My Husband Got a Family
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Also known as
  • Unexpected You
  • You Tumbled into My Life
  • You're a Stroke of Good Luck
Hangul
넝쿨째 굴러온 당신
Hanja
順藤而上的你
Literal meaningYou Who Rolled in Unexpectedly
Revised RomanizationNeongkuljjae Gulleoon Dangsin
McCune–ReischauerNŏngk'ultchae Kulrŏon Tangsin
Genre
Written byPark Ji-eun
Directed byKim Hyung-suk
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes58
Production
Executive producerLee Jang-soo
ProducerKim Sung-geun
Camera setupSingle camera
Running time70 minutes
Production companyLogos Film
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseFebruary 25 (2012-02-25) –
September 9, 2012 (2012-09-09)
Related
Mi marido tiene familia

My Husband Got a Family[1] (Korean: 넝쿨째 굴러온 당신) is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Kim Nam-joo, Yoo Jun-sang, and Youn Yuh-jung.[2] It aired on KBS2 from February 25 to September 9, 2012 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 58 episodes.[3]

The weekend family drama centers on a working woman named Cha Yoon-hee (played by Kim Nam-joo) as her husband, who was put up for international adoption, reunites with his biological parents. Yoon-hee faces the unexpected burden of having to build a relationship with her new-found in-laws.[4]

During its more than five-month run, it topped the weekly ratings chart for 25 consecutive weeks and reached a ratings peak of 45.8 percent (TNmS) and 52.3 percent (AGB Nielsen).[5][6][7][8][9][10] The series ranked number one overall on the 2012 yearly TV ratings chart.[11]

Plot

Cha Yoon-hee (Kim Nam-joo) is a successful TV drama producer/director who marries an orphaned doctor (Yoo Jun-sang) and thereby acquires the supposed, ultimate career woman's dream―accomplished husband minus the in-laws. Her marital bliss is shattered when her husband finds his birth parents and they happen to be her next-door neighbors with whom she bickers on a daily basis, and feature not one, but three sisters-in-law, and the usual array of aunts and grandmothers-in-law. Yoon-hee realizes she has married more than she has bargained for. Once again, the stage is set for a butting of the heads between daughter and mother-in-law (Youn Yuh-jung).[2][12][13]

Cast

Terry Kang wife; Se-joong's younger sister and Se-kwang older sister
Yoon-hee's husband; Il-sook's younger brother and older brother of Yi-sook and Mal-sook

Cha Yoon-hee's family

Se-joong, Yoon-hee, and Se-kwang's mother; Ji-young and Terry Kang's mother-in-law
Yoon-hee and Se-kwang's older brother
Se-joong's wife
Se-joong and Yoon-hee's younger brother

Bang Chang-soo's house

Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's grandmother; Jang-soo, Jung-hoon, and Jung-bae's mother; Chung-ae, Yang-shil, and Go Ok's mother-in-law
Chung-ae's husband; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's father
Jang-soo's wife; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's mother
Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's older sister; Nam Nam-goo's ex-wife; Nam Min-ji's mother
Il-sook and Gwi-nam younger sister; Mal-sook's older sister
Il-sook, Gwi-nam, and Yi-sook younger sister
Il-sook and Nam-goo's daughter; Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's niece

Bang Jung-hoon's family

Yang-shil's husband; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's younger uncle
Jung-hoon's wife; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's uncle's wife

Bang Jung-bae's family

Go-ok's husband; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's youngest uncle; Jang-goon's father
Jung-bae's wife; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's uncle's wife; Jang-goon's mother
Jung-bae and Go-ok's son; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook's cousin

Chung-ae's sister

Chung-ae's younger sister; Soon-ae's older sister; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook aunt
Chung-ae and Bo-ae's younger sister; Il-sook, Gwi-nam, Yi-sook, and Mal-sook aunt

Extended

Yoon-hee's old student; Restaurant president
Former idol
A doctor at Gwi Nam's hospital and childhood friend from the US
Il-sook's ex-husband; Min-ji's father
Yi-sook's first love
Bakery's employee
Restaurant Staff
Se-kwang's friend

Cameo appearances

Actress acting in the drama Yoon-hee is producing

Ratings

Episode # Date Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[24] AGB Nielsen[25]
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
01 2012-02-25 24.5% (1st) 21.9% (1st) 22.3% (1st) 22.3% (1st)
02 2012-02-26 29.3% (1st) 29.4% (1st) 28.9% (1st) 30.0% (1st)
03 2012-03-03 26.2% (1st) 26.2% (1st) 25.7% (1st) 26.3% (1st)
04 2012-03-04 30.2% (1st) 30.2% (1st) 29.9% (1st) 30.4% (1st)
05 2012-03-10 27.2% (1st) 26.7% (1st) 26.9% (1st) 27.0% (1st)
06 2012-03-11 32.5% (1st) 31.4% (1st) 32.8% (1st) 33.5% (1st)
07 2012-03-17 30.3% (1st) 31.1% (1st) 27.0% (1st) 26.9% (1st)
08 2012-03-18 35.2% (1st) 35.6% (1st) 32.8% (1st) 33.5% (1st)
09 2012-03-24 30.5% (1st) 30.2% (1st) 29.1% (1st) 29.7% (1st)
10 2012-03-25 38.5% (1st) 39.6% (1st) 36.1% (1st) 36.3% (1st)
11 2012-03-31 33.9% (1st) 33.1% (1st) 30.1% (1st) 30.3% (1st)
12 2012-04-01 36.2% (1st) 36.2% (1st) 35.6% (1st) 35.4% (1st)
13 2012-04-07 32.2% (1st) 32.6% (1st) 27.8% (1st) 27.6% (1st)
14 2012-04-08 35.6% (1st) 37.3% (1st) 34.3% (1st) 34.9% (1st)
15 2012-04-14 30.4% (1st) 30.7% (1st) 27.2% (1st) 27.2% (1st)
16 2012-04-15 38.6% (1st) 40.3% (1st) 34.5% (1st) 34.6% (1st)
17 2012-04-21 36.3% (1st) 37.8% (1st) 32.4% (1st) 33.2% (1st)
18 2012-04-22 38.9% (1st) 42.3% (1st) 36.4% (1st) 37.7% (1st)
19 2012-04-28 32.2% (1st) 33.3% (1st) 30.1% (1st) 31.2% (1st)
20 2012-04-29 36.0% (1st) 37.6% (1st) 34.2% (1st) 34.5% (1st)
21 2012-05-05 29.0% (1st) 28.2% (1st) 26.0% (1st) 26.7% (1st)
22 2012-05-06 34.5% (1st) 37.5% (1st) 33.8% (1st) 35.2% (1st)
23 2012-05-12 29.4% (1st) 32.1% (1st) 29.3% (1st) 30.9% (1st)
24 2012-05-13 36.1% (1st) 39.3% (1st) 34.9% (1st) 35.8% (1st)
25 2012-05-19 32.0% (1st) 34.7% (1st) 30.6% (1st) 31.7% (1st)
26 2012-05-20 35.4% (1st) 38.3% (1st) 34.0% (1st) 35.2% (1st)
27 2012-05-26 29.9% (1st) 31.1% (1st) 27.2% (1st) 28.2% (1st)
28 2012-05-27 34.6% (1st) 37.6% (1st) 33.1% (1st) 34.9% (1st)
29 2012-06-02 30.9% (1st) 31.5% (1st) 29.6% (1st) 30.1% (1st)
30 2012-06-03 37.1% (1st) 39.5% (1st) 35.3% (1st) 35.7% (1st)
31 2012-06-09 32.0% (1st) 34.3% (1st) 29.8% (1st) 30.3% (1st)
32 2012-06-10 37.4% (1st) 40.3% (1st) 37.3% (1st) 39.2% (1st)
33 2012-06-16 33.6% (1st) 35.2% (1st) 30.2% (1st) 31.7% (1st)
34 2012-06-17 39.2% (1st) 42.0% (1st) 36.2% (1st) 37.8% (1st)
35 2012-06-23 35.0% (1st) 36.3% (1st) 31.5% (1st) 32.7% (1st)
36 2012-06-24 39.8% (1st) 42.5% (1st) 37.0% (1st) 37.9% (1st)
37 2012-06-30 37.3% (1st) 37.4% (1st) 34.2% (1st) 35.5% (1st)
38 2012-07-01 40.5% (1st) 42.0% (1st) 36.7% (1st) 37.1% (1st)
39 2012-07-07 34.4% (1st) 35.9% (1st) 31.2% (1st) 32.4% (1st)
40 2012-07-08 41.4% (1st) 42.8% (1st) 38.2% (1st) 38.1% (1st)
41 2012-07-14 39.2% (1st) 39.2% (1st) 36.2% (1st) 36.9% (1st)
42 2012-07-15 46.0% (1st) 48.6% (1st) 41.9% (1st) 42.7% (1st)
43 2012-07-21 36.6% (1st) 37.9% (1st) 30.5% (1st) 32.1% (1st)
44 2012-07-22 44.0% (1st) 46.9% (1st) 37.6% (1st) 38.6% (1st)
45 2012-07-28 32.5% (1st) 32.7% (1st) 26.7% (1st) 26.8% (1st)
46 2012-07-29 34.1% (1st) 36.5% (1st) 33.3% (1st) 34.7% (1st)
47 2012-08-04 27.8% (1st) 27.7% (1st) 27.5% (1st) 28.7% (1st)
48 2012-08-05 31.7% (1st) 33.4% (1st) 30.1% (1st) 29.9% (1st)
49 2012-08-11 32.5% (1st) 35.1% (1st) 30.1% (1st) 30.7% (1st)
50 2012-08-12 43.5% (1st) 45.5% (1st) 40.7% (1st) 43.1% (1st)
51 2012-08-18 39.4% (1st) 39.9% (1st) 35.2% (1st) 37.6% (1st)
52 2012-08-19 45.9% (1st) 47.4% (1st) 42.1% (1st) 44.3% (1st)
53 2012-08-25 39.5% (1st) 40.1% (1st) 35.4% (1st) 36.2% (1st)
54 2012-08-26 45.4% (1st) 47.0% (1st) 40.7% (1st) 41.6% (1st)
55 2012-09-01 40.5% (1st) 42.1% (1st) 36.3% (1st) 37.5% (1st)
56 2012-09-02 45.7% (1st) 46.4% (1st) 40.9% (1st) 42.2% (1st)
57 2012-09-08 42.3% (1st) 43.8% (1st) 37.5% (1st) 38.6% (1st)
58 2012-09-09 49.2% (1st) 49.6% (1st) 45.3% (1st) 46.3% (1st)
Average 35.7% 36.9% 33.1% 33.9%

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2012
7th Seoul International Drama Awards
 Outstanding Korean Drama My Husband Got a Family Nominated
5th Korea Drama Awards[26][27][28]
Grand Prize (Daesang) Kim Nam-joo Won
Youn Yuh-jung Nominated
Best Drama My Husband Got a Family Won
Top Excellence Award, Actor Yoo Jun-sang Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor Lee Hee-joon Won
Best New Actor Kang Min-hyuk Nominated
Best New Actress Oh Yeon-seo Nominated
Best Young Actor[29] Kwak Dong-yeon Won
Best Writer Park Ji-eun Won
Special Jury Prize for Acting Lee Hee-joon Won
K-Drama Star Awards[30]
Top Excellence Award, Actress Kim Nam-joo Won
Excellence Award, Actor Yoo Jun-sang Won
Rising Star Award Oh Yeon-seo Won
Kang Min-hyuk Won
Best Writer Park Ji-eun Won
Top Popularity Award Yoo Jun-sang Won
25th Grimae Awards
 Best Actress Kim Nam-joo Won
20th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards[31]
Grand Prize (Daesang) for TV Drama Kim Nam-joo Won
Best Drama My Husband Got a Family Won
Best Drama PD Kim Hyung-suk Won
KBS Drama Awards[32][33]
Grand Prize (Daesang) Kim Nam-joo Won
Top Excellence Award, Actor Yoo Jun-sang Won
Top Excellence Award, Actress Kim Nam-joo Nominated
Youn Yuh-jung Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Yoo Jun-sang Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim Nam-joo Nominated
Youn Yuh-jung Won
Best Supporting Actor Kim Sang-ho Won
Best Supporting Actress Jo Yoon-hee Won
Jin Kyung Nominated
Best New Actor Kang Min-hyuk Nominated
Lee Hee-joon Won
Best New Actress Oh Yeon-seo Won
Best Young Actor Kwak Dong-yeon Nominated
Best Writer Park Ji-eun Won
Best Couple Award Yoo Jun-sang and Kim Nam-joo Won
Lee Hee-joon and Jo Yoon-hee Won
2013
49th Baeksang Arts Awards[34]
Best Drama My Husband Got a Family Nominated
Best Director (TV) Kim Hyung-suk Nominated
Best Actor (TV) Yoo Jun-sang Nominated
Best Actress (TV) Kim Nam-joo Nominated
Best New Actor (TV) Lee Hee-joon Won
Best Screenplay (TV) Park Ji-eun Nominated
40th Korea Broadcasting Awards
 Best Full-length Drama My Husband Got a Family Won

International broadcast

It aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV from February 13 to June 26, 2013 under the title 棚ぼたのあなた (Your Windfall).[35]

It aired in the Philippines via GMA Network on April 8, 2013 under the title Unexpected You.[36]

It aired in Singapore on Channel U

It aired in Thailand on Workpoint TV on July 1, 2015 under the title s̄ap̣hı̂ cxm s̄æb สะใภ้จอมแสบ (Troublemaker Daughter-in-Law).[37]

A Mexican channel recreated the drama with the title, Mi marido tiene familia[38]

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External links

Screenplays by Park Ji-eun
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