Wonderful Mama () is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Bae Jong-ok with Jeong Yu-mi, Kim Ji-seok and Park Bo-gum. It premiered on April 13, 2013, and ended on September 22, 2013, airing on SBS every Saturday and Sunday at 20:40 for 48 episodes.

Synopsis Yoon Bok-hee has accomplished a lot in her life, working her way up from running a money-lending market stand to managing millions. But her priorities shift when she's faced with a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's. Her degenerative disease threatens her ability to manage her business and eventually the details of her daily life.

After receiving her diagnosis, she realizes that her most important goal is helping her children to grow up in a hurry. She must teach them how to run the family business and they must also learn how to care for her when she can no longer care for herself. It won't be easy as they still have a lot of growing up to do.

Cast

Main Bae Jong-ok as Yoon Bok-hee A self-made woman who went from working a tiny market stand to becoming a successful loan shark who owns multi-million-won buildings. She is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Jeong Yu-mi as Go Young-chae Spoiled daughter of Bok-hee, she is a shopaholic and fashionista Kim Ji-seok as Go Young-soo Bok-hee's son and Young-chae's twin brother, directionless with his career Park Bo-gum as Go Young-joon Bok-hee's youngest child who is also a mama's boy, a playboy high-school student

Supporting

Jung Gyu-woon as Jang Hoon-nam Ahn Nae-sang as Jang Ki-nam Kyeon Mi-ri as Kim Young-yi Lee Hwa-kyum as Jang Go-eun Lee Min-woo as Lee Jang-ho Lee Chung-ah as Oh Da-jung Yoo In-young as Lee Soo-jin Kim Chung as Choi Eun-ok Yoon Joo-hee as Kim Nan-hee Hwang Jae-won as Lee Ji-woo Jung Kyung-ho as Sasa Kim Lee Kyung-shil as Jaegal Jeom-soon Heo Jung-eun as Kim Ha-pil Lee Suk-joon as Han Dong-soo Hwang Dong-joo as Hong Yoon-jae Shin Ji-soo as Hee-jin Yoon Ji-min as Han Se-ah

Ratings 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 shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area1 April 137.7%8.4%7.7%8.2%2 April 147.6%8.5%8.0%8.3%3 April 208.0%9.0%7.8%8.5%4 April 217.8%8.2%8.5%8.8%5 April 276.5%6.8%7.0%6.6%6 April 286.5%7.0%7.4%7.8%7 May 46.4%6.4%7.1%7.2%8 May 56.3%6.6%7.4%8.2%9 May 116.4%6.1%6.3%6.5%10 May 127.0%6.9%7.1%8.4%11 May 186.6%6.4%7.3%8.3%12 May 197.0%7.5%7.5%8.7%13 May 256.8%6.9%6.4%7.4%14 May 267.0%7.2%7.5%7.8%15 June 16.5%6.9%7.1%7.1%16 June 26.6%7.2%6.2%6.8%17 June 87.0%7.1%7.1%7.2%18 June 96.2%6.9%6.0%6.6%19 June 157.0%7.4%6.6%6.8%20 June 165.5%5.7%6.4%7.1%21 June 226.3%6.6%6.6%6.4%22 June 236.8%7.0%7.7%7.5%23 June 296.2%6.9%6.3%6.3%24 June 306.4%6.5%6.8%6.8%25 July 65.9%6.8%6.3%6.5%26 July 78.4%9.3%9.2%9.0%27 July 137.3%8.5%6.8%7.7%28 July 146.7%6.8%7.4%8.0%29 July 206.7%7.0%7.0%7.0%30 July 218.1%9.2%7.5%8.2%31 July 276.6%6.6%6.6%6.8%32 July 286.5%6.7%6.9%7.2%33 August 37.6%8.0%7.7%7.6%34 August 48.0%7.7%7.0%7.5%35 August 107.5%7.9%7.4%7.8%36 August 117.5%8.0%7.0%7.5%37 August 178.0%8.4%7.4%7.3%38 August 187.4%7.5%7.7%8.0%39 August 247.4%7.3%7.2%6.9%40 August 257.3%7.1%8.2%8.1%41 August 316.7%7.4%7.5%7.7%42 September 16.9%7.4%7.6%7.8%43 September 76.9%7.1%7.1%7.0%44 September 86.7%7.0%7.4%7.6%45 September 146.5%7.3%7.8%7.8%46 September 157.3%7.8%7.8%7.5%47 September 217.3%7.2%8.1%7.7%48 September 227.7%8.3%8.4%8.4%Average 7.0% 7.3% 7.3% 7.5%

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient ResultRef. 2013 Best Dressed Yoo In-young Special Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama Ahn Nae-sang Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama Jeong Yu-mi Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama Jung Gyu-woon

International broadcast It aired in Vietnam on TodayTV VTC7 from February 9, 2014, under the title Mẹ Ơi, Cố Lên. It aired in the Philippines on NET25 from May 25, 2026 under the same title.

Notes

References

External links Wonderful Mama official SBS website