Cleaning Up (South Korean TV series)

*Cleaning Up*
Cleaning Up
	Promotional poster
Hangul	클리닝 업
Revised Romanization	Keullining Eop
Based on	Cleaning Up; by Mark Mallow
Written by	Choi Kyung-mi
Directed by	Yoon Seong-sik
Starring	Yum Jung-ah; Jeon So-min; Kim Jae-hwa; Lee Moo-saeng; Na In-woo;
Music by	Gaemi
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Lee Se-young
Producers	Park Jun-seo; Kim So-jang;
Production companies	Drama House; SLL;
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	June 4 –; July 24, 2022

Cleaning Up (Korean: 클리닝 업; RR: Keullining Eop) is a South Korean television series based on the 2019 British series of the same name, starring Yum Jung-ah, Jeon So-min, and Kim Jae-hwa. It aired on JTBC from June 4 to July 24, 2022, every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 (KST) for 16 episodes.^[4]

Synopsis

Cleaning Up tells the story of three cleaners: Eo Yong-mi (Yum Jung-ah), Ahn In-kyung (Jeon So-min), and Maeng Soo-ja (Kim Jae-hwa) at a financial company who resort to insider trading, in order to feed their family and fulfil their dreams, after accidentally overhearing a piece of financial information.

Cast

Main

Yum Jung-ah as Eo Yong-mi^[5]
Jeon So-min as Ahn In-kyung^[5]
Kim Jae-hwa as Maeng Soo-ja^[5]
Lee Moo-saeng as Lee Young-shin^[6]
Na In-woo as Lee Doo-yeong^[6]

Supporting

Persons related to investment securities

Jang Shin-young as Geum Jan-di^[7]
Song Jae-hee as Yoon Tae-kyung^[8]
Song Young-chang as Song Woo-chang^[9]

People around Eo Young-mi

Kim Tae-woo as Jin Seong-woo^[10]
Yoon Kyung-ho as Oh Dong-ju^[11]
Kal So-won as Jin Yun-ah^[12]
Hae-eun as Boo So-yeon^[13]
Kim Si-ha as Jin Xi-ah^[13]
Gil Hae-yeon as Bo-ran^[13]
Jeon Kook-hyang as Jang Kyung-ja^[13]
Yoon Jin-ho as Eo Yong-gyu^[13]

People around Maeng Soo-ja

Go In-beom as Jung Sa-jang^[14]
Kwon Ji-woo as Jung Geun-woo^[15]

People around Ahn In-kyung

Oh Seung-yoon as Byeong Ryul^[16]

Investment & Securities Service Cleaning Team

Kim In-kwon as Cheon Deok-gyu^[17]
Park Ji-a as Seok-soon^[18]
Kim Na-yul as Hye-sook^[19]
Son Jeong-rim as Bok-gi^[19]
Hwang Jung-min as Geum-sil^[20]

Extended

Ha Shi-eun as Boo So-yeon^[21]
Lee Tae-gum as Park Seong-gyu^[22]

Special appearances

Kim Hye-yoon as Joo-hyeon^[23]
Yoo Young-jae as Yongmi's nephew^[24]
Cha Chung-hwa as Dongseo^[25]
Kim Hye-hwa as Song Mi-hwa^[25]

Viewership

Cleaning Up : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)

Season		Episode number																Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Average
	1	619	566	498	611	407	640	N/A	492	438	566	574	562	428	585	424	698	507

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.^[26]^[A]

Average TV viewership ratings
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)^[26]
Ep.	Original broadcast date	Nationwide	Seoul
1	June 4, 2022	2.737% (3rd)	3.084% (2nd)
2	June 5, 2022	2.514% (5th)	2.267% (4th)
3	June 11, 2022	2.322% (4th)	2.687% (3rd)
4	June 12, 2022	2.570% (4th)	2.500% (4th)
5	June 18, 2022	1.986% (6th)	1.893% (9th)
6	June 19, 2022	2.820% (2nd)	2.350% (3rd)
7	June 25, 2022	2.018% (12th)	N/A
8	June 26, 2022	2.236% (5th)	1.874% (9th)
9	July 2, 2022	2.125% (7th)	N/A
10	July 3, 2022	2.787% (3rd)	2.228% (4th)
11	July 9, 2022	2.478% (8th)	2.149% (9th)
12	July 10, 2022	2.566% (5th)	2.147% (8th)
13	July 16, 2022	1.973% (12th)	N/A
14	July 17, 2022	2.505% (7th)	1.979% (10th)
15	July 23, 2022	1.912% (10th)	1.747% (9th)
16	July 24, 2022	3.015% (4nd)	2.257% (6th)
Average		2.410%	1.823%^[B]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest published ratings and the red numbers represent the highest published ratings. N/A denotes ratings that was not released. 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, and EBS).

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