# Five Cranky Brothers

Five Cranky Brothers (Korean: 괴팍한 5형제) is a television program that aired on JTBC. It aired every Thursday at 23:00 (KST), starting from October 31, 2019. The show finished airing on February 6, 2020.
A pilot episode was aired on September 12, 2019, as a special program for Chuseok.

## Overview

A variety talk show where the five Brothers discuss and rank, in order, anything from our daily lives.

### Format

Current
* Cranky Viewer's Request: Viewers can send in questions and options through the show's official website, and the Brothers would answer the selected questions by experimenting the options to rank them.
* Cranky Sorting: The Brothers would discuss and rank a topic with the given options provided from first to fifth. Battles of this segment with the guest sisters could also be held, where they have to guess the rankings of the given options from the topic to match the rankings based on a group of people (of varying demographics) that have been surveyed with the same question and the same given options.
* Cranky Neighbourhood Battle: The Brothers work together to battle with opponents from outside the Cranky House.
Former
* The Brothers would discuss and rank a topic with the given options provided. A Surprise Event is then held, and the Brothers have to guess the rankings of the given options from the previous question to match the rankings based on people that have been surveyed with the same question and the same given options. If the Brothers can get the Surprise Event question correctly guessed, they can get to eat food.
* A real life question/scenario is given by the Sisters and the Brothers each think of an answer/solution of their own (or can have the same answer when options are given). The Sisters will then rank the answers/solutions from first to fifth, with the best possible answer/solution for the Sisters ranked first and the remaining four Brothers would get hit by water from water cannons.
* Cranky Brothers' Test: 3 questions (related to the Brothers) are prepared and whoever gets all 3 correct would not get hit by the water from water cannons.

## Cast
### Regular

* Park Joon-hyung (g.o.d) - Eldest brother
* Seo Jang-hoon - 2nd brother
* Kim Jong-kook - 3rd brother
* Lee Jin-hyuk (UP10TION) - 4th brother
* Seungkwan (Seventeen) - Youngest brother

### Pilot

* Park Joon-hyung (g.o.d) - Eldest brother
* Seo Jang-hoon - 2nd brother
* Kim Jong-kook - 3rd brother
* Joo Woo-jae - 4th brother
* Baekhyun (EXO) - Youngest brother

## Episodes
### 2019

| Ep. | Broadcast date | Guest(s) | Content | Note(s) |
| Pilot | September 12 | Kim So-eun | Youngest brother's room 1. Showering sequence 2. Moments when humans find it hard to hold in 3. Top sport stars 4. Types of people that others do not want to converse with | Special voice appearance by Chen (EXO) through phone |
| 1 | October 31 | Min Kyung-hoon (Buzz) Jang Do-yeon Mina (Gugudan) | Youngest brother's room Top Korean sport stars Surprise Event: Rank based on the responses of people related to sports broadcasts Living room 1. Human relations 2. New acting role | |
| 2 | November 7 | Eunhyuk (Super Junior) Brown Eyed Girls | Youngest brother's room Actions of one's boyfriend/girlfriend and his/her opposite close friend that one finds intolerable Surprise Event: Rank based on the responses of the 20s Living room 1. Relations between seniors and juniors 2. Variety involvement | |
| 3 | November 14 | Hwang Chi-yeul Solbi Heo Young-ji | Youngest brother's room Wishes that one wants to come true Surprise Event: Rank based on the responses of parents in their 60s Living room 1. Personal broadcast 2. Party | |
| 4 | November 21 | Park So-hyun Kang Seung-hyun | Cranky room Cranky Sorting: Moments when one feels disillusioned about his/her lover (rank based on the responses of the 20s and 30s) Cranky Neighbourhood Battle (against 5 of the show's staff): Punching Bag Arcade Game Living room Cranky Viewer's Request: Which of the following abilities does one want to have, if only one can be chosen? | Seungkwan (Seventeen) joined the show starting from this episode |
| 5 | November 28 | Cosmic Girls (Bona, Exy, Luda, Dayoung) Forestella | Living room Worse roommate one can have Cranky room Cranky Viewer's Request: Rank these 5 celebrities based on their fighting skills (based on the responses of fight club members) Cranky Neighbourhood Battle (against Forestella): Karaoke | |
| 6 | December 5 | GFriend | Cranky Viewer's Request: Best place to place the hot pack on Cranky Neighbourhood Battle (against GFriend): Hand quiz Cranky Sorting (battle against GFriend): Temptations that are hard to endure Cranky Viewers's Request: Cranky but delicious food combinations | |
| 7 | December 12 | Yoon Bo-ra Soyou | Cranky Viewers's Request: Eat which part of the Bungeo-ppang first Cranky Viewer's Request: What to eat first in a buffet Cranky Neighbourhood Battle (against the managers of the cast members): Memory Cranky Sorting (battle against Bora + Soyou): Best method of running away from the pain from breaking up | |
| 8 | December 19 | Oh My Girl (Hyojung, YooA, Seunghee, Binnie) | Cranky Viewer's Request: Best movement to do while memorising to improve memory in a very short time Cranky Viewer's Request: Best Kimchi-jjigae Cranky Sorting (against Oh My Girl): Present that one hates to receive (based on the responses of kindergarten children) Cranky Neighbourhood Battle (against Oh My Girl): Speed quiz | |
| 9 | December 26 | MAHEUN5 | Cranky Viewer's Request: Best fitness training at home Cranky Neighbourhood Battle (against MAHEUN5): Co-operation to reach target weight + Imitations of photos Cranky Sorting (against MAHEUN5): Most detestable type of friend one can have | Special appearance by Jeong Hyeong-don |

### 2020

| Ep. | Broadcast date | Guest(s) | Content | Note(s) |
| 10 | January 2 | Rainbow | Cranky Viewer's Request: The item that cannot disappear from one's life Cranky Viewer's Request: Fastest way to get rid of the spiciness in one's mouth Cranky Neighbourhood Battle (against Rainbow): Hand quiz Cranky Sorting (against Rainbow): The destination that one wants to go for a honeymoon the most | |
| — | No episode on January 9 due to the live broadcast of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship between South Korea and China | No episode on January 9 due to the live broadcast of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship between South Korea and China | No episode on January 9 due to the live broadcast of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship between South Korea and China | No episode on January 9 due to the live broadcast of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship between South Korea and China |
| — | No episodes on January 16 and January 23 due to the broadcast of Two Yoo Project – Sugar Man Special: Yang Joon-il 91.19 | No episodes on January 16 and January 23 due to the broadcast of Two Yoo Project – Sugar Man Special: Yang Joon-il 91.19 | No episodes on January 16 and January 23 due to the broadcast of Two Yoo Project – Sugar Man Special: Yang Joon-il 91.19 | No episodes on January 16 and January 23 due to the broadcast of Two Yoo Project – Sugar Man Special: Yang Joon-il 91.19 |
| 11 | January 30 | Don Spike Muzie Ravi (VIXX) | Cranky Viewer's Request: Cranky Food Special - Drinks and food that are made from cranky food combinations and have similar tastes to the originals Cranky Neighbourhood Battle (against Don Spike, Muzie and Ravi): Park Joon-hyung's Cranky Speed Quiz Cranky Sorting (against Don Spike, Muzie and Ravi): Best action star (based on the responses of 100 frequent cinema visitors) | Seungkwan is absent |
| 12 | February 6 | Tony An (H.O.T.) Hong Yoon-hwa Austin Kang Han Hyun-min | Cranky Viewer's Request: Cranky Food Special - Cranky coffee combinations and cranky mains Cranky Neighbourhood Battle (against Tony An, Hong Yoon-hwa, Austin Kang and Han Hyun-min): Park Joon-hyung and Austin Kang's Cranky Speed Quiz Cranky Sorting: Moments of sadness when living alone (based on the responses of the 20s) | Seungkwan is absent |

## 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. Some of the ratings found have already been rounded off to 1 decimal place, as they are usually of lower rankings in terms of the day's ratings.

### 2019

| Ep. # | Broadcast date | Average audience share |
| Ep. # | Broadcast date | AGB Nielsen |
| Ep. # | Broadcast date | Nationwide |
| Pilot | September 12 | — |
| 1 | October 31 | 0.978% |
| 2 | November 7 | 0.673% |
| 3 | November 14 | 0.714% |
| 4 | November 21 | 0.650% |
| 5 | November 28 | 0.822% |
| 6 | December 5 | 0.627% |
| 7 | December 12 | 0.553% |
| 8 | December 19 | 0.712% |
| 9 | December 26 | 0.713% |

### 2020

| Ep. # | Broadcast date | Average audience share |
| Ep. # | Broadcast date | AGB Nielsen |
| Ep. # | Broadcast date | Nationwide |
| 10 | January 2 | 0.716% |
| 11 | January 30 | 0.377% |
| 12 | February 6 | 0.360% |