Home for Summer (Korean여름아 부탁해) is a South Korean television series starring Lee Young-eun, Yoon Sun-woo, Lee Chae-young, Kim Sa-kwon, Kim Hye-ok and Na Hye-mi. The series aired daily on KBS1 from 20:25 to 21:00 (KST) from April 29, 2019, to October 25, 2019.[1]

Home for Summer
Promotional poster
Hangul
여름아 부탁해
Literal meaningPlease, Summer
Revised RomanizationYeoreum-a Butakhae
Genre
Written byGoo Ji-won
Directed bySeong Joon-hae
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes128[a]
Production
Running time35 minutes
Production companyKBS Drama Production
Original release
NetworkKBS1
ReleaseApril 29 (2019-04-29) –
October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)

Synopsis

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A heartwarming story about family members who cannot hate each other even when they want to.

Cast

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Main

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Supporting

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Na Yeong-sim's family

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  • Lee Han-wi as Wang Jae-gook
  • Seo Byuk-joon as Wang Geum-dong

Joo Yong-jin's family

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Han Joon-ho's family

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YJ Plastic Surgery's doctors

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  • Byeon Joo-eun as Yoon Seon-kyeong
  • Kim Ga-ran as Jeong So-ra

Others

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Production

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Early working title of the series is Queen's Children (왕비의 자식들).[2]

Viewership

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In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(AGB Nielsen)[3]
Nationwide Seoul
1 April 29, 2019 18.5% 16.1%
2 April 30, 2019 15.5% 13.8%
3 May 1, 2019 15.2% 12.9%
4 May 2, 2019 15.7% 14.2%
5 May 3, 2019 15.5% 14.7%
6 May 6, 2019 13.4% 11.8%
7 May 7, 2019 15.7% 14.2%
8 May 8, 2019 14.2% 11.7%
9 May 10, 2019[b] 14.3% 12.7%
10 May 13, 2019 16.6% 15.0%
11 May 14, 2019 14.8% 13.6%
12 May 15, 2019 15.1% 13.5%
13 May 16, 2019 12.8%
14 May 17, 2019 14.7% 12.8%
15 May 20, 2019 15.4% 13.6%
16 May 21, 2019 13.9%
17 May 22, 2019 14.7% 13.3%
18 May 23, 2019 15.8% 14.7%
19 May 24, 2019 13.8% 12.0%
20 May 27, 2019 16.2% 14.3%
21 May 28, 2019 15.1% 13.5%
22 May 29, 2019 14.6% 13.3%
23 May 30, 2019 15.1% 13.8%
24 May 31, 2019 15.7% 14.5%
25 June 3, 2019 15.6%
26 June 4, 2019 15.0% 12.9%
27 June 5, 2019 14.6% 13.6%
28 June 6, 2019 16.6% 15.0%
29 June 7, 2019 15.0% 14.4%
30 June 10, 2019 16.4% 15.2%
31 June 11, 2019 12.7% 11.3%
32 June 12, 2019 14.5% 12.4%
33 June 13, 2019 17.1% 15.3%
34 June 14, 2019 16.3% 14.6%
35 June 17, 2019 17.4% 15.2%
36 June 18, 2019 17.0% 16.3%
37 June 19, 2019 16.2% 15.1%
38 June 20, 2019 17.4% 15.8%
39 June 21, 2019 17.0% 16.0%
40 June 24, 2019 18.2% 15.7%
41 June 25, 2019 18.4% 16.4%
42 June 26, 2019 18.3% 15.8%
43 June 27, 2019 18.9% 17.8%
44 June 28, 2019 17.9% 16.3%
45 July 1, 2019 18.0% 16.3%
46 July 2, 2019 17.6% 15.7%
47 July 3, 2019 17.7% 15.9%
48 July 4, 2019 18.1% 16.4%
49 July 5, 2019 16.9% 15.3%
50 July 8, 2019 18.0% 16.1%
51 July 9, 2019 17.2%
52 July 10, 2019 18.1% 16.5%
53 July 11, 2019 19.0% 17.4%
54 July 12, 2019 17.7% 16.6%
55 July 15, 2019 19.0% 17.1%
56 July 16, 2019 19.4% 18.1%
57 July 17, 2019 17.3% 15.6%
58 July 18, 2019 18.8% 16.5%
59 July 19, 2019 18.1% 16.7%
60 July 22, 2019 19.5% 18.2%
61 July 23, 2019 19.7% 18.6%
62 July 24, 2019 18.9% 16.9%
63 July 25, 2019 20.2% 18.5%
64 July 26, 2019 17.6% 16.6%
65 July 29, 2019 18.3% 16.3%
66 July 30, 2019 20.0% 18.6%
67 July 31, 2019 18.9% 17.2%
68 August 1, 2019 18.5% 17.1%
69 August 2, 2019 17.2% 15.9%
70 August 5, 2019 19.1% 17.2%
71 August 6, 2019 21.6% 19.3%
72 August 7, 2019 19.7% 17.1%
73 August 8, 2019 20.8% 18.9%
74 August 9, 2019 20.7% 18.9%
75 August 12, 2019 21.1% 19.4%
76 August 13, 2019 20.2% 18.5%
77 August 14, 2019 19.6% 17.7%
78 August 15, 2019 21.4% 19.5%
79 August 16, 2019 20.6% 18.8%
80 August 19, 2019 21.7% 19.6%
81 August 20, 2019 20.9% 19.4%
82 August 21, 2019 21.7% 19.4%
83 August 22, 2019 22.0% 20.0%
84 August 23, 2019 21.1% 19.6%
85 August 26, 2019 23.2% 21.4%
86 August 27, 2019 22.3% 20.3%
87 August 28, 2019 20.9% 18.0%
88 August 29, 2019 21.8% 19.4%
89 August 30, 2019 21.0% 19.5%
90 September 2, 2019 22.6% 20.5%
91 September 3, 2019 22.8% 20.4%
92 September 4, 2019 23.0% 21.5%
93 September 5, 2019 23.2% 20.7%
94 September 6, 2019 21.1% 18.9%
95 September 9, 2019 23.4% 20.7%
96 September 10, 2019 22.6% 20.2%
97 September 11, 2019 20.9% 18.8%
98 September 12, 2019 18.3% 17.1%
99 September 13, 2019 16.4% 15.5%
100 September 16, 2019 23.3% 21.2%
101 September 17, 2019 23.4% 21.3%
102 September 18, 2019 23.3% 21.0%
103 September 19, 2019 24.2% 21.8%
104 September 20, 2019 22.6% 20.2%
105 September 23, 2019 24.2% 22.1%
106 September 24, 2019 23.8% 22.0%
107 September 25, 2019 23.1% 20.8%
108 September 26, 2019 24.3% 21.7%
109 September 27, 2019 22.8% 20.5%
110 September 30, 2019 23.7% 21.3%
111 October 1, 2019 25.2% 22.4%
112 October 3, 2019[c] 23.7% 21.3%
113 October 4, 2019 23.7% 20.9%
114 October 7, 2019 24.9% 23.1%
115 October 8, 2019 23.6% 22.3%
116 October 9, 2019 22.6% 20.4%
117 October 10, 2019 22.4% 20.8%
118 October 11, 2019 23.4% 21.5%
119 October 14, 2019 22.2% 20.4%
120 October 15, 2019 23.4% 21.4%
121 October 16, 2019 23.3% 21.3%
122 October 17, 2019 24.7% 22.3%
123 October 18, 2019 23.7% 21.5%
124 October 21, 2019 23.8% 20.9%
125 October 22, 2019 21.7% 19.1%
126 October 23, 2019 22.4% 20.4%
127 October 24, 2019 24.0% 21.7%
128 October 25, 2019 23.1% 20.9%
Average 19.3% 17.5%

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2019 12th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actress Na Hye-mi Nominated [4]
31st KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama Yoon Sun-woo Nominated
Excellence Award, Actress in a Daily Drama Lee Young-eun Won
Best Young Actor Song Min-jae Nominated

Notes

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  1. ^ Originally scheduled to air for 120 episodes, the series was extended by eight episodes due to its popularity.
  2. ^ No episode was aired on May 9 due to the airing of a news special.
  3. ^ No episode was aired on October 2 due to news coverage of Typhoon Mitag.

References

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  1. ^ "Brand New Family Drama Is Here [Home for Summer]". KBS World. May 15, 2019. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "이영은 측 "KBS1 일일드라마 '왕비의 자식들' 주연 긍정 검토 중" [공식입장]". Sports Donga (in Korean). February 22, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". Nielsen Korea (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "'2019코리아드라마어워즈(KDA)' 연기대상 후보..김해숙·최수종·염정아·조정석 등". Sedaily (in Korean). September 27, 2019. Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
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