''The Universe's Star'' () is a South Korean television drama starring

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(EXO) and

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. The drama is one of the "

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" drama trilogy by MBC and

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. The drama's color is ''White'' and it will be followed by ''

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'' (''Green''). It is airing on Naver TV Cast every weekday at 23:59 ( KST) starting from January 23 and on MBC every Thursday at 23:10 ( KST) starting from January 26, 2017.

Plot

The Universe's Star is a love story between a gifted singer-songwriter Woo Joo (

) and Byul (

), a 19-year-old student who becomes the

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as Woo Joo *

as Byul

Supporting

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as Koo Se-joo *

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as Dr. Yoon So-ri * Yoon Jin-sol as Gak-shi * Go Gyu-pil as Manager Ko, Woo-joo's manager *

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as grim reaper * Lee Ji-hoon as Uhm Dae-pyong

Special appearance

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as Manager Ko *

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as Woo-joo's father * Lady Jane as Jo Yi-na

Production

The drama is pre-produced as a co-production between

and

iMBC Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC; ) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11. MBC News Now broadcasts as channel 12. Established ...

. The drama is written and directed by Kim Ji-hyun who's known for ''

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'' which won an award at the 20th AsiaTV Awards as the best short drama. First script reading took place in September, 2016 at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.

Original soundtrack

Ratings

* In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. * NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

References

External links

Official website

at MBC Global Media * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Universe's Star, The 2017 South Korean television series debuts MBC TV television dramas South Korean romantic fantasy television series Korean-language television shows Naver TV original programming 2017 South Korean television series endings