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November 10, 2020 (2020-11-10) – January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12)
Please Don't Date Him (Korean: 제발 그 남자 만나지 마요) is a 2020 South Koreanromantic comedy television series, starring Song Ha-yoon, Lee Jun-young, Yoon Bo-mi and Gong Min-jeung. Directed by Oh Mi-kyeong, the story of this series revolves around Seo Ji-seong (Song Ha-yoon) a household appliances developer who dreams to live a life like a well-designed algorithm. The series was premiered on MBC Every 1 on November 10, 2020, and aired every Tuesday at 22:40 (KST) till January 12, 2021.
Synopsis
An AI-controlled, household appliances developer in Pelican Electronics, Seo Ji-seong, has dreams of living a perfect life like a well-developed program.
Working on an Artificial Intelligence refrigerator with voice-activated features, she inserts a super sensor chip which was lost by National Intelligence Service into a refrigerator, and an "Ancestral Spirit" program that picks scums instead of telling the freshness of vegetables is developed. So, Ji-seong finds out that her deemed perfect fiancé Jeong-han was actually not her Prince Charming.
One day, Jung Kook-hee, a firefighter, with no social media record, whom the program couldn't analyze, shows up. Ji-seong is skeptical about him, as there is no trace of his past on the internet.
Cast
Main
Song Ha-yoon as Seo Ji-seong, Manager of Pelican Electronics 'Voice Recognition Smart Home Appliance Ubiquitous Innovation Development Team' a programmer of the AI controlled home appliances.
Lee Jun-young as Jung Kook-hee, Whale Fire Station Life Safety Rescue Team Firefighter for 3 years, no social media, no digital convenience.
Yoon Bo-mi as Moon Ye-seul, Seo Ji-seong's friend, a Pelican quarantine staff.
Gong Min-jeung as Tak Ki-hyun, owner of organic cafe near Pelican Electronics
Supporting
Pelican Electronics
Kang Mal-geum as Hwang Ga-eul, telegram girl, Pelican Electronics secretive girl
Jeong Min-sung as Oh Byung-Gil
Kim Ki-ri, as Jegal Su-won, team manager who always raises ideological problems
Nam Min-woo as Ok Dong-jin, an employee of the development team, a coding man
Kim Hyun-myung as Cho Yong-hwan, no one knows when he goes to work and when he leaves.
Park Han-sol as Byun Ha-ri, a subjective intern who takes care of what he did not do.
Dentist friends
Lee Si-hoon as Bang Jeong-han, the man likes Facebook, Dentist. Ex-boyfriend of Seo Ji-seong.
Joo Woo-jae as Han Yu-jin, an Instagram-like man, dentist.
Tak Ki-hyun's husband
Kim Tae-gyeom as Kim Sang-sik, Tak Ki-hyun's husband, old blogging man, an office worker.
Whale Fire Station
Kim Gyeong-il as Gam Oh Joong, the man likes Tinder, from Whale Fire Station, has three children but always needs love, and finds that love outside.
In June 2020, Song Ha-yoon was cast for her comeback series. Lee Jun-young was cast as the main male lead of the series in the same month. Later in October, Yoon Bo-mi and Gong Min-jung were cast to play supporting roles.
Filming
The script reading was done in October 2020 as new stills were released. The first teaser was released in the last week of October 2020.
The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
References
"'제발 그 남자 만나지 마요' 송하윤 이준영 공민정 윤보미 4인 4색 캐릭터 포스터가 공개됐다" ['Please don't meet that man' Song Ha-yoon, Lee Jun-young, Kong Min-jung, Yoon Bo-mi, four-person four-color character poster was released.]. iMbc. November 2, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
Kim, Soo-hyun (November 5, 2020). "제발 그 남자 만나지 마요' 송하윤♥이준영, 조상신이 주선한 로맨스? 호기심 자극" [Please don't meet that man' Song Ha-yoon Lee Jun-young, a romance arranged by Ancestor Sang-shin? Curiosity stimulation]. Chosun. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
Park, Hyun-sook (October 28, 2020). "'제발 그 남자 만나지 마요' 송하윤 앞에 나타난 조상신?" ['Please don't meet that man' Ancestor Sang-shin who appeared in front of Ha-yoon Song?]. Sports Khan.
"Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
"제발 그 남자 만나지 마요 시청률" [Please don't meet that guy 2020 ratings]. Naver. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
"1월 12일 지상파 시청률, 강은탁X엄현경X이채영 '비밀의 남자' 1위" [Jan. 12 terrestrial viewership rating, Kang Eun-tak x Uhm Hyeon-kyung x Lee Chae-young'Secret Man'] (in Korean). January 13, 2021.
Promotional poster