Signal (TV series)

Signal
Promotional poster
Genre	Fantasy Crime
Written by	Kim Eun-hee
Directed by	Kim Won-seok
Starring	Lee Je-hoon Kim Hye-soo Cho Jin-woong
Theme music composer	Kim Jun-seok, Park Seong-il
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lee Chan-ho
Producer(s)	Lee Jae-mun, Park Eun-gyeong
Editor(s)	Kim Na-young
Running time	80 minutes
Release
Original network	tvN
Original release	January 22 (2016-01-22) – March 12, 2016 (2016-03-12)
Chronology
Preceded by	Reply 1988
Followed by	Memory
External links
Website

Signal (Hangul: 시그널; RR: Sigeuneol) is a South Korean police drama television series starring Lee Je-hoon, Kim Hye-soo and Cho Jin-woong. It premiered on tvN on January 22, 2016. Sixteen episodes aired on Fridays and Saturdays at 08:30 KST, with the final episode airing on March 12, 2016. The series was inspired by the Hwaseong serial murders.

The series was a critical and commercial success. With its finale rating of 12.54%, it is one of the highest rated Korean dramas in cable television history. The drama went on to win several awards from different award-giving bodies, including Best Drama, Best Screenplay for Kim Eun-hee, and Best Actress for Kim Hye-soo at the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards, as well as another Best Actress award for Kim and the Daesang (Grand Prize for Television) for Cho Jin-woong at the tvN10 Awards. Cho also won the Daesang at the 1st Asia Artist Awards for his performance.

A mysterious walkie talkie allows a detective in 1989 to communicate with a cold case profiler from 2015; with the power of fore and hindsight the two not only solve crimes but prevent them from ever taking place. However, a long standing murder case is closer to home than either realizes.

Note: 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 & EBS).