The Rich Son () is a South Korean television series starring Kim Ji-hoon, Kim Ju-hyeon, Lee Kyu-han, and Hong Soo-hyun. The series aired 4 episodes every Sunday from March 25 to October 7, 2018 from 8:50 p.m. to 11:20 p.m. (KST) on MBC TV.
Cast Main Kim Ji-hoon as Lee Kwang-jae Kim Ju-hyeon as Kim Young-ha Lee Kyu-han as Nam Tae-il Hong Soo-hyun as Kim Kyung-ha
Supporting Lee Seung-yeon as Nam Soo-hee Kim Young-ok as Park Soon-ok Yoon Yoo-sun as Park Hyun-sook Park Soon-chun as Seo Bok-soon Jeong Bo-seok as Kim Won-yong Kang Nam-gil as Lee Kye-dong Woo Hyun as Choi Hyo-dong Yoon Chul-hyung as Nam Soo-hwan Cha Seo-won as Choi Yong Jeon Soo-kyeong as Na Young-ae Oh Yoon-hong as Chairman Nam's wife Park Jae-jung as Kim Jong-yong Shim Eun-jin as Seo Myung-sun Kim Min-kyu as Kim Myung-ha Elkie Chong as Wang Mong-mong Yang Hye-ji as Park Seo-hee
Cameos Lee Yong-jin (ep. 7)
Ratings In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings. NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date. N/A denotes that the rating is not known. TNmS stop publishing their report from June 2018.
Original broadcast dateAverage audience shareTNmS RatingsAGB NielsenNationwideSeoul National Capital AreaNationwideSeoul National Capital Area 1 March 25, 2018 4.9% 4.8% 5.1% 5.0% 2 3 9.8% 9.7% 9.5% 9.4% 4 10.2% 9.9% 10.5% 10.2% 5 April 1, 2018 4.4% 4.2% 4.3% 4.5% 6 11.6% 11.3% 11.2% 11.4% 7 8.9% 8.3% 9.9% 10.4% 8 9.3% 8.6% 10.5% 11.4% 9 April 8, 2018 2.8% 2.5% 3.1% 3.3% 10 11.2% 11.1% 10.5% 10.6% 11 9.4% 9.3% 9.1% 9.0% 12 9.2% 9.0% 9.5% 9.3% 13 April 15, 2018 3.7% 3.6% 3.9% 3.8% 14 10.2% 10.0% 10.1% 9.9% 15 9.1% 8.9% 9.0% 8.8% 16 9.5% 9.3% 9.9% 9.7% 17 April 22, 2018 5.2% 5.1% 4.0% 3.9% 18 10.7% 10.6% 10.1% 10.0% 19 8.9% 8.8% 8.7% 8.7% 20 8.7% 8.5% 8.6% 8.4% 21 April 29, 2018 6.0% 5.8% 5.7% 5.5% 22 8.7% 8.0% 8.1% 7.5% 23 7.4% 7.2% 7.3% 7.1% 24 8.2% 7.7% 7.9% 7.4% 25 May 6, 2018 3.7% 3.5% 3.4% 3.2% 26 8.8% 8.4% 7.9% 7.6% 27 8.4% 8.0% 7.1% 6.8% 28 8.2% 7.8% 7.6% 7.4% 29 May 13, 2018 3.8% 3.6% 3.1% 2.9% 30 10.4% 10.1% 9.4% 9.2% 31 9.7% 9.6% 8.8% 8.7% 32 10.0% 9.9% 9.2% 9.2% 33 May 20, 2018 3.3% 3.1% 2.6% 2.4% 34 9.8% 9.3% 8.4% 8.0% 35 9.0% 8.8% 8.7% 8.5% 36 9.4% 9.1% 8.5% 8.2% 37 May 27, 2018 6.4% 6.2% 6.3% 6.3% 38 8.7% 8.6% 8.5% 8.4% 39 8.8% 8.7% 8.3% 8.2% 40 7.6% 7.5% 9.2% 9.1% 41 June 3, 2018 4.4% 4.1% 4.2% 4.0% 42 10.7% 10.2% 9.1% 8.5% 43 10.6% 10.1% 9.2% 8.8% 44 10.5% 9.9% 9.5% 9.0% 45 June 10, 2018 5.6% 5.3% 5.4% 46 10.0% 9.9% 10.1% 10.0% 47 9.8% 9.4% 10.0% 9.6% 48 9.8% 9.6% 10.3% 10.5% 49 June 17, 2018 3.1% 2.8% 2.9% 2.7% 50 10.0% 9.5% 9.8% 9.3% 51 10.2% 9.7% 9.0% 8.5% 52 11.2% 10.8% 9.9% 9.4% 53 July 1, 2018 8.8% 8.6% 8.3% 8.1% 54 10.3% 10.0% 9.7% 9.4% 55 July 8, 2018 3.6% 3.3% 3.2% 2.9% 56 10.1% 9.6% 10.0% 9.5% 57 9.9% 8.4% 8.5% 8.0% 58 10.5% 10.1% 9.6% 9.2% 59 July 15, 2018 3.2% 3.0% 2.8% 2.6% 60 9.0% 8.3% 8.7% 8.0% 61 8.8% 7.9% 8.0% 7.2% 62 10.2% 9.5% 9.5% 8.8% 63 July 22, 2018 3.4% 3.3% 3.1% 2.9% 64 9.9% 9.4% 9.1% 8.7% 65 9.3% 9.0% 8.8% 8.5% 66 10.1% 9.8% 9.7% 9.4% 67 July 29, 2018 3.8% 3.5% 3.4% 3.1% 68 10.3% 10.0% 9.5% 9.2% 69 9.7% 9.6% 9.1% 9.1% 70 10.5% 10.4% 10.3% 10.3% 71 August 5, 2018 3.6% 3.1% 3.2% 2.8% 72 9.4% 8.8% 8.6% 8.0% 739.3% 8.7% 8.5% 7.9% 74 8.6% 9.2% 8.5% 75 August 12, 2018 76 9.3% 8.7% 9.8% 9.3% 77 8.8% 8.2% 9.4% 8.9% 78 9.7% 9.3% 10.4% 10.1% 79 August 26, 2018 9.1% 9.0% 9.5% 9.6% 80 10.3% 9.9% 10.8% 10.4% 81 September 9, 2018 rowspan=20 2.8% 82 10.5% 9.1% 8.2% 83 9.4% 8.8% 8.0% 84 10.3% 10.0% 9.2% 85 September 16, 2018 5.1% 86 8.8% 7.7% 87 8.6% 7.6% 88 9.9% 8.9% 89 September 23, 2018 4.4% 90 9.0% 91 8.6% 92 9.1% 93 September 30, 2018 94 95 96 97 October 7, 2018 98 99 100 Average
Each night's broadcast is divided into four 35 minute episodes with three commercial breaks in between. Episodes 53-56 did not air on June 24 due to the coverage of a FIFA World Cup 2018 Group G match between England and Panama. Only 2 episodes aired on July 1 due to the coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2018 Round of 16 match between Spain and Russia. Episodes did not air on August 19 due to the coverage of the 2018 Asian Games and broadcast of the movie 'The Big Swindle'. Only 2 episodes aired on August 26 due to the coverage of the 2018 Asian Games. No episodes aired on September 2 due to the coverage of the 2018 Asian Games.
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient ResultRef. 20186th APAN Star AwardsExcellence Award, Actor in a Serial DramaKim Ji-hoon2018 MBC Drama AwardsTop Excellence Award, Actor in a Soap Opera Kim Ji-hoon Jeong Bo-seokTop Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap OperaKim Ju-hyeonHong Soo-hyunExcellence Award, Actor in a Serial DramaLee Kyu-hanExcellence Award, Actress in a Soap OperaYoon Yoo-sunBest Supporting Cast in Soap OperaKang Nam-gilLee Seung-yeonBest New ActorKim Min-kyu
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