The Time (Korean: 시간; RR: Sigan) is a South Korean television series starring Kim Jung-hyun, Seohyun, Kim Jun-han and Hwang Seung-eon. It aired on MBC from July 25 to September 20, 2018.^[2]

A man who is terminally ill and facing death does everything that he can in his last days to help a woman whose life he ruined.

• Jeon So-min was offered the lead female role but declined.^[9]
• The script reading was held on April 28, 2018.^[10]
• On August 26, 2018, it was announced that lead actor Kim Jung-hyun dropped out of the cast due to health concerns. His agency revealed that there would be no replacement for him and the production crew was working on revising the script for his character to naturally fall out of the story.^[11][12] He officially finished filming on September 3.^[13]

In July 2018, Kim Jung-Hyun was involved in a controversy over his "emotionless" behavior during a press conference.^{[14][unreliable source?]} His agency, O& Entertainment, defended him by stating that "Because [Kim Jung Hyun] is spending a lot of time thinking about his character, immersing himself into the life of someone terminally ill every day, he had difficulty maintaining his [physical and mental] condition, and unintentionally made a mistake."^{[15][better source needed]} In 2021, Kim released an apology letter regarding his behavior during that period, after a local tabloid claimed that he allegedly requested to remove several scenes that included physical contact with his then co-star.^[16]

• 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.
• N/A denotes that the rating is not known.

• Episodes did not air on August 15 due to the broadcast of the 2018 Asian Games: Soccer Men's Tournament - Preliminary Group E match between South Korean and Bahrain.
• Episodes did not air on August 23 due to the coverage of the 2018 Asian Games.