Homemade Love Story Explained

Homemade Love Story is a South Korean family drama television series starring Jin Ki-joo and Lee Jang-woo. The drama aired on KBS2 from September 19, 2020 to March 7, 2021, every Saturday and Sunday from 19:55 to 21:15 (KST).

Synopsis

Woo Jae-Hee works as an architect. His father Woo Jung-Hoo runs a big company, but Woo Jae-Hee has feuded with him over the years. After entering a university, Woo Jae-Hee lived independently and did not receive support from his father. Now, he is handsome, smart, and does good work as an architect. He meets Lee Bit Chae Woon for the first time while at a house remodelling site.

Lee Bit Chae Woon works for an interior design shop. Her job is to visit customers and help select curtains, lighting, and other design choices. Lee Bit Chae Woon and Woo Jae-Hee get into an argument at the house remodelling site. They are also both residents of Samgwang Villa. Woo Jae-Hee has warm feelings for the residents and likes the general atmosphere there. Lee Bit Chae Woon has a different view of the place. She supports her family, including her mother Lee Soon-Jung and two younger siblings. She feels burdened by having to always support them. She dreams of one day becoming a textile designer, but it's not easy for her. She also dreams of leaving Samgwang Villa and the responsibility of being the head of the household.

Cast

Starring

• Jin Ki-joo as Lee Bit Chae-won
  • Park Seo-kyung as Young Lee Bit-chae-eun
• Lee Jang-woo as Woo Jae-hee

Recurring

Lee family

• Jeon In-hwa as Lee Soon-jung
• Bona as Lee Hae-deun
• Ryeoun as Lee Ra-hoon

Woo family

• Jeong Bo-seok as Woo Jung-hoo
• Jin Kyung as Jung Min-jae

Kim family

• Hwang Shin-hye as Kim Jung-won
• Han Bo-reum as Jang Seo-ah
• Dong Ha as Jang Joon-ah

Tenants of Samkwang Villa

• Kim Sun-young as Lee Man-jung
• In Gyo-jin as Kim Hwak-se
• Jeon Sung-woo as Hwang Na-ro
• Kim Si-eun as Cha Ba-reun

Others

• Moon Ji-hoo as Lee Jung-woo
• Um Hyo-sup as Park Pil-hong
• Jung Jae-soon as Lee Choon-seok
• Lee Seung-hyung as Jung Min-seok
• Lee Dong-toung as Yoo-hyeon
• Shim Young-eun
• Park Jeong-eon
• Park Jeong-won
• Park Jung-min
• Park So-yoon
• Kang Eun-ah
• Jeon Eun-mi

Special appearances

• DIA
  • Shin Seung-ho Im Ye-jin

Viewership

+ Average TV viewership ratings
	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea[1]		TNmS[2]
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	September 19, 2020	19.9%	19.0%	18.7%
2		23.3%	22.7%	21.7%
3	September 20, 2020	22.2%	21.7%	20.7%
4		24.6%	24.1%	22.7%
5	September 26, 2020	19.7%	19.7%
6		23.0%	22.9%	20.2%
7	September 27, 2020	23.9%	23.3%	21.2%
8		26.4%	25.4%	23.5%
9	October 3, 2020			17.5%
10		22.8%	21.9%	20.4%
11	October 4, 2020	22.9%	21.3%	20.6%
12		26.5%	25.9%	23.6%
13	October 10, 2020	21.5%	21.0%	17.4%
14		25.2%	24.6%	20.4%
15	October 11, 2020	25.1%	23.7%	20.4%
16		28.5%	26.9%	23.5%
17	October 17, 2020	20.7%	20.1%	17.6%
18		25.2%	24.3%	20.4%
19	October 18, 2020	24.5%	23.3%	21.4%
20		27.6%	26.3%	23.9%
21	October 24, 2020	21.2%	20.8%	17.4%
22		25.1%	24.8%	21.1%
23	October 25, 2020	23.9%	22.8%	20.9%
24		27.4%	26.3%	23.9%
25	October 31, 2020	22.5%	21.0%	18.4%
26		26.7%	24.8%	21.1%
27	November 1, 2020	26.2%	25.1%	22.7%
28		28.9%	28.1%	24.7%
29	November 7, 2020	22.3%	21.9%	18.9%
30		26.4%	25.3%	22.4%
31	November 8, 2020	26.4%	24.5%	21.1%
32		29.3%	27.6%	23.1%
33	November 14, 2020	22.9%	21.7%	18.8%
34		27.3%	25.9%	22.5%
35	November 15, 2020	27.7%	26.6%	23.4%
36		29.6%	28.4%	25.1%
37	November 21, 2020	25.3%	24.3%	21.6%
38		29.5%	28.7%	25.0%
39	November 22, 2020	28.7%	27.3%	24.9%
40		31.9%	30.5%	27.3%
41	November 28, 2020	25.5%	24.6%	21.1%
42		29.4%	28.3%	24.7%
43	November 29, 2020	29.4%	27.7%	24.5%
44		31.8%	30.1%	27.0%
45	December 5, 2020	25.5%	24.7%	21.3%
46		29.4%	28.3%	24.9%
47	December 6, 2020	29.7%	28.2%	24.1%
48		31.6%	30.4%	25.5%
49	December 12, 2020	25.6%	25.1%	21.5%
50		30.8%	30.0%	25.2%
51	December 13, 2020	30.3%	28.9%	25.1%
52		32.9%	31.7%	26.7%
53	December 19, 2020	24.1%	22.8%	19.4%
54		30.3%	29.4%	22.8%
55	December 20, 2020	29.8%	27.9%	24.7%
56		32.6%	30.6%	26.7%
57	December 26, 2020	25.4%	24.1%	21.4%
58		30.8%	29.5%	24.9%
59	December 27, 2020	31.2%	29.9%	25.3%
60		33.2%	32.2%	26.7%
61	January 2, 2021	27.7%	26.5%	24.1%
62		31.8%	30.5%	27.1%
63	January 3, 2021	30.7%	29.4%	23.6%
64		33.3%		25.5%
65	January 9, 2021	25.1%	24.0%	22.5%
66		30.9%	29.4%	27.7%
67	January 10, 2021	29.9%	28.2%	24.7%
68		33.6%		27.8%
69	January 16, 2021	23.2%	21.8%	21.3%
70		29.7%	28.1%	26.3%
71	January 17, 2021	29.8%	28.9%	26.0%
72		33.1%		29.0%
73	January 23, 2021	24.7%	23.6%	21.1%
74		30.7%	29.2%	25.6%
75	January 24, 2021	29.9%	28.7%	25.4%
76		32.5%	30.8%	27.8%
77	January 30, 2021	26.3%	25.1%	21.9%
78		31.8%	30.3%	27.0%
79	January 31, 2021	30.3%	28.1%	26.7%
80			31.9%	29.2%
81	February 6, 2021	25.1%	23.3%
82		30.7%	29.2%
83	February 7, 2021	31.4%	29.9%	27.2%
84		32.8%	31.4%	28.6%
85	February 13, 2021	26.3%	25.3%	25.1%
86		29.7%	28.4%	26.7%
87	February 14, 2021	31.0%	29.0%	27.0%
88		32.8%	30.9%	28.5%
89	February 20, 2021	26.0%	25.1%	22.0%
90		31.0%	29.9%	26.6%
91	February 21, 2021	30.2%	28.2%	25.4%
92		32.4%	30.5%	27.3%
93	February 27, 2021	23.8%	23.7%	21.3%
94		28.5%	27.9%	24.4%
95	February 28, 2021	29.0%	27.8%	24.1%
96		31.2%	29.6%	26.3%
97	March 6, 2021	26.9%	26.4%	22.5%
98		31.6%	30.5%	27.3%
99	March 7, 2021	31.2%	30.1%	26.5%
100		32.9%	32.1%
Average

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2020	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor	Jeong Bo-seok	[3]
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama	Lee Jang-woo
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama	Jin Ki-joo
		Best New Actress	Bona
		Best Supporting Actress	Kim Sun-young
		Best Couple Award	Lee Jang-woo, Jin Ki-joo and Jeong Bo-seok
		Top Excellence Award, Actress	Jeon In-hwa
		Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama	Jeon In-hwa, Hwang Shin-hye
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama	Jeong Bo-seok
		Best New Actor
		Best Supporting Actor
2020	7th APAN Star Awards	Best Supporting Actor
		Top Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama	Lee Jang-woo
		Excellence Award, Actress in Serial Drama	Jin Ki-joo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nielsen Korea. ko. March 8, 2021.
2. Web site: TNms ratings . BreakNews. 8 March 2021 . March 8, 2021. ko.
3. News: Jung. Ha-eun. [2020 KBS 연기대상]천호진, 3년만 다시 안은 대상…'한다다' 트로피 싹쓸이[종합]]. Sports Seoul. January 1, 2021. ko.