I Am the Mother Too
| I Am the Mother Too | |
|---|---|
 Promotional Poster | |
| Original title | 나도 엄마야 |
| Genre | |
| Written by | Lee Geun-young[1] |
| Directed by | Bae Tae-seop |
| Starring |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 120 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | The Story Works |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Release | May 28, 2018 |
I Am the Mother Too[2] (Korean: 나도 엄마야; RR: Nado Eommaya) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Lee In-hye, Woo Hee-jin, Alex Chu, Park Joon-hyuk, and Moon Bo-ryung.[3] The series airs daily on SBS from 8:40 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. (KST).
Plot
A story of a woman who is surrogate mother, overcoming hardships and hurts, finding true love and happiness, and her maternal love transcends bloodline.
Cast
Main
- Lee In-hye as Yoon Ji-young[4]
- Woo Hee-jin as Choi Kyung-shin[5]
- Alex Chu as Shin Sang-hyuk[6]
- Park Joon-hyuk as Shin Hyun-joon[7]
- Moon Bo-ryung as Oh Hye-rim[8]
Supporting
Chairman Shin's family
- Park Geun-hyung as Shin Tae-jong
- Yoon Mi-ra as Lim Eun-ja
- Song Yoo-an as Yeo Min-kyung
- Joo Sang-hyuk as Shin Tae-woong
People around Ji-young
- Hong Yeo-jin as Jo Young-ran
- Jung Kyung-soon as Yoon Ki-sook
- Jung Han-heon as Ji Dong-man
- Jung Joo-won as Ji Bong-kyu[9]
- Yoo In-hyuk as Ji Se-young[10]
- Yoon Seo-hyun as Kang Sung-nam
- Park Joon-seok as Young-kyu
Extended
- Kim Tae-hee as prof. Kim Seon-jeong
- Ji Chan as Jung Jin-kook[11]
- Lee Jung-hoon as chief Moon
- Yoon Seung-hoon as Park Chang-hoon
- Kim Chang-hwan as Han Dong-soo
- Kim Eun-hye as Noh Mi-hyun[12]
- Choi Yeo-won as Jung Eun-chae
- Park Ga-ram as Jenny
Ratings
- In this table, The blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
- TNmS stop publishing their report from June 2018.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS Ratings[13] | AGB Nielsen[14] | ||||
| Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | ||
| 1 | May 28, 2018 | 9.5% (8th) | 6.7% | 7.5% (12th) | 6.8% (15th) |
| 2 | May 29, 2018 | 9.1% (9th) | 6.0% | 7.2% (10th) | 6.6% (15th) |
| 3 | May 30, 2018 | 9.0% (9th) | 5.8% | 6.5% (10th) | 5.9% (14th) |
| 4 | May 31, 2018 | 9.8% (7th) | 7.1% | 6.9% (11th) | 6.5% (13th) |
| 5 | June 1, 2018 | 9.1% | 6.3% | 7.1% (14th) | 6.5% (15th) |
| 6 | June 4, 2018 | 8.7% | 5.8% | 7.0% (13th) | 6.4% (18th) |
| 7 | June 5, 2018 | 5.9% | 7.0% (9th) | 6.6% (12th) | |
| 8 | June 6, 2018 | 7.3% | 4.2% | 6.4% (14th) | 6.0% (13th) |
| 9 | June 7, 2018 | 8.0% | 5.3% | 7.1% (9th) | 6.8% (9th) |
| 10 | June 8, 2018 | 8.4% | 5.8% | 7.7% (11th) | 7.1% (12th) |
| 11 | June 11, 2018 | 9.2% | 6.7% | 6.9% (16th) | n/a |
| 12 | June 14, 2018 | 8.8% | 6.2% | 6.7% (12th) | 6.0% (14th) |
| 13 | June 15, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.4% | 7.3% (13th) | 6.3% (13th) |
| 14 | June 18, 2018 | 8.0% | 5.6% | 6.5% (17th) | 6.2% (16th) |
| 15 | June 19, 2018 | 9.0% | 6.7% | 7.5% (7th) | 6.8% (9th) |
| 16 | June 20, 2018 | 8.1% | 5.8% | 7.0% (9th) | 6.3% (15th) |
| 17 | June 21, 2018 | 8.5% | 6.3% | 7.4% (9th) | 6.9% (8th) |
| 18 | June 22, 2018 | 8.8% | 6.7% | 8.4% (10th) | 7.6% (12th) |
| 19 | June 25, 2018 | 9.5% | 7.5% | 7.3% (11th) | 6.2% (19th) |
| 20 | June 26, 2018 | 9.3% | 7.2% | 7.7% (12th) | 7.0% (15th) |
| 21 | June 27, 2018 | 9.6% | 7.6% | 7.8% (12th) | 7.2% (14th) |
| 22 | June 28, 2018 | 10.2% | 8.3% | 8.2% (10th) | 7.0% (12th) |
| 23 | June 29, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.9% | 7.6% (12th) | 6.8% (13th) |
| 24 | July 2, 2018 | 7.8% | 7.5% (16th) | 6.6% (20th) | |
| 25 | July 3, 2018 | 9.8% | 8.0% | 7.5% (13th) | 6.7% (18th) |
| 26 | July 4, 2018 | 9.4% | 7.6% | 7.5% (8th) | 6.7% (9th) |
| 27 | July 5, 2018 | 9.8% | 8.1% | 8.3% (6th) | 7.5% (6th) |
| 28 | July 6, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.9% | 8.0% (7th) | 7.1% (8th) |
| 29 | July 9, 2018 | 9.5% | 7.6% | 8.1% (9th) | 6.7% (17th) |
| 30 | July 10, 2018 | 9.4% | 7.3% | 7.5% (11th) | 6.1% (17th) |
| 31 | July 11, 2018 | 10.2% | 8.5% | 7.4% (11th) | 7.0% (9th) |
| 32 | July 12, 2018 | 10.0% | 8.2% | 8.3% (6th) | 7.7% (6th) |
| 33 | July 13, 2018 | 10.2% | 8.4% | 7.3% (13th) | 6.5% (12th) |
| 34 | July 16, 2018 | 9.8% | 7.7% | 7.9% (7th) | 7.3% (12th) |
| 35 | July 17, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.5% | 7.2% (12th) | 6.0% (16th) |
| 36 | July 18, 2018 | 7.8% | 7.5% (7th) | 6.5% (9th) | |
| 37 | July 19, 2018 | 10.0% | 8.2% | 7.9% (6th) | 6.9% (7th) |
| 38 | July 20, 2018 | 10.4% | 8.7% | 7.8% (11th) | 7.2% (11th) |
| 39 | July 23, 2018 | 10.1% | 8.3% | 7.5% (10th) | 6.8% (15th) |
| 40 | July 24, 2018 | 10.2% | 8.5% | 7.6% (9th) | 6.8% (13th) |
| 41 | July 25, 2018 | 10.1% | 8.4% | 7.9% (9th) | 7.3% (9th) |
| 42 | July 26, 2018 | 9.7% | 7.9% | 8.0% (6th) | 7.1% (8th) |
| 43 | July 27, 2018 | 10.5% | 8.8% | 7.9% (11th) | 6.9% (11th) |
| 44 | July 30, 2018 | 9.6% | 7.5% | 7.6% (9th) | 6.3% (15th) |
| 45 | July 31, 2018 | 9.1% | 6.9% | 7.4% (8th) | 6.3% (12th) |
| 46 | August 1, 2018 | 8.5% | 6.2% | 7.7% (7th) | 7.0% (8th) |
| 47 | August 2, 2018 | 9.0% | 6.8% | 8.0% (5th) | 7.1% (7th) |
| 48 | August 3, 2018 | 8.9% | 6.5% | 7.9% (10th) | 6.6% (12th) |
| 49 | August 6, 2018 | 8.7% | 6.1% | 7.3% (11th) | 6.2% (16th) |
| 50 | August 7, 2018 | 9.3% | 6.8% | 7.7% (8th) | 6.6% (12th) |
| 51 | August 8, 2018 | 8.6% | 6.0% | 7.8% (7th) | 7.3% (6th) |
| 52 | August 9, 2018 | 9.5% | 7.1% | 8.2% (8th) | 6.9% (10th) |
| 53 | August 10, 2018 | 7.3% | 8.2% (12th) | 7.1% (12th) | |
| 54 | August 13, 2018 | 9.4% | 7.2% | 8.1% (10th) | 7.3% (11th) |
| 55 | August 14, 2018 | 9.9% | 7.8% | 7.9% (8th) | 6.7% (10th) |
| 56 | August 15, 2018 | 8.3% | 6.1% | 7.2% (12th) | 6.3% (15th) |
| 57 | August 16, 2018 | 10.5% | 8.4% | 8.0% (8th) | 6.7% (10th) |
| 58 | August 17, 2018 | 9.6% | 7.3% | 8.8% (9th) | 7.7% (11th) |
| 59 | August 20, 2018 | 9.3% | 6.9% | 8.6% (7th) | 7.4% (9th) |
| 60 | August 21, 2018 | 9.9% | 7.6% | 8.2% (7th) | 6.9% (11th) |
| 61 | August 22, 2018 | 7.5% | 7.8% (8th) | 7.0% (11th) | |
| 62 | August 23, 2018 | 10.6% | 8.3% | 8.5% (9th) | 7.0% (11th) |
| 63 | August 27, 2018 | 10.7% | 8.8% | 8.6% (8th) | 7.2% (15th) |
| 64 | August 28, 2018 | 10.6% | 8.6% | 8.5% (8th) | 7.4% (14th) |
| 65 | August 29, 2018 | 9.9% | 7.6% | 7.8% (14th) | 7.0% |
| 66 | August 30, 2018 | 10.5% | 8.3% | 8.4% (7th) | 7.1% (8th) |
| 67 | August 31, 2018 | 10.3% | 8.0% | 8.4% (9th) | 7.1% (10th) |
| 68 | September 3, 2018 | 9.6% | - | 8.1% (12th) | 6.9% (15th) |
| 69 | September 4, 2018 | 10.7% | - | 8.4% (7th) | 7.4% (10th) |
| 70 | September 5, 2018 | 10.3% | - | 7.9% (7th) | 6.9% (9th) |
| 71 | September 6, 2018 | 10.6% | - | 8.7% (5th) | 7.5% (8th) |
| 72 | September 7, 2018 | 11.0% | - | 8.6% (10th) | 7.4% (11th) |
| 73 | September 10, 2018 | 9.5% | - | 8.3% (9th) | 7.0% (14th) |
| 74 | September 11, 2018 | 10.1% | - | 8.3% (7th) | 7.1% (8th) |
| 75 | September 12, 2018 | - | - | 9.3% (5th) | 8.6% (4th) |
| 76 | September 13, 2018 | - | - | 8.7% (6th) | 7.5% (9th) |
| 77 | September 14, 2018 | - | - | 10.0% (7th) | 8.6% (9th) |
| 78 | September 17, 2018 | - | - | 8.3% (8th) | 6.8% (13th) |
| 79 | September 21, 2018 | ||||
| 80 | |||||
| 81 | |||||
| Average | % | % | % | % | |
- Episode 12 did not air on June 12 and 13 due to special news coverage of the US-North Korean Summit in Singapore and South Korean local elections, 2018.
- Episode 63 did not air on August 24 due to special news coverage of the typhoon 'Soulik'.
- Episode 79 did not air on September 18 due to special news coverage of the South-North Korean Summit.
- No episodes aired September 18, 19, and 20 due to news coverage of the 3rd Inter-Korean Summit.
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