The Virtual Bride

*The Virtual Bride*
The Virtual Bride
	Promotional poster
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

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 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

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	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%

References

^ "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

[1] "SISTAR's Dasom in Talks to Star in Upcoming KBS Drama". Soompi. July 5, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

[dramabeans-2] "Ryu Soo-young, Dasom to Headline KBS Comedy Taming Mother-in-Law". Dramabeans. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2015.

[3] "KBS lines up next Mon-Tues comedy drama Taming Mother-in-Law". Dramabeans. June 30, 2015. Retrieved August 4, 2015.

[4] "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.

[5] "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.

[6] Reality show that aired on jTBC in which Dasom's bandmate Soyou earned praise as a fake daughter-in-law.

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