"Confidence Man KR", which has been changed in programming, is out of 0% viewership...Park Min-young's kidnapping past + goosebumps ending
Sep 22, 2025
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According to Nielsen Korea, the 5th episode of 'Confidence Man KR', which aired on the 20th, recorded 1.3% of the national standard, showing an increase compared to the previous episode. The sixth episode, which aired on the 21st, recorded 1.571 percent, moving away from the 0 percent range, and started to reverse the atmosphere. The production team adjusted the broadcast time from 9:10 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on the 15th, and the audience rating recovered immediately after the change of the schedule.
In the sixth episode, which aired on the day, Yoon Yi-rang (Park Min-young), James (Park Hee-soon), and Myung Ku-ho (Joo Jong-hyuk) conducted a Eye operation against Lee Sun-mi (Kim Sun-young), chairman of Jae-kyung Hospital, and Cho Sung-woo (Hajun), director of the hospital. Fake surgery shows using special sculptures and meticulous tricks continued to increase the tension of the play, and Yoon and I expressed the cool-headed side of the line group heir, saying, `Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes! Jae-hee should pay back what she suffered.'
In the second half, Yoon's past kidnapping was revealed, shocking. The scene of the kidnap at the amusement park as a child was reproduced, and the gunfire intersected with the past that James could not protect, and at the present time, Yoon-rang's reciting of "Hide Your Hair Show" in the secret space was broadcast, completing a creepy ending. Then the boards covered with articles and memos, and the phrases 'Calling him uncle' and 'Voice phishing' underneath the famous slogan photos heralded a huge double track on future developments.
Immediately after the broadcast, viewers reacted enthusiastically, saying, "'Park Min-young got goosebumps at the ending to himself ', "It was so immersive that it even came out in the past of kidnapping", "Saturday is 'Confidence Man KR' fixed on the main show".
Confidence Man KR is a remake based on the Japanese drama Confidence Man JP and features three credit scammers conducting extraordinary operations against characters obsessed with desire. Producer Nam Ki-hoon is directing and Park Min-young, Park Hee-soon and Joo Jong-hyuk are performing. A total of 12 episodes will be broadcast on TV Chosun and Coupang Play, and will be released to 240 countries overseas through Amazon Prime Video.
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