Black Dog: Being A Teacher

Black Dog: Being A Teacher^[1] (Korean: 블랙독; RR: Beullaek Dok) is a 2019–2020 South Korean television series starring Seo Hyun-jin, Ra Mi-ran and Ha Jun. It aired on tvN's Mondays and Tuesdays time slot from December 16, 2019 to February 4, 2020.^[2][3] It is a well-made drama in which viewers sympathized greatly with the realistic situation, conflicts and villains facing fixed-term teachers in the drama.^[4] Internationally, it is available streaming on Netflix.

Black Dog: Being A Teacher
Promotional poster
Hangul	블랙독
Literal meaning	Black Dog
Revised Romanization	Beullaek Dok
Genre	Drama
Created by	Studio Dragon
Written by	Park Joo-yun
Directed by	Hwang Joon-hyeok
Starring	Seo Hyun-jin Ra Mi-ran Ha Jun
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Production company	Urban Works Media
Release
Original network	tvN
Original release	December 16, 2019 (2019-12-16) – February 4, 2020 (2020-02-04)

Synopsis

Go Ha-neul (Seo Hyun-jin) becomes a temporary teacher at a private school, but she faces many struggles in her new position. However, she's determined to do her best and help her students as they face the various trials that exist in the highly competitive private school setting. With the guidance of Park Sung-soon (Ra Mi-ran), the head of the school’s career counseling department, and Do Yeon-woo (Ha Jun), a Korean language teacher with an unwavering passion for teaching, Go Ha-neul finds the strength to overcome the challenges of teaching in today’s cutthroat education system, growing both as a person and a teacher.

Cast

Main

• Seo Hyun-jin as Go Ha-neul^[5][6]

After a teacher saved her when she was a student, Ha-neul decided to become one herself. Years later, she starts working as a temporary teacher at a private high school and, through struggles, grows as a teacher and as a person.

• Ra Mi-ran as Park Sung-soon^[5][7]

An experienced teacher who becomes Ha-neul's mentor. She is a Korean language teacher and Head of College Admission, and is known as a workaholic among the students.

• Ha Jun as Do Yeon-woo^[5][8]

A Korean language teacher who is very popular among students.

Supporting

• Lee Chang-hoon as Bae Myeong-soo^[9]
• Baek Eun-hye as Song Chan-hee
• Lee Hang-na as Song Young-sook
• Jung Hae-kyun as Moon Soo-ho
• Kim Hong-pa as Byeon Seong-joo
• Yoo Min-kyu as Ji Hae-won
• Park Ji-hwan as Song Yeong-tae
• Lee Eun-saem as Jin Yoo-ra
• Jo Yeon-hee as Kim Yi-boon
• Lee Yoon-hee as Lee Seung-taek
• Heo Tae-hee as Ha Soo-hyeon
• Ye Soo-jung as Yoon Yeo-hwa
• Park Yu-rim as Ryu Jin-hee^[10]

Special appearances

• Ryu Ji-eun as young Go Ha-neul^[11][12]
• Tae In-ho as Kim Young-ha, Ha Neul's former high school teacher (Ep.1-2)
• Woo Mi-hwa as Han Jae-hee (Math and creative experience teacher)

Ratings

Black Dog: Being A Teacher : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	1	694	968	1031	971	1211	1096	1044	1067	943	904	942	1124	873	936	867	990	979

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.^[13]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)^[14]
		Nationwide	Seoul
1	December 16, 2019	3.331%	3.574%
2	December 17, 2019	4.412%	5.064%
3	December 23, 2019	4.411%	5.212%
4	December 24, 2019	4.349%	4.834%
5	December 30, 2019	5.483%	6.004%
6	December 31, 2019	4.732%	5.126%
7	January 6, 2020	4.797%	4.848%
8	January 7, 2020	5.055%	5.352%
9	January 13, 2020	4.393%	4.941%
10	January 14, 2020	4.339%	4.457%
11	January 20, 2020	4.492%	4.744%
12	January 21, 2020	5.085%	5.563%
13	January 27, 2020	3.983%	4.026%
14	January 28, 2020	4.428%	4.662%
15	February 3, 2020	4.110%	4.261%
16	February 4, 2020	4.658%	4.647%
Average		4.504%	4.832%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. 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).

References

1. "SHOWS - Black Dog: Being A Teacher". studiodragon.net. Studio Dragon Corporation. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
2. Kwak, Hyun-soo (November 21, 2019). "'블랙독' 서현진×라미란 2人 포스터…참 스승 행보 첫 발". Sports Donga (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
3. Choi, Yu-na (November 23, 2019). "'블랙독' 서현진X라미란, 특별 케미 예고…2차 티저 공개". Sports Donga (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
4. 홍승한 (2020-02-05). "'종영' 블랙독, 학교판 미생이 남긴 의미 있는 것들". 스포츠서울. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
5. Lee, Gae-eun (October 28, 2019). "학원물 '블랙독', 서현진·라미란·하준 출연 확정...12월 16일 첫방송". Sports Seoul (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
6. Kim, Ju-won (November 21, 2019). "'블랙독' 서현진, 현실 밀착 캐릭터 입고 연기 변신..스틸컷 공개". Sedaily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
7. Kim, Ji-yeon (November 22, 2019). "'블랙독' 라미란표 선생님은 어떨까? "열심히 표현중"". Enews 24 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
8. Hong, Se-young (November 26, 2019). "'블랙독' 하준 첫 스틸컷 공개 "서현진·라미란과 케미 주목"". Sports Donga (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
9. Sung, Min-joo (November 28, 2019). "이창훈 "'블랙독' 대본, 매우 생생해서 출연하고 싶었다"". TV Report (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
10. "'블랙독' 박유림, 대치고 새로운 기간제 교사로 눈도장" ['Black Dog' Park Yoo-rim, eye-catching as a new fixed-term teacher]. MK스포츠 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-10-09.
11. "Ryu Ji-Eun acts and Looks like Seo Hyun-Jin: perfectly immersed trauma". 17 December 2019.
12. "Ryu Ji-Eun debut on Black Dog". msn.com. Osen Entertainment. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
13. "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved September 1, 2020.
14. "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved August 25, 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Black Dog: Being A Teacher at HanCinema
• Black Dog: Being A Teacher at IMDb