My Roommate Is a Gumiho (Korean: 간 떨어지는 동거) is a 2021 South Korean television drama series starring Jang Ki-yong and Lee Hye-ri. The series tells story of romance between a 999-year-old nine-tailed fox named Shin Woo-Yeo and a female college student named Lee Dam who accidentally swallows Shin Woo-Yeo's bead. It premiered on streaming platform iQIYI worldwide and cable channel TVN on May 26, 2021, and aired on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22.40 (KST) for 16 episodes till July 15.
The series ended on July 15, 2021, with its last episode recording an average nationwide viewership ratings of 4%. It attained an average viewership of 948 thousand per episode during its run.
Synopsis[]
Gumiho, literally “nine-tailed fox”, is a creature that appears in the folktales and legends of Korea.
It is based on an original webtoon. It tells the story of a male Gumiho who has lived for hundreds of years to become a human being that has his fox beads taken away by a female college student in an accident, so they live together in his house to solve this problem.
Cast Members[]
- Jang Ki-yong as Shin Woo-yeo
- Lee Hye-ri as Lee Dam
- Kang Han-na as Yang Hye-sun
- Kim Do-wan as Do Jae-jin
Trailer[]
Production[]
This is the first Korean TV series produced by iQIYI. It is a joint production between China and South Korea. Lee Hye-ri and Jang Ki-yong both starred in Schoolgirl Detectives previously. Hye-ri and Park Kyung-hye also previously worked together in a workplace themed drama Miss Lee. Kang Han-na and Kim Do-wan previously starred together in the 2020 drama Start-Up.
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Viewership[]
Below is the Average TV viewership ratings of My Roommate is a Gumiho.
Note: The blue numbers represent the highest ratings and the red numbers represent the lowest ratings.
| Ep. | Original
broadcast date |
Average audience share
(Nielsen Korea) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 1 | May 26, 2021 | 5.282% (1st) | 5.888% (1st) |
| 2 | May 27, 2021 | 4.279% (1st) | 4.838% (1st) |
| 3 | June 2, 2021 | 4.123% (2nd) | 4.769% (2nd) |
| 4 | June 3, 2021 | 4.354% (1st) | 4.670% (1st) |
| 5 | June 9, 2021 | 4.304% (1st) | 4.882% (1st) |
| 6 | June 10, 2021 | 3.688% (2nd) | 4.000% (2nd) |
| 7 | June 16, 2021 | 3.159% (2nd) | 3.564% (2nd) |
| 8 | June 17, 2021 | 4.238% (2nd) | 5.200% (2nd) |
| 9 | June 23, 2021 | 3.374% (1st) | 3.460% (1st) |
| 10 | June 24, 2021 | 3.772% (2nd) | 4.101% (2nd) |
| 11 | June 30, 2021 | 3.691% (1st) | 4.092% (1st) |
| 12 | July 1, 2021 | 3.476% (2nd) | 4.193% (2nd) |
| 13 | July 7, 2021 | 3.234% (2nd) | 3.932% (2nd) |
| 14 | July 8, 2021 | 3.549% (2nd) | 4.418% (2nd) |
| 15 | July 14, 2021 | 3.625% (2nd) | 4.321% (2nd) |
| 16 | July 15, 2021 | 3.982% (2nd) | 4.571% (2nd) |
| Average | 3.883% | 4.431% | |
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