What Happens to My Family?

What Happens to My Family?

Promotional poster for What Happens to My Family?
Also known as What's with This Family?
Why Are Families Being Like This
What's Wrong? We Are Family
This Is Family
Genre Family
Romance
Comedy
Drama
Written by Kang Eun-kyung
Directed by Jeon Chang-geun
Starring Yoo Dong-geun
Kim Hyun-joo
Kim Sang-kyung
Yoon Park
Park Hyung-sik
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 53
Production
Producer(s) Kim Jung-gyu
Location(s) Korea
Running time Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 (KST)
Broadcast
Original channel Korean Broadcasting System
Original run 16 August 2014 – 15 February 2015
Chronology
Preceded by Wonderful Days
Followed by House of Bluebird
External links
Website

What Happens to My Family? (Hangul: 가족끼리 왜 이래; RR: Gajokggiri Wae Irae; lit. "What's With This Family?") is a 2014-2015 South Korean television series starring Yoo Dong-geun, Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Sang-kyung, Yoon Park and Park Hyung-sik.[1][2] It aired on KBS2 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 from August 16, 2014 to February 15, 2015.

Plot

Cha Soon-bong is a widower who has devoted his life to his three children, loving them despite their self-centred selfishness and disrespect. However, when he discovers that he has terminal cancer, he decides to use the time he has left to ensure their happiness when he is gone. His eldest daughter Kang-shim, after a failed relationship, has resigned herself to never marry and a lifetime of being alone; his eldest son Kang-jae, a brilliant oncologist, is resentful of his humble origins and has entered a loveless marriage for profit; and his youngest son, Dal-bong, is a drifter who claims that nothing seems to go right for him.

As part of his scheme Soon-bong takes his children to court, since he has received none of the filial piety that he is due; he asks instead for a cash sum that none of them can pay. The children settle instead for granting their father seven requests. As these requests are fulfilled they each in turn comes to realize the reason for their father's bizarre behavior. To make him happy, all that the children have left is to set right their own lives: Kang-shim dares to let go of past hurts to be with the man that she loves, Kang-jae learns to care for those around him, and Dal-bong comes to learn that hard work is never unrewarded.

Soon-bong dies happy, able leave with his heart at peace, for his children have rediscovered what it is to love and what it is to be a family.

Cast

Ratings

Episode Broadcast date TNmS ratings[3] AGB Nielsen ratings[4]
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area Nationwide Seoul Capital Area
1 2014/08/16 19.2% 18.0% 20.0% 20.5%
2 2014/08/17 23.7% 24.4% 23.3% 24.0%
3 2014/08/23 21.8% 22.0% 20.3% 20.2%
4 2014/08/24 23.9% 24.3% 25.6% 25.3%
5 2014/08/30 21.8% 21.2% 22.3% 22.4%
6 2014/08/31 24.6% 25.7% 25.9% 25.8%
7 2014/09/06 21.6% 23.1% 22.4% 22.2%
8 2014/09/07 20.1% 20.7% 21.4% 21.2%
9 2014/09/13 23.3% 23.8% 24.5% 24.7%
10 2014/09/14 25.4% 25.7% 27.5% 29.0%
11 2014/09/20 21.4% 21.5% 23.5% 24.4%
12 2014/09/21 26.3% 27.9% 28.0% 28.8%
13 2014/09/28 20.5% 22.9% 22.6% 22.8%
14 2014/10/04 18.8% 20.6% 20.7%
15 2014/10/05 25.8% 28.0% 28.8% 28.7%
16 2014/10/11 24.0% 24.4% 24.4% 23.8%
17 2014/10/12 26.4% 27.6% 29.5% 29.6%
18 2014/10/18 25.5% 26.6% 25.8% 25.7%
19 2014/10/19 29.3% 31.6% 31.8% 32.0%
20 2014/10/25 26.6% 27.6% 28.6%
21 2014/10/26 30.7% 33.2% 34.5% 34.7%
22 2014/11/01 28.4% 29.0% 27.9% 27.0%
23 2014/11/02 32.2% 34.3% 33.5% 34.2%
24 2014/11/08 28.7% 29.1% 30.7% 30.9%
25 2014/11/09 32.5% 34.5% 34.0% 33.6%
26 2014/11/15 29.4% 29.0% 29.3% 29.4%
27 2014/11/16 33.4% 36.0% 34.5% 34.9%
28 2014/11/22 29.4% 29.3% 29.0% 28.7%
29 2014/11/23 34.0% 37.4% 35.4% 35.8%
30 2014/11/29 31.3% 32.0% 30.2% 29.8%
31 2014/11/30 35.4% 37.9% 37.0% 35.8%
32 2014/12/06 30.4% 31.7% 30.2% 29.6%
33 2014/12/07 35.0% 37.1% 36.6%
34 2014/12/13 30.8% 31.0% 32.4%
35 2014/12/14 36.2% 38.3% 37.9% 38.0%
36 2014/12/20 31.9% 33.2% 31.3% 30.2%
37 2014/12/21 37.7% 40.3% 38.7% 38.0%
38 2014/12/27 35.6% 37.0% 36.2% 36.4%
39 2014/12/28 39.3% 41.9% 41.2% 42.2%
40 2015/01/03 37.0% 38.8% 39.1% 39.3%
41 2015/01/04 41.7% 44.4% 40.7% 40.9%
42 2015/01/10 36.8% 38.4% 36.4% 35.6%
43 2015/01/11 41.2% 44.3% 41.2% 41.9%
44 2015/01/17 36.7% 37.8% 36.8% 37.3%
45 2015/01/18 40.5% 42.9% 41.2% 41.9%
46 2015/01/24 36.3% 37.8% 36.1% 36.4%
47 2015/01/25 41.1% 43.7% 42.2% 43.0%
48 2015/01/31 29.5% 30.3% 30.0% 29.9%
49 2015/02/01 39.3% 41.7% 40.1%
50 2015/02/07 37.4% 38.8% 35.1% 34.4%
51 2015/02/08 41.2% 44.1% 43.3% 44.1%
52 2015/02/14 37.7% 39.6% 37.6% 36.8%
53 2015/02/15 40.8% 43.5% 43.1% 42.4%
Average 30.75% 32.19% 31.70% 31.75%

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2014
3rd APAN Star Awards
 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Yoo Dong-geun Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Kim Sang-kyung Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim Hyun-joo Nominated
Best New Actor Park Hyung-sik Nominated
22nd Korea Culture and
Entertainment Awards
 Best Drama What Happens to My Family? Won
KBS Drama Awards
 Grand Prize (Daesang) Yoo Dong-geun Won
Top Excellence Award, Actor Yoo Dong-geun Nominated
Kim Sang-kyung Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress Kim Hyun-joo Won
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Yoo Dong-geun Nominated
Kim Sang-kyung Won
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim Hyun-joo Nominated
Yang Hee-kyung Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Son Dam-bi Nominated
Best New Actor Park Hyung-sik Won
Seo Kang-joon Nominated
Best New Actress Nam Ji-hyun Won
Best Writer Kang Eun-kyung Won
Best Couple Award Kim Sang-kyung and Kim Hyun-joo Won
Park Hyung-sik and Nam Ji-hyun Won
2015
51st Baeksang Arts Awards
 Best New Actor (TV) Park Hyung-sik Pending
Best New Actress (TV) Nam Ji-hyun Pending

References

  1. ↑ Kim, Erika (2 July 2014). "ZE:A's Park Hyung Sik Cast in Drama This Is Family". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  2. ↑ Jin, Eun-soo (15 July 2014). "Park Hyung-sik to depart Real Men". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  3. ↑ TNmS 멀티미디어 홈페이지
  4. ↑ AGB닐슨 미디어리서치 홈페이지

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