# The Rich Son

The Rich Son (Korean: 부잣집 아들; RR: Bujatjip Adeul) 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, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers 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.
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | March 25, 2018 | 4.9% (NR) | 4.8% | 5.1% (NR) | 5.0% (NR) |
| 2 | March 25, 2018 | 12.6% (4th) | 12.4% | 12.0% (4th) | 11.8% (5th) |
| 3 | March 25, 2018 | 9.8% (10th) | 9.7% | 9.5% (12th) | 9.4% (12th) |
| 4 | March 25, 2018 | 10.2% (9th) | 9.9% | 10.5% (7th) | 10.2% (8th) |
| 5 | April 1, 2018 | 4.4% (NR) | 4.2% | 4.3% (NR) | 4.5% (NR) |
| 6 | April 1, 2018 | 11.6% (5th) | 11.3% | 11.2% (4th) | 11.4% (5th) |
| 7 | April 1, 2018 | 8.9% (12th) | 8.3% | 9.9% (10th) | 10.4% (9th) |
| 8 | April 1, 2018 | 9.3% (10th) | 8.6% | 10.5% (8th) | 11.4% (5th) |
| 9 | April 8, 2018 | 2.8% (NR) | 2.5% | 3.1% (NR) | 3.3% (NR) |
| 10 | April 8, 2018 | 11.2% (6th) | 11.1% | 10.5% (7th) | 10.6% (7th) |
| 11 | April 8, 2018 | 9.4% (10th) | 9.3% | 9.1% (13th) | 9.0% (14th) |
| 12 | April 8, 2018 | 9.2% (11th) | 9.0% | 9.5% (11th) | 9.3% (13th) |
| 13 | April 15, 2018 | 3.7% (NR) | 3.6% | 3.9% (NR) | 3.8% (NR) |
| 14 | April 15, 2018 | 10.2% (4th) | 10.0% | 10.1% (5th) | 9.9% (5th) |
| 15 | April 15, 2018 | 9.1% (9th) | 8.9% | 9.0% (10th) | 8.8% (11th) |
| 16 | April 15, 2018 | 9.5% (7th) | 9.3% | 9.9% (6th) | 9.7% (6th) |
| 17 | April 22, 2018 | 5.2% (NR) | 5.1% | 4.0% (NR) | 3.9% (NR) |
| 18 | April 22, 2018 | 10.7% (7th) | 10.6% | 10.1% (9th) | 10.0% (10th) |
| 19 | April 22, 2018 | 8.9% (11th) | 8.8% | 8.7% (12th) | 8.7% (11th) |
| 20 | April 22, 2018 | 8.7% (12th) | 8.5% | 8.6% (13th) | 8.4% (12th) |
| 21 | April 29, 2018 | 6.0% (NR) | 5.8% | 5.7% (NR) | 5.5% (NR) |
| 22 | April 29, 2018 | 8.7% (10th) | 8.0% | 8.1% (11th) | 7.5% (11th) |
| 23 | April 29, 2018 | 7.4% (15th) | 7.2% | 7.3% (13th) | 7.1% (13th) |
| 24 | April 29, 2018 | 8.2% (12th) | 7.7% | 7.9% (12th) | 7.4% (12th) |
| 25 | May 6, 2018 | 3.7% (NR) | 3.5% | 3.4% (NR) | 3.2% (NR) |
| 26 | May 6, 2018 | 8.8% (10th) | 8.4% | 7.9% (10th) | 7.6% (9th) |
| 27 | May 6, 2018 | 8.4% (12th) | 8.0% | 7.1% (13th) | 6.8% (13th) |
| 28 | May 6, 2018 | 8.2% (13th) | 7.8% | 7.6% (11th) | 7.4% (11th) |
| 29 | May 13, 2018 | 3.8% (NR) | 3.6% | 3.1% (NR) | 2.9% (NR) |
| 30 | May 13, 2018 | 10.4% (6th) | 10.1% | 9.4% (9th) | 9.2% (8th) |
| 31 | May 13, 2018 | 9.7% (10th) | 9.6% | 8.8% (12th) | 8.7% (12th) |
| 32 | May 13, 2018 | 10.0% (8th) | 9.9% | 9.2% (10th) | 9.2% (8th) |
| 33 | May 20, 2018 | 3.3% (NR) | 3.1% | 2.6% (NR) | 2.4% (NR) |
| 34 | May 20, 2018 | 9.8% (7th) | 9.3% | 8.4% (12th) | 8.0% (13th) |
| 35 | May 20, 2018 | 9.0% (12th) | 8.8% | 8.7% (9th) | 8.5% (10th) |
| 36 | May 20, 2018 | 9.4% (11th) | 9.1% | 8.5% (11th) | 8.2% (12th) |
| 37 | May 27, 2018 | 6.4% (16th) | 6.2% | 6.3% (17th) | 6.3% (18th) |
| 38 | May 27, 2018 | 8.7% (6th) | 8.6% | 8.5% (10th) | 8.4% (8th) |
| 39 | May 27, 2018 | 8.8% (5th) | 8.7% | 8.3% (11th) | 8.2% (11th) |
| 40 | May 27, 2018 | 7.6% (12th) | 7.5% | 9.2% (8th) | 9.1% (6th) |
| 41 | June 3, 2018 | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.2% (NR) | 4.0% (NR) |
| 42 | June 3, 2018 | 10.7% | 10.2% | 9.1% (13th) | 8.5% (12th) |
| 43 | June 3, 2018 | 10.6% | 10.1% | 9.2% (9th) | 8.8% (11th) |
| 44 | June 3, 2018 | 10.5% | 9.9% | 9.5% (7th) | 9.0% (9th) |
| 45 | June 10, 2018 | 5.6% | 5.3% | 5.4% (NR) | (N/A) |
| 46 | June 10, 2018 | 10.0% | 9.9% | 10.1% (8th) | 10.0% (9th) |
| 47 | June 10, 2018 | 9.8% | 9.4% | 10.0% (9th) | 9.6% (11th) |
| 48 | June 10, 2018 | 9.8% | 9.6% | 10.3% (7th) | 10.5% (6th) |
| 49 | June 17, 2018 | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.9% (NR) | 2.7% (NR) |
| 50 | June 17, 2018 | 10.0% | 9.5% | 9.8% (6th) | 9.3% (7th) |
| 51 | June 17, 2018 | 10.2% | 9.7% | 9.0% (9th) | 8.5% (11th) |
| 52 | June 17, 2018 | 11.2% | 10.8% | 9.9% (5th) | 9.4% (5th) |
| 53 | July 1, 2018 | 8.8% | 8.6% | 8.3% (13th) | 8.1% (15th) |
| 54 | July 1, 2018 | 10.3% | 10.0% | 9.7% (10th) | 9.4% (12th) |
| 55 | July 8, 2018 | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.2% (NR) | 2.9% (NR) |
| 56 | July 8, 2018 | 10.1% | 9.6% | 10.0% (7th) | 9.5% (7th) |
| 57 | July 8, 2018 | 9.9% | 8.4% | 8.5% (12th) | 8.0% (13th) |
| 58 | July 8, 2018 | 10.5% | 10.1% | 9.6% (8th) | 9.2% (9th) |
| 59 | July 15, 2018 | 3.2% | 3.0% | 2.8% (NR) | 2.6% (NR) |
| 60 | July 15, 2018 | 9.0% | 8.3% | 8.7% (11th) | 8.0% (13th) |
| 61 | July 15, 2018 | 8.8% | 7.9% | 8.0% (14th) | 7.2% (15th) |
| 62 | July 15, 2018 | 10.2% | 9.5% | 9.5% (8th) | 8.8% (12th) |
| 63 | July 22, 2018 | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.1% (NR) | 2.9% (NR) |
| 64 | July 22, 2018 | 9.9% | 9.4% | 9.1% (11th) | 8.7% (11th) |
| 65 | July 22, 2018 | 9.3% | 9.0% | 8.8% (12th) | 8.5% (12th) |
| 66 | July 22, 2018 | 10.1% | 9.8% | 9.7% (8th) | 9.4% (10th) |
| 67 | July 29, 2018 | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3.4% (NR) | 3.1% (NR) |
| 68 | July 29, 2018 | 10.3% | 10.0% | 9.5% (9th) | 9.2% (11th) |
| 69 | July 29, 2018 | 9.7% | 9.6% | 9.1% (10th) | 9.1% (12th) |
| 70 | July 29, 2018 | 10.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% (6th) | 10.3% (7th) |
| 71 | August 5, 2018 | 3.6% | 3.1% | 3.2% (NR) | 2.8% (NR) |
| 72 | August 5, 2018 | 9.4% | 8.8% | 8.6% (9th) | 8.0% (12th) |
| 73 | August 5, 2018 | 9.3% | 8.7% | 8.5% (11th) | 7.9% (13th) |
| 74 | August 5, 2018 | 9.3% | 8.6% | 9.2% (8th) | 8.5% (10th) |
| 75 | August 12, 2018 | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2.3% (NR) | 1.8% (NR) |
| 76 | August 12, 2018 | 9.3% | 8.7% | 9.8% (8th) | 9.3% (9th) |
| 77 | August 12, 2018 | 8.8% | 8.2% | 9.4% (10th) | 8.9% (11th) |
| 78 | August 12, 2018 | 9.7% | 9.3% | 10.4% (6th) | 10.1% (7th) |
| 79 | August 26, 2018 | 9.1% | 9.0% | 9.5% (5th) | 9.6% (5th) |
| 80 | August 26, 2018 | 10.3% | 9.9% | 10.8% (3rd) | 10.4% (4th) |
| 81 | September 9, 2018 | — | — | 2.8% (NR) | — |
| 82 | September 9, 2018 | 10.5% | — | 9.1% (9th) | 8.2% (12th) |
| 83 | September 9, 2018 | 9.4% | — | 8.8% (11th) | 8.0% (13th) |
| 84 | September 9, 2018 | 10.3% | — | 10.0% (7th) | 9.2% (7th) |
| 85 | September 16, 2018 | | — | 5.1% (NR) | — |
| 86 | September 16, 2018 | | — | 8.8% (11th) | 7.7% (16th) |
| 87 | September 16, 2018 | | — | 8.6% (13th) | 7.6% (17th) |
| 88 | September 16, 2018 | | — | 9.9% (9th) | 8.9% (11th) |
| 89 | September 23, 2018 | | — | 4.4% (NR) | — |
| 90 | September 23, 2018 | | — | 9.0% (8th) | 9.0% (8th) |
| 91 | September 23, 2018 | | — | 8.6% (9th) | 8.6% (9th) |
| 92 | September 23, 2018 | | — | 9.1% (7th) | 9.1% (7th) |
| 93 | September 30, 2018 | | — | | |
| 94 | September 30, 2018 | | — | | |
| 95 | September 30, 2018 | | — | | |
| 96 | September 30, 2018 | | — | | |
| 97 | October 7, 2018 | | — | | |
| 98 | October 7, 2018 | | — | | |
| 99 | October 7, 2018 | | — | | |
| 100 | October 7, 2018 | | — | | |
| Average | 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 | Result |
| 2018 | 6th APAN Star Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | Kim Ji-hoon | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Soap Opera | Kim Ji-hoon | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Soap Opera | Jeong Bo-seok | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera | Kim Ju-hyeon | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera | Hong Soo-hyun | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | Lee Kyu-han | Won |
| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Soap Opera | Yoon Yoo-sun | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Cast in Soap Opera | Kang Nam-gil | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Best Supporting Cast in Soap Opera | Lee Seung-yeon | Nominated |
| 2018 | 2018 MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Min-kyu | Nominated |