A gifted young man learns medicine out of a desire to avenge his father who was brutally murdered fifteen years ago.[6]
Go Kyung-pyo as Kang In-gyu, a genius first-year resident doctor working in the organ transplant department of Sunrim Hospital who graduated atop of his class all throughout medical school and passed his doctor's licensing exams with a perfect score.Cho Jae-hyun as Go Jung-hoon, a world-renowned expert in liver transplants and chief of the organ transplant center.Jeon So-min as Go Ji-in, an organ transplant coordinator who is the only daughter of Jung-hoon.Jin Yi-han [a] as Lee Joo-hyuk, an organ transplant specialist.[7] Yang Jin-sung as Son Yeon-hee, the daughter of the hospital chairman. She is a first-year fellow doctor and a maternity specialist.[8]
The series is formerly known as Cross: God's Gift (크로스: 신의 선물 ; Keuroseu: Sin-eui Seonmul ).[9] Go Kyung-pyo and Yang Jin-sung previously worked together in the 2017 TV series Chicago Typewriter .[10] The first script reading of the cast was held in late November 2017 at Studio Dragon in Sangam-dong .[11] On February 24, 2018, actor Cho Jae-hyun was removed from the TV series following his admission of committing sexual harassment.[12] [13] Released on February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Swear" Lee Ha-jin Dingo Salt N Paper 04:49 2. "I Swear" (Inst.) Dingo 04:49 Total length: 09:38
Released on February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Thousand Times" Blank Simon Petren, Maja Keuc Samuel 03:36 2. "Thousand Times" (Inst.) Simon Petren, Maja Keuc 03:36 Total length: 07:12
Released on February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Childhood" Choi Go-eun Choi Go-eun Choi Go-eun 03:45 2. "Childhood" (Inst.) Choi Go-eun 03:45 Total length: 07:30
Released on March 6, 2018 (2018-03-06 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "Only I'm Alone" (나만 혼자) Lee Ha-jin POPKID, Dingo GB9 03:26 2. "Only I'm Alone" (Inst.) POPKID, Dingo 03:27 Total length: 06:53
Released on March 13, 2018 (2018-03-13 ) Title Lyrics Music Artist 1. "I Want You And I Need You" (원하고 바래요) minGtion minGtion, Kim Yeon-seo Taeha, Ahin (Momoland ) 03:20 2. "I Want You And I Need You" (Inst.) minGtion, Kim Yeon-seo 03:20 Total length: 06:40
Cross : 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 1 882 865 1034 1031 930 1129 853 1002 680 745 652 712 591 724 662 847 834
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by
Nielsen Korea .
[14] Average TV viewership ratings Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share Nielsen Korea[15] TNmS[16] Nationwide Seoul Nationwide 1 January 29, 2018 3.877% 4.601% 3.7% 2 January 30, 2018 3.930% 4.405% 3.9% 3 February 5, 2018 4.493% 5.167% 4.4% 4 February 6, 2018 4.733% 4.999% 4.1% 5 February 12, 2018 4.257% 5.236% 3.6% 6 February 13, 2018 4.575% 5.195% 4.0% 7 February 19, 2018 3.224% 3.650% 3.6% 8 February 20, 2018 4.194% 5.141% 3.6% 9 February 26, 2018 3.224% 3.615% 3.2% 10 February 27, 2018 3.671% 4.244% 3.7% 11 March 5, 2018 3.181% 3.870% 2.9% 12 March 6, 2018 3.421% 4.009% 4.0% 13 March 12, 2018 3.103% 3.833% 2.9% 14 March 13, 2018 3.398% 3.722% 3.5% 15 March 19, 2018 3.292% 3.964% 3.4% 16 March 20, 2018 4.222% 5.034% 4.2% Average 3.799% 4.417% 3.7% In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series 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 ).
^ Credited as Kim Ji-han. ^ "Cross (2018)" . CJ ENM . Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022 .^ "New tvN medical drama "Cross: God's Gift" woos Go Kyung-pyo and Cho Jae-hyun" . HanCinema . Star Today. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .^ Kim, Jin-seok. "[단독]조재현·고경표, tvN '크로스' 투톱 주인공" . Naver (in Korean). Ilgan Sports . Retrieved November 30, 2017 . ^ "<크로스> 전소민, 고경표-조재현과 만났다! 첫 메디컬 출사표.. 기대감 UP" . Naver (in Korean). iMBC . Retrieved November 30, 2017 .^ "Medical thriller 'Cross' crosses between good and evil, legal and illegal" . Yonhap News Agency . January 25, 2018.^ Kim, Yoon-ji. '크로스' 측 "고경표·조재현, 캐스팅 확정…1월 첫방송" . Naver (in Korean). E Daily. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . ^ <크로스> 김지한-양진성, 고경표-조재현-전소민과 호흡..'크로스군단' 완성! . Naver (in Korean). iMBC . Retrieved December 7, 2017 .^ "Yang Jin-sung to star in "Cross: God's Gift" with Go Kyung-pyo and Cho Jae-hyun" . HanCinema . Star In. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .^ Jang, Ah-reum. "tvN 측 "'크로스' 내년 편성 예정…조재현X고경표 검토 중' [공식]" . Naver (in Korean). News1 Korea. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . ^ Kim, Yoon-ji. 양진성, '크로스' 합류…고경표·조재현과 호흡 . Naver (in Korean). E Daily. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . ^ Jeon, Hyo-jin. " '크로스' 고경표X조재현X전소민, 완벽한 대본리딩 현장공개" . Naver (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. Retrieved December 13, 2017 . ^ Jo, Yoon-sun (February 24, 2018). [공식입장 전문] '크로스'측 "조재현 하차 결정, 최대한 빠른 시기에 진행" . Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved February 24, 2018 . ^ Jin, Min-ji. "Cho Jae-hyun embroiled in Me Too scandal: Veteran actor plans to step down from current starring role in tvN series 'Cross' " . Korea JoongAng Daily . JoongAng Ilbo . Retrieved February 27, 2018 . ^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved August 25, 2020 .^ "Nielsen Korea" (in Korean). Retrieved January 29, 2018 .^ "TNMS Daily Ratings at Naver" . TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved February 9, 2018 .