My Little Old Boy

My Little Old Boy
Also known as Mom's Diary: My Ugly Duckling
Hangul
미운 우리 새끼
Genre Reality television
Written by
  • Yook So-young
  • Kang Seung-hui
  • Choi Seung-yeon
  • Sin Yu-jin
  • Yeon Cho-rong
  • Kim Ji-ye
  • Kim Hyeon-jin
  • Choi Na-mu
Directed by
  • Kwak Seung-yeong
  • Choi So-hyeong
  • Ryu Ji-hwan
Starring Current host:
Current cast:
Mother
  • Cho Hye-seon
  • Kim Sun-ja
  • Lee Shin-hee
  • Kim Pan-rye
  • Lee Ok-jin
  • Seo Young-nam
  • Yun Ji-young
Son/Daughter
Opening theme My Son (Kim Gun-mo) (ep 1–167)
Ending theme My Son (Kim Gun-mo) (ep 1–167)
Country of origin South Korea
Original language Korean
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 313 + 1 Pilot (as of October 9, 2022) (list of episodes)
Production
Production location South Korea
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 120 Minutes
Production company SBS
Original release
Network SBS
Release August 26, 2016 –
present
Related

My Little Old Boy (a.k.a. Mom's Diary: My Ugly Duckling; Korean: 미운 우리 새끼; RR: Miun Uri Saekki) is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by SBS every Sunday at 21:05 (KST), starting from August 26, 2016.

Overview

This reality program focuses on the mothers of South Korean celebrities. Unlike the generic reality program which focuses solely on the celebrity, My Little Old Boy features commentary from the celebrities' mothers as they watch the footage of their sons and or daughters' daily activities.

I wonder who my son was meeting today and what he heard... Why do you look so sad today or why do you look so excited? Why are you stretching and why are you so sleepy? How much do you know about your son?

— SBS, Program info

Changes in running time

Air date Air time Running time
July 20, 2016 (Pilot) 23:10 – 00:30 80 Minutes
Aired every Friday
August 26, 2016 – April 7, 2017 23:20 – 00:50 90 Minutes
Aired every Sunday
April 16 – October 15, 2017 Part 1: 21:15 – 22:00 45 Minutes
Part 2: 22:00 – 23:05 65 Minutes
October 22, 2017 – March 31, 2019 Part 1: 21:05 – 22:00 55 Minutes
Part 2: 22:00 – 23:05 65 Minutes
April 7, 2019 – June 27, 2021 Part 1: 21:05 – 21:45 40 Minutes
Part 2: 21:45 – 22:25
Part 3: 22:25 – 23:05
July 4, 2021 – Present 21:05 – 23:05 2 hours

Hosts

Main article: List of My Little Old Boy hosts

Main

Casts

Main article: List of My Little Old Boy cast members

Current regular casts

List of episodes

Main article: List of My Little Old Boy episodes
Year Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
Pilot 1 July 20, 2016 July 20, 2016
2016 18 August 26, 2016 December 30, 2016
2017 50 January 6, 2017 December 24, 2017
2018 53 January 7, 2018 December 30, 2018
2019 51 January 6, 2019 December 29, 2019
2020 52 January 2, 2020 December 26, 2020
2021 51 January 2, 2021 December 26, 2021
2022 49 January 2, 2022 December 25, 2022
2023 50 January 1, 2023 December 31, 2023
2024 TBA January 7, 2024 TBA

List of guests

Ratings

  • Red numbers are the highest ratings, blue number represents the lowest ratings.
  • Ratings listed are the highest ratings for each episodes.

2016

List of ratings in 2016 (Episode 1–18)
Ep. # Date TNmS Ratings Nielsen Korea
Nationwide
1 August 26 5.8% 6.0%
2 September 2 7.2% 7.2%
3 September 9 7.7% 8.6%
4 September 23 8.2% 10.2%
5 September 30 9.2% 10.9%
6 October 7 9.4% 10.8%
7 October 14 9.9% 11.4%
8 October 21 9.2% 10.3%
9 October 28 11.0% 11.8%
10 November 4 9.8% 10.0%
11 November 11 10.1% 11.0%
12 November 18 11.4% 10.6%
13 November 25 8.3% 10.3%
14 December 2 9.3% 9.7%
15 December 9 10.2% 10.0%
16 December 16 8.9% 9.8%
17 December 23 10.1% 11.6%
18 December 30 8.0% 9.3%

2017

List of ratings in 2017 (Episode 19–68)
Ep. # Date TNmS Ratings Nielsen Korea
Nationwide
19 January 6 10.2% 11.9%
20 January 13 10.3% 12.0%
21 January 20 10.2% 11.5%
22 January 27 7.6% 8.0%
23 February 3 10.6% 12.6%
24 February 10 12.7% 15.0%
25 February 17 11.3% 13.2%
26 February 24 10.9% 13.2%
27 March 3 10.8% 13.0%
28 March 17 9.8% 10.7%
29 March 24 8.3% 9.1%
30 March 31 8.3% 8.8%
31 April 7 9.5% 10.0%
32 April 16 18.1% 18.9%
33 April 23 15.4% 18.5%
34 April 30 15.8% 18.3%
35 May 7 16.9% 21.3%
36 May 14 18.2% 18.3%
37 May 21 15.5% 18.6%
38 May 28 18.2% 21.2%
39 June 4 18.1% 21.5%
40 June 11 18.6% 19.7%
41 June 18 16.8% 19.3%
42 June 25 17.7% 18.9%
43 July 2 16.9% 18.6%
44 July 9 16.3% 16.6%
45 July 16 16.3% 17.1%
46 July 23 17.0% 17.7%
47 July 30 15.9% 16.1%
48 August 6 18.7% 19.2%
49 August 13 17.4% 18.6%
50 August 20 17.0% 19.2%
51 August 27 16.8% 17.2%
52 September 3 15.0% 16.3%
53 September 10 16.8% 17.7%
54 September 17 17.9% 19.8%
55 September 24 18.6% 19.6%
56 October 1 17.3% 20.1%
57 October 8 18.1% 20.8%
58 October 15 19.2% 20.9%
59 October 22 21.6% 22.9%
60 October 29 20.5% 21.2%
61 November 5 18.7% 19.1%
62 November 12 18.1% 19.2%
63 November 19 18.2% 19.7%
64 November 26 19.4% 16.1%
65 December 3 19.5% 20.0%
66 December 10 20.0% 20.7%
67 December 17 18.3% 18.8%
68 December 24 20.5% 21.1%

2018

List of ratings in 2018 (Episode 69–119)
My Little Old Boy : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Episodes (2018) Episode number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Ep.69-85 3.938 3.797 3.988 4.099 3.935 3.952 2.165 4.022 3.449 3.315 2.615 3.196 3.337 3.902 3.574 3.645 3.568
Ep.86-102 3.497 4.120 3.835 4.120 3.862 4.074 3.524 3.710 4.270 4.008 4.020 3.761 3.509 3.523 4.036 2.442 4.121
Ep.103-119 3.017 3.336 2.792 3.139 3.206 3.320 3.774 3.311 3.451 3.518 3.744 3.964 3.843 4.021 4.452 4.648 5.314
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. # Date TNmS Ratings Nielsen Korea
Nationwide
69 January 7 17.8% 19.7%
70 January 14 17.3% 19.0%
71 January 21 18.9% 20.4%
72 January 28 18.5% 20.9%
73 February 4 19.1%
74 February 11 18.7% 20.4%
75 February 18 10.0% 10.1%
76 February 25 16.7% 19.1%
77 March 4 15.8% 17.9%
78 March 11 16.2%
79 March 18 11.8% 14.2%
80 March 25 17.2% 17.7%
81 April 1 19.0% 18.2%
82 April 8 18.1% 20.4%
83 April 15 20.0% 19.9%
84 April 22 17.9% 20.0%
85 April 29 18.7%
86 May 6 16.5% 18.1%
87 May 13 20.5% 21.9%
88 May 20 22.0% 19.6%
89 May 27 17.2% 21.1%
90 June 3 21.2% 20.9%
91 June 10 20.6% 20.3%
92 June 17 20.2% 19.3%
93 June 24 22.8% 20.8%
94 July 1 21.7%
95 July 8 20.3% 21.0%
96 July 15 20.1% 20.8%
97 July 22 18.8%
98 July 29 18.5% 18.0%
99 August 5 17.4% 17.7%
100 August 12 18.6% 20.0%
101 August 19 11.5% 12.1%
102 September 2 20.0% 21.7%
103 September 9 N/R 16.1%
104 September 16 18.4%
105 September 23 14.0%
106 September 30 16.2%
107 October 7 17.3%
108 October 14 17.4%
109 October 21 21.0%
110 October 28 17.8%
111 November 4 18.2%
112 November 11 19.9%
113 November 18 20.5%
114 November 25 22.0%
115 December 2 20.7%
116 December 9 21.6%
117 December 16 23.2%
118 December 23 24.0%
119 December 30 27.5%

2019

List of ratings in 2019 (Episode 120–170)
My Little Old Boy : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Episodes (2019) Episode number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Ep.120-136 4.286 4.235 3.668 4.525 3.862 4.254 4.083 4.310 4.138 4.900 4.258 4.028 4.494 4.421 3.955 3.773 4.051
Ep.137-153 3.728 3.697 3.837 3.494 3.926 3.880 3.587 3.803 3.462 3.595 3.536 3.700 3.574 3.066 3.005 2.801 3.210
Ep.154-170 3.054 3.054 3.436 3.079 3.015 2.661 2.570 2.968 2.764 3.353 3.175 3.239 3.347 2.692 2.369 2.060 2.207
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. # Date Nielsen Korea
Nationwide
120 January 6 22.6%
121 January 13 22.3%
122 January 20 18.5%
123 January 27 22.8%
124 February 3 20.7%
125 February 10 20.6%
126 February 17 20.4%
127 February 24 21.4%
128 March 3 21.1%
129 March 10 25.5%
130 March 16 21.5%
131 March 24 21.1%
132 March 31 23.1%
133 April 7 24.0%
134 April 14 20.2%
135 April 21 20.6%
136 April 28 23.5%
137 May 5 21.3%
138 May 12 20.7%
139 May 19 21.3%
140 May 26 20.4%
141 June 2 22.1%
142 June 9 21.3%
143 June 16 19.5%
144 June 23 21.7%
145 June 30 19.7%
146 July 7 19.6%
147 July 14 19.4%
148 July 21 20.1%
149 July 28 20.2%
150 August 4 16.5%
151 August 11 17.7%
152 August 18 16.2%
153 August 25 18.1%
154 September 1 17.7%
155 September 8 19.1%
156 September 15 19.6%
157 September 22 17.3%
158 September 29 17.5%
159 October 6 15.0%
160 October 13 15.4%
161 October 20 17.1%
162 October 27 15.6%
163 November 3 19.1%
164 November 10 17.7%
165 November 24 18.7%
166 December 1 19.1%
167 December 8 15.1%
168 December 15 14.3%
169 December 22 12.2%
170 December 29 12.3%

2020

List of ratings in 2020 (Episode 171–222)
My Little Old Boy : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Episodes (2020) Episode number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ep.171-183 2.318 2.377 2.415 1.924 1.962 2.268 2.056 2.958 2.797 2.741 2.868 2.351 2.320
Ep.184-196 3.112 2.552 2.450 2.449 2.527 2.681 2.953 3.040 2.839 3.065 2.822 2.713 2.991
Ep.197-209 2.416 2.718 2.662 2.706 3.188 2.266 2.887 3.143 2.940 2.853 2.431 2.761 2.730
Ep.210-222 3.186 2.468 3.055 2.244 2.404 2.317 2.505 3.010 2.769 2.733 2.733 2.651 3.167
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. # Date Nielsen Korea
Nationwide
171 January 5 13.8%
172 January 12 12.9%
173 January 19 12.9%
174 January 26 9.8%
175 February 2 11.1%
176 February 9 11.8%
177 February 16 11.5%
178 February 23 15.5%
179 March 1 15.3%
180 March 8 14.5%
181 March 15 15.0%
182 March 22 12.4%
183 March 29 12.6%
184 April 5 16.4%
185 April 12 13.4%
186 April 19 13.3%
187 April 26 13.8%
188 May 3 13.6%
189 May 10 13.8%
190 May 17 16.0%
191 May 24 17.1%
192 May 31 15.9%
193 June 7 16.8%
194 June 14 15.4%
195 June 21 15.6%
196 June 28 16.4%
197 July 5 13.1%
198 July 12 14.7%
199 July 19 15.4%
200 July 26 14.8%
201 August 2 17.5%
202 August 9 13.4%
203 August 16 15.4%
204 August 23 16.5%
205 August 30 15.3%
206 September 6 15.7%
207 September 13 13.3%
208 September 20 15.4%
209 September 27 14.5%
210 October 4 17.6%
211 October 11 13.7%
212 October 18 17.1%
213 October 25 13.2%
214 November 1 14.0%
215 November 8 13.1%
216 November 15 14.1%
217 November 22 16.2%
218 November 29 16.3%
219 December 6 14.9%
220 December 13 15.2%
221 December 20 14.6%
222 December 27 17.8%

2021

List of ratings in 2021 (Episode 223–273)
My Little Old Boy : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Episodes (2021) Episode number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
223–235 2.934 2.640 3.212 2.897 3.086 2.544 2.725 2.984 2.718 2.706 2.318 2.931 2.244
236–248 2.218 2.750 3.122 2.842 2.718 2.970 2.682 2.421 2.562 2.623 2.676 2.336 2.462
249–261 2.584 2.715 2.622 1.556 1.591 2.371 2.386 2.303 2.236 2.554 1.849 2.172 2.090
262–273 2.236 2.291 2.096 2.449 2.402 2.268 2.208 2.224 2.444 2.440 2.632 2.323 –
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Nielsen Korea TNmS
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
223 January 3 17.3% 17.8% 12.8%
224 January 10 15.4% 16.8% 12.3%
225 January 17 17.6% 18.5% 14.6%
226 January 24 16.4% 17.4% 13.8%
227 January 31 17.0% 18.2% 14.4%
228 February 7 13.4% 13.7% 11.6%
229 February 14 14.7% 15.0% 13.5%
230 February 21 16.4% 17.9% 12.9%
231 February 28 15.2% 15.7% 12.8%
232 March 7 16.4% 17.3% 13.7%
233 March 14 13.7% 14.7% 11.9%
234 March 21 15.8% 16.2% 13.2%
235 March 28 13.9% 14.4% 11.8%
236 April 4 12.7% 12.6% 12.7%
237 April 11 15.1% 15.6% 12.6%
238 April 18 16.6% 17.4% 14.1%
239 April 25 16.2% 17.1% 13.8%
240 May 2 15.5% 15.7% 13.1%
241 May 9 16.1% 16.9% 14.4%
242 May 16 15.5% 16.3% 14.6%
243 May 23 14.0% 13.9% 12.9%
244 May 30 14.6% 15.4% 14.6%
245 June 6 16.0% 16.7% 13.5%
246 June 13 14.0% 14.5% 13.1%
247 June 20 13.2% 13.6% 11.8%
248 June 27 13.7% 14.1% 11.1%
249 July 4 14.4% 15.0% 12.5%
250 July 11 14.3% 14.8% 12.6%
251 July 18 14.0% 15.1% 13.1%
252 August 1 8.3% 9.4% —
253 August 8 9.2% 9.9% 7.8%
254 August 15 13.3% 13.9% 11.7%
255 August 22 13.4% 14.1% 11.6%
256 August 29 13.3% 13.4% 11.8%
257 September 5 12.1% 11.2% 10.9%
258 September 12 14.6% 15.1% 11.6%
259 September 19 10.3% 10.7% 9.1%
260 September 26 11.5% 11.6% 10.5%
261 October 3 11.4% 11.5% 10.6%
262 October 10 12.2% 12.3% 10.9%
263 October 17 13.1% 10.6%
264 October 24 11.7% 11.3% 10.1%
265 October 31 13.1% 13.3% 11.8%
266 November 7 13.3% 12.9% 12.1%
267 November 14 13.2% 11.6%
268 November 21 12.5% 12.7% 11.4%
269 November 28 12.5% 12.9% 10.3%
270 December 5 13.5% 13.2% 11.9%
271 December 12 13.5% 14.1% 10.8%
272 December 19 14.5% 15.0% 12.7%
273 December 26 12.2% 12.1% 11.3%

2022

List of ratings in 2022 (Episode 274 –)
My Little Old Boy : South Korea viewers per episode (millions)
Episodes (2022) Episode number
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
274–285 2.609 2.691 2.569 2.785 2.770 2.698 2.684 2.557 2.193 2.819 2.260 2.475 2.090
286–298 2.206 2.696 2.311 2.078 2.242 2.348 2.444 2.409 2.446 2.049 2.946 2.232 –
299–311 2.607 2.918 2.813 2.752 2.685 2.636 2.919 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
312–324 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.
Average TV viewership ratings
Ep. Original broadcast date Nielsen Korea TNmS
Nationwide Seoul Nationwide
274 January 2 14.0% 14.5% 11.5%
275 January 9 14.4% 14.8% 11.8%
276 January 16 13.4% 13.9% 10.9%
277 January 23 14.7% 15.2% 12.7%
278 January 30 13.8% 14.0% 10.9%
279 February 6 14.5% 14.9% 11.2%
280 February 20 13.7% 14.1% 13.4%
281 February 27 14.0% 14.5% 12.0%
282 March 6 12.3% 13.1% 11.0%
283 March 13 15.5% 15.9% 14.1%
284 March 20 12.2% 12.4% 11.9%
285 March 27 13.1% 13.7% 12.4%
286 April 3 10.9% 11.2% 11.3%
287 April 10 12.0% 12.5% —
288 April 17 15.0% 15.8% 12.6%
289 April 24 12.9% 13.8% 12.2%
290 May 1 11.8% 11.9% 10.3%
291 May 8 12.7% 13.3% 10.8%
292 May 15 13.0% 12.8% 11.7%
293 May 22 13.8% 14.3% 11.7%
294 May 29 13.8% 14.2% 11.9%
295 June 5 13.8% 13.6% 12.9%
296 June 12 11.8% 12.2% 10.6%
297 June 19 16.7% 17.5% 13.5%
298 June 26 12.4% 12.8% 11.6%
299 July 3 14.0% 15.2% 13.8%
300 July 10 15.5% 16.0% 12.6%
301 July 17 14.9% 15.3% 13.8%
302 July 24 15.0% 15.2% 13.3%
303 July 31 14.4% 15.4% 13.1%
304 August 7 14.0% 14.7% —
305 August 14 15.9% 16.3% 13.9%
306 August 21 15.2% 15.7%
307 August 28 13.0% 13.3%
308 September 4 14.0% 13.9%
309 September 11 13.0% 12.6%
310 September 18 13.3% 13.6%
311 September 25 13.3% 12.9%
312 October 2 13.0% 13.2%
313 October 9 13.1% 13.2%
314 October 16 14.7% 15.5%
315 October 23 14.3% 15.0%
316 November 6 13.7% 14.5%
318 November 20 14.9% 15.5%
319 November 27 11.0% 11.2%
320 December 4 11.4% 11.8%
321 December 11 12.2% 12.1%
322 December 18 11.6% 11.7%
323 December 25 12.5% 13.2%

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee(s) of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Recipients Result Ref.
Advertiser's Good Program Award 2017 Good Program My Little Old Boy Won
Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 Best Entertainment Program Won
Best Variety Performer – Male Park Soo-hong Nominated
2018 Best Variety Performer – Male Lee Sang-min Nominated
Korean Broadcasting Awards 2017 Entertainment My Little Old Boy Won
Korean Producer Awards Entertainment Category Award Won
SBS Entertainment Awards 2016 Dirty Award Tony An Won
Excellence Award in Variety Show Seo Jang-hoon Won
Grand Prize (Daesang) Shin Dong-yup Won
PD Award Park Soo-hong Won
Program of the Year (Variety) My Little Old Boy Won
Scriptwriter of the Year Yook So-young Won
Top Excellence Award in Talk Show Kim Gun-mo Won
Turnabout Award Park Soo-hong Won
Excellence Award in Talk Show Tony An Nominated
Top Excellence Award in Talk Show Han Hye-jin Nominated
Park Soo-hong Nominated
2017 Entertainment Scene Stealer Award Yoon Jung-soo Won
Excellence Award in Show/Talk Category Tony An Won
Grand Prize (Daesang) Lee Sun-mi, Ji In-sook, Lee Ok-jin, Im Yeo-soon Won
Program of the Year (Entertainment) My Little Old Boy Won
Rookie Award in Show/Talk Category Lee Sang-min Won
Top Excellence Award in Show/Talk Category Seo Jang-hoon Won
Best Couple Award Park Soo-hong & Yoon Jung-soo Nominated
Entertainment Scene Stealer Award Don Spike Nominated
Kim Jong-min & Bbaek Ga Nominated
Excellence Award in Show/Talk Category Seo Jang-hoon Nominated
2018 Best Couple Award Kim Jong-kook & Hong Jin-young Won
Best Entertainer Award Im Won-hee Won
Producer's Award Kim Jong-kook Won
Excellence Award (Talk/Show) Lee Sang-min Won
Hot Star of the Year Bae Jung-nam Won
Program of the Year Award (Variety) My Little Old Boy Won
Scene Stealer Award Seungri Won
Best Couple Award Seo Jang-hoon & Gim Gu-ra Nominated
Best Entertainer Award Hong Jin-young Nominated
Bae Jung-nam Nominated
Seungri Nominated
2019 Best Couple Award Lee Sang-min & Tak Jae-hoon Won
Excellence Award in Reality Category Kim Hee-chul Won
Top Excellence Award in Reality Category Hong Jin-young Won
Kim Jong-kook Won
2020 Best Couple Award Im Won-hee & Jung Suk-yong Won
Grand Prize (Daesang) Kim Jong-kook Won
Rookie Award Oh Min-suk Won
Scriptwriter of the Year Yook So-young Won
Special Award: Lifetime Achievement Award Seo Jang-hoon Won
Special Award: Scene Stealer Award Tak Jae-hoon Won
Top Excellence Award in Reality Category Lee Sang-min Won
Top Excellence in Programming Award My Little Old Boy Won
Grand Prize (Daesang) Seo Jang-hoon Nominated
2021 Entertainer of the Year Award Shin Dong-yup Won
Seo Jang-hoon Won
Lee Sang-min Won
Kim Jong-kook Won
Tak Jae-hoon Won
Excellence Award in Talk/ Variety Category Kim Joon-ho Won
Im Won-hee Won
Grand Prize (Daesang) My Little Old Boy team Won
Rookie Award in Reality Category Park Goon Won
Top Excellence in Reality Award Tak Jae-hoon Won
Best Couple Award Kim Joon-ho & Lee Sang-min Nominated