The Virtual Bride | |
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Genre | Comedy Family |
Written by | Moon Sun-hee Yoo Nam-kyung |
Directed by | Lee Duk-gun Park Man-young |
Starring | Kim Dasom Go Doo-shim Ryu Soo-young |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Production company | Raemongraein Co. Ltd. |
Original release | |
Network | Korean Broadcasting System |
Release | August 17 September 22, 2015 | –
The Virtual Bride (Korean: 별난 며느리; RR: Byeolnan Myeoneuri; lit. The Eccentric Daughter-in-Law), is a 2015 South Korean drama series starring Kim Dasom, Go Doo-shim and Ryu Soo-young.[1][2] It aired on KBS2 from August 17 to September 22, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 12 episodes.[2]
Plot
[edit]In order to boost her flagging popularity, former idol group singer Oh In-young (Kim Dasom) agrees to appear in a television reality show that pairs up fake mothers- and daughters-in-law. In-young's partner is Yang Choon-ja (Go Doo-shim), the matriarch of a long-standing traditional clan, and they end up hating each other on the show. But as fate would have it, the two later end up becoming mother and daughter-in-law for real.
Cast
[edit]- Kim Da-som as Oh In-young
- Go Doo-shim as Yang Choon-ja
- Ryu Soo-young as Cha Myeong-seok
- Kwak Hee-sung as Cha Dong-seok
- Kim Yoon-seo as Kim Se-mi
- Kim Seong-hwan as Cha Il-goo
- Park Woong as Cha Joo-bok
- Baek Ok-dam as Lee Ha-ji
- Kim Bo-yeon as Jang Mi-hee
- Ki Tae-young as Kang Joon-soo
- Son Eun-seo as Cha Young-ah
- Lee Moon-hee as Choi Soon-hee
- Lee Seung-woo as Cha San
- Kyung Joon as Bae Yong-joon
- Lee Yong-joo as Oh Sang-sik
- Jung Da-sol as Heo Soon-jung
Title changes
[edit]Its early working titles include Killing Mother-in-Law (Korean: 시어머니 죽이기) and Taming Mother-in-Law (Korean: 시어머니 길들이기).[3]
Ratings
[edit]Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average Audience Share | |||
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TNmS Ratings[4] | AGB Nielsen[5] | ||||
Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | ||
1 | August 17, 2015 | 4.6% | 4.6% | 6.0% | 5.7% |
2 | August 18, 2015 | 5.1% | – | 5.9% | 5.5% |
3 | August 24, 2015 | 4.5% | – | 5.7% | 5.2% |
4 | August 25, 2015 | 5.1% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 4.7% |
5 | August 31, 2015 | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 4.0% |
6 | September 1, 2015 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 5.6% |
7 | September 7, 2015 | 4.7% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 5.2% |
8 | September 8, 2015 | 5.7% | – | 5.7% | 5.5% |
9 | September 14, 2015 | 4.9% | – | 4.3% | 4.2% |
10 | September 15, 2015 | 4.6% | – | 3.9% | 3.9% |
11 | September 21, 2015 | 4.4% | 5.0% | 3.7% | 3.5% |
12 | September 22, 2015 | 4.3% | 4.3% | 5.2% | 4.9% |
Average | 4.7% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 4.8% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "SISTAR's Dasom in Talks to Star in Upcoming KBS Drama". Soompi. July 5, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ a b "Ryu Soo-young, Dasom to Headline KBS Comedy Taming Mother-in-Law". Dramabeans. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "KBS lines up next Mon-Tues comedy drama Taming Mother-in-Law". Dramabeans. June 30, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
- ^ Reality show that aired on jTBC in which Dasom's bandmate Soyou earned praise as a fake daughter-in-law.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- The Virtual Bride on KBS World
- The Virtual Bride at HanCinema