November 10, 2020 (2020-11-10) – January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12)
Please Don't Date Him (Korean: 제발 그 남자 만나지 마요) is a 2020 South Koreanromantic comedy television series, starring Song Ha-yoon, Lee Jun-young, Yoon Bo-mi and Gong Min-jeung.[1] Directed by Oh Mi-kyeong, the story of this series revolves around Seo Ji-seong (Song Ha-yoon) a household appliances developer who dreams to live a life like a well-designed algorithm.[2] The series was premiered on MBC Every 1 on November 10, 2020, and aired every Tuesday at 22:40 (KST) till January 12, 2021.[3]
Synopsis
An AI-controlled, household appliances developer in Pelican Electronics, Seo Ji-seong, has dreams of living a perfect life like a well-developed program.
Working on an Artificial Intelligence refrigerator with voice-activated features, she inserts a super sensor chip which was lost by National Intelligence Service into a refrigerator, and an "Ancestral Spirit" program that picks scums instead of telling the freshness of vegetables is developed. So, Ji-seong finds out that her deemed perfect fiancé Jeong-han was actually not her Prince Charming.
One day, Jung Kook-hee, a firefighter, with no social media record, whom the program couldn't analyze, shows up. Ji-seong is skeptical about him, as there is no trace of his past on the internet.
Cast
Main
Song Ha-yoon[4] as Seo Ji-seong, Manager of Pelican Electronics 'Voice Recognition Smart Home Appliance Ubiquitous Innovation Development Team' a programmer of the AI controlled home appliances.
Lee Jun-young[5] as Jung Kook-hee, Whale Fire Station Life Safety Rescue Team Firefighter for 3 years, no social media, no digital convenience.
Yoon Bo-mi as Moon Ye-seul, Seo Ji-seong's friend, a Pelican quarantine staff.
Gong Min-jeung as Tak Ki-hyun, owner of organic cafe near Pelican Electronics[6]
Supporting
Pelican Electronics
Kang Mal-geum as Hwang Ga-eul, telegram girl, Pelican Electronics secretive girl
Jeong Min-sung as Oh Byung-Gil
Kim Ki-ri, as Jegal Su-won, team manager who always raises ideological problems[7]
Nam Min-woo as Ok Dong-jin, an employee of the development team, a coding man[8]
Kim Hyun-myung as Cho Yong-hwan, no one knows when he goes to work and when he leaves.
Park Han-sol as Byun Ha-ri, a subjective intern who takes care of what he did not do.
Dentist friends
Lee Si-hoon as Bang Jeong-han, the man likes Facebook, Dentist. Ex-boyfriend of Seo Ji-seong.
Joo Woo-jae as Han Yu-jin, an Instagram-like man, dentist.
Tak Ki-hyun's husband
Kim Tae-gyeom as Kim Sang-sik, Tak Ki-hyun's husband, old blogging man, an office worker.
Whale Fire Station
Kim Gyeong-il as Gam Oh Joong, the man likes Tinder, from Whale Fire Station, has three children but always needs love, and finds that love outside.
In June 2020, Song Ha-yoon was cast for her comeback series.[9]Lee Jun-young was cast as the main male lead of the series in the same month.[10] Later in October, Yoon Bo-mi and Gong Min-jung were cast to play supporting roles.
Filming
The script reading was done in October 2020 as new stills were released.[11] The first teaser was released in the last week of October 2020.[12]
The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
References
^"'제발 그 남자 만나지 마요' 송하윤 이준영 공민정 윤보미 4인 4색 캐릭터 포스터가 공개됐다" ['Please don't meet that man' Song Ha-yoon, Lee Jun-young, Kong Min-jung, Yoon Bo-mi, four-person four-color character poster was released.]. iMbc. November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
^Kim, Soo-hyun (November 5, 2020). "제발 그 남자 만나지 마요' 송하윤♥이준영, 조상신이 주선한 로맨스? 호기심 자극" [Please don't meet that man' Song Ha-yoon Lee Jun-young, a romance arranged by Ancestor Sang-shin? Curiosity stimulation]. Chosun. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
^"이준영, '제발 그 남자 만나지마요' 출연 확정…10월 방영 [공식]" [Lee Jun-young confirmed to appear in'Please Don't Meet That Guy'... Aired in October [Official]]. The Celeb. June 18, 2020.
^Park, Hyun-sook (October 28, 2020). "'제발 그 남자 만나지 마요' 송하윤 앞에 나타난 조상신?" ['Please don't meet that man' Ancestor Sang-shin who appeared in front of Ha-yoon Song?]. Sports Khan.
^"Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
^"제발 그 남자 만나지 마요 시청률" [Please don't meet that guy 2020 ratings]. Naver. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
^"1월 12일 지상파 시청률, 강은탁X엄현경X이채영 '비밀의 남자' 1위" [Jan. 12 terrestrial viewership rating, Kang Eun-tak x Uhm Hyeon-kyung x Lee Chae-young'Secret Man'] (in Korean). January 13, 2021.
