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Ep. # | Broadcast Date | Guest(s) | AGB Ratings [28] | |
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Nationwide | Seoul Capital Area | |||
1 | May 15, 2015 | — | 7.886% | 8.775% |
2 | May 22, 2015 | Park Shin-hye | 7.477% | 8.006% |
3 | May 29, 2015 | 8.240% | 8.783% | |
4 | June 5, 2015 | Ji Sung | 8.857% | 9.958% |
5 | June 12, 2015 | 8.685% | 10.079% | |
6 | June 19, 2015 | BoA, Yoo Hae-jin | 8.432% | 9.872% |
7 | June 26, 2015 | 10.500% | 11.419% | |
8 | July 3, 2015 | Kim Ha-neul | 11.990% | 13.805% |
9 | July 10, 2015 | 11.197% | 12.258% | |
10 | July 17, 2015 | Choi Ji-woo | 12.148% | 15.095% |
11 | July 24, 2015 | 10.918% | 11.878% | |
12 | July 31, 2015 | Son Ho-jun | 10.310% | 9.742% |
13 | August 7, 2015 | Hong Seok-cheon | 10.654% | 11.564% |
14 | August 14, 2015 | Lee Sun-kyun | 10.188% | 11.053% |
15 | August 21, 2015 | 11.165% | 12.180% | |
16 | August 28, 2015 | Park Shin-hye | 11.112% | 12.091% |
17 | September 4, 2015 | 10.766% | 11.933% | |
18 [d] | September 11, 2015 | — | 7.351% | 7.468% |
Average | 9.882% | 10.887% |
Ep. # | Broadcast Date | Guest | AGB Ratings [28] | Notes | |
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Nationwide | Seoul Capital Area | ||||
1 | January 23, 2015 | — | 9.676% | 10.052% | |
2 | January 30, 2015 | Son Ho-jun | 10.413% | 12.118% | |
3 | February 6, 2015 | 10.549% | 10.590% | [e] | |
4 | February 13, 2015 | — | 12.381% | 13.941% | |
5 | February 20, 2015 | Jung Woo | 13.338% | 13.018% | |
6 | February 27, 2015 | 12.810% | 13.658% | ||
7 | March 6, 2015 | Choo Sung-hoon | 13.042% | 15.086% | |
8 | March 13, 2015 | 12.838% | 13.703% | ||
9 | March 20, 2015 | — | 8.645% | 8.811% | [d] |
Average | 11.521% | 12.331% |
Ep. # | Broadcast Date | Guest | AGB Ratings [28] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nationwide | Seoul Capital Area | |||
1 | October 9, 2015 | Park Hyung-sik | 12.815% | 14.258% |
2 | October 16, 2015 | 12.890% | 14.103% | |
3 | October 23, 2015 | 11.862% | 13.558% | |
4 | October 30, 2015 | Lee Jin-wook | 13.284% | 14.719% |
5 | November 6, 2015 | 11.671% | 11.231% | |
6 | November 13, 2015 | 11.503% | 13.226% | |
7 | November 20, 2015 | — | 12.336% | 13.015% |
8 | November 27, 2015 | Yoon Kye-sang | 11.600% | 12.700% |
9 | December 4, 2015 | 11.732% | 12.345% | |
10 [d] | December 11, 2015 | — | 9.677% | 10.522% |
Average | 11.937% | 12.968% |
Ep. # | Broadcast Date | AGB Ratings [28] | TNmS Ratings [29] | |
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Nationwide | Seoul Capital Area | Nationwide | ||
1 | October 14, 2016 | 11.536% | 11.788% | 13.0% |
2 | October 21, 2016 | 9.661% | 10.038% | 11.0% |
3 | October 28, 2016 | 10.587% | 10.306% | 11.6% |
4 | November 4, 2016 | 10.057% | 9.769% | 11.1% |
5 | November 11, 2016 | 9.934% | 9.843% | 10.6% |
6 | November 18, 2016 | 10.036% | 10.529% | 11.4% |
7 | November 25, 2016 | 9.685% | 10.369% | 10.6% |
8 | December 2, 2016 | 10.646% | 11.464% | 11.4% |
9 | December 9, 2016 | 10.169% | 11.736% | 11.1% |
10 | December 16, 2016 | 11.395% | 11.588% | 12.4% |
11 | December 23, 2016 | 10.866% | 12.527% | 10.6% |
12 [d] | December 30, 2016 | 7.524% | 7.964% | 7.5% |
Average | 10.175% | 10.660% | 11.0% |
Ep. # | Broadcast Date | Guest | AGB Ratings [28] | TNmS Ratings [29] | Ref. | |
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Nationwide | Seoul Capital Area | Nationwide | ||||
1 | August 4, 2017 | Han Ji-min | 10.568% | 11.403% | 10.9% | [30] [31] |
2 | August 11, 2017 | 9.233% | 9.812% | 9.8% | ||
3 | August 18, 2017 | 9.817% | 11.431% | 10.0% | ||
4 | August 25, 2017 | Lee Je-hoon | 8.740% | 9.595% | 9.1% | [32] [33] |
5 | September 1, 2017 | 8.330% | 9.003% | 8.2% | ||
6 | September 8, 2017 | Seolhyun (AOA) | 9.116% | 9.388% | 10.0% | [34] [35] |
7 | September 15, 2017 | 8.764% | 9.681% | 8.6% | ||
8 | September 22, 2017 | Lee Jong-suk | 9.810% | 11.471% | 9.5% | [36] [37] [38] |
9 | September 29, 2017 | 8.580% | 9.250% | 8.9% | ||
10 | October 6, 2017 | Shinhwa (Lee Min-woo, Andy Lee) | 9.049% | 9.641% | 7.9% | [39] [40] |
11 | October 13, 2017 | 9.085% | 10.162% | 9.0% | ||
12 | October 20, 2017 | — | 6.046% | 7.212% | 6.2% | [d] [41] |
Average | 8.928% | 9.837% | 9.0% |
Ep. # | Broadcast Date | Guest | AGB Ratings [28] | Ref. | |
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Nationwide | Seoul Capital Area | ||||
1 | May 1, 2020 | — | 9.276% | 8.861% | [9] |
2 | May 8, 2020 | Gong Hyo-jin | 9.842% | 10.818% | [42] |
3 | May 15, 2020 | 12.188% | 12.814% | ||
4 | May 22, 2020 | 11.378% | 12.580% | ||
5 | May 29, 2020 | Lee Kwang-soo | 11.472% | 12.503% | [43] |
6 | June 5, 2020 | 10.869% | 12.228% | ||
7 | June 12, 2020 | 11.194% | 12.931% | ||
8 | June 19, 2020 | — | 10.981% | 11.645% | |
9 | June 26, 2020 | Lee Seo-jin | 12.199% | 13.945% | [44] |
10 | July 3, 2020 | 11.686% | 12.613% | ||
11 | July 10, 2020 | — | 8.594% | 9.427% | [d] |
Average | 10.880% | 11.851% |
After two Fishing Village editions, Cha Seung-won, Yoo Hae-jin and Son Ho-jun are reunited in their first inland location in Gochang-gun, joined by Nam Joo-hyuk. In order to buy groceries, they have to provide farm labour for which they are paid hourly wages. Through the series, they experience various farming activities: planting rice, rearing ducks, and picking black raspberries, watermelons, sweet potatoes, grapes, muskmelons and pears.
Ep. # | Broadcast Date | AGB Ratings [28] | TNmS Ratings [29] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nationwide | Seoul Capital Area | Nationwide | ||
1 | July 1, 2016 | 10.785% | 10.957% | 10.7% |
2 | July 8, 2016 | 10.181% | 10.572% | 8.8% |
3 | July 15, 2016 | 11.587% | 12.483% | 9.4% |
4 | July 22, 2016 | 10.564% | 11.591% | 10.3% |
5 | July 29, 2016 | 11.056% | 12.075% | 10.3% |
6 | August 5, 2016 | 10.194% | 10.127% | 12.0% |
7 | August 12, 2016 | 9.164% | 9.833% | 10.4% |
8 | August 19, 2016 | 8.971% | 9.376% | 11.9% |
9 | August 26, 2016 | 10.840% | 11.630% | 12.2% |
10 | September 2, 2016 | 9.478% | 9.306% | 11.3% |
11 | September 9, 2016 | 9.328% | 9.483% | 10.6% |
12 [d] | September 16, 2016 | 5.178% | 5.244% | 5.7% |
Average | 9.777% | 10.223% | 10.3% |
Episode # | Broadcast Date | Guest | AGB Ratings [28] | Ref. | |
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Nationwide | Seoul Capital Area | ||||
1 | August 9, 2019 | Jung Woo-sung | 7.231% | 7.507% | [45] |
2 | August 16, 2019 | 7.764% | 7.529% | ||
3 | August 23, 2019 | 7.243% | 7.200% | ||
4 | August 30, 2019 | Oh Na-ra | 7.122% | 7.236% | [46] [47] |
5 | September 6, 2019 | 6.635% | 6.338% | ||
6 | September 13, 2019 | Nam Joo-hyuk | 5.614% | 5.683% | [48] [49] |
7 | September 20, 2019 | 6.671% | 6.913% | ||
8 | September 27, 2019 | 6.184% | 5.652% | ||
9 | October 4, 2019 | Park Seo-joon | 6.886% | 7.141% | [50] [51] |
10 | October 11, 2019 | 6.895% | 6.812% | ||
11 | October 18, 2019 | 5.280% | 5.001% | ||
Average | 6.684% | 6.637% |
The first two spin-offs of Three Meals a Day were "hybrid" programs produced for both online release and television broadcast. Short highlight videos between 5 and 15 minutes were broadcast on tvN, with the full episodes released on "Channel 15ya" (Korean : 채널 십오야; RR : chaeneol siboya), a YouTube channel run by producer Na Young-seok and his team. Both spin-offs were born from New Journey to the West , another series produced by producer Na, and feature some of its cast.
In October 2021, a third spin-off was released for television broadcast featuring the main cast of drama series Hospital Playlist : Jo Jung-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho, Kim Dae-myung and Jeon Mi-do. [52] The series is titled Wise Mountain Village Life (Korean : 슬기로운 산촌생활), borrowing on the drama's title, but is commonly known in English as Three Meals a Day: Doctors.
Title | Cast | Location | Web release date | Television time slot (KST) | No. of episodes |
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Three Meals a Day in Iceland (Korean : 삼시세끼: 아이슬란드 간 세끼) | Lee Soo-geun, Eun Ji-won | Iceland | September 20 – November 29, 2019 | Fridays, 22:40 – 22:45 | 12 |
Three Meals a Day for Four (Korean : 삼시네세끼) | Eun Ji-won, Lee Jai-jin, Kim Jae-duck, Jang Su-won (Members of Sechs Kies) | Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do | May 15 – July 24, 2020 | Fridays, 23:00 – 23:15 | 11 |
Three Meals a Day: Doctors (Korean : 슬기로운 산촌생활) | Jo Jung-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho, Kim Dae-myung and Jeon Mi-do | October 8, 2021 to December 3, 2021 | Fridays, 20:50 – 22:25 | 9 |
Season | Episode number | Average | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
Doctors | 1.814 | 1.535 | 1.621 | 1.572 | 1.358 | 1.598 | 1.410 | 1.144 | 1.055 | 1.456 |
Ep. # | Broadcast Date | Guest | AGB Ratings [28] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nationwide | Seoul Capital Area | |||
1 | October 8, 2021 | — | 6.700% | 7.789% |
2 | October 15, 2021 | Shin Hyun-been | 5.542% | 6.369% |
3 | October 22, 2021 | Shin Hyun-been, Kim Hae-sook | 5.901% | 6.678% |
4 | October 29, 2021 | 5.474% | 6.637% | |
5 | November 5, 2021 | Shin Won-ho | 5.482% | 6.316% |
6 | November 12, 2021 | Bae Hyun-sung, Cho Yi-hyun | 6.225% | 6.881% |
7 | November 19, 2021 | 5.401% | 5.781% | |
Jung Moon-sung | ||||
8 | November 26, 2021 | Jung Moon-sung, Ahn Eun-jin | 4.226% | 4.603% |
9 [d] | December 3, 2021 | — | 4.033% | 4.798% |
Average | 5.443% | 6.206% |
Three Meals a Day drew a great response from Korean viewers and became a trending topic numerous times on Naver, a Korean search portal. It received viewership ratings of 6%, which is high for Korean cable television for which a 1% rating is considered a success. [54]
Originally 8 episodes were planned for the first season, but the show was extended by two episodes. A "director's cut" epilogue also aired, for a total of 11 episodes. [55]
The table below charts viewership numbers according to Nielsen Korea; data for 2017 and earlier is not provided. Individual episode ratings can be viewed by season in the episode lists above.
Season | Episode number | Average | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
Mountain Village | 1.837 | 1.991 | 1.844 | 1.725 | 1.822 | 1.420 | 1.722 | 1.448 | 1.695 | 1.707 | 1.274 | 1.680 | |
Fishing Village 5 | 2.492 | 2.625 | 3.179 | 3.026 | 2.828 | 2.751 | 2.806 | 2.949 | 3.084 | 2.987 | 2.104 | 2.803 |
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | 9th Cable TV Broadcasting Awards | Best Production in Creative Content | Na Young-seok | Won | [57] |
Grand Prize (Television) | Na Young-seok | Won | [58] | ||
Best Entertainment Program | Three Meals a Day | Nominated | |||
2016 | Grand Prize (Daesang), Variety | Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village 1, 2 | Won | [59] | |
Grand Prize (Daesang), Variety Performer | Lee Seo-jin (Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village) | Won | |||
Best Content Award, Variety | Three Meals a Day | Won | |||
Variety Icon | Cha Seung-won and Yoo Hae-jin (Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village 1, 2) | Nominated | |||
Lee Seo-jin (Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village) | Nominated | ||||
Made in tvN, Actor in Variety | Son Ho-jun (Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village 1, 2) | Won | |||
Variety "Slave" Award | Kim Kwang-kyu (Three Meals a Day: Jeongseon Village 2) | Nominated |