The series is about the romance between a hearing-impaired painter who is used to express his emotions through drawings rather than words, and an aspiring actress who expresses her feelings with her voice.[4][12]
Cast
Main
Jung Woo-sung as Cha Jin-woo: a deaf artist who lost his hearing when he was young and has been living a secluded life, but feels freedom in his own quiet world and is easygoing despite the prejudice against him.[12][13]
Son So-mang as Lee Eun-soo: Seo-kyung's colleague who is a curator at an art center.[21]
Bae Jae-sung as Kang Si-hoo: Jin-woo's student.[22]
Production
Filming
Filming of the series was scheduled to begin at the end of 2022.[2] It was reported that the series completed filming on October 30, 2023.[23]
Controversy
In June 2023, the production team of Tell Me That You Love Me issued an apology following a call-out post on an online community stating that the surrounding area was not cleaned up after filming the series.[24]
Viewership
Tell Me That You Love Me : 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
313
331
328
335
374
294
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
366
N/A
343
286
336
411
N/A
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.[25]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
N/A denotes ratings that were not published or unknown.
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).
Notes
^Due to multiple unpublished ratings, the exact average rating is unknown.
^ abcLee Min-ji (September 22, 2022). '사랑한다고 말해줘' 정우성, 10년만 드라마 컴백...신현빈과 호흡[공식] ['Tell Me That You Love Me' Jung Woo-sung makes drama comeback after 10 years...Working with Shin Hyun-been [Official]]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023 – via Naver.
^ abKim Ji-hye (October 17, 2023). "'사랑한다고 말해줘' 정우성X신현빈, 역대급 멜로합..이유있는 기대감" ['Tell Me That You Love Me' Jung Woo-sung X Shin Hyun-been, the greatest melohop ever..Reasonable expectations]. Herald Pop (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023 – via Naver.
^Lee Da-won (November 26, 2023). '사랑한다고 말해줘' 정우성·신현빈, 인생멜로가 온다 ['Tell Me That You Love Me' Jung Woo-sung and Shin Hyun-been, Life Melo Comes]. Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean). Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Naver.
^"사랑한다고 말해줘" [Tell Me That You Love Me]. Studio Genie (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
^ abcdYoo Jung-min (September 22, 2022). "신현빈, '사랑한다고 말해줘' 여주인공 확정...정우성과 휴먼 로맨스" [Shin Hyun-been Confirms 'Tell Me That You Love Me' Female Lead... Jung Woo-sung and Human Romance]. MBC Entertainment (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023 – via Naver.
^Choi Yun-na (October 31, 2023). 정우성X신현빈 '사랑한다고 말해줘', 11월 27일 첫 방송 확정 [Jung Woo-sung X Shin Hyun-been 'Tell Me That You Love Me' Confirmed to First Broadcast on November 27]. Sports Dong-a (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Naver.
^Jang Woo-young (November 23, 2023). "'사랑한다고 말해줘' 백성철, '20대' 정우성 된다 [공식]" ['Tell Me That You Love Me' Baek Sung-chul becomes '20s' Jung Woo-sung [Official]]. OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023 – via Naver.
"Ep. 1". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). November 27, 2023. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
"Ep. 2". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). November 28, 2023. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
"Ep. 3". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). December 4, 2023. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
"Ep. 4". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). December 5, 2023. Archived from the original on December 7, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
"Ep. 5". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). December 11, 2023. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
"Ep. 6". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). December 12, 2023. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
"Ep. 11". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 1, 2024. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
"Ep. 12". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 2, 2024. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
"Ep. 13". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 8, 2024. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
"Ep. 14". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 9, 2024. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
"Ep. 15". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 15, 2024. Archived from the original on January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
"Ep. 16". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 16, 2024. Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
^사랑한다고 말해줘 시청률 [Tell Me That You Love Me ratings] (in Korean). Nielsen Korea. Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024 – via Daum.
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