| My Kids Give Me a Headache | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 무자식 상팔자 |
| Hanja | 無子息 上八字 |
| Literal meaning | Childless Comfort |
| Revised Romanization | Mujasik Sangpalja |
| Genre | Family drama |
| Written by | Kim Soo-hyun |
| Directed by | Jung Eul-young |
| Starring | Lee Soon-jae Kim Hae-sook Yoo Dong-geun Uhm Ji-won |
| Composer | Gaemi |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Ahn Je-hyun Shin Sang-yoon |
| Producers | Jo Joon-hyung Kwon Hyuk-joon |
| Production location | Korea |
| Cinematography | Ji Jae-woo |
| Editor | Kim Hyun-woo |
| Running time | Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 (KST) |
| Production company | Samhwa Networks |
| Original release | |
| Network | jTBC |
| Release | 27 October 2012 – 17 March 2013 |
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My Kids Give Me a Headache[1] (Korean: 무자식 상팔자) is a 2012 South Korean television series, starring Lee Soon-jae, Kim Hae-sook, Yoo Dong-geun and Uhm Ji-won. It is about three generations of the Ahn family who are all living in one house in the suburbs of Seoul, and how they deal with the societal discrimination that their smart and highly educated, eldest granddaughter faces when she becomes a single mother.[2][3] It aired on cable channel jTBC from October 27, 2012 to March 17, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 (KST) for 40 episodes.
The series received consistently solid ratings,[4] and its January 26, 2013 episode reached 7.955%, breaking the previous record of Reply 1997 to become the highest viewership ratings that a drama has received on Korean cable.[5] It went on to break its own record for the February 24 episode, with another cable drama all-time rating high of 10.715%.[6][7]
- ^ "JTBC worldwide : My Kids Give Me a Headache". JTBC. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Lim, Ju-ri (22 October 2012). "Screenwriter breaks taboos with JTBC drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Kim, Ji-soo (16 January 2013). "Meanings behind figures". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
- ^ "Childless Comfort Gains Popularity, Scores Record High Ratings for JTBC". KpopStarz. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ^ '무자식상팔자' 시청률, 8%대 돌파 눈앞에 두고 '잠시 주춤'. TV Report (in Korean). 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
- ^ "February 24, 2013 Nationwide Cable Ratings". Nielsen Korea.
1st (JTBC) JTBC특별기획드라마(무자식상팔자) 10.715%
- ^ Kim, Tong-hyung (25 February 2013). "Childless Comfort looks like TV game-changer". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-03-04.