Boss in the Mirror () is a South Korean variety show hosted by Jeon Hyun-moo and Kim Sook. The show was initially aired as a pilot program on KBS2 on February 5–6, 2019. It premiered on April 28, 2019, as a regular program, and airs every Sunday at 17:00 (KST).

Synopsis This is a variety show where Korean bosses go through self-examination to create a better working environment for their employees. The show features a variety of industries and include guest appearances in the form of special MCs or people related to the bosses in the show.

Host

Current MC castbroadcast periodRoundnoteKim sookApril 28, 2019 – March 6, 2022Episodes 1 – 146 Absence from attending the 147 and 148 due to COVID-19March 27, 2022 ~ Episodes 149 ~ PresentJun Hyun-mooApril 28, 2019 ~Episodes 1 ~ Present'

Previous MC castbroadcast periodRoundnoteKim Yong-gunApril 28, 2019 – December 8, 2019Episodes 1 – 33Shim Young-soonNovember 10, 2019 – July 19, 2020 Episodes 29 – 65Hur JaeJanuary 30, 2022 – September 18, 2022Episodes 142 – 174Departure due to boss appearanceKim Hee-chulOctober 23, 2022 – May 12, 2024Episodes 179 – 257

Cast

Current regular cast Current CastJobBroadcast periodRoundNoteJi-Sun JungChinese chefJanuary 15, 2023 ~ Episodes 190 ~ PresentThe longest-running cast of all timeYoshihiro AkiyamaTalentJune 25, 2023 ~ Episodes 213 ~ PresentHeebabMukbang CreatorSeptember 17, 2023 ~Episodes 225 ~ PresentKim Heo-SeongHotel CEOOctober 29, 2023 ~Episodes 229 ~ PresentPark Myung-sooComedianJanuary 14, 2024 ~Episodes 240 ~ Present

Semi-fixed cast Current Cast Job Broadcast period Round NoteLee Yeon-bokChinese chefFebruary 5, 2019 – May 5, 2019Pilots 1 – 2Appearing since the pilotJanuary 29, 2023 ~Episodes 192 ~ PresentByung-hyun KimHamburger restaurant ownerAugust 29, 2021 – January 1, 2023Episodes 121 – 188March 5, 2023 ~Episodes 197 ~ PresentJeong Ho-youngJapanese chefAugust 22, 2021 – January 22, 2023Episodes 120 – 191May 21, 2023 ~ Episodes 208 ~ PresentKim Soo-miActorApril 23, 2023 – April 30, 2023 Episodes 204 – 205 September 10, 2023 ~ Episodes 224 ~ Present

Previous cast

CastJobBroadcast periodRoundNoteKim Jun-hoComedianFebruary 5, 2019 – February 6, 2019Pilots 1 – 2 Park Won-soonSeoul Special MarketFebruary 5, 2019 – February 6, 2019Pilots 1 – 2 Tiger JK Feelgood Music CEOMay 12, 2019 – July 21, 2019Episodes 3 – 13December 13, 2020 – December 27, 2020Episodes 86 – 88Won Hee-ryongJeju Special Self-Governing Province GovernorJuly 7, 2019 – October 6, 2019Episodes 11 – 24Choi Hyun-seokwestern chefNovember 10, 2019 – December 29, 2019Episodes 29 – 36Park Sul-nyeoHanbok DesignerJanuary 5, 2020 – February 16, 2020Episodes 37 – 43 April 25, 2021 – May 23, 2021Episodes 105 – 109January 30, 2022Episode 142Sim YeongsoonKorean cuisine researcherApril 28, 2019 – July 19, 2020Episodes 1 – 65March 21, 2021 – April 4, 2021Episodes 100 – 102January 30, 2022Episode 142 Kim So-yeon ESteem CEOOctober 13, 2019 – July 12, 2020Episodes 25 – 64 March 21, 2021 – April 4, 2021Episodes 100 – 102January 30, 2022Episode 142Hey Jini YouTuberMarch 1, 2020 – June 21, 2020Episodes 45 – 61January 24, 2021 – April 4, 2021Episodes 92 – 102January 30, 2022Episode 142Oh Joong SeokphotographerJuly 26, 2020 – October 4, 2020Episodes 66 – 76 January 30, 2022Episode 142SolarsingerNovember 1, 2020 – December 6, 2020; May 5, 2021 – September 26, 2021Episodes 80 – 85, 107–109, 115–120, 124–126Lim Seong-BinInterior designerDecember 13, 2020 – December 27, 2020Episodes 86 – 88 March 21, 2021 – April 4, 2021Episodes 100 – 102Song HoonItalian cuisine expertJuly 19, 2020 – January 24, 2021Episodes 65 – 92 March 21, 2021 – April 4, 2021Episodes 100 – 102January 30, 2022Episode 142Jeong Jae-YongKBS Sports DirectorJuly 18, 2021Episode 117Special VCR CastKim Jung-hwan, Gu Bon-gil, Kim Jun-ho, Oh Sang-ukThe men's fencing teamAugust 8, 2021 – August 15, 2021Episodes 118 – 119Special VCR CastTony AhnTN Entertainment CEOJune 6, 2021 – September 19, 2021Episodes 111 – 124January 30, 2022Episode 142 Hyun Joo-yupBroadcaster and former basketball coachApril 28, 2019 – October 27, 2019Episodes 1 – 27 May 10, 2020 – October 17, 2021Episodes 55 – 128February 20, 2022Episode 144

Ratings In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show is in , and the lowest rating for the show is in each year. Highest ratings are listed for each episode. "—" denotes episode didn't enter top 20 in Nielsen Korea ratings.

2019

+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Nielsen KoreaNielsen Korea ratings for 2019 (Episode 1–36):

Nationwide Seoul Pilot February 5 8.1% 7.9% 1 April 28 2 May 5 — — 3 May 12 — — 4 May 19 — — 5 May 26 6.1% — 6 June 2 — — 7 June 9 6.1% 6.8% 8 June 16 — — 9 June 23 6.1% 6.5% 10 June 30 6.7% 6.5% 11 July 7 7.1% 7.4% 12 July 14 7.4% 7.4% 13 July 21 6.6% 6.4% 14 July 28 7.5% 8.1% 15 August 4 6.1% — 16 August 11 7.1% 6.6% 17 August 18 7.8% 7.6% 18 August 25 7.1% 6.9% 19 September 1 7.9% 7.5% 20 September 8 7.0% 6.1% 21 September 15 7.9% 7.8% 22 September 22 8.4% 7.1% 23 September 29 7.0% 6.3% 24 October 6 7.8% 7.4% 25 October 13 6.9% 6.0% 26 October 20 7.7% 8.2% 27 October 27 6.3% 5.7% 28 November 3 8.0% 7.8% 29 November 10 8.1% 8.1% 30 November 17 9.4% 9.0% 31 November 24 10.4% 9.8% 32 December 1 10.1% 10.0% 33 December 8 34 December 15 9.3% 8.5% 35 December 22 9.5% 9.1% 36 December 29 11.0% 10.3%

2020

+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Nielsen KoreaNielsen Korea ratings for 2020 (Episode 37–88):

Nationwide Seoul 37 January 5 10.9% 10.5% 38 January 12 9.7% 9.7% 39 January 19 10.3% 10.2% 40 January 26 7.6% 7.7% 41 February 2 9.3% 9.2% 42 February 9 10.3% 10.7% 43 February 16 9.3% 9.7% 44 February 23 9.2% 9.2% 45 March 1 9.6% 10.1% 46 March 8 10.0% 10.6% 47 March 15 8.4% 8.5% 48 March 22 9.3% 9.3% 49 March 29 9.4% 9.0% 50 April 5 7.9% 7.8% 51 April 12 8.5% 8.1% 52 April 19 9.9% 9.7% 53 April 26 6.9% 6.8% 54 May 3 7.5% 6.8% 55 May 10 7.3% 7.1% 56 May 17 7.8% 7.7% 57 May 24 8.5% 8.7% 58 May 31 8.4% 8.5% 59 June 7 7.8% 7.6% 60 June 14 8.0% 8.0% 61 June 21 9.6% 9.7% 62 June 28 8.7% 8.9% 63 July 5 9.3% 9.5% 64 July 12 10.5% 10.7% 65 July 19 8.2% 8.5% 66 July 26 67 August 2 8.5% 9.3% 68 August 9 8.3% 9.1% 69 August 16 8.2% 8.2% 70 August 23 8.1% 8.5% 71 August 30 9.1% 9.5% 72 September 6 11.0% 10.8% 73 September 13 9.8% 10.1% 74 September 20 8.6% 9.1% 75 September 27 8.7% 9.1% 76 October 4 8.6% 8.7% 77 October 11 8.0% 7.8% 78 October 18 8.4% 8.8% 79 October 25 8.8% 9.3% 80 November 1 10.0% 10.4% 81 November 8 9.1% 9.0% 82 November 15 10.2% 10.9% 83 November 22 10.4% 10.2% 84 November 29 11.2% 11.7% 85 December 6 11.7% 86 December 13 10.5% 10.8% 87 December 20 9.0% 8.9% 88 December 27 11.9%

2021

+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Nielsen KoreaNielsen Korea ratings for 2021 (Episode 89–138):

Nationwide Seoul 89 January 3 90 January 10 10.9% 10.9% 91 January 17 10.4% 11.1% 92 January 24 10.1% 9.7% 93 January 31 9.5% 9.8% 94 February 7 9.4% 9.1% 95 February 14 10.6% 10.7% 96 February 21 8.9% 9.1% 97 February 28 10.5% 10.2% 98 March 7 8.8% 9.2% 99 March 14 9.3% 9.8% 100 March 21 8.8% 8.9% 101 March 28 9.3% 10.0% 102 April 4 9.3% 9.4% 103 April 11 8.1% 8.2% 104 April 18 8.3% 7.5% 105 April 25 8.2% 7.6% 106 May 2 7.6% 7.5% 107 May 9 8.3% 8.0% 108 May 16 9.9% 9.6% 109 May 23 9.3% 8.6% 110 May 30 8.4% 8.1% 111 June 6 6.7% 6.2% 112 June 13 8.1% 8.6% 113 June 20 7.6% 7.5% 114 June 27 7.2% 6.8% 115 July 4 5.9% 5.9% 116 July 11 6.2% 5.8% 117 July 18 6.0% 5.7% 118 August 9 7.1% 6.5% 119 August 15 6.0% 5.7% 120 August 22 7.2% 7.6% 121 August 29 7.2% 7.2% 122 September 5 6.9% 6.5% 123 September 12 5.9% 5.0% 124 September 19 4.9% 125 September 26 5.7% 5.2% 126 October 3 5.1% 127 October 10 5.6% 6.1% 128 October 17 5.7% 129 October 24 6.2% 5.8% 130 October 31 5.6% 5.3% 131 November 14 5.7% 6.1% 132 November 21 6.0% 5.7% 133 November 28 7.3% 7.4% 134 December 5 6.4% 6.3% 135 December 12 7.5% 7.6% 136 December 19 5.9% 5.9% 137 December 26 6.9% 6.7%

2022

+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Nielsen KoreaNielsen Korea ratings for 2022 (Episode 139–):

Nationwide Seoul 138 January 2 6.6% 6.3% 139 January 9 7.7% 7.5% 140 January 16 7.8% 7.7% 141 January 23 7.0% 7.2% 142 January 30 4.8% 4.2% 143 February 6 144 February 20 8.9% 8,9% 145 February 27 6.0% 5.6% 146 March 6 6.2% 6.0% 147 March 13 7.5% 7.4% 148 March 20 6.8% 6.6% 149 March 27 5.8% 6.0% 150 April 3 5.4% 5.5% 151 April 10 152 April 17 4.7% 4.5% 153 April 24 4.6% 4.2% 154 May 1 5.6% 5.5% 155 May 8 5.9% 6.0% 156 May 15 6.6% 6.7% 157 May 22 6.2% 5.4% 158 May 29 6.6% 6.2% 159 June 5 6.5% 5.4% 160 June 12 6.1% 6.1% 161 June 19 6.5% 6.0% 162 June 26 6.0% 5.9% 163 July 3 6.2% 5.7% 164 July 10 5.9% 5.9% 165 July 17 6.6% 6.4% 166 July 24 7.2% 7.2% 167 July 31 8.1% 8.0% 168 August 7 6.1% 5.8% 169 August 14 5.0% 4.9% 170 August 21 5.8% 5.3% 171 August 28 6.7% 6.3% 172 September 4 6.4% 6.2% 173 September 11 5.5% 5.5% 174 September 18 5.7% 5.3% 175 September 25 5.5% 4.7% 176 October 2 6.0% 6.0% 177 October 9 6.0% 6.3% 178 October 16 5.7% 5.4% 179 October 23 6.2% 5.9% 180 November 6 5.3% 5.0% 181 November 13 6.6% 6.8% 182 November 20 5.5% 5.5% 183 November 27 6.4% 6.1% 184 December 4 6.1% 5.8% 185 December 11 6.0% 5.7% 186 December 18 6.5% 6.1% 187 December 25 6.2% 5.5%

2023

+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Nielsen Korea Nationwide Seoul 188 January 1 5.8% 5.3% 189 January 8 6.9% 7.0% 190 January 15 6.9% 6.5% 191 January 22 4.0% 3.5% 192 January 29 7.8% 7.7% 193 February 5 6.5% 6.5% 194 February 12 6.6% 6.3% 195 February 19 5.3% 5.5% 196 February 26 5.3% 5.3% 197 March 5 5.9% 6.2% 198 March 12 6.9% 6.7% 199 March 19 5.8% 5.7% 200 March 26 6.7% 6.9% 201 April 2 4.9% 4.7% 202 April 9 5.2% 4.8% 203 April 16 5.8% 5.4% 204 April 23 6.7% 6.7% 205 April 30 4.0% 3.8% 206 May 7 5.7% 4.9% 207 May 14 4.4% 4.1% 208 May 21 5.5% 5.3% 209 May 28 6.3% 6.1% 210 June 4 5.8% 5.6% 211 June 11 5.0% 4.7% 212 June 18 5.4% 4.9% 213 June 25 5.1% 4.5% 214 July 2 5.7% 5.6% 215 July 9 5.5% 5.4% 216 July 16 8.3% 7.7% 217 July 23 6.2% 6.0% 218 July 30 5.9% 5.8% 219 August 6 6.2% 6.4% 220 August 13 5.1% 5.4% 221 August 20 5.2% 4.9% 222 August 27 4.6% 4.5% 223 September 3 5.4% 5.1% 224 September 10 5.8% 5.3% 225 September 17 5.2% 4.5% 226 October 8 5.2% 5.0% 227 October 15 4.7% 4.2% 228 October 22 4.8% 4.4% 229 October 29 4.8% 4.4% 230 November 5 6.4% 5.6% 231 November 12 5.5% 5.3% 232 November 19 5.4% 4.7% 233 November 26 6.2% 5.4% 234 December 3 5.8% 5.5% 235 December 10 5.1% 4.6% 236 December 17 % % 237 December 24 % % 238 December 31 5.2% 4.7%

2024

+ Average TV viewership ratings Original broadcast date Nielsen Korea Nationwide Seoul 239 January 7 % % 240 January 14 % % 241 January 21 % % 242 January 28 % % 243 February 4 % % 244 February 11 % % 245 February 18 % % 246 February 25 % % 247 March 3 % % 248 March 10 % % 249 March 17 % % 250 March 24 % % 251 March 31 % % 252 April 7 % % 253 April 14 % % 254 April 21 % % 255 April 28 % % 256 May 5 % % 257 May 12 % % 258 May 19 % % 259 May 26 % % 260 June 2 % % 261 June 9 % % 262 June 16 % % 263 June 23 % % 264 June 30 % % 265 July 7 % % 266 July 14 % % 267 July 21 % % 268 August 11 % % 269 August 18 % % 270 August 25 % % 271 September 1 % % 272 September 8 % % 273 September 15 % % 274 September 22 % % 275 September 29 % % 276 October 6 % % 277 October 20 % % 278 October 27 % % 279 November 3 % % 280 November 10 % % 281 November 17 % % 282 November 24 % % 283 December 1 % % 284 December 8 % % 285 December 15 % % 286 December 22 % %

2025