Cross (TV series)

Cross (Korean: 크로스; RR: Keuroseu) is a 2018 medical thriller South Korean television series starring Go Kyung-pyo, Cho Jae-hyun, and Jeon So-min. It aired on tvN from January 29 to March 20, 2018, every Monday and Tuesday at 21:30 (KST).^[2][3][4][5]

Cross
Promotional poster
Hangul	크로스
Genre	Medical Thriller
Created by	Studio Dragon (led by Jinnie Choi)
Written by	Choi Min-seok
Directed by	Shin Yong-hwi
Starring	Go Kyung-pyo Cho Jae-hyun Jeon So-min
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Lee Jang-soo Choi Tae-young
Running time	60 minutes^[1]
Production company	Logos Film
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	January 29 (2018-01-29) – March 20, 2018 (2018-03-20)

Synopsis

A gifted young man learns medicine out of a desire to avenge his father who was brutally murdered fifteen years ago.^[6]

Cast

Main

• Go Kyung-pyo as Kang In-gyu, a genius first-year resident doctor working in the organ transplant department of Sunrim Hospital who graduated atop of his class all throughout medical school and passed his doctor's licensing exams with a perfect score.
• Cho Jae-hyun as Go Jung-hoon, a world-renowned expert in liver transplants and chief of the organ transplant center.
• Jeon So-min as Go Ji-in, an organ transplant coordinator who is the only daughter of Jung-hoon.
• Jin Yi-han^[a] as Lee Joo-hyuk, an organ transplant specialist.^[7]
• Yang Jin-sung as Son Yeon-hee, the daughter of the hospital chairman. She is a first-year fellow doctor and a maternity specialist.^[8]

Supporting

• Jang Gwang as Son Young-sik
• Kim Jong-goo as Lee Sang-hoon
• Heo Sung-tae as Kim Hyung-beom
• Yoo Seung-mok as Baek Ji-nam
• Woo Ki-hoon as Lee-dong
• Kim Dae-gon as Jae-hyun
• Woo Hyun as Noh Jong-il
• Kim Ji-eun as Social Services staff
• Seo Woo-jin as Ha Kwan-woo

Production

• The series is formerly known as Cross: God's Gift (크로스: 신의 선물; Keuroseu: Sin-eui Seonmul).^[9]
• Go Kyung-pyo and Yang Jin-sung previously worked together in the 2017 TV series Chicago Typewriter.^[10]
• The first script reading of the cast was held in late November 2017 at Studio Dragon in Sangam-dong.^[11]
• On February 24, 2018, actor Cho Jae-hyun was removed from the TV series following his admission of committing sexual harassment.^[12][13]

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Released on February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I Swear"	Lee Ha-jin	Dingo	Salt N Paper	04:49
2.	"I Swear" (Inst.)		Dingo		04:49
Total length:					09:38

Part 2

Released on February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Thousand Times"	Blank	Simon Petren, Maja Keuc	Samuel	03:36
2.	"Thousand Times" (Inst.)		Simon Petren, Maja Keuc		03:36
Total length:					07:12

Part 3

Released on February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Childhood"	Choi Go-eun	Choi Go-eun	Choi Go-eun	03:45
2.	"Childhood" (Inst.)		Choi Go-eun		03:45
Total length:					07:30

Part 4

Released on March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"Only I'm Alone" (나만 혼자)	Lee Ha-jin	POPKID, Dingo	GB9	03:26
2.	"Only I'm Alone" (Inst.)		POPKID, Dingo		03:27
Total length:					06:53

Part 5

Released on March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Artist	Length
1.	"I Want You And I Need You" (원하고 바래요)	minGtion	minGtion, Kim Yeon-seo	Taeha, Ahin (Momoland)	03:20
2.	"I Want You And I Need You" (Inst.)		minGtion, Kim Yeon-seo		03:20
Total length:					06:40

Viewership

Cross : 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	882	865	1034	1031	930	1129	853	1002	680	745	652	712	591	724	662	847	834

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[14]

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea^[15]		TNmS^[16]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	January 29, 2018	3.877%	4.601%	3.7%
2	January 30, 2018	3.930%	4.405%	3.9%
3	February 5, 2018	4.493%	5.167%	4.4%
4	February 6, 2018	4.733%	4.999%	4.1%
5	February 12, 2018	4.257%	5.236%	3.6%
6	February 13, 2018	4.575%	5.195%	4.0%
7	February 19, 2018	3.224%	3.650%	3.6%
8	February 20, 2018	4.194%	5.141%	3.6%
9	February 26, 2018	3.224%	3.615%	3.2%
10	February 27, 2018	3.671%	4.244%	3.7%
11	March 5, 2018	3.181%	3.870%	2.9%
12	March 6, 2018	3.421%	4.009%	4.0%
13	March 12, 2018	3.103%	3.833%	2.9%
14	March 13, 2018	3.398%	3.722%	3.5%
15	March 19, 2018	3.292%	3.964%	3.4%
16	March 20, 2018	4.222%	5.034%	4.2%
Average		3.799%	4.417%	3.7%
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. 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).

Note

1. Credited as Kim Ji-han.

References

1. "Cross (2018)". CJ ENM. from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
2. "New tvN medical drama "Cross: God's Gift" woos Go Kyung-pyo and Cho Jae-hyun". HanCinema. Star Today. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
3. Kim, Jin-seok. "[단독]조재현·고경표, tvN '크로스' 투톱 주인공". Naver (in Korean). Ilgan Sports. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
4. "<크로스> 전소민, 고경표-조재현과 만났다! 첫 메디컬 출사표.. 기대감 UP". Naver (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
5. "Medical thriller 'Cross' crosses between good and evil, legal and illegal". Yonhap News Agency. January 25, 2018.
6. Kim, Yoon-ji. '크로스' 측 "고경표·조재현, 캐스팅 확정…1월 첫방송". Naver (in Korean). E Daily. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
7. <크로스> 김지한-양진성, 고경표-조재현-전소민과 호흡..'크로스군단' 완성!. Naver (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
8. "Yang Jin-sung to star in "Cross: God's Gift" with Go Kyung-pyo and Cho Jae-hyun". HanCinema. Star In. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
9. Jang, Ah-reum. "tvN 측 "'크로스' 내년 편성 예정…조재현X고경표 검토 중' [공식]". Naver (in Korean). News1 Korea. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
10. Kim, Yoon-ji. 양진성, '크로스' 합류…고경표·조재현과 호흡. Naver (in Korean). E Daily. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
11. Jeon, Hyo-jin. "'크로스' 고경표X조재현X전소민, 완벽한 대본리딩 현장공개". Naver (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
12. Jo, Yoon-sun (February 24, 2018). [공식입장 전문] '크로스'측 "조재현 하차 결정, 최대한 빠른 시기에 진행". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved February 24, 2018.
13. Jin, Min-ji. "Cho Jae-hyun embroiled in Me Too scandal: Veteran actor plans to step down from current starring role in tvN series 'Cross'". Korea JoongAng Daily. JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
14. "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved August 25, 2020.
15. "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved January 29, 2018.
16. "TNMS Daily Ratings at Naver". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved February 9, 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Cross at Studio Dragon (in Korean)
• Cross at Logos Film (in Korean)
• Cross at HanCinema
• Cross at IMDb