The Virtual Bride
| The Virtual Bride | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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 |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 70 minutes Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| 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 airs on KBS2 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 12 episodes beginning 17 August 2015.[2]
Plot
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
- Kim Dasom 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
Its early working titles include Killing Mother-in-Law (Korean: 시어머니 죽이기) and Taming Mother-in-Law (Korean: 시어머니 길들이기).[3]
Ratings
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average Audience Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS Ratings[4] | AGB Nielsen[5] | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | ||
| 1 | 17 August 2015 | 4.6% | 4.6% | 6.0% | 5.7% |
| 2 | 18 August 2015 | 5.1% | - | 5.9% | 5.5% |
| 3 | 24 August 2015 | 4.5% | - | 5.7% | 5.2% |
| 4 | 25 August 2015 | 5.1% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 4.7% |
| 5 | 31 August 2015 | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 4.0% |
| 6 | 1 September 2015 | 4.2% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 5.6% |
| 7 | 7 September 2015 | 4.7% | 5.0% | 5.3% | 5.2% |
| 8 | 8 September 2015 | 5.7% | - | 5.7% | 5.5% |
| 9 | 14 September 2015 | 4.9% | - | 4.3% | 4.2% |
| 10 | 15 September 2015 | 4.6% | - | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| 11 | 21 September 2015 | ||||
| 12 | 22 September 2015 | ||||
| Average | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "SISTAR's Dasom in Talks to Star in Upcoming KBS Drama". Soompi. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Ryu Soo-young, Dasom to Headline KBS Comedy Taming Mother-in-Law". Dramabeans. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "KBS lines up next Mon-Tues comedy drama Taming Mother-in-Law". Dramabeans. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ Reality show that aired on jTBC in which Dasom's bandmate Soyou earned praise as a fake daughter-in-law.