Ugly Miss Young-ae

Ugly Miss Young-ae^[1] (Korean: 막돼먹은 영애씨; RR: Makdwaemeogeun Yeongaessi; lit. 'Rude 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.

Ugly Miss Young-ae
Promotional poster for season 15
Genre	Comedy Drama
Starring	Kim Hyun-sook Song Min-hyung Kim Jung-ha Go Se-won
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	16
No. of episodes	289
Production
Running time	45–60 minutes
Production company	CJ E&M
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	April 20, 2007 (2007-04-20) – April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)

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).^[2]

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[3]	February 8, 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
• 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	Won
		Made in tvN, Actress in Drama	Kim Hyun-sook	Won
		Perfect Attendance Award in Drama		Won

Ratings

For season 15, the average audience share was 2.6% (AGB Nielsen Ratings)^[4] or 3.2% (TNmS Ratings).^[5]