Choi Do-hyun becomes a lawyer in order to clear his father's name after he has been wrongly accused of murder.
People around Choi Do-hyun edit Choi Kwang-il as Choi Pil-su Lee Ki-hyuk as Lee Hyun-joonPeople around Gi Choon-ho edit Jung Hee-tae as Detective SeoJang Jae-ho as Detective Lee Jeon Do-hyun as Kim Dae-seok
The first script reading of the cast was held on January 5, 2019.[9]
Released on April 7, 2019 (2019-04-07 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Let Me Hear It" (들려줘) Kang Ji-won, Basick Kang Ji-won Song Ji-eun , Basick3:54 2. "Let Me Hear It" (Inst.) Kang Ji-won 3:54 Total length: 7:48
Released on April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "The End" Kang Ji-won Kang Ji-won Jungin 3:50 2. "The End" (Inst.) Kang Ji-won 3:50 Total length: 7:40
Released on April 21, 2019 (2019-04-21 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Reason: It's You" Movie Man & Master Chung Movie Man & Master Chung Yoari 3:20 2. "Reason: It's You" (Inst.) Movie Man & Master Chung 3:20 Total length: 6:40
Confession : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Season Episode number Average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 1125 1217 898 1303 833 1150 852 1134 895 1174 868 1035 734 1032 962 1313 1033
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Media Research .
[10] Average TV viewership ratings Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share (AGB Nielsen)[11] Nationwide Seoul 1 March 23, 2019 4.569% 4.704% 2 March 24, 2019 5.386% 6.461% 3 March 30, 2019 4.501% 4.913% 4 March 31, 2019 5.573% 6.176% 5 April 6, 2019 4.027% 4.761% 6 April 7, 2019 5.458% 6.462% 7 April 13, 2019 4.079% 4.661% 8 April 14, 2019 5.425% 6.419% 9 April 20, 2019 3.846% 4.846% 10 April 21, 2019 5.594% 6.421% 11 April 27, 2019 3.846% 4.347% 12 April 28, 2019 5.122% 6.047% 13 May 4, 2019 3.378% 3.759% 14 May 5, 2019 4.841% 5.686% 15 May 11, 2019 4.849% 5.738% 16 May 12, 2019 6.275% 7.030% Average 4.798% 5.527% In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This drama aired 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 ).
Awards and nominations edit ^ " 'Confession' shows a new side of its stars" . Korea JoongAng Daily . March 16, 2019.^ "2PM's Lee Jun-ho cast in tvN drama" . Korea JoongAng Daily . January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .^ 진실을 추구하는 변호사, 이준호의 ‘자백’ . News KBS (in Korean). Naver . January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .^ "Yoo Jae-myung cast in 'Confession' " . Korea JoongAng Daily . January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .^ "유재명 '자백' 주연 출연 확정, 역시 tvN 공무원" . Newsen (in Korean). January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .^ 신현빈, '자백' 출연 확정...이준호의 둘도 없는 여사친 된다 [공식입장] . OSEN (in Korean). January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .^ ‘자백’ 남기애 출연확정…‘마더’ 감독과 재회·3월 첫방 [공식입장] . Sports Donga (in Korean). January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .^ "윤경호, tvN '자백' 출연 확정…이준호-유재명과 호흡 [공식]" . Sports Donga (in Korean). January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .^ " '자백' 이준호X유재명 첫 대본리딩 포착, 장르물 신화 이을까" . Naver (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved February 2, 2019 .^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved September 2, 2020 .^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved August 25, 2020 .^ " '2019코리아드라마어워즈(KDA)' 연기대상 후보..김해숙·최수종·염정아·조정석 등" . Sedaily (in Korean). September 27, 2019.