# Unlock My Boss

Unlock My Boss (Korean: 사장님을 잠금해제) is a South Korean television series starring Chae Jong-hyeop, Seo Eun-soo, and Park Sung-woong. It is based on a webtoon of the same Korean title by writer Park Seong-hyun, which was serialized on Naver. It aired on ENA from December 7, 2022 to January 12, 2023, every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:00 (KST). It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea, and on Netflix in selected regions.

## Synopsis

The series is about a company president who gets trapped in a smartphone due to a suspicious incident, and an unemployed young man whose life changes after picking up the strange smartphone.

## Cast
### Main

* Chae Jong-hyeop as Park In-seong: a job-seeker who is majored in acting, and has lived a hard life, but still has not accomplished anything
* Seo Eun-soo as Jung Se-yeon: a robot-like secretary who becomes In-seong's strongest ally
* Park Sung-woong as Kim Seon-joo: president of Silver Lining, an emerging IT company

### Supporting

* Lee Sang-hee as Oh Mi-ran: executive director of Beomyoung Group, the largest domestic market capitalization company
* Kim Sung-oh as Ma-pi/Jang Ju-seong: a loan shark
* Jung Dong-hwan as Oh Young-geun: vice chairman of Beomyoung Group
* Kim Byeong-chun as Kwak Sam-soo: a managing director at Silver Lining
* Ki So-yu as Kim Min-ah: Seon-joo's daughter
* Heo Ji-na as Jung Ji-hye: Seon-joo's live-in housekeeper

### Extended

* Ahn Nae-sang as Park Jae-chun: In-seong's father
* Kim Young-sun as Choi Soo-jin: In-seong's mother
* Yoon Byung-hee as Jung Hyeon-ho: In-seong's best friend
* Choi Jin-ho as Shim Seung-bo: Seon-joo's butler
* Bang Joo-hwan as Noh Wi-je: a secretary and bodyguard
* Byun Jun-seo as Nam Sang-won: a team leader at Silver Lining
* Han Ji-sang as Choi Seong-jun: a veteran detective
* Jung Hee-tae as Managing Director Kim: a managing director at Silver Lining

### Special appearances

* Jo Jae-yoon
* Jang Hang-jun
* Im Chul-soo

## Release

The series was initially scheduled to premiere on November 30, 2022, but was pushed back to December 7.

## Viewership

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | 1 | 208 | N/A | 241 | 286 | 248 | 292 | N/A | 297 | 217 | 305 | 292 | 271 |
Average TV viewership ratings :
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 1 | December 7, 2022 | 1.096% (10th) | 1.523% (3rd) |
| 2 | December 8, 2022 | 0.858% (25th) | N/A |
| 3 | December 14, 2022 | 1.139% (12th) | 1.383% (8th) |
| 4 | December 15, 2022 | 1.198% (10th) | 1.211% (9th) |
| 5 | December 21, 2022 | 1.078% (22nd) | N/A |
| 6 | December 22, 2022 | 1.215% (13th) | N/A |
| 7 | December 28, 2022 | 0.981% (20th) | N/A |
| 8 | December 29, 2022 | 1.298% (8th) | 1.451% (3rd) |
| 9 | January 4, 2023 | 1.136% (8th) | 1.289% (7th) |
| 10 | January 5, 2023 | 1.397% (5th) | 1.352% (6th) |
| 11 | January 11, 2023 | 1.416% (6th) | 1.503% (5th) |
| 12 | January 12, 2023 | 1.450% (5th) | 1.552% (6th) |
| In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest published ratings and the red numbers represent the highest published ratings. N/A denotes rating that was not released. 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). ||||