I Am the Mother Too explained

Native Name:	Hangul: 나도 엄마야 Rr: Nado Eommaya Lk: I'm a Mother Too
Creator:	Hong Chang-wook (SBS Drama Division)
Director:	Bae Tae-seop
Music:	Choi Jeong-joo
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Num Episodes:	124
Producer:	Park hyung Ki
Camera:	Single-camera
Runtime:	30 minutes
Company:	The Story Works
Network:	SBS TV

I Am the Mother Too^[1] is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Lee In-hye, Woo Hee-jin, Alex Chu, Park Joon-hyuk, and Moon Bo-ryung.^[2] 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 a surrogate mother, overcoming hardships and hurts, finding true love and happiness, and how her maternal love transcends bloodline.

Cast

Main

• Lee In-hye as Yoon Ji-young^[3]
• Woo Hee-jin as Choi Kyung-shin^[4]
• Alex Chu as Shin Sang-hyuk^[5]
• as Shin Hyun-joon^[6]
• as Oh Hye-rim^[7]

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
• as Yoon Ki-sook
• as Ji Dong-man
• Jung Joo-won as Ji Bong-kyu^[8]
• as Ji Se-young^[9]
• as Kang Sung-nam
• as Young-kyu

Extended

• Kim Tae-hee as prof. Kim Seon-jeong
• as Jung Jin-kook^[10]
• as chief Moon
• as Park Chang-hoon
• as Han Dong-soo
• Kim Eun-hye as Noh Mi-hyun^[11]
• Choi Yeo-won as Jung Eun-chae
• as Jenny

Ratings

• In this table, 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.

	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS Ratings^[12]		AGB Nielsen^[13]
		width=100	Nationwide	width=100	Seoul National Capital Area	width=100	Nationwide	width=100	Seoul National Capital Area
1	May 28, 2018	9.5%	6.7%	7.5%	6.8%
2	May 29, 2018	9.1%	6.0%	7.2%	6.6%
3	May 30, 2018	9.0%	5.8%	6.5%
4	May 31, 2018	9.8%	7.1%	6.9%	6.5%
5	June 1, 2018	9.1%	6.3%	7.1%	6.5%
6	June 4, 2018	8.7%	5.8%	7.0%	6.4%
7	June 5, 2018		5.9%	7.0%	6.6%
8	June 6, 2018			6.4%	6.0%
9	June 7, 2018	8.0%	5.3%	7.1%	6.8%
10	June 8, 2018	8.4%	5.8%	7.7%	7.1%
11	June 11, 2018	9.2%	6.7%	6.9%
12	June 14, 2018	8.8%	6.2%	6.7%	6.0%
13	June 15, 2018	9.7%	7.4%	7.3%	6.3%
14	June 18, 2018	8.0%	5.6%	6.5%	6.2%
15	June 19, 2018	9.0%	6.7%	7.5%	6.8%
16	June 20, 2018	8.1%	5.8%	7.0%	6.3%
17	June 21, 2018	8.5%	6.3%	7.4%	6.9%
18	June 22, 2018	8.8%	6.7%	8.4%	7.6%
19	June 25, 2018	9.5%	7.5%	7.3%	6.2%
20	June 26, 2018	9.3%	7.2%	7.7%	7.0%
21	June 27, 2018	9.6%	7.6%	7.8%	7.2%
22	June 28, 2018	10.2%	8.3%	8.2%	7.0%
23	June 29, 2018	9.7%	7.9%	7.6%	6.8%
24	July 2, 2018		7.8%	7.5%	6.6%
25	July 3, 2018	9.8%	8.0%	7.5%	6.7%
26	July 4, 2018	9.4%	7.6%	7.5%	6.7%
27	July 5, 2018	9.8%	8.1%	8.3%	7.5%
28	July 6, 2018	9.7%	7.9%	8.0%	7.1%
29	July 9, 2018	9.5%	7.6%	8.1%	6.7%
30	July 10, 2018	9.4%	7.3%	7.5%	6.1%
31	July 11, 2018	10.2%	8.5%	7.4%	7.0%
32	July 12, 2018	10.0%	8.2%	8.3%	7.7%
33	July 13, 2018	10.2%	8.4%	7.3%	6.5%
34	July 16, 2018	9.8%	7.7%	7.9%	7.3%
35	July 17, 2018	9.7%	7.5%	7.2%	6.0%
36	July 18, 2018		7.8%	7.5%	6.5%
37	July 19, 2018	10.0%	8.2%	7.9%	6.9%
38	July 20, 2018	10.4%	8.7%	7.8%	7.2%
39	July 23, 2018	10.1%	8.3%	7.5%	6.8%
40	July 24, 2018	10.2%	8.5%	7.6%	6.8%
41	July 25, 2018	10.1%	8.4%	7.9%	7.3%
42	July 26, 2018	9.7%	7.9%	8.0%	7.1%
43	July 27, 2018	10.5%	8.8%	7.9%	6.9%
44	July 30, 2018	9.6%	7.5%	7.6%	6.3%
45	July 31, 2018	9.1%	6.9%	7.4%	6.3%
46	August 1, 2018	8.5%	6.2%	7.7%	7.0%
47	August 2, 2018	9.0%	6.8%	8.0%	7.1%
48	August 3, 2018	8.9%	6.5%	7.9%	6.6%
49	August 6, 2018	8.7%	6.1%	7.3%	6.2%
50	August 7, 2018	9.3%	6.8%	7.7%	6.6%
51	August 8, 2018	8.6%	6.0%	7.8%	7.3%
52	August 9, 2018	9.5%	7.1%	8.2%	6.9%
53	August 10, 2018		7.3%	8.2%	7.1%
54	August 13, 2018	9.4%	7.2%	8.1%	7.3%
55	August 14, 2018	9.9%	7.8%	7.9%	6.7%
56	August 15, 2018	8.3%	6.1%	7.2%	6.3%
57	August 16, 2018	10.5%	8.4%	8.0%	6.7%
58	August 17, 2018	9.6%	7.3%	8.8%	7.7%
59	August 20, 2018	9.3%	6.9%	8.6%	7.4%
60	August 21, 2018	9.9%	7.6%	8.2%	6.9%
61	August 22, 2018		7.5%	7.8%	7.0%
62	August 23, 2018	10.6%	8.3%	8.5%	7.0%
63	August 27, 2018	10.7%		8.6%	7.2%
64	August 28, 2018	10.6%	8.6%	8.5%	7.4%
65	August 29, 2018	9.9%	7.6%	7.8%	7.0%
66	August 30, 2018	10.5%	8.3%	8.4%	7.1%
67	August 31, 2018	10.3%	8.0%	8.4%	7.1%
68	September 3, 2018	9.6%	8.1%	6.9%
69	September 4, 2018	10.7%	8.4%	7.4%
70	September 5, 2018	10.3%	7.9%	6.9%
71	September 6, 2018	10.6%	8.7%	7.5%
72	September 7, 2018	11.0%	8.6%	7.4%
73	September 10, 2018	9.5%	8.3%	7.0%
74	September 11, 2018	10.1%	8.3%	7.1%
75	September 12, 2018		9.3%	8.6%
76	September 13, 2018	9.6%	8.7%	7.5%
77	September 14, 2018		10.0%	8.6%
78	September 17, 2018	9.7%	8.3%	6.8%
79	September 21, 2018	10.0%	8.9%	7.6%
80	September 24, 2018
81	September 25, 2018	7.2%	6.1%	5.9%
82	September 26, 2018	7.8%	7.2%	6.9%
83	September 27, 2018	10.2%	9.2%	8.3%
84	September 28, 2018	10.7%	9.2%	8.3%
85	October 1, 2018	9.6%	8.9%	7.3%
86	October 2, 2018	10.2%	8.7%	7.7%
87	October 3, 2018	7.8%	6.7%
88	October 4, 2018	9.3%	8.3%
89	October 5, 2018	9.6%	8.4%
90	October 8, 2018	9.6%	9.2%	8.6%
91	October 9, 2018	9.1%	7.8%	7.5%
92	October 10, 2018	9.4%	9.4%	8.8%
93	October 11, 2018	10.8%	9.3%	8.4%
94	October 12, 2018	10.0%	8.6%	7.2%
95	October 15, 2018	10.4%	8.7%	7.3%
96	October 16, 2018	11.1%	9.5%	8.4%
97	October 17, 2018	10.2%	9.3%	8.3%
98	October 18, 2018	10.9%	9.5%	8.2%
99	October 19, 2018	11.0%	9.3%	7.9%
100	October 22, 2018	10.6%	8.6%	7.2%
101	October 23, 2018	10.7%	8.7%	7.6%
102	October 24, 2018	10.5%	9.8%	8.9%
103	October 25, 2018	10.9%	9.2%	7.9%
104	October 26, 2018	11.9%	9.5%	8.6%
105	October 29, 2018	10.8%	9.5%	8.7%
106	October 30, 2018	11.0%	10.1%	8.8%
107	October 31, 2018	11.5%	9.6%	8.7%
108	November 1, 2018	11.2%	9.9%	8.7%
109	November 2, 2018	9.5%	7.2%	6.7%
110	November 5, 2018	10.7%	10.2%	9.0%
111	November 6, 2018	11.3%	9.8%	8.6%
112	November 7, 2018	9.3%	7.9%
113	November 8, 2018		10.1%	8.5%
114	November 9, 2018			9.0%
115	November 12, 2018	11.2%	9.6%	8.5%
116	November 13, 2018	11.5%	9.4%	8.2%
117	November 14, 2018	11.0%		8.2%
118	November 15, 2018	11.2%	9.5%	8.8%
119	November 16, 2018	11.3%		7.9%
120	November 19, 2018	11.6%	9.2%	7.9%
121	November 20, 2018	10.8%	10.2%	9.3%
122	November 21, 2018	11.4%	9.8%	9.0%
123	November 22, 2018	11.8%
124	November 23, 2018		10.0%	8.8%
Average

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2018	SBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily and Weekend Drama	Woo Hee-jin
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily and Weekend Drama	Alex Chu

Notes and References

1. SBS [나도 엄마야] - 18년 6월 4일(월) 예고 / 'I am the mother too' Preview]. YouTube. SBSNOW. June 18, 2018. ko.
2. News: Yang. Ji-yeon. [공식입장] SBS 측 "우희진·이인혜·알렉스, '나도 엄마야' 출연 확정"]. April 23, 2018. Sedaily. April 16, 2018. Korean.
3. News: Ha. Kyung-heon. 이인혜, SBS 일일극 '나도 엄마야' 대리모 役 캐스팅. April 23, 2018. Sports Kyunghyang. April 17, 2018. Korean.
4. News: Son. Hyo-jung. [단독] 우희진, SBS '나도엄마야' 주연…이인혜·알렉스와 호흡]. April 23, 2018. TV Report. April 16, 2018. Korean.
5. News: Park. Soo-in. SBS 측 "알렉스 '나도 엄마야' 출연 확정" 결혼 후 복귀작(공식). April 23, 2018. Newsen. April 14, 2018. Korean.
6. News: Park. Soo-in. ko:박준혁 ‘나도 엄마야’ 캐스팅, 우희진과 부부 호흡(공식). http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201805081137528010. May 8, 2018. Newsen. May 8, 2018. Korean.
7. News: Park. Ah-reum. ko:문보령 ‘나도 엄마야’로 3년만에 안방 복귀(공식). http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201804261118091910. May 4, 2018. Newsen. April 26, 2018. Korean.
8. News: Park. Se-hyun. 배우 정주원, SBS '나도 엄마야' 지봉규役 확정 "최선 다할 것"(공식). May 4, 2018. Pop Herald. May 4, 2018. Korean.
9. News: Choi. Ha-na. 신예 유인혁, SBS 새 아침드라마 '나도 엄마야' 출연 확정 "좋은 추억 될 것 같다". May 4, 2018. TV Daily. April 26, 2018. Korean. June 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144502/http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=15247015751346942002. dead.
10. Web site: Ji Chan Joins "I'm a Mother, Too" as a Physician. July 18, 2018. HanCinema. Sports Seoul.
11. Web site: Kim Eun-hye-II to Join Daily Drama "I'm a Mother, Too". June 21, 2018. HanCinema. Nate.
12. Web site: TNMS Daily Ratings at Naver. Korean. TNMS Ratings. February 9, 2018.
13. Web site: AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu. Korean. Nielsen Korea. June 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170317134758/http://www.nielsenkorea.co.kr/tv_terrestrial_day.asp?menu=Tit_1&sub_menu=1_1&area=00. March 17, 2017. dead.