{{short description|2013 South Korean daily drama}} {{Infobox television | image = UglyAlertposter.jpg | caption = Promotional poster | alt_name = Ugly Warning <br/> Fool Watch <br/> Watch Out for Fools <br/> My Ugly Brother | genre = Romance<br>Family<br>Melodrama | writer = Jung Ji-woo | director = Shin Yoon-sub | producer = Hong Sung-chang | executive_producer = | starring = Im Joo-hwan<br />Kim Seol-hyun<br />Choi Tae-joon<br />Kang Byul<br />Kang So-ra | open_theme = | end_theme = | company = Shinyoung E&C Group <br/> Human Nature | country = South Korea | language = Korean | num_episodes = 133 | location = South Korea | runtime = Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 (KST) | network = Seoul Broadcasting System | camera = | first_aired = {{start date|2013|5|20|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2013|12|13|df=y}} }}
'''''Ugly Alert''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^못난이 주의보|hanja=못난이 注意報|rr=yes}}) is a 2013 South Korean daily drama starring Im Joo-hwan, Kang So-ra, Choi Tae-joon, and Kang Byul.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cho|first=Suyoun|title=Production press conference of new daily series with young stars|url=http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=3156|website=BNTNews|access-date=2013-06-22|date=15 May 2013|archive-date=2013-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017105459/http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=3156|url-status=dead}}</ref> It aired on SBS from May 20 to December 13, 2013 on Mondays to Fridays at 19:20 for 133 episodes.
==Plot== Gong Joon-soo is a man who's had a rough life and early on had to fend for himself. He takes the blame for a murder his younger sibling commits and serves time in prison. There he learns to sew and acquires a trade. With his newly acquired skills, Joon-soo goes to work for Na Do-hee at a fashion company. Do-hee has inherited her job because her grandfather built the company. But even though she inherited her position, she is serious about doing a good job and is something of a workaholic.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Ugly Alert'' Is An Upcoming Drama That Redefines Family|url=http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/9225/20130423/ugly-alert-new-drama.htm|work=KDramaStars|access-date=2013-05-04|date=23 April 2013|archive-date=2013-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427103734/http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/9225/20130423/ugly-alert-new-drama.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=See reliable sources list on WP:KO/RS|date=July 2025}}
==Cast== ;Gong family *Im Joo-hwan as Gong Joon-soo **Kang Yi-seok as young Joon-soo *Kang Byul as Gong Jin-joo **Jung Da-bin as young Jin-joo *Choi Tae-joon as Gong Hyeon-seok **Nam Da-reum as young Hyeon-seok *Kim Seol-hyun as Gong Na-ri **Kim Ha-yoo as young Na-ri *Ahn Nae-sang as Gong Sang-man *Shin Ae-ra as Jin Sun-hye
;Na family *Kang So-ra as Na Do-hee *Shin So-yul as Shin Joo-young *Lee Soon-jae as Na Sang-jin *Chun Ho-jin as Na Il-pyung *Yoon Son-ha as Yoo Jung-hee *Lee Il-hwa as Na In-sook *Kim Il-woo as Shin Tae-il
;Extended cast *Kim Young-hoon as Lee Han-seo *Hyun Woo as Kang Chul-soo *Song Ok-sook as Bang Jung-ja *Kim Ha-kyun as Choo Man-dol *Kim Dae-hee as Cha Dae-ki *Maya as Kim In-joo *Kim Da-rae as Miss Choi *Jo Hyun-jin as Miss Lee *Cho Yoon-woo as Lee Dong-woo *Ahn Sang-tae as Webtoon writer Park Moo-peul *Kim In-ho as Student part-timer *Jang Ga-hyun as Team leader *Ban Hyo-jung as Chairwoman Ban Hyo-jung *Park Jae-rom *Moon Chun-shik *Ryu Sung-hoon
;Cameos *Oh Seung-yoon as Lee Kyung-tae *Ahn Suk-hwan as Kyung-tae's father *Kim Seung-wook as Detective Kim *Nam Kyung-eup as Han-seo's father *Wang Bit-na as Joon-soo and Jin-joo's homeroom teacher (ep 1) *Maeng Bong-hak as Yoo Jung-yeon's father (ep 6) *Lee Hee-kyung as 25 Entertainment employee (ep 7) *Kim Min-kyung as Client
==Ratings== In the tables below, the {{color|blue|blue numbers}} represent the lowest ratings and the {{color|red|red numbers}} represent the highest ratings. {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="3"|Episode # !rowspan="3"|Original broadcast date !colspan="4"| Average audience share |- !colspan="2"|TNmS Ratings<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tnms.tv/rating/default.asp|title=TNMS Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu|work=TNMS Ratings|access-date=2013-12-18|language=ko|archive-date=2018-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117221236/http://www.tnms.tv/rating/default.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> !colspan="2"|AGB Nielsen<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr/index.asp?ref=0|title=AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu|work=AGB Nielsen Media Research|access-date=2013-12-18|language=ko|archive-date=2013-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226133248/http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr/index.asp?ref=0|url-status=live}}</ref> |- !width=100|Nationwide !width=100|Seoul National Capital Area !width=100|Nationwide !width=100|Seoul National Capital Area |- ! 1 | 20 May 2013 |7.0% |7.7% |7.0% |7.3% |-align=center ! 2 | 21 May 2013 |<span style=color:blue>'''6.5%'''</span> |7.2% |<span style=color:blue>'''5.6%'''</span> |<span style=color:blue>'''5.7%'''</span> |-align=center ! 3 | 22 May 2013 |6.6% |7.4% |6.5% |7.4% |-align=center ! 4 | 23 May 2013 |6.8% |<span style=color:blue>'''7.0%'''</span> |<span style=color:blue>'''5.6%'''</span> |5.9% |-align=center ! 5 | 24 May 2013 |7.5% |8.1% |7.3% |7.8% |-align=center ! 6 | 27 May 2013 |9.0% |9.5% |8.7% |8.9% |-align=center ! 7 | 28 May 2013 |8.4% |9.2% |8.5% |8.8% |-align=center ! 8 | 29 May 2013 |7.8% |8.6% |7.9% |8.7% |-align=center !9 | 30 May 2013 |7.1% |7.7% |7.3% |7.5% |-align=center !10 | 31 May 2013 |8.1% |9.1% |8.3% |9.3% |-align=center !11 | 3 June 2013 |7.4% |7.5% |7.7% |8.2% |-align=center !12 | 4 June 2013 |6.9% |7.4% |8.3% |9.2% |-align=center !13 | 5 June 2013 |7.8% |8.5% |8.4% |9.4% |-align=center !14 | 6 June 2013 |7.2% |8.3% |8.9% |9.9% |-align=center !15 | 7 June 2013 |7.7% |8.8% |8.8% |9.1% |-align=center !16 | 10 June 2013 |8.6% |9.3% |9.4% |10.3% |-align=center !17 | 11 June 2013 |8.8% |9.2% |10.0% |11.2% |-align=center !18 | 12 June 2013 |8.7% |8.7% |9.6% |11.1% |-align=center !19 | 13 June 2013 |8.4% |8.6% |9.4% |10.6% |-align=center !20 | 14 June 2013 |8.3% |8.7% |9.4% |10.4% |-align=center !21 | 17 June 2013 |9.1% |10.5% |9.7% |10.7% |-align=center !22 | 18 June 2013 |10.9% |11.0% |10.6% |11.8% |-align=center !23 | 19 June 2013 |8.9% |10.4% |8.5% |9.6% |-align=center !24 | 20 June 2013 |8.8% |9.8% |10.0% |11.2% |-align=center !25 | 21 June 2013 |8.9% |10.0% |9.5% |10.8% |-align=center !26 | 24 June 2013 |8.3% |8.9% |8.9% |10.1% |-align=center !27 | 25 June 2013 |8.8% |9.4% |9.6% |10.7% |-align=center !28 | 26 June 2013 |8.1% |9.1% |7.6% |8.2% |-align=center !29 | 28 June 2013 |9.0% |10.8% |9.4% |10.7% |-align=center !30 | 1 July 2013 |8.5% |8.4% |8.7% |9.8% |-align=center !31 | 2 July 2013 |9.7% |11.4% |9.5% |10.4% |-align=center !32 | 3 July 2013 |8.6% |9.5% |8.4% |9.0% |-align=center !33 | 4 July 2013 |10.1% |11.5% |10.0% |11.2% |-align=center !34 | 5 July 2013 |9.4% |9.9% |8.8% |9.1% |-align=center !35 | 8 July 2013 |9.0% |11.1% |9.9% |11.3% |-align=center !36 | 9 July 2013 |8.9% |10.6% |8.7% |9.7% |-align=center !37 | 10 July 2013 |8.6% |9.5% |8.2% |9.4% |-align=center !38 | 11 July 2013 |9.3% |11.6% |8.8% |9.9% |-align=center !39 | 12 July 2013 |9.1% |10.2% |8.7% |9.8% |-align=center !40 | 15 July 2013 |9.2% |10.3% |9.7% |10.8% |-align=center !41 | 16 July 2013 |9.3% |10.8% |10.3% |11.6% |-align=center !42 | 17 July 2013 |8.7% |10.2% |8.7% |9.8% |-align=center !43 | 18 July 2013 |8.8% |9.7% |9.0% |10.0% |-align=center !44 | 19 July 2013 |8.4% |9.4% |8.4% |9.3% |-align=center !45 | 22 July 2013 |9.6% |10.9% |10.7% |12.0% |-align=center !46 | 23 July 2013 |9.5% |11.0% |9.8% |10.7% |-align=center !47 | 24 July 2013 |7.9% |8.8% |8.8% |9.6% |-align=center !48 | 25 July 2013 |8.3% |9.2% |8.9% |9.7% |-align=center !49 | 26 July 2013 |8.7% |10.4% |8.8% |9.4% |-align=center !50 | 29 July 2013 |9.2% |10.1% |9.1% |9.7% |-align=center !51 | 30 July 2013 |9.7% |10.4% |10.5% |11.3% |-align=center !52 | 31 July 2013 |8.7% |10.5% |8.3% |8.5% |-align=center !53 | 1 August 2013 |8.9% |9.8% |9.1% |9.0% |-align=center !54 | 2 August 2013 |8.3% |9.9% |9.0% |9.3% |-align=center !55 | 5 August 2013 |9.3% |10.5% |9.2% |9.7% |-align=center !56 | 6 August 2013 |9.9% |11.2% |9.9% |10.7% |-align=center !57 | 7 August 2013 |9.1% |9.2% |8.8% |9.4% |-align=center !58 | 8 August 2013 |9.2% |10.2% |9.0% |9.4% |-align=center !59 | 9 August 2013 |9.7% |10.6% |10.6% |11.8% |-align=center !60 | 12 August 2013 |8.6% |9.5% |9.8% |11.1% |-align=center !61 | 13 August 2013 |8.8% |10.0% |9.5% |10.2% |-align=center !62 | 14 August 2013 |8.6% |8.6% |8.3% |8.8% |-align=center !63 | 15 August 2013 |8.1% |8.3% |9.2% |9.6% |-align=center !64 | 16 August 2013 |8.9% |9.5% |9.0% |8.9% |-align=center !65 | 19 August 2013 |8.9% |9.5% |10.9% |11.7% |-align=center !66 | 20 August 2013 |8.8% |9.4% |9.5% |9.9% |-align=center !67 | 21 August 2013 |8.1% |9.1% |9.9% |11.2% |-align=center !68 | 22 August 2013 |10.0% |10.5% |10.6% |11.5% |-align=center !69 | 23 August 2013 |8.7% |8.5% |9.8% |9.5% |-align=center !70 | 26 August 2013 |8.3% |8.8% |10.5% |11.1% |-align=center !71 | 27 August 2013 |9.7% |10.2% |9.6% |10.1% |-align=center !72 | 28 August 2013 |8.1% |8.3% |9.8% |11.1% |-align=center !73 | 29 August 2013 |9.2% |10.0% |10.9% |11.1% |-align=center !74 | 30 August 2013 |8.1% |8.6% |9.7% |10.5% |-align=center !75 | 2 September 2013 |8.4% |8.9% |10.3% |11.0% |-align=center !76 | 3 September 2013 |8.5% |9.0% |8.6% |8.9% |-align=center !77 | 4 September 2013 |8.9% |9.9% |9.9% |10.7% |-align=center !78 | 5 September 2013 |8.9% |9.8% |9.8% |10.7% |-align=center !79 | 9 September 2013 |8.6% |9.2% |10.5% |11.2% |-align=center !80 | 10 September 2013 |9.5% |10.3% |10.1% |10.7% |-align=center !81 | 11 September 2013 |8.7% |9.8% |9.3% |10.3% |-align=center !82 | 12 September 2013 |9.4% |10.3% |9.4% |10.0% |-align=center !83 | 13 September 2013 |7.8% |8.5% |9.3% |9.7% |-align=center !84 | 16 September 2013 |8.5% |9.3% |9.1% |9.6% |-align=center !85 | 17 September 2013 |9.0% |10.2% |8.7% |9.2% |-align=center !86 | 18 September 2013 |7.7% |8.3% |7.7% |8.0% |-align=center !87 | 20 September 2013 |8.7% |9.0% |9.1% |9.5% |-align=center !88 | 23 September 2013 |9.3% |9.9% |10.8% |11.3% |-align=center !89 | 24 September 2013 |9.3% |10.6% |10.2% |10.9% |-align=center !90 | 25 September 2013 |9.3% |10.4% |10.2% |10.8% |-align=center !91 | 26 September 2013 |8.8% |9.5% |10.4% |11.1% |-align=center !92 | 30 September 2013 |9.8% |11.0% |10.4% |11.0% |-align=center !93 | 1 October 2013 |10.0% |11.1% |10.2% |11.0% |-align=center !94 | 2 October 2013 |9.3% |10.5% |9.2% |10.3% |-align=center !95 | 3 October 2013 |10.5% |12.1% |9.6% |9.7% |-align=center !96 | 4 October 2013 |9.9% |11.3% |10.0% |10.3% |-align=center !97 | 7 October 2013 |10.7% |10.7% |10.4% |10.7% |-align=center !98 | 8 October 2013 |10.9% |12.5% |10.5% |10.3% |-align=center !99 | 9 October 2013 |10.0% |11.5% |10.2% |10.9% |-align=center !100 | 10 October 2013 |9.7% |11.0% |10.5% |11.0% |-align=center !101 | 11 October 2013 |9.0% |9.1% |10.5% |10.9% |-align=center !102 | 14 October 2013 |12.1% |<span style=color:red>'''12.9%'''</span> |<span style=color:red>'''12.4%'''</span> |12.2% |-align=center !103 | 16 October 2013 |11.2% |12.8% |11.3% |11.6% |-align=center !104 | 17 October 2013 |10.1% |10.9% |9.6% |9.7% |-align=center !105 | 18 October 2013 |11.8% |12.7% |11.2% |10.9% |-align=center !106 | 21 October 2013 |9.6% |10.8% |10.3% |10.7% |-align=center !107 | 22 October 2013 |9.5% |10.5% |8.8% |8.4% |-align=center !108 | 23 October 2013 |9.1% |11.0% |8.9% |9.2% |-align=center !109 | 24 October 2013 |9.7% |9.8% |9.0% |9.0% |-align=center !110 | 28 October 2013 |9.7% |9.9% |9.7% |10.4% |-align=center !111 | 30 October 2013 |8.7% |9.4% |8.1% |8.2% |-align=center !112 | 31 October 2013 |<span style=color:red>'''12.3%'''</span> |12.3% |12.0% |<span style=color:red>'''12.4%'''</span> |-align=center !113 | 1 November 2013 |8.0% |8.6% |8.4% |8.3% |-align=center !114 | 4 November 2013 |9.5% |10.4% |9.9% |9.6% |-align=center !115 | 5 November 2013 |9.6% |10.2% |9.5% |9.6% |-align=center !116 | 6 November 2013 |9.3% |9.8% |9.5% |9.8% |-align=center !117 | 7 November 2013 |9.4% |10.2% |9.6% |9.6% |-align=center !118 | 8 November 2013 |10.6% |12.3% |9.4% |9.7% |-align=center !119 | 11 November 2013 |9.4% |9.3% |10.0% |10.2% |-align=center !120 | 12 November 2013 |9.9% |10.4% |10.1% |10.2% |-align=center !121 | 13 November 2013 |8.5% |9.5% |10.4% |11.3% |-align=center !122 | 14 November 2013 |10.1% |11.2% |10.7% |11.4% |-align=center !123 | 15 November 2013 |8.6% |9.1% |9.9% |10.4% |-align=center !124 | 18 November 2013 |9.4% |10.5% |10.8% |11.7% |-align=center !125 | 19 November 2013 |9.2% |9.7% |10.2% |10.8% |-align=center !126 | 20 November 2013 |8.5% |8.7% |9.9% |10.8% |-align=center !127 | 21 November 2013 |8.7% |10.0% |9.8% |10.1% |-align=center !128 | 22 November 2013 |9.9% |11.3% |9.3% |9.3% |-align=center !129 | 25 November 2013 |9.8% |10.4% |10.0% |10.4% |-align=center !130 | 26 November 2013 |8.7% |9.3% |9.7% |10.0% |-align=center !131 | 27 November 2013 |9.0% |9.9% |10.1% |11.1% |-align=center !132 | 28 November 2013 |9.4% |10.0% |10.1% |10.4% |-align=center !133 | 29 November 2013 |10.6% |11.1% |10.1% |10.2% |-align=center |- ! colspan=2 | Average || 9.0% || 9.85% || 9.42% || 10.04% |- |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Award !! Category !! Recipient !! Result |- | rowspan=5| 2013 | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;"| SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama || Kang So-ra || {{nom}} |- | rowspan=2| Special Acting Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama || Lee Soon-jae || {{nom}} |- | Chun Ho-jin || {{nom}} |- | rowspan=2| New Star Award || Im Joo-hwan || {{won}} |- | Kang So-ra || {{won}} |- | rowspan=2| 2014 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 2nd Asia Rainbow TV Awards | Best Supporting Actor || Choi Tae-joon || {{nom}} |- | Outstanding Action Director || Kim Min-soo || {{won}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://programs.sbs.co.kr/drama/monnani/main ''Ugly Alert'' official SBS website] {{in lang|ko}} *{{hancinema drama|Ugly_Alert|Ugly Alert}}
Category:Seoul Broadcasting System television dramas Category:2013 South Korean television series debuts Category:2013 South Korean television series endings Category:Korean-language television shows Category:South Korean romance television series Category:South Korean melodrama television series