# Bubble Gum (TV series)

Bubble Gum (Korean: 풍선껌; RR: Pungseonkkeom) is a South Korean television series starring Lee Dong-wook, Jung Ryeo-won, Lee Jong-hyuk and Park Hee-von. It aired on tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) beginning October 26, 2015.

## Synopsis

Park Ri-hwan (Lee Dong-wook) comes from a wealthy family who now works as an oriental medical doctor in his own clinic. He grew up with his best friend since childhood, Kim Haeng-ah (Jung Ryeo-won) who works as a radio producer. Haeng-ah's parents both died when she was young and she was taken care by Ri-hwan's mother after her father's death.
Both Ri-hwan and Haeng-ah had feelings for each other but Haeng-ah is taking things slowly due to Ri-hwan's mother who does not want them to be together. The story also involves a chaebol, Yi-seul (Park Hee-von) who has feelings for Ri-hwan and Haeng-ah's ex-boyfriend, who is also her senior/director of the company she works in, who wants her back.

## Cast
### Main

* Lee Dong-wook as Park Ri-hwan
** Yoon Chan-young as young Ri-hwan
* Jung Ryeo-won as Kim Haeng-ah
* Lee Jong-hyuk as Kang Suk-joon
* Park Hee-von as Hong Yi-seul

### Supporting

* Bae Jong-ok as Park Sun-young
* Lee Seung-joon as Kwon Ji-hoon
* Kim Ri-na as Noh Tae-hee
* Kim Jung-nan as Oh Se-young
* Lee Moon-soo as Chef Noh
* Park Chul-min as Kim Joon-hyuk
* Park Won-sang as Jo Dong-il
* Park Sung-geun as Go Sang-kyu
* Ahn Woo-yeon as Ye Joon-soo
* Seo Jeong-yeon as Aunt Gong-joo
* Ji Ha-yoon as Lee Jin-ah
* Go Bo-gyeol as Noh Dong-hwa
* Kim Sa-kwon as Hong Jung-woo
* Park Joon-geum as Yi-seul's mother

## Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | AGB Nielsen | TNmS |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Nationwide | Nationwide |
| 1 | October 26, 2015 | (저주가 깃든 아이) | 1.232% | 1.0% |
| 2 | October 27, 2015 | You asked me, so I... (당신은 내게 부탁했지요, 그래서 나는…) | 1.736% | 1.7% |
| 3 | November 2, 2015 | All I Want is What You Want (내가 원하는 건 네가 원하는 건) | 0.866% | 1.0% |
| 4 | November 3, 2015 | (오늘의 우리는 어제의 우리가 아닌 걸) | 1.316% | 1.4% |
| 5 | November 9, 2015 | That's What You Really Mean (그게 진짜 네 마음이잖아) | 1.065% | 1.0% |
| 6 | November 10, 2015 | (어떤 꿈은 현실에 깊이 스며들기도 하죠) | 1.697% | 1.4% |
| 7 | November 16, 2015 | (화양연화, 그때는 알 수 없었던) | 1.113% | 1.1% |
| 8 | November 17, 2015 | (얼룩져도 좋아, 흉터라도 괜찮아, 사라지지는 마) | 1.310% | 1.0% |
| 9 | November 23, 2015 | Too heavy, Too Scary, Love (너무 무거운, 너무 무서운, 사랑) | 1.105% | 1.0% |
| 10 | November 24, 2015 | Haeng-ah, I Love You (행아야, 사랑해) | 1.396% | 1.7% |
| 11 | November 30, 2015 | Memory is More Than Love (기억이란 사랑보다 더) | 0.754% | 1.0% |
| 12 | December 1, 2015 | I'm calling you, like an unending song (나는 너를 불러, 끝나지 않는 노래처럼) | 1.705% | 1.4% |
| 13 | December 7, 2015 | (깜깜한 밤하늘에 푸른 신호등) | 0.710% | 0.8% |
| 14 | December 8, 2015 | (그리움과 행복은 한 걸음 차이) | 1.335% | 1.2% |
| 15 | December 14, 2015 | (행복을 지켜내는 주문, 고마워) | 0.766% | 1.0% |
| 16 | December 15, 2015 | (그렇게 빈 틈 사이로 다시 봄이 옵니다) | 1.179% | 1.3% |
| Average | Average | Average | 1.205% | 1.188% |
* This drama airs 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).