# Ugly Alert

Ugly Alert (Korean: 못난이 주의보; Hanja: 못난이 注意報; RR: Motnani Juuibo) is a 2013 South Korean daily drama starring Im Joo-hwan, Kang So-ra, Choi Tae-joon, and Kang Byul. It aired on SBS from May 20 to December 13, 2013 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 for 133 episodes.

## Plot

Gong Joon-soo is a man who's had a rough life and early on had to fend for himself. He takes the blame for a murder his younger sibling commits and serves time in prison. There he learns to sew and acquires a trade. With his newly acquired skills, Joon-soo goes to work for Na Do-hee at a fashion company. Do-hee has inherited her job because her grandfather built the company. But even though she inherited her position, she is serious about doing a good job and is something of a workaholic.

## Cast
### Gong family

* Im Joo-hwan as Gong Joon-soo
** Kang Yi-seok as young Joon-soo
* Kang Byul as Gong Jin-joo
** Jung Da-bin as young Jin-joo
* Choi Tae-joon as Gong Hyeon-seok
** Nam Da-reum as young Hyeon-seok
* Kim Seol-hyun as Gong Na-ri
** Kim Ha-yoo as young Na-ri
* Ahn Nae-sang as Gong Sang-man
* Shin Ae-ra as Jin Sun-hye

### Na family

* Kang So-ra as Na Do-hee
* Shin So-yul as Shin Joo-young
* Lee Soon-jae as Na Sang-jin
* Chun Ho-jin as Na Il-pyung
* Yoon Son-ha as Yoo Jung-hee
* Lee Il-hwa as Na In-sook
* Kim Il-woo as Shin Tae-il

### Extended cast

* Kim Young-hoon as Lee Han-seo
* Hyun Woo as Kang Chul-soo
* Song Ok-sook as Bang Jung-ja
* Kim Ha-kyun as Choo Man-dol
* Kim Dae-hee as Cha Dae-ki
* Maya as Kim In-joo
* Kim Da-rae as Miss Choi
* Jo Hyun-jin as Miss Lee
* Cho Yoon-woo as Lee Dong-woo
* Ahn Sang-tae as Webtoon writer Park Moo-peul
* Kim In-ho as Student part-timer
* Jang Ga-hyun as Team leader
* Ban Hyo-jung as Chairwoman Ban Hyo-jung
* Park Jae-rom
* Moon Chun-shik
* Ryu Sung-hoon

### Cameos

* Oh Seung-yoon as Lee Kyung-tae
* Ahn Suk-hwan as Kyung-tae's father
* Kim Seung-wook as Detective Kim
* Nam Kyung-eup as Han-seo's father
* Wang Bit-na as Joon-soo and Jin-joo's homeroom teacher (ep 1)
* Maeng Bong-hak as Yoo Jung-yeon's father (ep 6)
* Lee Hee-kyung as 25 Entertainment employee (ep 7)
* Kim Min-kyung as Client

## Ratings

In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share | Average audience share |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | TNmS Ratings | TNmS Ratings | AGB Nielsen | AGB Nielsen |
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area | Nationwide | Seoul National Capital Area |
| 1 | 20 May 2013 | 7.0% | 7.7% | 7.0% | 7.3% |
| 2 | 21 May 2013 | 6.5% | 7.2% | 5.6% | 5.7% |
| 3 | 22 May 2013 | 6.6% | 7.4% | 6.5% | 7.4% |
| 4 | 23 May 2013 | 6.8% | 7.0% | 5.6% | 5.9% |
| 5 | 24 May 2013 | 7.5% | 8.1% | 7.3% | 7.8% |
| 6 | 27 May 2013 | 9.0% | 9.5% | 8.7% | 8.9% |
| 7 | 28 May 2013 | 8.4% | 9.2% | 8.5% | 8.8% |
| 8 | 29 May 2013 | 7.8% | 8.6% | 7.9% | 8.7% |
| 9 | 30 May 2013 | 7.1% | 7.7% | 7.3% | 7.5% |
| 10 | 31 May 2013 | 8.1% | 9.1% | 8.3% | 9.3% |
| 11 | 3 June 2013 | 7.4% | 7.5% | 7.7% | 8.2% |
| 12 | 4 June 2013 | 6.9% | 7.4% | 8.3% | 9.2% |
| 13 | 5 June 2013 | 7.8% | 8.5% | 8.4% | 9.4% |
| 14 | 6 June 2013 | 7.2% | 8.3% | 8.9% | 9.9% |
| 15 | 7 June 2013 | 7.7% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 16 | 10 June 2013 | 8.6% | 9.3% | 9.4% | 10.3% |
| 17 | 11 June 2013 | 8.8% | 9.2% | 10.0% | 11.2% |
| 18 | 12 June 2013 | 8.7% | 8.7% | 9.6% | 11.1% |
| 19 | 13 June 2013 | 8.4% | 8.6% | 9.4% | 10.6% |
| 20 | 14 June 2013 | 8.3% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 10.4% |
| 21 | 17 June 2013 | 9.1% | 10.5% | 9.7% | 10.7% |
| 22 | 18 June 2013 | 10.9% | 11.0% | 10.6% | 11.8% |
| 23 | 19 June 2013 | 8.9% | 10.4% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
| 24 | 20 June 2013 | 8.8% | 9.8% | 10.0% | 11.2% |
| 25 | 21 June 2013 | 8.9% | 10.0% | 9.5% | 10.8% |
| 26 | 24 June 2013 | 8.3% | 8.9% | 8.9% | 10.1% |
| 27 | 25 June 2013 | 8.8% | 9.4% | 9.6% | 10.7% |
| 28 | 26 June 2013 | 8.1% | 9.1% | 7.6% | 8.2% |
| 29 | 28 June 2013 | 9.0% | 10.8% | 9.4% | 10.7% |
| 30 | 1 July 2013 | 8.5% | 8.4% | 8.7% | 9.8% |
| 31 | 2 July 2013 | 9.7% | 11.4% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| 32 | 3 July 2013 | 8.6% | 9.5% | 8.4% | 9.0% |
| 33 | 4 July 2013 | 10.1% | 11.5% | 10.0% | 11.2% |
| 34 | 5 July 2013 | 9.4% | 9.9% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 35 | 8 July 2013 | 9.0% | 11.1% | 9.9% | 11.3% |
| 36 | 9 July 2013 | 8.9% | 10.6% | 8.7% | 9.7% |
| 37 | 10 July 2013 | 8.6% | 9.5% | 8.2% | 9.4% |
| 38 | 11 July 2013 | 9.3% | 11.6% | 8.8% | 9.9% |
| 39 | 12 July 2013 | 9.1% | 10.2% | 8.7% | 9.8% |
| 40 | 15 July 2013 | 9.2% | 10.3% | 9.7% | 10.8% |
| 41 | 16 July 2013 | 9.3% | 10.8% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 42 | 17 July 2013 | 8.7% | 10.2% | 8.7% | 9.8% |
| 43 | 18 July 2013 | 8.8% | 9.7% | 9.0% | 10.0% |
| 44 | 19 July 2013 | 8.4% | 9.4% | 8.4% | 9.3% |
| 45 | 22 July 2013 | 9.6% | 10.9% | 10.7% | 12.0% |
| 46 | 23 July 2013 | 9.5% | 11.0% | 9.8% | 10.7% |
| 47 | 24 July 2013 | 7.9% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 9.6% |
| 48 | 25 July 2013 | 8.3% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 9.7% |
| 49 | 26 July 2013 | 8.7% | 10.4% | 8.8% | 9.4% |
| 50 | 29 July 2013 | 9.2% | 10.1% | 9.1% | 9.7% |
| 51 | 30 July 2013 | 9.7% | 10.4% | 10.5% | 11.3% |
| 52 | 31 July 2013 | 8.7% | 10.5% | 8.3% | 8.5% |
| 53 | 1 August 2013 | 8.9% | 9.8% | 9.1% | 9.0% |
| 54 | 2 August 2013 | 8.3% | 9.9% | 9.0% | 9.3% |
| 55 | 5 August 2013 | 9.3% | 10.5% | 9.2% | 9.7% |
| 56 | 6 August 2013 | 9.9% | 11.2% | 9.9% | 10.7% |
| 57 | 7 August 2013 | 9.1% | 9.2% | 8.8% | 9.4% |
| 58 | 8 August 2013 | 9.2% | 10.2% | 9.0% | 9.4% |
| 59 | 9 August 2013 | 9.7% | 10.6% | 10.6% | 11.8% |
| 60 | 12 August 2013 | 8.6% | 9.5% | 9.8% | 11.1% |
| 61 | 13 August 2013 | 8.8% | 10.0% | 9.5% | 10.2% |
| 62 | 14 August 2013 | 8.6% | 8.6% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| 63 | 15 August 2013 | 8.1% | 8.3% | 9.2% | 9.6% |
| 64 | 16 August 2013 | 8.9% | 9.5% | 9.0% | 8.9% |
| 65 | 19 August 2013 | 8.9% | 9.5% | 10.9% | 11.7% |
| 66 | 20 August 2013 | 8.8% | 9.4% | 9.5% | 9.9% |
| 67 | 21 August 2013 | 8.1% | 9.1% | 9.9% | 11.2% |
| 68 | 22 August 2013 | 10.0% | 10.5% | 10.6% | 11.5% |
| 69 | 23 August 2013 | 8.7% | 8.5% | 9.8% | 9.5% |
| 70 | 26 August 2013 | 8.3% | 8.8% | 10.5% | 11.1% |
| 71 | 27 August 2013 | 9.7% | 10.2% | 9.6% | 10.1% |
| 72 | 28 August 2013 | 8.1% | 8.3% | 9.8% | 11.1% |
| 73 | 29 August 2013 | 9.2% | 10.0% | 10.9% | 11.1% |
| 74 | 30 August 2013 | 8.1% | 8.6% | 9.7% | 10.5% |
| 75 | 2 September 2013 | 8.4% | 8.9% | 10.3% | 11.0% |
| 76 | 3 September 2013 | 8.5% | 9.0% | 8.6% | 8.9% |
| 77 | 4 September 2013 | 8.9% | 9.9% | 9.9% | 10.7% |
| 78 | 5 September 2013 | 8.9% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 10.7% |
| 79 | 9 September 2013 | 8.6% | 9.2% | 10.5% | 11.2% |
| 80 | 10 September 2013 | 9.5% | 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.7% |
| 81 | 11 September 2013 | 8.7% | 9.8% | 9.3% | 10.3% |
| 82 | 12 September 2013 | 9.4% | 10.3% | 9.4% | 10.0% |
| 83 | 13 September 2013 | 7.8% | 8.5% | 9.3% | 9.7% |
| 84 | 16 September 2013 | 8.5% | 9.3% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| 85 | 17 September 2013 | 9.0% | 10.2% | 8.7% | 9.2% |
| 86 | 18 September 2013 | 7.7% | 8.3% | 7.7% | 8.0% |
| 87 | 20 September 2013 | 8.7% | 9.0% | 9.1% | 9.5% |
| 88 | 23 September 2013 | 9.3% | 9.9% | 10.8% | 11.3% |
| 89 | 24 September 2013 | 9.3% | 10.6% | 10.2% | 10.9% |
| 90 | 25 September 2013 | 9.3% | 10.4% | 10.2% | 10.8% |
| 91 | 26 September 2013 | 8.8% | 9.5% | 10.4% | 11.1% |
| 92 | 30 September 2013 | 9.8% | 11.0% | 10.4% | 11.0% |
| 93 | 1 October 2013 | 10.0% | 11.1% | 10.2% | 11.0% |
| 94 | 2 October 2013 | 9.3% | 10.5% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 95 | 3 October 2013 | 10.5% | 12.1% | 9.6% | 9.7% |
| 96 | 4 October 2013 | 9.9% | 11.3% | 10.0% | 10.3% |
| 97 | 7 October 2013 | 10.7% | 10.7% | 10.4% | 10.7% |
| 98 | 8 October 2013 | 10.9% | 12.5% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 99 | 9 October 2013 | 10.0% | 11.5% | 10.2% | 10.9% |
| 100 | 10 October 2013 | 9.7% | 11.0% | 10.5% | 11.0% |
| 101 | 11 October 2013 | 9.0% | 9.1% | 10.5% | 10.9% |
| 102 | 14 October 2013 | 12.1% | 12.9% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 103 | 16 October 2013 | 11.2% | 12.8% | 11.3% | 11.6% |
| 104 | 17 October 2013 | 10.1% | 10.9% | 9.6% | 9.7% |
| 105 | 18 October 2013 | 11.8% | 12.7% | 11.2% | 10.9% |
| 106 | 21 October 2013 | 9.6% | 10.8% | 10.3% | 10.7% |
| 107 | 22 October 2013 | 9.5% | 10.5% | 8.8% | 8.4% |
| 108 | 23 October 2013 | 9.1% | 11.0% | 8.9% | 9.2% |
| 109 | 24 October 2013 | 9.7% | 9.8% | 9.0% | 9.0% |
| 110 | 28 October 2013 | 9.7% | 9.9% | 9.7% | 10.4% |
| 111 | 30 October 2013 | 8.7% | 9.4% | 8.1% | 8.2% |
| 112 | 31 October 2013 | 12.3% | 12.3% | 12.0% | 12.4% |
| 113 | 1 November 2013 | 8.0% | 8.6% | 8.4% | 8.3% |
| 114 | 4 November 2013 | 9.5% | 10.4% | 9.9% | 9.6% |
| 115 | 5 November 2013 | 9.6% | 10.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| 116 | 6 November 2013 | 9.3% | 9.8% | 9.5% | 9.8% |
| 117 | 7 November 2013 | 9.4% | 10.2% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| 118 | 8 November 2013 | 10.6% | 12.3% | 9.4% | 9.7% |
| 119 | 11 November 2013 | 9.4% | 9.3% | 10.0% | 10.2% |
| 120 | 12 November 2013 | 9.9% | 10.4% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 121 | 13 November 2013 | 8.5% | 9.5% | 10.4% | 11.3% |
| 122 | 14 November 2013 | 10.1% | 11.2% | 10.7% | 11.4% |
| 123 | 15 November 2013 | 8.6% | 9.1% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| 124 | 18 November 2013 | 9.4% | 10.5% | 10.8% | 11.7% |
| 125 | 19 November 2013 | 9.2% | 9.7% | 10.2% | 10.8% |
| 126 | 20 November 2013 | 8.5% | 8.7% | 9.9% | 10.8% |
| 127 | 21 November 2013 | 8.7% | 10.0% | 9.8% | 10.1% |
| 128 | 22 November 2013 | 9.9% | 11.3% | 9.3% | 9.3% |
| 129 | 25 November 2013 | 9.8% | 10.4% | 10.0% | 10.4% |
| 130 | 26 November 2013 | 8.7% | 9.3% | 9.7% | 10.0% |
| 131 | 27 November 2013 | 9.0% | 9.9% | 10.1% | 11.1% |
| 132 | 28 November 2013 | 9.4% | 10.0% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| 133 | 29 November 2013 | 10.6% | 11.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| Average | Average | 9.0% | 9.85% | 9.42% | 10.04% |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2013 | SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama | Kang So-ra | Nominated |
| 2013 | SBS Drama Awards | Special Acting Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama | Lee Soon-jae | Nominated |
| 2013 | SBS Drama Awards | Special Acting Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama | Chun Ho-jin | Nominated |
| 2013 | SBS Drama Awards | New Star Award | Im Joo-hwan | Won |
| 2013 | SBS Drama Awards | New Star Award | Kang So-ra | Won |
| 2014 | 2nd Asia Rainbow TV Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Choi Tae-joon | Nominated |
| 2014 | 2nd Asia Rainbow TV Awards | Outstanding Action Director | Kim Min-soo | Won |