Twinkle Twinkle (TV series)

Twinkle Twinkle (Korean: 반짝반짝 빛나는; RR: Banjjak Banjjak Bitnaneun) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Hyun-joo, Lee Yu-ri, Kim Suk-hoon and Kang Dong-ho.^[1] It aired on MBC TV from February 12 to August 14, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:40 for 54 episodes.^[2]

Twinkle Twinkle
Promotional poster for Twinkle Twinkle
Also known as	Sparkling Shining All That Glitters
Genre	Drama Romance Family
Written by	Bae Yoo-mi
Directed by	Noh Do-chul
Starring	Kim Hyun-joo Lee Yu-ri Kim Suk-hoon Kang Dong-ho
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	54
Production
Producer	Lee Dae-young
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Annex Telecom Hoga Entertainment
Release
Original network	MBC TV
Original release	February 12 (2011-02-12) – August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14)

Plot

Twinkle, Twinkle is a light, cheerful, and heartwarming family drama that tells the success story of Han Jung-won (Kim Hyun-joo), a workaholic career woman who is determined to make her own way in the world without the help of her family, which has garnered considerable wealth from their publishing company.

But what Jung-won doesn't know is that because of the hospital's negligence, she was switched at birth with another baby, Hwang Geum-ran (Lee Yu-ri). The identity swap resulted in the two girls being raised by families of different wealth and status, and living a different fate.^[3]

When Geum-ran learns the truth, she sees it as a way to reverse her poverty-stricken circumstances. But even after being restored to her rich biological parents, Geum-ran's bitterness makes her consider Jung-won her rival, and she continues to torment her.^[4] Jung-won, whose life has been turned upside down, faces numerous setbacks on the road to recovery.^[5]

Cast

Main characters

• Kim Hyun-joo as Han/Hwang Jung-won^[6]
• Lee Yu-ri as Hwang/Han Geum-ran^[7]
• Kim Suk-hoon as Song Seung-joon
• Kang Dong-ho as Kang Dae-beom

Han family

• Jang Yong as Han Ji-woong
• Park Jung-soo as Jin Na-hee
• Kim Hyung-beom as Han Sang-won
• Park Yu-hwan as Han Seo-woo^[8]
• Jeon Soo-kyeong as Lee Eun-jung

Hwang family

• Go Doo-shim as Lee Kwon-yang
• Kil Yong-woo as Hwang Nam-bong
• Lee Ah-hyun as Hwang Tae-ran
• Han Ji-woo as Hwang Mi-ran
• Kim Sang-ho as Park Joong-hyuk
• Shin Soo-yeon as Park Ji-won

Extended cast

• Kim Ji-young as Go Eun-hye
• Jung Tae-woo as Yoon Seung-jae
• Won Ki-joon as Jegal Joon-soo
• Yoo Sa-ra as Han Song-yi
• Gong Ki-tak as Song Kwang-hee
• Kim Ji-seong as Team leader
• Choi Su-rin as Lee Ji-soo
• Im Chi-woo as Kwang-soo
• Yoon Hee-seok as Nam Sung-woo
• Joo Da-young as Hye-rin
• Yoo Chae-yeong as Pi Ba-da (cameo)
• Kim Soo-hyun

Viewership

Average TV viewership ratings

Ep	Original broadcast date	TNmS^[9]		AGB Nielsen^[10]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	2011-02-12	7.2%	8.6%	9.6%	11.2%
2	2011-02-13	8.3%	10.1%	8.9%	10.1%
3	2011-02-19	8.7%	10.7%	10.3%	12.0%
4	2011-02-20	8.2%	10.4%	9.9%	11.1%
5	2011-02-26	9.8%	12.9%	10.5%	11.6%
6	2011-02-27	10.7%	13.2%	12.8%	14.2%
7	2011-03-05	11.4%	14.0%	13.9%	16.4%
8	2011-03-06	11.2%	13.7%	14.8%	17.4%
9	2011-03-12	10.4%	13.0%	12.4%	14.2%
10	2011-03-13	13.0%	16.2%	15.0%	16.9%
11	2011-03-19	11.8%	14.8%	13.2%	15.2%
12	2011-03-20	12.3%	15.1%	15.1%	17.1%
13	2011-03-26	13.3%	16.3%	14.8%	16.3%
14	2011-03-27	14.1%	18.0%	15.6%	17.5%
15	2011-04-02	13.1%	16.5%	13.5%	16.0%
16	2011-04-03	13.5%	17.1%	15.8%	17.8%
17	2011-04-09	12.8%	17.6%	15.5%	17.2%
18	2011-04-10	16.8%	19.2%	14.8%	19.0%
19	2011-04-16	13.6%	17.2%	15.2%	16.2%
20	2011-04-17	13.8%	16.9%	17.2%	19.7%
21	2011-04-23	14.0%	17.8%	15.5%	17.7%
22	2011-04-24	15.4%	19.2%	15.9%	17.0%
23	2011-04-30	13.2%	15.5%	16.0%	15.8%
24	2011-05-01	14.3%	17.1%	16.9%	18.2%
25	2011-05-07	14.3%	17.0%	16.4%	17.9%
26	2011-05-08	15.5%	18.9%	19.1%	20.4%
27	2011-05-14	15.7%	19.3%	19.4%	21.0%
28	2011-05-15	16.8%	20.4%	21.6%	23.2%
29	2011-05-21	13.9%	17.8%	17.8%	19.0%
30	2011-05-22	17.1%	19.7%	19.5%	21.1%
31	2011-05-28	15.7%	18.9%	19.6%	19.1%
32	2011-05-29	16.7%	20.2%	19.8%	21.1%
33	2011-06-04	16.3%	18.3%	19.7%	21.2%
34	2011-06-05	16.5%	18.1%	18.5%	20.0%
35	2011-06-11	16.6%	19.3%	19.3%	20.3%
36	2011-06-12	18.6%	22.7%	21.6%	23.2%
37	2011-06-18	17.6%	21.0%	19.5%	21.6%
38	2011-06-19	19.1%	22.3%	21.3%	23.6%
39	2011-06-25	19.8%	23.2%	22.5%	25.6%
40	2011-06-26	18.1%	21.1%	22.2%	23.9%
41	2011-07-02	18.8%	21.6%	19.5%	20.9%
42	2011-07-03	20.6%	26.2%	23.2%	24.7%
43	2011-07-09	20.5%	24.2%	21.5%	22.7%
44	2011-07-10	20.4%	24.7%	22.9%	24.6%
45	2011-07-16	18.0%	21.4%	21.1%	23.5%
46	2011-07-17	20.3%	24.3%	21.9%	23.7%
47	2011-07-23	17.6%	21.4%	20.9%	21.9%
48	2011-07-24	19.0%	22.8%	21.3%	22.8%
49	2011-07-30	19.9%	24.2%	21.7%	22.3%
50	2011-07-31	19.5%	24.5%	22.5%	23.8%
51	2011-08-06	22.1%	26.3%	24.3%	25.9%
52	2011-08-07	21.7%	23.9%	25.3%	26.7%
53	2011-08-13	19.9%	23.4%	21.6%	22.6%
54	2011-08-14	19.4%	22.3%	22.5%	23.8%
Average		15.5%	18.7%	17.8%	19.4%
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).

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2011	4th Korea Drama Awards^[11]	Best Drama	Twinkle Twinkle	Nominated
		Best Actress	Kim Hyun-joo	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Kim Sang-ho	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Lee Yu-ri	Won
		Best New Actor	Kang Dong-ho	Nominated
	MBC Drama Awards^[12]	Drama of the Year	Twinkle Twinkle	Nominated
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Kim Suk-hoon	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Kim Hyun-joo	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Lee Yu-ri	Won
		Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Kil Yong-woo	Won
		Best New Actor in a Serial Drama	Kang Dong-ho	Nominated
			Park Yu-hwan	Nominated
		Writer of the Year	Bae Yoo-mi	Won
		Popularity Award, Actor	Kim Suk-hoon	Nominated
		Popularity Award, Actress	Kim Hyun-joo	Nominated
		Best Couple Award	Kim Suk-hoon and Kim Hyun-joo	Nominated
2012	48th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Director (TV)	Noh Do-chul	Nominated
		Best Actress (TV)	Kim Hyun-joo	Nominated
		Best New Actor (TV)	Kang Dong-ho	Nominated

References

1. "Kim Hyun-joo and Lee Yu-ri pose at a press event for their new TV soap Twinkle Twinkle in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on Thursday". The Chosun Ilbo. March 11, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
2. Hong, Lucia (August 8, 2011). "Twinkle Twinkle rises to top spot on weekly TV charts". 10Asia. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
3. Lee, Ga-on (February 1, 2011). "Lineup of Korean dramas for the 1st half of 2011". 10Asia. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
4. "MBC TV miniseries Twinkle Twinkle and Can You Hear My Heart draw the most viewers among weekend TV dramas". MBC Global Media. May 11, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
5. Kim, Sun-young (February 14, 2011). "REVIEW: MBC TV series Twinkle Twinkle - 1st episode". 10Asia. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
6. Kang, Seung-hun (December 24, 2010). "Actress Kim Hyun-joo cast in new MBC drama". 10Asia. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
7. Wee, Geun-woo (August 5, 2011). "Actress Lee Yu-ri's Song Picks". 10Asia. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
8. Hong, Lucia (January 7, 2011). "JYJ Yuchun's brother cast in upcoming weekend drama". 10Asia. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
9. TNmS 멀티미디어 홈페이지 참조.
10. . June 28, 2018. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
11. "Winners of the 2011 Korea Drama Awards". Korea Tourism Organization. October 10, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
12. Hong, Lucia (January 2, 2012). "The Greatest Love snags 7 honors at 2011 MBC Drama Awards". 10Asia. Retrieved July 28, 2013.

External links

• Twinkle Twinkle official MBC website (in Korean)
• Twinkle Twinkle at MBC Global Media
• Twinkle Twinkle at HanCinema