Same Bed, Different Dreams


Same Bed, Different Dreams is a South Korean television entertainment program, distributed and syndicated by SBS every Monday at 11:10 pm. Before February 15, 2016 the program was aired every Saturday at 8:45 pm.
It's a program where teens and their parents come and openly share their issues with the show’s panel, trying to resolve their problems with each other.

Main MC

Controversy

During episode 14, a girl in high school came out to complain that her father seeks skinship with her despite her age. On the program she explained that her father not only tries to hold her hands but also touch her buttocks, thighs, and even tries to give her pecks.
The mood was not serious as the daughter explained it in a bright manner but wanted him to stop. The father also responded that he does so because he feels that she will not be his baby daughter anymore if he suddenly stops it. But during the show, the father is also seen grabbing her from behind as well as climbing onto her bed.
After the show aired, many disturbed viewers in Korea brought up the issue by bad mouthing the father for his inappropriate behavior to his grown daughter. Even an international viewer shared this on the online community Reddit and asked for the issue to be shared. Many have expressed that although they do not believe the father to be a pedophile, he needs to change his ways of treating his daughter.
Since then, the daughter featured on the program tried to explain the situation by stating that her father even claimed that there were too many skin-ship scenes as a lot of those parts were made up for the program. She also added that her family is indeed happy and to stop the hatred towards her father. After her message through her SNS account, many viewers have turned their hate towards the producers of the program by trying to make up scenes on the show to attract more viewers.
The producers and staff of Same Bed Different Dreams have officially apologized stating that many of the scenes were indeed put in to make things more interesting. And that they did not have intentions of disturbing viewers or making the family look bad. They also have promised to work more efficiently in order to bring better issues and episodes after this controversy.

Season 2

This season comes with a format change. Compared to season 1 where the purpose was to break down the barriers between generations and remediate the conflicts between parents and children this season focuses on the life of celebrity couples.

Ratings

2015

Episode #Original AirdateAGB Ratings
PilotMarch 315.1%
1April 254.4%
2May 25.5%
3May 96.3%
4May 166.2%
5May 234.8%
6May 305.7%
7June 66.6%
8June 136.0%
9June 206.4%
10June 275.5%
11July 46.3%
12July 116.1%
13July 185.6%
14July 255.3%
15August 15.5%
16August 85.1%
17August 156.1%
18August 224.7%
19August 295.3%
20September 57.1%
21September 126.3%
22September 196.5%
23September 266.7%
24October 36.2%
25October 107.2%
26October 177.1%
27October 247.2%
28October 318.6%
29November 76.7%
30November 285.0%
31December 54.8%
32December 126.2%
33December 194.5%
34December 264.7%

2016

Episode #Original AirdateAGB Ratings
35January 27.8%
36January 95.8%
37January 166.4%
38January 236.5%
39January 306.4%
40February 155.2%
41February 225.1%
42February 296.9%
43March 75.6%
44March 145.2%
45March 216.4%
46March 284.9%
47April 45.6%
48April 115.3%
49April 184.7%
50April 255.1%
51May 24.8%
52May 95.4%
53May 164.4%
54May 234.7%
55May 304.1%
56June 65.0%
57June 134.2%
58June 204.8%
59June 275.6%
60July 45.3%
61July 115.2%
62July 184.4%

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientsResult
2015SBS Entertainment AwardsProgramme Excellence AwardSame Bed, Different Dreams
2015SBS Entertainment AwardsShow Variety Newcomer Award Kim Wan-sun
2015SBS Entertainment AwardsProducer AwardKim Gura
2016SBS Entertainment AwardsGrand Prize Kim Gura