Ugly Miss Young-ae () is a long-running South Korean television series starring Kim Hyun-sook. The series premiered on tvN in South Korea on April 20, 2007.
It is now on its 17th season, starting February 8, 2019.
Synopsis A realistic drama about the thrills and sadness of working women in their 30s, centered around a single woman named Lee Young-ae (Kim Hyun-sook).
Broadcast schedule Season # Broadcasting period Number of episodes per season 1 April 20, 2007 – August 3, 2007 16 episodes 2 September 7, 2007 – December 21, 2007 3 March 7, 2008 – June 20, 2008 4 September 5, 2008 – December 19, 2008 5 March 6, 2009 – July 17, 2009 20 episodes 6 October 16, 2009 – February 26, 2010 7 May 14, 2010 – September 24, 2010 8 December 12, 2010 – April 29, 2011 9 September 9, 2011 – January 20, 2012 10 April 13, 2012 – August 31, 2012 11 November 29, 2012 – March 28, 2013 18 episodes 12 July 18, 2013 – November 14, 2013 13 March 27, 2014 – July 10, 2014 16 episodes 14 August 10, 2015 – October 5, 2015 17 episodes 15 October 31, 2016 – January 3, 2017 20 episodes 16 December 4, 2017 – January 23, 2018 16 episodes 17 February 8, 2019 – April 26, 2019 16 episodes Total number of episodes 305 episodes
Cast Main Lee Young-ae's Design Kim Hyun-sook as Lee Young-ae - President (season 1-17) Go Se-won as Kim Hyuk-kyoo - Employee, Lee Young-chae's husband (season 1 – 9, 11, 14 – 17: main; season 10, 12, 13: guest) Han Ki-woong as Han Ki-woong (season 12-16)
Support Paradise General Printing Company Jo Duk-jae Lee Seung-joon as Lee Seung-joon, Young-ae husband (season 12-17) Choi Hyo-eun as Go-young Ra Mi-ran Kim Do-yeon as Kim Do-yeon Yoon Seo-hyun Jung Ji-soon Lee Soo-min Sazal Kim
Whale Seafood Jo Dong-hyuk Jung Soo-hwan
Young-ae's family Song Min-hyung as Lee Gwi-hyun, Young-ae, Young-min & Young-chae's father (season 1-17) Kim Jung-ha as Kim Jung-ha, Young-ae, Young-min & Young-chae's mother (season 1-17) Jung Da-hye as Lee Young-chae, Young-ae's younger sister (season 1-5, 9-17: regular, season 8: guest) Park Shin-woo (season 1) Hyun Jung (season 5-8) Oh Seung-yoon as Lee Young-min, Young-ae's younger brother (season 13: regular; season 16: guest)
Others Jun Sung-ae as Jun Sung-ae Lee Woo-joo as Hyun Woo Kim Ah-ra as Mi-na Jung Yoon-gun as Hae Mil Lee Ki-chang
Special appearances Seo Gap-sook Jang Hyuk-jin Tak Jae-hoon Lee Yong-joo Kwon Hyuk-soo Yoo In-na Kim Jun-hyun as Martial arts dojo director (episode 12) Kim Ga-yeon Jang Do-yeon as Miran Red Shoes sales man (episode 14) Kim Hyung-il
Crew Season # Director Assistant director Writer 1 Jung Hwan-seok, Park Joon-hwa Shim Sang-mo, Uhm Ji-young, Lee-han Gwi-ri Park Min-jung, Han Seok-hee 2 Park Joon-hwa, Choi Gyoo-shik Baek Seung-ryong, Shin Hye-kyung, Jo Min-wook 3 Jung Hwan-suk, Park Joon-hwa, Choi Gyoo-shik Baek Seung-ryong, Jo Min-wook, Noh Ji-hye Myung Soo-hyun, Han Seok-hee 4 Lim Soo-mi, Han Seok-hee 5 Park Joon-hwa, Choi Gyoo-shik, Baek Seung-ryong Jo Min-wook, Noh Ji-hye, Kim Mi-Kyung Myung Soo-hyun, Lim Soo-mi 6 Noh Ji-hye, Lee Bo-hye, Hong Doo-pyo Myung Soo-hyun, Lim Soo-mi, Baek Seon-woo 7 Baek Joon-hee, Baek Seung-ryong, Choi Gyoo-shik Noh Ji-hye, Hong Doo-pyo, Lee Se-na Myung Soo-hyun, Baek Seon-woo, Lim Soo-mi 8 Baek Joon-hee, Baek Seung-ryong, Han Sang-jae Noh Ji-hye, Lee Se-na, Hong Doo-pyo 9 Jung Hwan-seok, Han Sang-jae, Choi Soon-yong Noh Ji-hye, Lee Se-na, Hong Doo-pyo, Kim Sang-bae Myung Soo-hyun, Han Seol-hee, Lim Soo-mi 10 Noh Ji-hye, Kim Sang-bae, Lee Se-na 11 Park Joon-hwa, Han sang-jae Yoon Jae-soon, Lee Hyung-myung, Chae Bo-mi, Seo Min-jung, Lim Soo-jung 12 Han Sang-jae, Yoon Jae-soon Lee Jae-hyun, Seo Min-jung, Kim Gye-young Myung Soo-hyun, Han Seol-hee, Baek Seon-woo, Lim Soo-mi 13 Park Soo-won, Lee Ji-yeon, Son Jin-rak, Kim Sang-ah, Kim Ah-young 14 Jung Woo-jin, Lee Ji-yeon, Kim Ah-young, Jun Min-ha, Kang Na-rae 15 Han Sang-jae, Jung Hyung-gun, Yoon Jae-soon Jo Eun-sol, Kim Ah-young, Kim Dong-Joo, Wui Seung-yeon Han Seol-hee, Baek Ji-hyun, Hong Bo-hee, Jun Ji-hyun 16 Jung Hyung-gun Han Seol-hee 17 Han Sang-jae Han Seol-hee, Baek Ji-hyun, Hong Bo-hee
Awards Year Award Category Recipient Result 2016 tvN10 Awards Best Content Award, Drama Ugly Miss Young-ae Made in tvN, Actress in Drama Kim Hyun-sook Perfect Attendance Award in Drama
Ratings For season 15, the average audience share was 2.6% (AGB Nielsen Ratings) or 3.2% (TNmS Ratings).
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