# Iron Family

Iron Family (Korean: 다리미 패밀리) is a 2024–2025 South Korean television series starring Kim Jung-hyun, Keum Sae-rok, Choi Tae-joon, and Yang Hye-ji. It aired on KBS2 from September 28, 2024, to January 26, 2025, every Saturday and Sunday at 19:55 (KST).

## Synopsis

Iron Family follows the story of Da-rim's family, who had secretly stashed away ten million dollars that were dug up at Mount Euak, and Gang-ju's mother, the owner of the money, who is looking for it. While Da-rim and Gang-ju are in love with each other and become a couple.

## Cast
### Main

* Kim Jung-hyun as Seo Gang-ju
    An executive director of Jiseung Group.
* Keum Sae-rok as Lee Da-rim
    The youngest daughter of a laundry shop who is visually impaired.
* Choi Tae-joon as Cha Tae-woong
    A part-time worker at a clean laundry shop who becomes a part of Da-rim's family.
* Yang Hye-ji as Lee Cha-rim
    The second daughter of a clean laundry shop.

### Supporting
#### People around Gang-ju

* Shin Hyun-joon as Ji Seung-don
    The chairman of Jiseung Group, is Ji-yeon's husband and Gang-ju's stepfather.
* Kim Hye-eun as Baek Ji-yeon
    Gang-ju's mother and Seung-don's wife.

#### People around Da-rim and Cha-rim

* Park Ji-young as Go Bong-hee
    A mother who runs a dry cleaning laundry shop.
* Kim Young-ok as Ahn Gil-rye
    Bong-hee's mother in-law and Da-rim's grandmother.
* Park In-hwan as Lee Man-deuk
    Gil-rye's husband.
* Wang Ji-hye as Lee Mi-yeon
    The daughter of Gil-rye and Man-deuk and the aunt of the three siblings of the Clean Laundry.
* Kim Hyun-joon as Lee Moo-rim
    The eldest son of the Clean Laundry and the Cheongryeom Police Station sergeant.

#### People around Ki-dong

* Jo Bok-rae as Nam Ki-dong
    A restaurant owner and widower.
* Byun Yoon-jung as Bok Mi-kyung
    A person who runs Cheongryeom Real Estate.
* Oh Young-sil as Bae Hae-ja
    Ki-dong's mother in-law

#### People around Soo-ji

* Ha Seo-yoon as Song Soo-ji
    Mi-ok's daughter and Moo-rim's fiancé.
* Kim Sun-kyung as Yoon Mi-ok
    Soo-ji's mother and the chief of the Cheongryeom Police Station.
* Lee Sung-yeol as Choi Hyung-cheol
    An inspector and Soo-ji's partner.

#### Other

* Kang Deok-joong as Ji Seung-don's chauffeur.

## Production
### Development

The series was written by Seo Sook-hyang, co-directed by Seong Jun-hae and Seo Yong-soo, and produced by KeyEast and Monster Union.
In June 2024, the series was reportedly to reduced the number of episodes from producing 50 episodes to 36.

## Viewership

| Episodes | Episodes | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Episodes | Episodes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| | 1–18 | 2.393 | 2.504 | 2.325 | 2.644 | 2.490 | 2.803 | 2.505 | 2.829 | 2.416 | 2.999 | 2.567 | 2.925 | 2.614 | 2.878 | 2.761 | 3.046 | 2.524 | 3.017 |
| | 19–36 | 2.775 | 2.916 | 2.489 | 2.887 | 2.580 | 2.872 | 2.629 | 3.148 | 2.599 | 2.720 | 3.222 | 3.511 | 3.270 | 3.565 | 3.108 | 3.484 | 3.364 | 3.709 |
Average TV viewership ratings :
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 1 | September 28, 2024 | 14.1% (1st) | 12.6% (1st) |
| 2 | September 29, 2024 | 14.5% (2nd) | 12.8% (2nd) |
| 3 | October 5, 2024 | 14.4% (1st) | 12.3% (2nd) |
| 4 | October 6, 2024 | 15.4% (1st) | 14.3% (1st) |
| 5 | October 12, 2024 | 14.7% (1st) | 13.5% (2nd) |
| 6 | October 13, 2024 | 16.0% (1st) | 15.1% (1st) |
| 7 | October 19, 2024 | 15.3% (1st) | 13.3% (1st) |
| 8 | October 20, 2024 | 16.2% (1st) | 15.0% (1st) |
| 9 | October 26, 2024 | 14.6% (1st) | 13.5% (1st) |
| 10 | October 27, 2024 | 17.6% (1st) | 16.5% (1st) |
| 11 | November 2, 2024 | 15.2% (1st) | 13.1% (1st) |
| 12 | November 3, 2024 | 17.1% (1st) | 16.3% (1st) |
| 13 | November 9, 2024 | 15.1% (1st) | 14.2% (1st) |
| 14 | November 10, 2024 | 16.7% (1st) | 15.1% (1st) |
| 15 | November 16, 2024 | 16.1% (1st) | 14.7% (1st) |
| 16 | November 17, 2024 | 17.8% (1st) | 16.3% (1st) |
| 17 | November 23, 2024 | 15.6% (1st) | 14.4% (1st) |
| 18 | November 24, 2024 | 17.2% (1st) | 15.6% (1st) |
| 19 | November 30, 2024 | 16.2% (1st) | 14.7% (1st) |
| 20 | December 1, 2024 | 17.1% (1st) | 15.7% (1st) |
| 21 | December 7, 2024 | 14.1% (1st) | 13.4% (1st) |
| 22 | December 8, 2024 | 16.2% (1st) | 15.2% (1st) |
| 23 | December 14, 2024 | 14.5% (1st) | 12.8% (1st) |
| 24 | December 15, 2024 | 16.8% (1st) | 16.0% (1st) |
| 25 | December 21, 2024 | 16.0% (1st) | 14.4% (1st) |
| 26 | December 22, 2024 | 17.2% (1st) | 15.9% (1st) |
| 27 | December 28, 2024 | 15.4% (1st) | 13.8% (1st) |
| 28 | December 29, 2024 | 15.6% (1st) | 14.1% (1st) |
| 29 | January 4, 2025 | 17.4% (1st) | 16.1% (1st) |
| 30 | January 5, 2025 | 18.9% (1st) | 18.2% (1st) |
| 31 | January 11, 2025 | 17.8% (1st) | 16.4% (1st) |
| 32 | January 12, 2025 | 19.6% (1st) | 18.5% (1st) |
| 33 | January 18, 2025 | 17.4% (1st) | 16.4% (1st) |
| 34 | January 19, 2025 | 19.0% (1st) | 17.6% (1st) |
| 35 | January 25, 2025 | 18.3% (1st) | 16.4% (1st) |
| 36 | January 26, 2025 | 19.7% (1st) | 18.2% (1st) |
| Average | Average | 16.4% | 15.1% |
| In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. ||||