Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong

Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong
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Hangul
삼청동 외할머니
Literal meaningSamcheong Neighborhood Grandma
Revised RomanizationSamcheongdong Oehalmeoni
GenreCooking show
Reality show
StarringKim Young-chul
Eric Nam
JooE
Stella Jang
Andy
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Production locationSouth Korea
Running time75 minutes
Original release
NetworkKBS2
ReleaseNovember 24, 2018 (2018-11-24) –
February 16, 2019 (2019-02-16)

Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong (Korean: 삼청동 외할머니) is a South Korea reality show program on KBS 2 starring Kim Young-chul, Eric Nam, JooE (Momoland), Stella Jang and Andy (Shinhwa). The show airs on KBS 2 starting from November 24, 2018. It is distributed and syndicated by KBS every Saturday at 22:45 (KST).[1] The program also airs on KBS World with English subtitles.[2]

Synopsis

This is a show which features 6 grandmas from 6 different countries all over the world who come together to serve their traditional homemade meals in a pop-up restaurant located at Samcheong-dong, South Korea. The pop-up restaurant was opened for 2 weeks. In addition, this show also features 5 other artists who will be the employees of Grandma's restaurant to help the grandmas run the restaurant.[3]

Changes in Running Time

Air Date Air Time
Every Saturday
November 24 – December 29, 2018 Part 1: 22:50 – 23:30
Part 2: 23:30 – 00:05
January 5 – February 16, 2019 Part 1: 22:45 – 23:25
Part 2: 22:25 – 00:00

Casts (Employees)

Name Air Date Episodes
Kim Young-chul November 24, 2018 – February 16, 2019 1 – 12
Eric Nam
JooE (Momoland)
Stella Jang
Andy (Shinhwa)

Foreign Grandmas (Cooks)

Ratings

  • In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue each year.
  • Ratings listed below are the individual corner ratings of Grandma's Restaurant in Samcheong-dong. (Note: Individual corner ratings do not include commercial time, which regular ratings include.)

Season 1

List of episodes in 2018 – 2019 (episode 1 – 12)
Ep. # Original Airdate Nielsen Ratings[4]
Nationwide
1 November 24, 2018 2.3%
2 December 1, 2018 2.0%
1.7%
3 December 8, 2018 2.3%
1.6%
4 December 15, 2018 1.5%
1.3%
5 December 29 1.0%
6 January 5, 2019 2.2%
1.2%
7 January 12, 2019 2.1%
8 January 19, 2019 1.8%
9 January 26, 2019 1.4%
10 February 2, 2019 1.8%
1.1%
11 February 9, 2019 2.1%
12 February 16, 2019 1.3%
1.0%

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipients Result Ref.
2018 16th KBS Entertainment Awards Rookie Award (Variety Category) Eric Nam Won [5][6]
JooE (Momoland) Nominated

References

  1. ^ [단독] '영어 능력자' 김영철, '삼청동 외할머니' 출연… 24일 첫방. 뉴스1 (in Korean). 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  2. ^ "KBSWORLD TV". KBSWORLD. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  3. ^ "Show features expat grannies' home meals". The Korea Times. 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  4. ^ (in Korean) Nielsen Korea Ratings Page
  5. ^ "[KBS연예대상] 이영자, KBS 첫 여성 연예대상…새 역사 썼다 (종합)". mydaily.co.kr. 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  6. ^ "[종합] '2018 KBS 연예대상' 이영자 데뷔 27년만에 첫 대상 "웃기고 뭉클" (수상소감)". sports.donga.com (in Korean). 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-29.