The Eldest

The Eldest[1] (Korean: 맏이; RR: Madi) is a 2013–2014 South Korean television series starring Yoon Jung-hee, Jae Hee, Oh Yoon-ah and Park Jae-jung. It aired on JTBC from September 14, 2013 to March 16, 2014.[2]

The Eldest
Promotional poster
Hangul맏이
Genre
Written byKim Jung-soo
Directed byLee Kwan-hee
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original language(s)Korean
No. of episodes54
Production
Running time70 minutes
Production company(s)Lee Kwan-hee Production
DistributorJTBC
Release
Original networkJTBC
Original releaseSeptember 14, 2013 (2013-09-14) –
March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)
External links
Website

Synopsis

Set between the 1960s and the 1990s, The Eldest tells the story of five siblings after they lost their parents in an accident. It focuses on Young-sun (Yoon Jung-hee), the eldest sister, who raised her brothers and sisters so they would become successful.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Young-sun's entourage
  • Jo Yi-jin as Kim Young-ran[3]
  • Kang Eui-sik as Kim Young-doo
  • Kim Gyu-sun as Lee Jae-im
  • Jung Yoon-hye as Kim Young-sook
  • Kim Tae-jin as Kim Young-jae
  • Jang Seo-hee as Nan-i

Soon-taek's entourage

Ji-sook's entourage

Others
  • Ra Mi-ran as Na Mi-soon
  • Kim Jin-soo as Son Jae-shik
  • Kim Soo-mi as Si-deok's mother
  • Jun Won-joo as Choi Sa-yeop
  • Cha Kwang-soo as Baek-ho
  • Jo Yang-ja as Seo Eun-ja
  • Kim Jung-kook as Si-deok
  • Cha Min-ji as Eun-joo
  • Kim Sol as Kim Mal-soon
  • Ahn Jae-min as Lee Joon-soo
  • Ahn Ji-hye as Na Tan-sil
  • Song Ji-ho as Beom-seok

Special appearances
  • Goo Bon-im as Mrs. Fang
  • Im Hyun-sik as Village mayor
  • Lee Yong-yi as Village mayor's wife

Ratings

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

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
(AGB Nielsen)
Nationwide
1 September 14, 2013 1.254%
2 September 15, 2013 1.227%
3 September 21, 2013 1.250%
4 September 22, 2013 1.174%
5 September 28, 2013 1.625%
6 September 29, 2013 2.091%
7 October 5, 2013 2.120%
8 October 6, 2013 2.631%
9 October 12, 2013 2.030%
10 October 13, 2013 2.572%
11 October 19, 2013 2.486%
12 October 20, 2013 3.349%
13 October 26, 2013 2.406%
14 October 27, 2013 3.395%
15 November 2, 2013 2.553%
16 November 3, 2013 3.505%
17 November 9, 2013 2.583%
18 November 10, 2013 2.681%
19 November 16, 2013 2.232%
20 November 17, 2013 2.557%
21 November 23, 2013 2.467%
22 November 24, 2013 2.967%
23 November 30, 2013 2.172%
24 December 1, 2013 3.161%
25 December 7, 2013 2.671%
26 December 8, 2013 2.999%
27 December 14, 2013 2.350%
28 December 15, 2013 3.072%
28 December 21, 2013 2.372%
30 December 22, 2013 3.254%
31 December 28, 2013 2.498%
32 December 29, 2013 3.583%
33 January 4, 2014 3.151%
34 January 5, 2014 3.079%
35 January 11, 2014 3.195%
36 January 12, 2014 3.509%
37 January 18, 2014 3.251%
38 January 19, 2014 3.292%
39 January 25, 2014 3.343%
40 January 26, 2014 3.537%
41 February 1, 2014 3.243%
42 February 2, 2014 3.747%
43 February 8, 2014 4.150%
44 February 9, 2014 3.945%
45 February 15, 2014 3.401%
46 February 16, 2014 4.277%
47 February 22, 2014 3.499%
48 February 23, 2014 4.059%
49 March 1, 2014 4.057%
50 March 2, 2014 4.260%
51 March 8, 2014 3.735%
52 March 9, 2014 4.641%
53 March 15, 2014 3.462%
54 March 16, 2014 4.592%
Average 2.976%
  • This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
gollark: We have exciting TV like "BBC Parliament".
gollark: Analog TV got shut down here ages ago.
gollark: So I guess if you consider license costs our terrestrial TV is *not* free and costs a bit more than Netflix and stuff. Oops.
gollark: - it funds the BBC, but you have to pay it if you watch *any* live TV, or watch BBC content online- it's per property, not per person, so if you have a license, and go somewhere without a license, and watch TV on some of your stuff, you are breaking the law (unless your thing is running entirely on battery power and not mains-connected?)- it costs about twice as much as online subscription service things- there are still black and white licenses which cost a third of the priceBut the enforcement of it is even weirder than that:- there are "TV detector vans". The BBC refuses to explain how they actually work in much detail. With modern TVs I don't think this is actually possible, and they probably can't detect iPlayer use, unless you're stupid enough to sign up with your postcode (they started requiring accounts some years ago).- enforcement is apparently done by some organization with almost no actual legal power (they can visit you and complain, but not *do* anything without a search warrant, which is hard to get)- so they make up for it by sending threatening and misleading letters to try and get people to pay money
gollark: Hold on, I wrote a summary ages ago.

References
  1. "JTBC worldwide : The Eldest". JTBC. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "'굿닥터' 늑대소녀 유해정, JTBC '맏이' 주인공 아역 낙점". Edaily (in Korean). August 21, 2013.
  3. "Jo Yi-jin cast for JTBC drama "The Firstborn"". HanCinema. August 6, 2013.
  4. "Lee Jong-won joins JTBC with Jang Mi-hee". HanCinema. August 26, 2013.
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