1, 2017	2.314%	N/A	2.1%
4	December 2, 2017	3.375%	4.269%	3.0%
5	December 8, 2017	2.400%	2.726%	1.9%
6	December 9, 2017	3.982%	4.293%	3.0%
7	December 15, 2017	2.564%	2.742%	1.7%
8	December 16, 2017	3.373%	3.519%	3.1%
9	December 22, 2017	3.043%	3.264%	2.3%
10	December 23, 2017	3.785%	3.759%	1.9%
11	January 5, 2018	2.441%	N/A	2.2%
12	January 6, 2018	2.607%	2.501%	3.1%
13	January 12, 2018	2.185%	N/A	1.9%
14	January 13, 2018	2.790%		2.6%
15	January 19, 2018	2.226%		2.1%
16	January 20, 2018	3.288%	2.995%	2.8%
Average		2.875%	—^[b]	2.425%
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 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).

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^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved November 24, 2017.