Hot Stove League[1] (Korean: 스토브리그) is a South Korean television series that aired on SBS TV from December 13, 2019, to February 14, 2020.[2][3] The series stars Namkoong Min, Park Eun-bin, Oh Jung-se, and Jo Byeong-kyu. It revolves around a baseball team named Dreams, which has been the worst in the league for four consecutive years.
| Hot Stove League | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 스토브리그 |
| Literal meaning | Stove League |
| Revised Romanization | Seutobeurigeu |
| Genre | Sports drama |
| Developed by | Han Jung-hwan |
| Written by | Lee Shin-hwa |
| Directed by | Jung Dong-yoon |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Park Se-joon |
| Opening theme | "Cue Sign" by Lee Won-suk |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Jo Eun-jung |
| Production locations | |
| Running time | 59–63 minutes |
| Production company | Gill Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Release | December 13, 2019 – February 14, 2020 |
Hot Stove League received critical acclaim and several awards, including Best Drama at the 56th Baeksang Arts Awards.[4] Namkoong won his first Grand Prize (Daesang) at the 28th SBS Drama Awards.
Synopsis
editThe Dreams are a Korean professional baseball team that have placed last in the league for the past four seasons. When their general manager steps down, the team hires Baek Seung-soo, who has managed several championship winning sports teams, as his replacement, despite Seung-soo having zero experience with managing a baseball team. Facing shrinking budgets, infighting between the coaching staff and a team deeply set in their ways, Seung-soo uses his outsider's insight and the help of operations manager Se-young and Jae-hee to upend the Dreams' culture in a bid to create a championship winning team, despite the looming fact that every team he has managed before has folded after winning the championship.
Cast
editMain
edit- Namkoong Min as Baek Seung-soo[5][6]
- The new general manager of the Dreams who was hired despite having zero experience managing a baseball team. He has a "golden resume", leading wrestling, ice hockey and handball teams to championships, but they all end up folding afterwards due to circumstances outside his control. He doesn't have a particularly nice personality but he is determined to make the team the best in the league.
- Park Eun-bin as Lee Se-young[7][8]
- The Dreams' operations manager. She is the only female manager in the league and is very passionate about her team despite their poor fortunes. Though she has been working in this field for ten years, she never gives up.
- Oh Jung-se as Kwon Kyeong-min
- The president of the team and a junior managing director with Jaesong Group, which owns the Dreams, and the nephew of its chairman. He plans to shut down the Dreams as it is unprofitable, and hires Baek Seung-soo to help him do so, but soon comes into conflict with him when Seung-soo puts real effort into making the team successful.
- Jo Byeong-kyu as Han Jae-hee
- Se-young's co-worker at the operations team. He got the job through his connections, but as time goes by he shows his passion for the team and works hard. It is suggested that the reason for his change in attitude is because he likes Se-young.
Supporting
editDreams office
edit- Son Jong-hak as Go Kang-seon, CEO of the Dreams team.
- Lee Jun-hyeok as Go Se-hyeok, scout team leader.
- Yoon Byung-hee as Yang Won-seop, scout team member.
- Kim Do-hyun as Yoo Kyeong-taek, analysis team leader.
- Kim Soo-jin as Lim Mi-seon, head of marketing team.
- Park Jin-woo as Byeon Chi-hoon, marketing team leader.
- Kim Ki-moo as Jang Woo-seok, scout team deputy head.
Dreams players
edit- Hong Ki-joon as Jang Jin-woo, the oldest pitcher.
- Chae Jong-hyeop as Yoo Min-ho, a rising pitcher.
- Jo Han-sun as Lim Dong-gyu, a cleanup hitter.
- Cha Yup as Seo Yeong-joo, the chief catcher.
- Kim Dong-won as Kwak Han-young, an infielder.
Dreams coaching staff
edit- Lee Eol as Yoon Seong-bok, the head coach.
- Son Kwang-up as Choi Yong-goo, the pitching coach.
- Kim Min-sang as Lee Cheol-min, the bench coach.
- Seo Ho-chul as Min Tae-seong, the batting coach.
Baseball officials
edit- Lee Dae-yeon as Kim Jong-moo, general manager of the Vikings.
- Song Young-kyu as Oh Sang-hoon, general manager of the Pelicans.
- Park So-jin as Kim Yeong-chae, a sports announcer.
- Ha Do-kwon as Kang Doo-gi, the national team's ace pitcher.
- Kim Kang-min as Lee Chang-kwon, Vikings player.
Others
edit- Kim Jung-hwa as Yoo Jeong-in, Seung-soo's ex-wife.
- Yoon Sun-woo as Baek Yeong-soo, Seung-soo's little brother. An expert in sabermetrics, he uses a wheelchair due to a baseball injury as a teenager.
- Yoon Bok-in as Jeong Mi-sook, Se-yeong's mother.
- Jun Gook-hwan as Kwon Il-do, Jaesong Group chairman.
- Lee Kyu-ho as Cheon Heung-man, a former wrestler who knows Seung-soo.
- Lee Yong-woo as Gil Chang-joo / Robert Gil, a translator and a disgraced former pitcher.
- Moon Won-joo as Kim Ki-beom, retired dreams player
Special appearances
edit- Lee Je-hoon as Lee Je-hoon, CEO of PF Soft (Ep. 16)
- Pengsoo as Pengsoo (Ep. 16)
Production
edit
The series is based on Lee Shin-hwa's screenplay, which was one of the winners in the 2H 2016 MBC Drama Screenplay Contest (Miniseries Category).[9]
Namkoong Min and Park Eun-bin previously worked together as second leads in Hur Jun, The Original Story (2013).[10]
The first script reading took place in September 2019.[11]
Munhak Baseball Stadium, home stadium of the South Korean professional baseball team SK Wyverns who gave their support to the series, served as a filming location and was used in one teaser poster.[12][13] Scenes taking place in California were filmed in Hawaii.[14]
After episodes 10 and 11 were divided into three parts instead of two, viewers expressed their discontent concerning the advertisements on the program's website.[15]
Following the success of the drama, the cast and crew went on a four-day reward vacation to Saipan on February 17, 2020.[16]
Original soundtrack
edit| Hot Stove League OST | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 20 December 2019–31 January 2020 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | |
| Label | Blending Co., Ltd. SBS Content Hub Co., Ltd. |
Part 1
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cue Sign" (큐사인) |
|
| Lee Won-suk (Daybreak) | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Cue Sign" (Inst.) |
| 4:51 | ||
| Total length: | 9:42 | ||||
Part 2
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mind" | OneTop | OneTop | Kevin Oh | 4:01 |
| 2. | "Mind" (Inst.) | OneTop | 4:01 | ||
| Total length: | 8:02 | ||||
Part 3
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "As The Cold Wind Passes" (찬바람이 스쳐가며) |
|
| Oliver | 3:30 |
| 2. | "As The Cold Wind Passes" (Inst.) |
| 3:30 | ||
| Total length: | 7:00 | ||||
Part 4
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Another Day Is Passing" (하루가 저물어간다) |
|
| Kim Tae-hyun (DickPunks) | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Another Day Is Passing" (Inst.) |
| 3:46 | ||
| Total length: | 7:32 | ||||
Part 5
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Down" | U.je |
| Savina & Drones | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Down" (Inst.) |
| 3:23 | ||
| Total length: | 6:46 | ||||
Viewership
editHot Stove League : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[17]
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 0.943 | 1.502 | 1.811 | 2.244 | 2.219 | 2.729 | 2.769 | 2.862 | 3.277 | 3.260 | 3.333 | 3.016 | 3.256 | 3.274 | 3.528 | 3.921 | 2.747 | |
| Ep. | Part | Original broadcast date | Title[18] | Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[19] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
| 1 | 1 | December 13, 2019 | My Name Is Baek Seung-soo And I'm the General Manager (단장 백승수입니다) |
3.3% (NR) | — |
| 2 | 5.5% (16th) | 5.8% (13th) | |||
| 2 | 1 | December 14, 2019 | I am Going to Trade Lim Dong-gyu (임동규 선수를 트레이드하겠습니다) |
5.5% (NR) | — |
| 2 | 7.8% (11th) | 8.3% (7th) | |||
| 3 | 1 | December 20, 2019 | It's a Team That's Bad at Baseball and Also Without a Future (야구는 제일 못하는데, 미래도 없는 팀) |
7.3% (14th) | 8.3% (10th) |
| 2 | 9.6% (6th) | 10.3% (4th) | |||
| 4 | 1 | December 21, 2019 | I'd Say It's an Unprecedented Scouting Scandal of a Professional Team (전례 없는 프로팀 스카우트 비리가 아닐까 싶습니다) |
8.2% (10th) | 8.5% (9th) |
| 2 | 11.4% (3rd) | 11.9% (3rd) | |||
| 5 | 1 | December 27, 2019 | Do You Want to Make a Bet? Let's See Who Is Laughing When We Arrive In Korea (내기하실까요, 귀국길에 웃는 게 누군지?) |
9.6% (6th) | 10.1% (4th) |
| 2 | 12.4% (2nd) | 12.9% (2nd) | |||
| 6 | 1 | January 3, 2020[a] | Did You Bring Someone Problematic From America? (미국에서 뭐 문제 있는 애 데리고 왔어?) |
11.6% (6th) | 13.1% (4th) |
| 2 | 14.1% (2nd) | 15.4% (2nd) | |||
| 7 | 1 | January 4, 2020 | Cut a Little Bit Larger (삭감 폭이 좀 큽니다) |
11.3% (4th) | 12.5% (4th) |
| 2 | 13.8% (3rd) | 15.1% (3rd) | |||
| 8 | 1 | January 10, 2020 | How Much Do You Want? (얼마를 받아야 되는 겁니까) |
12.2% (6th) | 13.7% (4th) |
| 2 | 14.9% (2nd) | 16.3% (2nd) | |||
| 9 | 1 | January 11, 2020 | Thank You For Letting Me Dream For A Brief Moment, Baek Seung-soo (잠시나마 꿈을 꾸게 해줘서 감사합니다, 백승수씨) |
11.8% (4th) | 13.2% (4th) |
| 2 | 15.5% (3rd) | 17.0% (3rd) | |||
| 10 | 1 | January 17, 2020 | Are We Evil? (우리가 적폐입니까?) |
12.9% (5th) | 14.1% (4th) |
| 2 | 15.5% (3rd) | 16.6% (2nd) | |||
| 3 | 17.0% (2nd) | 18.4% (1st) | |||
| 11 | 1 | January 18, 2020 | What Difference Does It Make If I Bring Them In? (얘네들 데려오면 뭐가 달라져?) |
10.7% (6th) | 11.6% (5th) |
| 2 | 13.5% (4th) | 14.5% (4th) | |||
| 3 | 16.5% (3rd) | 18.1% (3rd) | |||
| 12 | 1 | January 31, 2020[b] | Lim Dong-gyu VS Kang Doo-gi (임동규 대 강두기) |
12.0% (6th) | 13.0% (4th) |
| 2 | 14.4% (3rd) | 15.2% (3rd) | |||
| 3 | 15.3% (2nd) | 15.5% (2nd) | |||
| 13 | 1 | February 1, 2020[b] | I Trust Him, I'm Going to Check Whether the Rumors are True or Not (믿지만 확인은 할 겁니다) |
10.1% (6th) | 11.2% (5th) |
| 2 | 11.9% (4th) | 12.9% (4th) | |||
| 3 | 16.0% (3rd) | 17.4% (3rd) | |||
| 14 | 1 | February 7, 2020 | The Reason Why We Must Bring Back Lim Dong-gyu (임동규를 다시 데려와야 하는 이유) |
13.2% (6th) | 14.4% (4th) |
| 2 | 15.1% (3rd) | 15.8% (3rd) | |||
| 3 | 16.6% (2nd) | 17.2% (2nd) | |||
| 15 | 1 | February 8, 2020 | I'm Trying To Protect The Dreams At All Costs (어떻게든 드림즈를 지키려고 합니다) |
10.6% (6th) | 11.6% (5th) |
| 2 | 13.6% (4th) | 14.6% (4th) | |||
| 3 | 16.8% (3rd) | 18.2% (3rd) | |||
| 16 | 1 | February 14, 2020 | The Best Is For Sale (최선은 매각입니다) |
14.8% (5th) | 15.8% (4th) |
| 2 | 17.2% (3rd) | 18.3% (3rd) | |||
| 3 | 19.1% (2nd) | 20.8% (1st) | |||
| Average | 12.5% | —[c] | |||
| Special | December 7, 2019 | Hot Stove League Scout Report (스토브리그 스카우트 리포트) |
2.6% (NR) | — | |
| Special | February 15, 2020 | Hot Stove League Final Report (스토브리그 파이널 리포트) |
3.9% (NR) | ||
| 5.8% (NR) | |||||
| |||||
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The 241st PD Award of the Month | PD of the Month | Jeong Dong-yoon | Won | [20] |
| Lee Shin-hwa | Won | ||||
| 56th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Drama | Stove League | Won | [21][4] | |
| Best Director (TV) | Jeong Dong-yoon | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor (TV) | Namkoong Min | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay (TV) | Lee Shin-hwa | Nominated | |||
| 47th Korean Broadcasting Awards | Best Drama TV | Stove League | Nominated | [22][23] | |
| Best Art | Lee Yong-tak | Won | |||
| 15th Seoul International Drama Awards | Best Mini-Series | Stove League | Nominated | [24][25] | |
| Outstanding Korean Drama | Won | ||||
| Best Director | Jeong Dong-yoon | Nominated | |||
| 33rd Grimae Awards | Best Picture (Drama) | Stove League | Won | [26][27] | |
| Best Actor | Namkoong Min | Won | |||
| Best Actress | Park Eun-bin | Won | |||
| Best Lighting | Choi Jong-geun | Won | |||
| 14th Media Awards | Excellence Award in a Terrestrial Content Drama | Stove League | Won | [28] | |
| SBS Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Namkoong Min | Won | [29] | |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Nominated | ||||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Oh Jung-se | Nominated | |||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama | Park Eun-bin | Nominated | |||
| Best Character Award, Actor | Oh Jung-se | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Jo Han-sun | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Team | Stove League | Won | |||
| Best New Actor | Jo Byung-gyu | Won | |||
| Ha Do-kwon | Nominated | ||||
| 2021 | 25th Asian Television Awards | Best Drama Series | Stove League | Nominated | [30] |
| 7th APAN Star Awards | Top Excellent Actor in a Miniseries | Namkoong Min | Nominated | [31][32] | |
| Excellent Actress in a Miniseries | Park Eun-bin | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Oh Jung-se | Won | |||
| Best Writer | Lee Shin Hwa | Won | |||
| SBS Commendation | Audience satisfaction target | Stove League | Won | [33] | |
| 33rd Korea PD Awards | Best word for drama | Stove League | Won | [34] | |
| Talented actor | Namkoong Min | Won | |||
| WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival | Platinum Remi for TV series | Stove League | Won | [35] |
Notes
edit- ^ Broadcast is delayed due to the 2019 SBS Entertainment Awards broadcast.
- ^ a b Broadcast is delayed due to the 2020 Lunar New Year special broadcast.
- ^ Due to some ratings not recorded, the exact average rating is unknown.
See also
edit- Ted Lasso, American comedy series about an American football coach recruited by an English soccer team despite having no experience with the sport
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External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)
- Hot Stove League at IMDb
- Hot Stove League at HanCinema