| Alt Name: | Unkind Women |
| Genre: | Family Drama Romance |
| Director: | Yoo Hyun-ki Han Sang-woo |
| Starring: | Kim Hye-ja Chae Shi-ra Do Ji-won Lee Ha-na |
| Composer: | Park Sung-jin Choi Min Chang |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Episodes: | 24 |
| Executive Producer: | Shin In-soo Jung Hae-ryong KBS |
| Producer: | Yoon Jae-hyuk Kim Dong-hwi |
| Editor: | Ahn Young-rok Park Kyung-hyun |
| Location: | Korea |
| Cinematography: | Kim Kyung-ho |
| Runtime: | 65 minutes |
| Company: | IOK Media |
| Channel: | KBS2 |
Unkind Ladies is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Kim Hye-ja, Chae Shi-ra, Do Ji-won and Lee Ha-na.[1] [2] It aired on KBS2 from February 25 to May 14, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
Three generations of a family of women are led by matriarch Kang Soon-ok, a famous cooking instructor to the rich and famous. Her older daughter Kim Hyun-jung is a rising network anchor at a television station, while younger daughter Kim Hyun-sook is the black sheep of the family. Jung Ma-ri is Hyun-sook's daughter but takes after her aunt by being accomplished, and is on track to become the youngest professor at the university where she works. Ma-ri gets caught up in a love triangle between a pair of half-brothers, reporter Lee Doo-jin and kendo instructor Lee Roo-oh.[3]
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TNmS Ratings[8] | AGB Nielsen[9] | ||||||
| width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area | width=100 | Nationwide | width=100 | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | February 25, 2015 | 8.8% | 10.3% | 9.1% | 9.4% | ||
| 2 | February 26, 2015 | 8.9% | 10.4% | 9.8% | 10.2% | ||
| 3 | March 4, 2015 | 10.1% | 13.0% | 11.8% | 12.2% | ||
| 4 | March 5, 2015 | 9.5% | 12.8% | 11.5% | 12.7% | ||
| 5 | March 11, 2015 | 9.1% | 11.8% | 12.0% | 13.1% | ||
| 6 | March 12, 2015 | 9.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% | 13.3% | ||
| 7 | March 18, 2015 | 9.6% | 12.2% | 12.1% | 12.4% | ||
| 8 | March 19, 2015 | 9.5% | 12.5% | 13.7% | 14.7% | ||
| 9 | March 25, 2015 | 9.8% | 11.3% | 12.8% | 13.9% | ||
| 10 | March 26, 2015 | 10.3% | 11.7% | 12.9% | 13.8% | ||
| 11 | April 1, 2015 | 9.9% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.1% | ||
| 12 | April 2, 2015 | 10.6% | 12.3% | 13.7% | 15.1% | ||
| 13 | April 8, 2015 | 10.5% | 11.9% | 13.6% | 14.0% | ||
| 14 | April 9, 2015 | 10.4% | 12.4% | 12.7% | 13.4% | ||
| 15 | April 15, 2015 | 10.0% | 11.5% | 12.1% | 12.3% | ||
| 16 | April 16, 2015 | 9.4% | 11.5% | 12.2% | 12.8% | ||
| 17 | April 22, 2015 | 9.8% | 10.9% | 12.1% | 12.7% | ||
| 18 | April 23, 2015 | 8.8% | 9.8% | 12.4% | 13.9% | ||
| 19 | April 29, 2015 | 8.5% | 9.9% | 11.4% | 11.8% | ||
| 20 | April 30, 2015 | 9.7% | 10.9% | 11.2% | 11.8% | ||
| 21 | May 6, 2015 | 9.8% | 11.5% | 12.6% | 13.6% | ||
| 22 | May 7, 2015 | 9.1% | 10.4% | 11.5% | 11.9% | ||
| 23 | May 13, 2015 | 9.7% | 11.1% | 12.2% | 13.4% | ||
| 24 | May 14, 2015 | 9.7% | 11.6% | 12.0% | 12.9% | ||
| Average | 9.6% | 11.5% | 12.1% | 12.8% | |||
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | ||||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress | Chae Shi-ra | |||
| Kim Hye-ja | Nominated | |||
| PD Award | Kim Hye-ja | |||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama | Park Hyuk-kwon | Nominated | ||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama | Chae Shi-ra | Nominated | ||
| Kim Hye-ja | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Kim Ji-seok | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Seo Yi-sook | Nominated | ||
| Kim Hye-eun | Nominated | |||
| Lee Mi-do | Nominated | |||
| Best New Actor | Song Jae-rim | Nominated | ||
| Best Young Actor | Chae Sang-Woo | Nominated | ||
| Best Writer | Kim In-Young | Won |