What Happens to My Family?
Promotional poster
Also known asWhat's with This Family
Why Are Families Being Like This
What's Wrong? We Are Family
This Is Family
GenreFamily
Romance
Comedy
Drama
Written byKang Eun-kyung
Directed byJeon Chang-geun
StarringYoo Dong-geun
Kim Hyun-joo
Yoon Park
Park Hyung-sik
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes53
Production
ProducerKim Jung-gyu
Production locationKorea
Running time63 minutes
Production companySamhwa Networks
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseAugust 16, 2014 (2014-08-16) 
February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15)

What Happens to My Family? (Korean: 가족끼리 왜 이래; RR: Gajok-kkiri Wae Irae; lit. What's With This Family?) is a 2014–2015 South Korean television series starring Yoo Dong-geun, Kim Hyun-joo, Yoon Park and Park Hyung-sik.[1][2] It aired on KBS2 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 (KST) time slot from August 16, 2014, to February 15, 2015.

Synopsis

Cha Soon-bong (Yoo Dong-geun) is a widower who has devoted his life to his three children. His eldest daughter Kang-shim (Kim Hyun-joo), after a failed relationship, has resigned herself to never marry and a lifetime of being alone; his eldest son Kang-jae (Yoon Park), a brilliant oncologist, is resentful of his humble origins; and his youngest son, Dal-bong (Park Hyung-sik).

Cast

Main

The patriarch of the Cha family and head of the household; owner of a tofu shop.
The eldest child; company secretary to CEO Moon Tae-oh and, in later episodes, to director Moon Tae-joo.
The second child; a skilled oncologist.
The youngest child; he is struggling with finding a stable job.

Supporting

Cha family

Soon-bong's younger sister; Young-seol's mother and aunt to Kang-shim, Kang-jae and Dal-bong.
Soon-geum's daughter and cousin to Kang-shim, Kang-jae and Dal-bong.
Young-seol's husband; owner of a chicken restaurant.

People around Cha Kang-shim

Director at GK Group; CEO Moon's son.
CEO of GK Group; Tae-joo's father and Kang-shim's boss.
Eun-ho's mother; a famous news anchor and TV personality.
Kang-shim's ex-boyfriend; an attorney who handles Soon-bong's case against the Cha children.

People around Cha Kang-jae

Kang-jae's fiancée; daughter of Kwon Ki-chan and Heo Yang-geum; a food stylist.
Hyo-jin's father and husband to Heo Yang-geum; director of the hospital where Kang-jae works.
Director Kwon's wife and Hyo-jin's mother.

People around Cha Dal-bong

A country girl with a strong Chungcheong dialect; she moves to Seoul in the hopes of marrying Dal-bong.
Baek Seol-hee's son; an idol turned restaurant owner.

Others

  • Kim Seo-ra as Miss Ko (Ko Bok-ja / Ko Eun-hwan)
A mysterious woman who became Soon-bong's close friend.

Special appearance

Ratings

  • In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
  • The drama aired with English subtitles on KBS World two weeks after its initial broadcast in Korea.
Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[4] TNmS ratings
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide Seoul
1 August 16, 2014 20.0% 20.5% 19.2% 18.0%
2 August 17, 2014 23.3% 24.0% 23.7% 24.4%
3 August 23, 2014 20.3% 20.2% 21.8% 22.0%
4 August 24, 2014 25.6% 25.3% 23.9% 24.3%
5 August 30, 2014 22.3% 22.4% 21.8% 21.2%
6 August 31, 2014 25.9% 25.8% 24.6% 25.7%
7 September 6, 2014 22.4% 22.2% 21.6% 23.1%
8 September 7, 2014 21.4% 21.2% 20.1% 20.7%
9 September 13, 2014 24.5% 24.7% 23.3% 23.8%
10 September 14, 2014 27.5% 29.0% 25.4% 25.7%
11 September 20, 2014 23.5% 24.4% 21.4% 21.5%
12 September 21, 2014 28.0% 28.8% 26.3% 27.9%
13 September 28, 2014 22.6% 22.8% 20.5% 22.9%
14 October 4, 2014 20.7% 18.8% 20.6%
15 October 5, 2014 28.8% 28.7% 25.8% 28.0%
16 October 11, 2014 24.4% 23.8% 24.0% 24.4%
17 October 12, 2014 29.5% 29.6% 26.4% 27.6%
18 October 18, 2014 25.8% 25.7% 25.5% 26.6%
19 October 19, 2014 31.8% 32.0% 29.3% 31.6%
20 October 25, 2014 28.6% 26.6% 27.6%
21 October 26, 2014 34.5% 34.7% 30.7% 33.2%
22 November 1, 2014 27.9% 27.0% 28.4% 29.0%
23 November 2, 2014 33.5% 34.2% 32.2% 34.3%
24 November 8, 2014 30.7% 30.9% 28.7% 29.1%
25 November 9, 2014 34.0% 33.6% 32.5% 34.5%
26 November 15, 2014 29.3% 29.4% 29.4% 29.0%
27 November 16, 2014 34.5% 34.9% 33.4% 36.0%
28 November 22, 2014 29.0% 28.7% 29.4% 29.3%
29 November 23, 2014 35.4% 35.8% 34.0% 37.4%
30 November 29, 2014 30.2% 29.8% 31.3% 32.0%
31 November 30, 2014 37.0% 35.8% 35.4% 37.9%
32 December 6, 2014 30.2% 29.6% 30.4% 31.7%
33 December 7, 2014 36.6% 35.0% 37.1%
34 December 13, 2014 32.4% 30.8% 31.0%
35 December 14, 2014 37.9% 38.0% 36.2% 38.3%
36 December 20, 2014 31.3% 30.2% 31.9% 33.2%
37 December 21, 2014 38.7% 38.0% 37.7% 40.3%
38 December 27, 2014 36.2% 36.4% 35.6% 37.0%
39 December 28, 2014 41.2% 42.2% 39.3% 41.9%
40 January 3, 2015 39.1% 39.3% 37.0% 38.8%
41 January 4, 2015 40.7% 40.9% 41.7% 44.4%
42 January 10, 2015 36.4% 35.6% 36.8% 38.4%
43 January 11, 2015 41.2% 41.9% 41.2% 44.3%
44 January 17, 2015 36.8% 37.3% 36.7% 37.8%
45 January 18, 2015 41.2% 41.9% 40.5% 42.9%
46 January 24, 2015 36.1% 36.4% 36.3% 37.8%
47 January 25, 2015 42.2% 43.0% 41.1% 43.7%
48 January 31, 2015 30.0% 29.9% 29.5% 30.3%
49 February 1, 2015 40.1% 39.3% 41.7%
50 February 7, 2015 35.1% 34.4% 37.4% 38.8%
51 February 8, 2015 43.3% 44.1% 41.2% 44.1%
52 February 14, 2015 37.6% 36.8% 37.7% 39.6%
53 February 15, 2015 43.1% 42.4% 40.8% 43.5%
Average 30.8% 32.2% 31.7% 31.8%

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2014 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Yoo Dong-geun Nominated
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Kim Sang-kyung Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim Hyun-joo Nominated
Best New Actor Park Hyung-sik Nominated
22nd Korea Culture and
Entertainment Awards
Best Drama What Happens to My Family? Won
Grand Prize (Daesang) Yoo Dong-geun Won
Top Excellence Award, Actor Yoo Dong-geun Nominated
Kim Sang-kyung Nominated
Top Excellence Award, Actress Kim Hyun-joo Won
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Yoo Dong-geun Nominated
Kim Sang-kyung Won
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama Kim Hyun-joo Nominated
Yang Hee-kyung Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Son Dam-bi Nominated
Best New Actor Park Hyung-sik Won
Seo Kang-joon Nominated
Best New Actress Nam Ji-hyun Won
Best Writer Kang Eun-kyung Won
Best Couple Award Kim Sang-kyung and Kim Hyun-joo Won
Park Hyung-sik and Nam Ji-hyun Won
2015 Best New Actor (TV) Park Hyung-sik Nominated
Best New Actress (TV) Nam Ji-hyun Nominated
Grand Prize (Daesang) Yoo Dong-geun Nominated

Adaption

In 2015, a Turkish television series with the title The Baba Candir, based on the drama was released.[5] There is a Mexican adaptation called Que le pasa a mi Familia? which was released on 2021.

International broadcast

Country Network Airing dates
Taiwan Taiwan GTV (八大戲劇台) March 26, 2015 – May 26, 2015 (Monday to Friday at 21:00 – 22:00, April 14 to May 22 at 20:00 – 22:00, May 25 and 26 at 20:00 – 21:00).
Hong Kong Hong Kong Korean Drama (韓劇台) April 6, 2015 – June 17, 2015 (Monday to Friday at 16:00 – 17:15 and 21:00 – 22:15).
Singapore Singapore Mediacorp Channel U November 3, 2015 – December 23, 2015 (Monday to Friday at 19:00 – 21:00).
Malaysia Malaysia 8TV December 24, 2015 – April 5, 2016 (Monday to Friday at 17:00 – 18:00).
 Thailand PPTV HD February 16, 2016 – June 21, 2016 (every Tuesday – Wednesday at 08:30 – 09:55).
Channel 9 MCOT HD February 10, 2018 – May 26, 2018 (on Saturday February 24 and Sunday February 25 at 22:11 – 23:06 due to live broadcast of DARE TO DREAM presents LPGA THAILAND 2018 golf at 23:11 – 00:02) (every Saturday and Sunday at 22:11 to 23:38).

References

  1. Kim, Erika (2 July 2014). "ZE:A's Park Hyung Sik Cast in Drama This Is Family". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  2. Jin, Eun-soo (15 July 2014). "Park Hyung-sik to depart Real Men". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  3. "[가족끼리왜이래] 카메오 황광희, '지하철 약장수' 완벽소화". entertain.naver (in Korean). November 26, 2020.
  4. "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  5. Park, JaeYoon; Lee, Ann-Gee (2019-06-06). The Rise of K-Dramas: Essays on Korean Television and Its Global Consumption. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7747-7.
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