Ugly Alert (Korean못난이 주의보; Hanja못난이 注意報; RRMotnani Juuibo) is a 2013 South Korean daily drama starring Im Joo-hwan, Kang So-ra, Choi Tae-joon, and Kang Byul.[1] It aired on SBS from May 20 to December 13, 2013 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 for 133 episodes.

Ugly Alert
Promotional poster
Also known asUgly Warning
Fool Watch
Watch Out for Fools
My Ugly Brother
GenreRomance
Family
Melodrama
Written byJung Ji-woo
Directed byShin Yoon-sub
StarringIm Joo-hwan
Kim Seol-hyun
Choi Tae-joon
Kang Byul
Kang So-ra
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes133
Production
ProducerHong Sung-chang
Production locationSouth Korea
Running timeMondays to Fridays at 19:20 (KST)
Production companiesShinyoung E&C Group
Human Nature
Original release
NetworkSeoul Broadcasting System
Release20 May (2013-05-20) –
13 December 2013 (2013-12-13)

Plot

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Gong Joon-soo is a man who's had a rough life and early on had to fend for himself. He takes the blame for a murder his younger sibling commits and serves time in prison. There he learns to sew and acquires a trade. With his newly acquired skills, Joon-soo goes to work for Na Do-hee at a fashion company. Do-hee has inherited her job because her grandfather built the company. But even though she inherited her position, she is serious about doing a good job and is something of a workaholic.[2]

Cast

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Gong family
Na family
Extended cast
  • Kim Young-hoon as Lee Han-seo
  • Hyun Woo as Kang Chul-soo
  • Song Ok-sook as Bang Jung-ja
  • Kim Ha-kyun as Choo Man-dol
  • Kim Dae-hee as Cha Dae-ki
  • Maya as Kim In-joo
  • Kim Da-rae as Miss Choi
  • Jo Hyun-jin as Miss Lee
  • Cho Yoon-woo as Lee Dong-woo
  • Ahn Sang-tae as Webtoon writer Park Moo-peul
  • Kim In-ho as Student part-timer
  • Jang Ga-hyun as Team leader
  • Ban Hyo-jung as Chairwoman Ban Hyo-jung
  • Park Jae-rom
  • Moon Chun-shik
  • Ryu Sung-hoon
Cameos
  • Oh Seung-yoon as Lee Kyung-tae
  • Ahn Suk-hwan as Kyung-tae's father
  • Kim Seung-wook as Detective Kim
  • Nam Kyung-eup as Han-seo's father
  • Wang Bit-na as Joon-soo and Jin-joo's homeroom teacher (ep 1)
  • Maeng Bong-hak as Yoo Jung-yeon's father (ep 6)
  • Lee Hee-kyung as 25 Entertainment employee (ep 7)
  • Kim Min-kyung as Client

Ratings

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In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[3] AGB Nielsen[4]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 20 May 2013 7.0% 7.7% 7.0% 7.3%
2 21 May 2013 6.5% 7.2% 5.6% 5.7%
3 22 May 2013 6.6% 7.4% 6.5% 7.4%
4 23 May 2013 6.8% 7.0% 5.6% 5.9%
5 24 May 2013 7.5% 8.1% 7.3% 7.8%
6 27 May 2013 9.0% 9.5% 8.7% 8.9%
7 28 May 2013 8.4% 9.2% 8.5% 8.8%
8 29 May 2013 7.8% 8.6% 7.9% 8.7%
9 30 May 2013 7.1% 7.7% 7.3% 7.5%
10 31 May 2013 8.1% 9.1% 8.3% 9.3%
11 3 June 2013 7.4% 7.5% 7.7% 8.2%
12 4 June 2013 6.9% 7.4% 8.3% 9.2%
13 5 June 2013 7.8% 8.5% 8.4% 9.4%
14 6 June 2013 7.2% 8.3% 8.9% 9.9%
15 7 June 2013 7.7% 8.8% 8.8% 9.1%
16 10 June 2013 8.6% 9.3% 9.4% 10.3%
17 11 June 2013 8.8% 9.2% 10.0% 11.2%
18 12 June 2013 8.7% 8.7% 9.6% 11.1%
19 13 June 2013 8.4% 8.6% 9.4% 10.6%
20 14 June 2013 8.3% 8.7% 9.4% 10.4%
21 17 June 2013 9.1% 10.5% 9.7% 10.7%
22 18 June 2013 10.9% 11.0% 10.6% 11.8%
23 19 June 2013 8.9% 10.4% 8.5% 9.6%
24 20 June 2013 8.8% 9.8% 10.0% 11.2%
25 21 June 2013 8.9% 10.0% 9.5% 10.8%
26 24 June 2013 8.3% 8.9% 8.9% 10.1%
27 25 June 2013 8.8% 9.4% 9.6% 10.7%
28 26 June 2013 8.1% 9.1% 7.6% 8.2%
29 28 June 2013 9.0% 10.8% 9.4% 10.7%
30 1 July 2013 8.5% 8.4% 8.7% 9.8%
31 2 July 2013 9.7% 11.4% 9.5% 10.4%
32 3 July 2013 8.6% 9.5% 8.4% 9.0%
33 4 July 2013 10.1% 11.5% 10.0% 11.2%
34 5 July 2013 9.4% 9.9% 8.8% 9.1%
35 8 July 2013 9.0% 11.1% 9.9% 11.3%
36 9 July 2013 8.9% 10.6% 8.7% 9.7%
37 10 July 2013 8.6% 9.5% 8.2% 9.4%
38 11 July 2013 9.3% 11.6% 8.8% 9.9%
39 12 July 2013 9.1% 10.2% 8.7% 9.8%
40 15 July 2013 9.2% 10.3% 9.7% 10.8%
41 16 July 2013 9.3% 10.8% 10.3% 11.6%
42 17 July 2013 8.7% 10.2% 8.7% 9.8%
43 18 July 2013 8.8% 9.7% 9.0% 10.0%
44 19 July 2013 8.4% 9.4% 8.4% 9.3%
45 22 July 2013 9.6% 10.9% 10.7% 12.0%
46 23 July 2013 9.5% 11.0% 9.8% 10.7%
47 24 July 2013 7.9% 8.8% 8.8% 9.6%
48 25 July 2013 8.3% 9.2% 8.9% 9.7%
49 26 July 2013 8.7% 10.4% 8.8% 9.4%
50 29 July 2013 9.2% 10.1% 9.1% 9.7%
51 30 July 2013 9.7% 10.4% 10.5% 11.3%
52 31 July 2013 8.7% 10.5% 8.3% 8.5%
53 1 August 2013 8.9% 9.8% 9.1% 9.0%
54 2 August 2013 8.3% 9.9% 9.0% 9.3%
55 5 August 2013 9.3% 10.5% 9.2% 9.7%
56 6 August 2013 9.9% 11.2% 9.9% 10.7%
57 7 August 2013 9.1% 9.2% 8.8% 9.4%
58 8 August 2013 9.2% 10.2% 9.0% 9.4%
59 9 August 2013 9.7% 10.6% 10.6% 11.8%
60 12 August 2013 8.6% 9.5% 9.8% 11.1%
61 13 August 2013 8.8% 10.0% 9.5% 10.2%
62 14 August 2013 8.6% 8.6% 8.3% 8.8%
63 15 August 2013 8.1% 8.3% 9.2% 9.6%
64 16 August 2013 8.9% 9.5% 9.0% 8.9%
65 19 August 2013 8.9% 9.5% 10.9% 11.7%
66 20 August 2013 8.8% 9.4% 9.5% 9.9%
67 21 August 2013 8.1% 9.1% 9.9% 11.2%
68 22 August 2013 10.0% 10.5% 10.6% 11.5%
69 23 August 2013 8.7% 8.5% 9.8% 9.5%
70 26 August 2013 8.3% 8.8% 10.5% 11.1%
71 27 August 2013 9.7% 10.2% 9.6% 10.1%
72 28 August 2013 8.1% 8.3% 9.8% 11.1%
73 29 August 2013 9.2% 10.0% 10.9% 11.1%
74 30 August 2013 8.1% 8.6% 9.7% 10.5%
75 2 September 2013 8.4% 8.9% 10.3% 11.0%
76 3 September 2013 8.5% 9.0% 8.6% 8.9%
77 4 September 2013 8.9% 9.9% 9.9% 10.7%
78 5 September 2013 8.9% 9.8% 9.8% 10.7%
79 9 September 2013 8.6% 9.2% 10.5% 11.2%
80 10 September 2013 9.5% 10.3% 10.1% 10.7%
81 11 September 2013 8.7% 9.8% 9.3% 10.3%
82 12 September 2013 9.4% 10.3% 9.4% 10.0%
83 13 September 2013 7.8% 8.5% 9.3% 9.7%
84 16 September 2013 8.5% 9.3% 9.1% 9.6%
85 17 September 2013 9.0% 10.2% 8.7% 9.2%
86 18 September 2013 7.7% 8.3% 7.7% 8.0%
87 20 September 2013 8.7% 9.0% 9.1% 9.5%
88 23 September 2013 9.3% 9.9% 10.8% 11.3%
89 24 September 2013 9.3% 10.6% 10.2% 10.9%
90 25 September 2013 9.3% 10.4% 10.2% 10.8%
91 26 September 2013 8.8% 9.5% 10.4% 11.1%
92 30 September 2013 9.8% 11.0% 10.4% 11.0%
93 1 October 2013 10.0% 11.1% 10.2% 11.0%
94 2 October 2013 9.3% 10.5% 9.2% 10.3%
95 3 October 2013 10.5% 12.1% 9.6% 9.7%
96 4 October 2013 9.9% 11.3% 10.0% 10.3%
97 7 October 2013 10.7% 10.7% 10.4% 10.7%
98 8 October 2013 10.9% 12.5% 10.5% 10.3%
99 9 October 2013 10.0% 11.5% 10.2% 10.9%
100 10 October 2013 9.7% 11.0% 10.5% 11.0%
101 11 October 2013 9.0% 9.1% 10.5% 10.9%
102 14 October 2013 12.1% 12.9% 12.4% 12.2%
103 16 October 2013 11.2% 12.8% 11.3% 11.6%
104 17 October 2013 10.1% 10.9% 9.6% 9.7%
105 18 October 2013 11.8% 12.7% 11.2% 10.9%
106 21 October 2013 9.6% 10.8% 10.3% 10.7%
107 22 October 2013 9.5% 10.5% 8.8% 8.4%
108 23 October 2013 9.1% 11.0% 8.9% 9.2%
109 24 October 2013 9.7% 9.8% 9.0% 9.0%
110 28 October 2013 9.7% 9.9% 9.7% 10.4%
111 30 October 2013 8.7% 9.4% 8.1% 8.2%
112 31 October 2013 12.3% 12.3% 12.0% 12.4%
113 1 November 2013 8.0% 8.6% 8.4% 8.3%
114 4 November 2013 9.5% 10.4% 9.9% 9.6%
115 5 November 2013 9.6% 10.2% 9.5% 9.6%
116 6 November 2013 9.3% 9.8% 9.5% 9.8%
117 7 November 2013 9.4% 10.2% 9.6% 9.6%
118 8 November 2013 10.6% 12.3% 9.4% 9.7%
119 11 November 2013 9.4% 9.3% 10.0% 10.2%
120 12 November 2013 9.9% 10.4% 10.1% 10.2%
121 13 November 2013 8.5% 9.5% 10.4% 11.3%
122 14 November 2013 10.1% 11.2% 10.7% 11.4%
123 15 November 2013 8.6% 9.1% 9.9% 10.4%
124 18 November 2013 9.4% 10.5% 10.8% 11.7%
125 19 November 2013 9.2% 9.7% 10.2% 10.8%
126 20 November 2013 8.5% 8.7% 9.9% 10.8%
127 21 November 2013 8.7% 10.0% 9.8% 10.1%
128 22 November 2013 9.9% 11.3% 9.3% 9.3%
129 25 November 2013 9.8% 10.4% 10.0% 10.4%
130 26 November 2013 8.7% 9.3% 9.7% 10.0%
131 27 November 2013 9.0% 9.9% 10.1% 11.1%
132 28 November 2013 9.4% 10.0% 10.1% 10.4%
133 29 November 2013 10.6% 11.1% 10.1% 10.2%
Average 9.0% 9.85% 9.42% 10.04%

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2013 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama Kang So-ra Nominated
Special Acting Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama Lee Soon-jae Nominated
Chun Ho-jin Nominated
New Star Award Im Joo-hwan Won
Kang So-ra Won
2014 2nd Asia Rainbow TV Awards Best Supporting Actor Choi Tae-joon Nominated
Outstanding Action Director Kim Min-soo Won

References

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  1. ^ Cho, Suyoun (15 May 2013). "Production press conference of new daily series with young stars". BNTNews. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
  2. ^ "Ugly Alert Is An Upcoming Drama That Redefines Family". KDramaStars. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  3. ^ "TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". TNMS Ratings (in Korean). Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  4. ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved 2013-12-18.
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