# Miss Night and Day

Miss Night and Day (Korean: 낮과 밤이 다른 그녀) is a 2024 South Korean television series starring Lee Jung-eun, Jung Eun-ji and Choi Jin-hyuk. It aired on JTBC from June 15, to August 4, 2024, every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.

## Synopsis

Miss Night and Day tells the story about a job seeker who is suddenly stuck in old age one day and a prosecutor who is caught up in her all the time. Lim Soon, a woman in her 50s, is a secondary character to Lee Mi-jin, who goes to work as a public intern when the sun rises.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Lee Jung-eun as Lim Soon / old Lee Mi-jin, a 48-year-old senior working for Seohan District Prosecutors' Office as an intern when the sun rises.
* Jung Eun-ji as Lee Mi-jin, a 28-year-old job seeker who suddenly turned 20 years older when the sun rises.
* Choi Jin-hyuk as Gye Ji-woong, a workaholic prosecutor who recently transferred to Seohan District Prosecutors' Office.
* Baek Seo-hoo as Ko-won, a member of South Korea's top idol group, Kingland who recently conscripted in the military.

### Supporting
#### People around Mi-jin

* Kim Ah-young as Do Ga-young, Mijin's best friend who is a beauty YouTuber.
* Jung Young-joo [ko] as Lim Chung, Mijin's mother.
* Jung Suk-yong [ko] as Lee Hak-chan, Mijin's father.
* Ahn Sang-woo [ko] as Do Pyeon-gang, Ga-young's father who is a real estate agent.

#### Seohan District Prosecutors' Office

* Yoon Byung-hee [ko] as Joo Byeong-duk
* Moon Ye-won as Tak Cheon-hee
* Kim Gwang-sik [ko] as Cha Jae-sung
* Kim Mi-ran as Woo Yeon
* Choi Moo-in [ko] as Seo Mal-tae, a former cop and one of the older people hired with "Lim Soon" to be a cleaning person in the prosecutor office
* Kim Jae-rok [ko] as Geum Gwang-suk, one of the older people hired with "Lim Soon" to be a cleaning person in the prosecutor office
* Bae Hae-sun as Na Ok-hee, a "nepotism hire" and one of the older people hired with "Lim Soon" to be a cleaning person in the prosecutor office
* Choi Beom-ho [ko] as Go Na-heun, a "disability hire" and one of the older people hired with "Lim Soon" to be a cleaning person in the prosecutor office. He disappears after Episode 2.
* Jung Jae-sung [ko] as Baek Chul-gyu, former director of Hwadong Medical Center, who, to the mystification of the other old folks, is also hired to be an intern in the prosecutor office, replacing Go Na-heun

## Reception

Singapore's national newspaper The Straits Times gave the series three out of five stars, describing the drama as a "delightfully unhinged mash-up of romcom, criminal procedural and supernatural fantasy", praising the character and plot development and its touch on ageism, creating the empathy of fearing to age. TIME also gave the series a positive review, praising the series for combining the serial killer plotline with the "slice-of-life" and farcical romance genres.
Lead actress Jung Eun-ji described the drama as one which held a special place in her heart, and she "occasionally struggled to relate" to her character Mi-jin, although many could empathize with the struggles of her character. Jung said she realized that everyone has their own pace in life through her character and all deserved respect for their different paces in life. The finale of Miss Night and Day achieved the series's highest viewership rating of 11.7 percent, marking the highest for any JTBC drama aired in 2024 so far.

## 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 | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Average |
| | 1 | 0.958 | 0.860 | 1.072 | 1.479 | 1.367 | 1.746 | 1.364 | 1.926 | 1.808 | 1.986 | 1.618 | 2.219 | 1.893 | 1.968 | 2.118 | 2.815 | 1.700 |
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 | June 15, 2024 | 3.998% (2nd) | 4.600% (1st) |
| 2 | June 16, 2024 | 3.602% (3rd) | 3.783% (3rd) |
| 3 | June 22, 2024 | 4.457% (1st) | 4.916% (1st) |
| 4 | June 23, 2024 | 6.037% (1st) | 6.338% (1st) |
| 5 | June 29, 2024 | 6.154% (1st) | 6.873% (1st) |
| 6 | June 30, 2024 | 7.666% (1st) | 8.218% (1st) |
| 7 | July 6, 2024 | 5.719% (1st) | 6.157% (1st) |
| 8 | July 7, 2024 | 8.391% (1st) | 9.056% (1st) |
| 9 | July 13, 2024 | 7.473% (1st) | 7.397% (1st) |
| 10 | July 14, 2024 | 8.376% (1st) | 8.693% (1st) |
| 11 | July 20, 2024 | 7.101% (1st) | 6.729% (1st) |
| 12 | July 21, 2024 | 9.368% (1st) | 9.423% (1st) |
| 13 | July 27, 2024 | 7.943% (1st) | 8.137% (1st) |
| 14 | July 28, 2024 | 8.287% (1st) | 8.277% (1st) |
| 15 | August 3, 2024 | 8.707% (1st) | 8.618% (1st) |
| 16 | August 4, 2024 | 11.744% (1st) | 12.092% (1st) |
| Average | Average | 7.189% | 7.457% |
| In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama 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). ||||