My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh

My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh
Promotional poster
Also known as	My Husband, Mr.Oh!
Hangul	데릴남편 오작두
Literal meaning	My Husband Oh Jak-doo
Revised Romanization	Derillampyeon O Jak-du
Genre	Melodrama
Written by	Yoo Yoon-kyung
Directed by	Baek Ho-min
Starring	Kim Kang-woo Uee Jung Sang-hoon Han Sun-hwa
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	24[a]
Production
Executive producers	Kim Hee-yeol Jun San
Running time	70 minutes[a]
Production company	Pan Entertainment[1]
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	March 3 (2018-03-03) – May 19, 2018 (2018-05-19)

My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh^[2] (Korean: 데릴남편 오작두) is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Kim Kang-woo, Uee, Jung Sang-hoon, and Han Sun-hwa. It aired every Saturday from March 3, 2018 on MBC TV from 8:45 p.m. to 11:10 p.m. (KST), 2 episodes a day.^[3][4]

Plot

Han Seung-Joo (Uee) is a single woman in her mid 30s who works as a producer at a broadcasting station. She does well at her job, but is not nearly as good when it comes to homemaking. Han Seung-Joo has a hard time dealing with social prejudices against single women. While filming a documentary in the mountains, she runs into Oh Jak-Doo (Kim Kang-Woo) whom she contractually marries to achieve the status of married women. Their marriage is not based on love, but their relationship unfolds romantically.

Cast

Main

• Kim Kang-woo as Oh Jak-doo/Oh-Hyuk. A recluse who makes gayageum.^[5]
• Uee as Han Seung-joo. A freelance PD, who believes having a husband will solve her traumatic experience.^[6]
• Jung Sang-hoon as Eric Cho/Cho Bong-Sik^[7]
• Han Sun-hwa as Jang Eun-jo^[8]

Supporting

• Han Sang-jin as Bang Yong-min
• Park Jung-soo as Park Jung-ok
• Seol Jung-hwan as Han Seung-tae^[9]
• Park Min-ji as Kwon Se-mi
• Jung Chan as Hong In-pyo
• Jung Soo-young as Park Kyung-sook
• Kim Bo-mi as Bang Jung-mi
• Oh Mi-yeon as Kim Gan-nan
• Park Hye-jin as Na Joong-rye
• Bang Eun-hee as Bae Yi-bi
• Choi Sung-jae as Oh Byung-chul
• Seo Woo-jin as (Supporting)

Production

• Kim Hyun-joo^[10] and then Lee Min-jung were offered the lead female role, but declined.^[11]
• The first script reading took place on January 21, 2018.^[1]

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		TNmS[12]		AGB Nielsen[13]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	March 3, 2018	9.1% (10th)	9.0%	7.9% (12th)	7.8% (13th)
2		11.4% (3rd)	10.9%	10.4% (7th)	10.0% (8th)
3	March 10, 2018	9.6% (10th)	9.2%	9.0% (6th)	9.3% (5th)
4		13.3% (2nd)	12.9%	13.0% (2nd)	13.4% (2nd)
5	March 17, 2018	9.1% (6th)	8.7%	9.4% (6th)	9.8% (6th)
6		12.4% (3rd)	11.8%	12.4% (3rd)	12.9% (3rd)
7	March 24, 2018	9.7% (7th)	9.6%	9.2% (6th)	9.2% (6th)
8		13.4% (3rd)	12.8%	12.9% (2nd)	13.4% (3rd)
9	March 31, 2018	8.2% (9th)	8.1%	8.4% (7th)	8.5% (6th)
10		11.5% (3rd)	11.2%	11.7% (2nd)	11.4% (2nd)
11	April 7, 2018	10.0% (4th)	9.3%	9.5% (4th)	12.7% (4th)
12		13.5% (2nd)	12.9%	10.2% (2nd)	13.3% (2nd)
13	April 14, 2018	9.2% (6th)	9.1%	9.3% (5th)	9.3% (5th)
14		12.7% (2nd)	9.6%	12.2% (2nd)	12.3% (2nd)
15	April 21, 2018	9.1% (10th)	9.4%	9.7% (5th)	10.0% (5th)
16		11.4% (3rd)	12.0%	12.7% (3rd)	12.9% (3rd)
17	April 28, 2018	8.3% (9th)	8.2%	7.9% (9th)	8.0% (9th)
18		11.6% (3rd)	11.4%	11.6% (3rd)	11.8% (3rd)
19	May 5, 2018	8.3% (12th)	8.2%	7.4% (10th)	7.4% (8th)
20		11.2% (3rd)	10.6%	11.2% (3rd)	11.7% (2nd)
21	May 12, 2018	9.1% (10th)	8.5%	9.1% (6th)	9.6% (6th)
22		11.6% (2nd)	10.7%	13.1% (2nd)	14.0% (2nd)
23	May 19, 2018	8.3% (8th)	-	7.7% (7th)	8.0% (5th)
24		13.4% (2nd)	-	11.7% (3rd)	11.9% (2nd)
Average		10.7%	-	10.4%	10.7%

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2018	11th Korea Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actress	Uee	Nominated	[14][15]
		Popular Character Award – Male	Jung Sang-hoon	Won
	6th APAN Star Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Kim Kang-woo	Nominated	[16]
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama	Uee	Nominated
	2018 MBC Drama Awards	Drama of the Year	My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh	Nominated	[17]
		Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama	Kim Kang-woo	Won
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Special Project	Uee	Nominated
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama	Jung Sang-hoon	Won
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend Special Project	Han Sun-hwa	Nominated
		Organic Parody Award	Kim Kang-woo and Uee	Won

Notes

1. This series is the final MBC series to air hour-length episodes, following a repacking of episodes in subsequent dramas and in accordance with the other drama time-slots.

References

1. "'데릴남편 오작두' 김강우X유이X,정상훈의 완벽한 연기 변신을 기대해". Wow TV news (in Korean). January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
2. "'My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh - MBC Global". Retrieved April 26, 2018.
3. "Kim Kang-woo, Uee cast in new MBC weekend series". Yonhap News Agency. January 17, 2018.
4. "MBC's new series delivers humorous satire of marital tradition". Kpop Herald. March 2, 2018.
5. Hong (홍), Se-young (세영) (January 17, 2018). "김강우X유이, '데릴 남편 오작두' 출연확정…3월 첫방송 [공식입장]". Sports Donga (in Korean). Retrieved January 30, 2018.
6. Kim (김), Jae-yeon (재연) (January 23, 2018). '데릴남편 오작두' 첫 대본 리딩 현장에서 김강우, 유이, 정상훈의 완벽한 연기 변신!. imbc Enews (in Korean). Retrieved January 30, 2018.
7. Kim (김), Myung-mi (명미) (January 29, 2018). ‘데릴남편 오작두’ 김강우 유이 정상훈 한선화, 연기 변신 어떨까. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved January 30, 2018.
8. Hwang (황), Seo-yeon (서연) (January 26, 2018). 한선화 '데릴남편 오작두' 캐스팅 확정, 여주인공 장은조 役. TV Daily (in Korean). Retrieved January 30, 2018.
9. Jang (장), Woo-young (우영) (January 25, 2018). "설정환, MBC '데릴남편 오작두' 출연 확정…유이 남동생 役(공식)". Herald Pop (in Korean). Retrieved January 30, 2018.
10. "Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Kang-woo consider coupling up for My Husband Oh Jak-doo". Dramabeans. December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
11. tineybeanie (December 11, 2017). "Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Kang-woo consider coupling up for My Husband Oh Jak-doo". DramaBeans. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
12. "TNmS Ratings on Naver". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved March 5, 2018.
13. "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
14. 2018코리아드라마어워즈 후보 공개. KDFO.org (in Korean). September 22, 2018.
15. "[종합] '2018 KDA' 유동근, 대상 영예…'같이 살래요' 4관왕 '쾌거'". My Daily (in Korean). October 2, 2018.
16. "이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트". Star News (in Korean). September 27, 2018.
17. Jung, Yu-jin (December 31, 2018). 소지섭 ‘데뷔 23년 만에 첫 대상’(mbc연기대상)[포토엔HD] [So Ji-sub Soo'First Debut in 23 Years' (mbc Drama Awards)[Photo and HD]]. Newsen (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2020 – via Naver.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh at IMDb
• My Contracted Husband, Mr. Oh at HanCinema