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Drama: Jang Youngsil: The Greatest Scientist of Joseon (English title) / Jang Yeong-Sil

Jang Youngsil: The Greatest Scientist of Joseon (English title) / Jang Yeong-Sil Revised romanization: Jangyeongsil

Jangyeongsil Hangul: 장영실

장영실 Director: Kim Young-Jo

Kim Young-Jo Writer: Lee Myung-Hee, Ma Chang-Joon

Lee Myung-Hee, Ma Chang-Joon Network: KBS1

KBS1 Episodes: 24

24 Release Date: January 2 - March 26, 2016

January 2 - March 26, 2016 Runtime: Saturday & Sunday 21:40

Saturday & Sunday 21:40 Language: Korean

Korean Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Drama series follows the life Jang Yeong-Sil: a scientist, technician and inventor during the Joseon period.

Jang Yeong-Sil was born in the lower class nobi. King Sejong notices his abilities and brings him to the palace. King Sejong grants him a chance to display his abilities. He invents tools like astronomical instruments, iron printing press and a water clock.

Notes

"Jang Youngsil: The Greatest Scientist of Joseon" takes over the KBS1 Saturday & Sunday 21:40 time slot previously occupied by "The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War."

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Episode Ratings

Date Episode TNmS AGB Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul 2016-01-02 1 8.5% (11th) 8.7% (6th) 11.6 % (6th) 11.5% (6th) 2016-01-03 2 8.6% (10th) 8.4% (10th) 11.5% (8th) 12.3% (6th) 2016-01-09 3 9.6% (11th) 8.6% (11th) 10.2% (7th) 10.4% (7th) 2016-01-10 4 9.0% (13th) 9.2% (13th) 11.3% (9th) 12.3% (8th) 2016-01-16 5 9.8% (9th) 9.3% (8th) 10.1% (7th) 10.1% (8th) 2016-01-17 6 10.0% (10th) 9.9% (12th) 12.2% (8th) 12.9% (7th) 2016-01-23 7 12.2% (6th) 11.3% (7th) 14.1% (4th) 14.2% (4th) 2016-01-24 8 12.4% (9th) 10.8% (10th) 14.1% (8th) 15.1% (7th) 2016-01-30 9 10.7% (10th) 9.3% (9th) 12.2% (6th) 12.5% (7th) 2016-01-31 10 10.4% (11th) 10.0% (10th) 13.4% (8th) 13.5% (7th) 2016-02-06 11 9.9% (10th) 9.5% (10th) 11.9% (6th) 12.5% (6th) 2016-02-13 12 9.2% (11th) 8.2% (13th) 10.9% (9th) 11.8% (7th) 2016-02-14 13 9.1% (12th) 8.5% (12th) 10.3% (11th) 10.3% (13th) 2016-02-20 14 9.0% (11th) 9.5% (7th) 11.0% (6th) 11.1% (7th) 2016-02-21 15 9.2% (14th) 8.4% (15th) 11.7% (8th) 11.6% (8th) 2016-02-27 16 8.8% (11th) 8.3% (11th) 10.8% (7th) 10.8% (8th) 2016-02-28 17 9.6% (11th) 9.3% (14th) 11.7% (8th) 11.6% (8th) 2016-03-05 18 10.5% (8th) 10.1% (8th) 11.5% (6th) 12.1% (7th) 2016-03-06 19 9.7% (13th) 8.2% (17th) 11.8% (8th) 11.6% (8th) 2016-03-12 20 9.4% (10th) 8.4% (14th) 10.4% (7th) 10.1% (8th) 2016-03-13 21 10.1% (10th) NR 12.0% (6th) 12.2% (7th) 2016-03-19 22 9.5% (8th) 8.2% (11th) 10.4% (6th) 10.0% (8th) 2016-03-20 23 10.5% (11th) 9.8% (13th) 11.9% (8th) 11.9% (9th) 2016-03-26 24 9.4% (11th) 8.0% (17th) 10.2% (7th) 10.2% (7th)

Source: TNS Media Korea & AGB Nielson

NR denotes not ranked within the Top 20 TV programs (including news, sports, variety, etc.) for that day according to TNS Media Korea and AGB Nielson.