Second 20s
Alt name
  • Second 20's
  • Twenty Again
  • Second Time Twenty Years Old
  • Second Twenty
Genre
WriterSo Hyun-kyung
DirectorKim Hyung-shik
Starring
ComposerKim Hyun-jong
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Num episodes16
Executive producer
  • Lee Jin-seok
  • Bae Yong-byung
Producer
EditorKim Yoo-mi
Kim Soo-hyun
Cinematography
  • Kim Kyung-chul
  • Ahn Jae-hyun
Runtime60 minutes
Company
ChanneltvN
First airedAugust 28, 2015
Last airedOctober 17, 2015

Second 20s[1] () is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Choi Ji-woo, Lee Sang-yoon, Choi Won-young, Son Na-eun and Kim Min-jae.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It aired on tvN from August 28 to October 17, 2015, on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) for 16 episodes.[9][10][11]

Synopsis

Ha No-ra once dreamed of becoming a dancer, but she unexpectedly became pregnant at age 19 and had to quit school and get married. For the next two decades, her life revolved around being a housewife and mother. Now 38 years old and on the brink of divorce, No-ra is diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and given a six-month prognosis. So she decides to go back to school and experience college life for the first time.[12] Among the incoming freshmen are her own 20-year-old son Kim Min-soo and his girlfriend Oh Hye-mi, who are horrified to have No-ra as their classmate.[13] Unbeknownst to No-ra, her intellectual snob husband Kim Woo-chul recently accepted a job teaching psychology at the same university, and her prickly theater arts professor turns out to be Cha Hyun-seok, who had a crush on No-ra in high school.

Cast

Original soundtrack

Twenty Again OST
Soundtrack
ArtistVarious artists
Recorded2015
GenreSoundtrack
LanguageKorean · English
LabelCJ E&M

Ratings

In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.Original broadcast dateAverage audience share
AGB NielsenTNmS
NationwideNationwide
1August 28, 20153.57%4.4%
2August 29, 20153.16%3.6%
3September 4, 20154.66%4.4%
4September 5, 20154.62%5.2%
5September 11, 20154.38%5.1%
6September 12, 20154.90%5.6%
7September 18, 20154.96%4.9%
8September 19, 20156.27%6.0%
9September 25, 20155.91%5.8%
10September 26, 20155.53%5.2%
11October 2, 20155.09%5.4%
12October 3, 20156.97%5.9%
13October 9, 20156.08%6.9%
14October 10, 20157.06%6.3%
15October 16, 20156.50%6.1%
16October 17, 20157.0%7.2%
Average5.42%5.5%
  • This drama airs on cable channel/pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2016tvN10 AwardsBest Actress
Choi Ji-woo
Two Star Award

References

  1. ^ "Second 20s. Single release on Second 20s Ending! Second 20s Ep 16". YouTube. tvN Drama. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Ghim, Sora (9 July 2015). "Choi Ji Woo Is Cast As The Female Lead For New tvN Drama". BNTNews. Archived 27 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. ^ Lee, Nancy (9 July 2015). "Choi Ji Woo Confirmed for New tvN Drama". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  4. ^ Jin, Min-ji (10 July 2015). "Choi Ji-woo to play a college student Actress". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived 12 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. ^ Lee, Nancy (20 July 2015). "Apink's Son Na Eun to Join Choi Ji Woo in Upcoming tvN Drama". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. ^ Ghim, Sora (5 August 2015). "Second Time Twenty Years Old Releases Its Official Poster". BNTNews. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. ^ Lee, Hoo-nam (11 August 2015). "As audiences age, so do small-screen stars". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  8. ^ Kwon, Ji-youn (12 August 2015). "Veteran actresses experiment with characters". The Korea Times. Archived 12 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. ^ Lee, Hye-won (17 August 2015). "tvN releases teaser poster for Choi Ji-woo drama". K-pop Herald. Archived 25 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Twenty Again adds up for Choi Ji-woo". The Korea Times. 30 August 2015. Archived 27 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Twenty Again tops 6 percent in ratings". The Korea Times. 20 September 2015. Archived 27 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  12. ^ Ghim, Sora (12 August 2015). "Choi Ji Woo Returns To College". BNTNews. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  13. ^ Ghim, Sora (14 August 2015). "Son Na Eun And Kim Min Jae Are A Fresh Campus Couple". BNTNews. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2015.