# Kill Heel

Kill Heel (Korean: 킬힐; RR: Kilhil) is a 2022 South Korean television series directed by Noh Do-cheol and starring Kim Ha-neul, Lee Hye-young and Kim Sung-ryung. The series depicts the lives of three women, who have strong desire to achieve success in the home shopping industry. It premiered on tvN on March 9, 2022, and aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 (KST) for 14 episodes.

## Cast and characters
### Main

* Kim Ha-neul as Woo-hyun
    39 years old, a show host at UNI Home Shopping. Once a very successful show host with a lot of accordance, now her career is on decline to the level of selling toilet paper.
* Lee Hye-young as Gi Mo-ran
** Kim Min-joo as young Gi Mo-ran
    CFO, UNI Home Shopping
* Kim Sung-ryung as Bae Ok-sun
** Min Soo-hwa as young Bae Ok-sun
    52 years old, a high-class and UNI home shopping signboard show host.

### Supporting
#### People around Woo Hyun

* Kim Jin-woo as Kim Do-il, Woo Hyun's jobless husband
* Jung Seo-yeon as Kim Ji-yoon, Woo Hyun and Do-il's only daughter

#### People around Bae Ok-sun

* Jeon No-min as Choi In-guk
    In mid 50s, Bae Ok-sun's husband and the son of a prominent politician family. He is currently in the process of campaigning for parliamentary elections.
* Yoon Hyun-soo as Choi Jeong-hyeon
    Bae Ok-sun's son.

#### UNI Home Shopping People

* Kim Jae-chul as Hyun-wook
    In late 40s, the eldest son of UNI Group and president of UNI Home Shopping who has a polite and courteous personality.
* Jung Eui-jae as Seo Jun-beom
    In mid 30s, a deputy general manager who has been in the company for 6 years.
* Moon Ji-in as Noh Seong-woo
    A new PD of home shopping.
* Shim Wan-joon as Park Jong-soo
    The team leader of a home shopping company.
* Shin Joo-ah as Go Eun-nara
    A UNI home shopping show host
* Kim Do-yeon as Kim Soo-wan
    The head of hair and makeup in the dressing room in home shopping.
* Kim Hyo-sun as Ahn An-na
    UNI Home Shopping Fashion Team Product Planning, who is a popular MD and self-centered to own what she wants.
* Park So-eun as Im In-jin
    The PD of home shopping.
* Yoo Jang-young as Shim Sang-chan
    A shopping host with 2-3 years of experience, he is a savvy person who broadcasts almost all products in home shopping.
* Park Hee-jin as Noh Da-bi
    A fashion person who once worked as a stylist, but after failing to appear on a fashion show once, she never had another chance to appear on a fashion show again. She is currently established in the food and daily necessities field.

#### Others

* Jeon Gook-hyang as Doil's Parent
* Han Soo-yeon as Ham Shin-ae
    Hyun-wook's wife and the daughter of a famous chaebol family.
* Kim Hyun-wook as James, Gi Mo-ran's son, a young man in his twenties

### Special appearance

* Jung A-mi as Wife of Hyun-wook, president of UNI Home Shopping, and mother of Shin-ae.
* Jung Won-kwan as Delivery man

## Production

On November 3, 2021, it was reported that Kim Ha-neul is considering to appear in the TV series a year after 18 Again. Lee Hye-young is appearing in TV series after 3 years, her last appearance was in tvN's 2018 TV series Lawless Lawyer. Park Eun-seok was first offered the role of Seo Jun-beom, a PD in home shopping company, which later went to Jung Eui-jae.
On January 14, 2022, the script reading site was revealed by releasing photos.

## Release

Kill Heel was originally scheduled to be released on February 23, 2022. However, the filming schedule changed due to the aftermath of COVID-19 confirmed at the filming site and the premiere date was postponed for two weeks to March 9, 2022. Kill Heel was originally organized as 16 episodes, ended with 14 episodes, due to internal organizational strategic reasons.

## 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 | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Average |
| | 1 | 1087 | 902 | 705 | 855 | 491 | 762 | 553 | 573 | 660 | 801 | 661 | 802 | 711 | 986 | 753 |