# Manhole (TV series)

Manhole (Korean: 맨홀: 이상한 나라의 필; RR: Maenhol: Isanghan Naraeui Pil; lit. Manhole: Wonderland’s Pil) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Jae-joong, Uee, Cha Sun-woo, Jung Hye-sung. It aired on KBS2, from August 9 to September 28, 2017 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 (KST) for 16 episodes.
The drama drew a nationwide rating of 1.4% for its eighth episode. At the time, this was the lowest ever recorded for a drama airing in a regular time slot on broadcast television. Lovely Horribly recorded an even lower single-episode rating of 1.0% in 2018, but Manhole remained the primetime drama with the lowest average rating (2.1%), until Welcome, which aired on the same network and timeslot, broke the record in 2020.

## Synopsis

Foreseeing his own fate, he travels from past to present. The main purpose of him traveling through time is to stop his ideal girl's wedding.

## Cast
### Main

* Kim Jae-joong as Bong Pil
* Uee as Kang Soo-jin
* Jung Hye-sung as Yoon Jin-sook
* Cha Sun-woo as Jo Suk-tae

### Supporting
#### Neighborhood families

* Lee Sang-yi as Oh Dal-soo
* Kang Hong-seok as Yang Koo-gil
* Kim Min-ji as Hong Jung-ae

#### Main characters' parents

* Joo Jin-mo as Bong Dal
* Kim Hye-ok as Yoon Kkeut-soon
* Woo Hyun as Suk-tae's father
* Seo Hyun-chul as Soo-jin's father
* Lee Yun-kyung as Soo-jin's mother

#### Strangers in the neighborhood

* Jang Mi-kwan as Park Jae-hyun

#### Bonbon Hope

* Seo Young as Mi-ja
* Son Ji-an as Yoon-mi

#### Extended

* Park Ah-in as Park Young-joo
* Jo Seo-hoo as Yoon-mi
* Kim Young-ok (voice only)
* Jung In-gi
* Kim Dae-gon as Jang-hye
* Kim Joong-kil
* Choi Yoon-bin
* Park Hee-kon
* Seon Woo-sung
* Heo Soo-jung
* Son Kyung-won
* Lee Seung-hoon
* Go Man-kyoo
* Ha Jin
* Ri Min
* Lee Jae-eun
* Kim Ji-sun
* Ahn Hee-joo
* Yoo Geum
* Park Sang-yong
* Jo Hee
* Oh Yong
* Kim Kwon as Man attending church
* Kim Kyu-chul as Yang Koo-gil's father
* Song Ha-rim
* Park Chan-hong
* Sung Hyun-joon
* Park Shi-yun
* Heo Soo-jung
* Park Do-joon
* Han Jae-woong
* Kim Bong-soo
* Lee Seung-hyun
* Kim Hae-kon
* Choi Yoon-joon
* Song Kyung-hwa
* Tae Won-suk
* Park Hee-kon
* Lee Dong-hee
* Choi Kyo-shik

## Ratings

* In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
* NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
| Ep. | Broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Broadcast date | TNmS | TNmS | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Ep. | Broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 1 | August 9, 2017 | 3.9% (NR) | 4.5% (NR) | 3.1% (NR) | 3.7% (NR) |
| 2 | August 10, 2017 | 3.0% (NR) | 3.7% (NR) | 2.8% (NR) | 3.5% (NR) |
| 3 | August 16, 2017 | 3.4% (NR) | 3.8% (NR) | 2.2% (NR) | 2.5% (NR) |
| 4 | August 17, 2017 | 3.1% (NR) | 3.5% (NR) | 2.0% (NR) | 2.4% (NR) |
| 5 | August 23, 2017 | 3.0% (NR) | 3.6% (NR) | 2.0% (NR) | 2.7% (NR) |
| 6 | August 24, 2017 | 2.5% (NR) | 2.8% (NR) | 2.1% (NR) | 2.4% (NR) |
| 7 | August 30, 2017 | 2.3% (NR) | 3.1% (NR) | 2.0% (NR) | 2.8% (NR) |
| 8 | August 31, 2017 | 2.2% (NR) | 2.7% (NR) | 1.4% (NR) | 1.9% (NR) |
| 9 | September 6, 2017 | 2.5% (NR) | 2.8% (NR) | 2.2% (NR) | 2.3% (NR) |
| 10 | September 7, 2017 | 2.5% (NR) | 2.9% (NR) | 1.8% (NR) | 2.2% (NR) |
| 11 | September 13, 2017 | 2.5% (NR) | 2.9% (NR) | 2.1% (NR) | 2.5% (NR) |
| 12 | September 14, 2017 | 2.4% (NR) | 2.6% (NR) | 1.9% (NR) | 2.1% (NR) |
| 13 | September 20, 2017 | 2.6% (NR) | 3.3% (NR) | 2.6% (NR) | 3.4% (NR) |
| 14 | September 21, 2017 | 2.6% (NR) | 3.3% (NR) | 2.3% (NR) | 3.0% (NR) |
| 15 | September 27, 2017 | 2.7% (NR) | 3.6% (NR) | 1.9% (NR) | 2.8% (NR) |
| 16 | September 28, 2017 | 2.5% (NR) | 3.2% (NR) | 1.9% (NR) | 2.6% (NR) |
| Average | Average | 2.7% | 3.3% | 2.1% | 2.7% |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | 31st KBS Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Jung Hye-sung | Won | |