The Virtual Bride

The Virtual Bride (Korean: 별난 며느리; RR: Byeollan 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][unreliable source?][2]} It aired on KBS2 from August 17 to September 22, 2015 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 12 episodes.^[2]

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 (2015-08-17) – September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22)

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 (시어머니 죽이기) and Taming Mother-in-Law (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%

See also

• We Got Married
• The Great Marriage [ko]^[6]