2016 (22)

[tvN] Goblin: The Lonely and Great God
[SBS] Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim
[DramaX] 1% of Something
[tvN] The K2
[MBC] Shopaholic Louis
[KBS] On the Way to the Airport
[tvN] Drinking Solo
[JTBC] Fantastic
[SBS] Jealousy Incarnate
[MBC] W
[SBS] Doctors
[SBS] Beautiful Gong Shim
[KBS] Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho
[MBC] Goodbye Mr. Black
[MBC] Happy Home
[KBS] Descendants of the Sun
[tvN] Signal
[MBC] One More Happy Ending
[MBC] Glamorous Temptation
[SBS] Remember: War of Son
[KBS] All About My Mom
[KBS] Oh My Venus




Goblin: The Lonely and Great God | 도깨비


Plot
Kim Shin is a goblin who is also a protector of souls. He lives together with an amnesiac grim reaper who is in charge of taking deceased souls. Together the two of them see the dead off into the afterlife. One day Kim, the goblin, meets a high-school girl, Eun-tak, who is destined to be his bride.

Cast:  Gong Yoo -- Kim Shin / Goblin
Lee Dong Wook -- Wang Yeo / Grim Reaper
Kim Go Eun -- Ji Eun Tak
Yoo In Na -- Kim Sun / Sunny
Yook Sung Jae -- Yoo Deok Hwa

When: 02 December 2016 - 21 January 2017
Episodes: 16 + 3 specials
Avg Ratings: 13.7%




Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim | 낭만닥터 김사부


Plot
Story about Boo Yong-joo, a genius and triple-board certified surgeon, who was once at the top of his field and used to work at Seoul’s top hospital. After a traumatic incident, he disappears and changes his name to Kim Sa-bu to work at a small hospital at Gangwon Province. He guides Kang Dong-joo and Yoon Seo-jung to become great doctors there, teaches them to fight against power and money for the sake of the patients.

Cast:  Han Suk Kyu -- Teacher Kim / Boo Yong Joo
Yoo Yeon Seok -- Kang Dong Joo
Seo Hyun Jin -- Yoon Seo Jung

When: 07 November 2016 - 16 January 2017
Episodes: 20 + 1 special
Avg Ratings: 19.4%




[DramaX] 1% of Something | 1%의 어떤것


Plot
A romance drama depicting what happens to a pair during the fake engagement. Lee Jae-in is a handsome, smart and ruthless son from a wealthy family. He starts seeing an elementary school teacher, Kim Da Hyun, whom he has never seen before, on a 6-month contract engagement so that he could inherit the asset as written on his grandfather's will.

Cast:  Ha Seok Jin -- Lee Jae In
Jeon So Min -- Kim Da Hyun
Kim Hyung Min -- Min Tae Ha
Im Do Yoon -- Jung Hyun Jin

When: 05 October 2016 - 24 November 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 0.823%




[tvN] The K2 | 더 케이투


Plot
Kim Je-ha is a former mercenary soldier who gets framed for the murder of his lover. One day in Spain, he helps Go An-na, an illegitimate daughter of a Korea's presidential candidate, Jang Se-joon. After returning to Korea, he saves the life of Choi Yoo-jin, the wife of Jang Se-joon, who then hires him as a member of JSS Special Forces to be their bodyguard.

Cast:  Ji Chang Wook -- Kim Je Ha / K2
Song Yoon Ah -- Choi Yoo Jin
Im Yoona -- Go Anna
Jo Sung Ha -- Jang Se Joon

When: 23 September 2016 - 12 November 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 5.0%






[MBC] Shopaholic Louis | 쇼핑왕 루이


Plot
A romantic comedy about Louis, a rich heir who is a shopaholic but loses his memory through an accident, and Bok-shil, a pure and energetic woman who teaches him to only buy bare necessities or small kindnesses that are cheap yet also have their own inner beauty. They also learn that necessities are not same for everyone as it depends on everyone's own values that shape their life and thus their shopping patterns.

Cast:  Seo In Guk -- Louis / Kang Ji Sung
Nam Ji Hyun -- Go Bok Shil
Yoon Sang Hyun -- Cha Joong Won
Im Se Mi -- Baek Ma Ri

When: 21 September 2016 - 10 November 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 9.2%




[KBS] On the Way to the Airport | 공항 가는 길


Plot
A heart-warming story about two married individuals who meet by fate and become more involved in each other's lives. Choi Soo-ah is a veteran stewardess married to Park Jin-seok, a pilot, and they have a daughter. Seo Do-woo works as a part-time lecturer in architecture who is married to Kim Hye-won, and they have a daughter. A shocking incident occurs and despite their denial, Soo-ah and Do-woo's lives get intertwined together.

Cast:  Lee Sang Yoon -- Seo Do Woo
Kim Ha Neul -- Choi Soo Ah
Shin Sung Rok -- Park Jin Seok
Jang Hee Jin -- Kim Hye Won
Choi Yeo Jin -- Song Mi Jin

When: 21 September 2016 - 10 November 2016
Episodes: 20
Avg Ratings: 7.7%




[tvN] Drinking Solo | 혼술남녀


Plot
A story about the slice-of-life and daily activities around the teachers, students, staffs of a private institution that prepares for civil service exam around the area of Seoul's Noryangjin. The characters like to drink alone after work for their own reasons. It also depicts the romance between Jin Jung-seok, a good looking and professional star lecturer and Park Ha-na, a rookie lecturer struggling to survive in the private institute world.

Cast:  Ha Seok Jin -- Jin Jung SeokGong Myung -- Jin Gong Myung
Park Ha Sun -- Park Ha NaKey -- Kim Ki Bum
Hwang Woo Seul Hye -- Hwang Jin YiJung Chae Yeon -- Jung Chae Yeon
Min Jin Woong -- Min Jin WoongKim Dong Young -- Kim Dong Young
Kim Won Hae -- Kim Won Hae

When: 05 September 2016 - 25 October 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 3.8%




[JTBC] Fantastic | 판타스틱


Plot
A story of a successful drama writer whose life turns upside down after she discovers that she has a terminal illness with six months left to live and a famous actor who is known for his bad acting skills.

Cast:  Kim Hyun Joo -- Lee So Hye
Joo Sang Wook -- Ryu Hae Sung
Kim Tae Hoon -- Hong Joon Ki
Park Si Yeon -- Baek Seol
Ji Soo -- Kim Sang Wook

When: 02 September 2016 - 22 October 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 2.4%




[SBS] Jealousy Incarnate | 질투의 화신


Plot
Weather caster Pyo Na-ri and news anchor Lee Hwa-shin are long-time colleagues at SBC broadcasting station. Na-ri has had a crush on Hwa-shin for three years but things change when she meets the perfect man Go Jung-won, a chaebol heir and close friend of Hwa-shin. Meanwhile, Sung-sook and Ja-young, who are rivals in both love and career, gets entangled with Kim Rak, a restaurant owner and landlord of the building where their daughter lives.

Cast:  Jo Jung Seok -- Lee Hwa ShinLee Mi Sook -- Kye Sung Sook
Gong Hyo Jin -- Pyo Na RiPark Ji Young -- Bang Ja Young
Go Kyung Pyo -- Go Jung WonLee Sung Jae -- Kim Rak
Seo Ji Hye -- Hong Hye Won

When: 24 August 2016 - 10 November 2016
Episodes: 24
Avg Ratings: 10.0%




[MBC] W | 더블유


Plot
A romance story between Oh Yeon-joo, a cardiothoracic surgeon in the real world, and Kang Chul, the main character in the webtoon "W". The webtoon is written by Oh Sung Moo, Yeon-joo's father, who mysteriously went missing while writing the last chapter of it. A series of events happen, causing the three characters to be transported back and forth between the real world and the W world to survive and in search of the truth.

Cast:  Lee Jong Suk -- Kang Chul
Han Hyo Joo -- Oh Yeon Joo
Lee Tae Hwan -- Seo Do Yoon
Kim Eui Sung -- Oh Sung Moo
Lee Si Eon -- Park Soo Bong

When: 20 July 2016 - 14 September 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 12.2%




[SBS] Doctors | 닥터스


Plot
Yoo Hye-jung was a wayward girl in high school with a prickly, gangster personality. Hye-jung keeps her heart closed towards other people due to her childhood scars. However, she changes after meeting her teacher Hong Ji-hong, who is also a doctor and plays a key role in transforming her life from a "hopeless" delinquent to a compassionate doctor. They part ways subsequently but reunite after 13 years, when Hye-jung becomes a doctor.

Cast:  Kim Rae Won -- Hong Ji Hong
Park Shin Hye -- Yoo Hye Jung
Yoon Kyun Sang -- Jung Yoon Do
Lee Sung Kyung -- Jin Seo Woo

When: 20 June 2016 - 23 August 2016
Episodes: 20
Avg Ratings: 17.5%




[SBS] Beautiful Gong Shim | 미녀 공심이


Plot
Gong Shim always feels inferior to her sister, Gong Mi, who is pretty and is a lawyer. To pursue her dream of becoming an artist, she rents out her rooftop room to Ahn Dan-tae, a lawyer who works voluntarily for those in need. Dan-tae befriends Seok Joon-soo, a son from a wealthy family, through helping him out. Dan-tae was then entrusted with the task of finding Joon-pyo, Joon-soo's grandmother's blood-related grandson, who was kidnapped as a child.

Cast:  Namgoong Min -- Ahn Dan Tae / Seok Joon Pyo
Bang Min Ah -- Gong Shim
On Joo Wan -- Seok Joon Soo
Seo Hyo Rim -- Gong Mi

When: 14 May 2016 - 17 July 2016
Episodes: 20
Avg Ratings: 11.3%




[KBS] Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho | 동네변호사 조들호


Plot
Jo Deul-ho once had a bright future ahead of him as a star prosecutor, and was the son-in-law to the head of the largest law firm in their country. But when he witnesses corruption in the prosecutor’s office and reports it, he loses everything. He tries to rebuild his life and turn his small and pathetic neighborhood law office into a second chance to become a lawyer who protects people and protects the law, and grows as a person in the process.

Cast:  Park Shin Yang -- Jo Deul Ho
Kang So Ra -- Lee Eun Jo
Ryu Soo Young -- Shin Ji Wook
Park Sol Mi -- Jang Hae Kyung
Kim Kap Soo -- Shin Young Il

When: 28 March 2016 - 31 May 2016
Episodes: 20
Avg Ratings: 11.9%




[MBC] Goodbye Mr. Black | 굿바이 미스터 블랙


Plot
Cha Ji-won was a Navy SEAL and a member of the Underwater Demolition Team, when he got betrayed by his best friend, Min Seon-jae. He was then denounced as a traitor and sent to another country, where he escapes and enters into a fake marriage with Swan, to hide his new identity as Black. Upon returning to Korea, Ji-won begins his plan for revenge.

Cast:  Lee Jin Wook -- Cha Ji Won / Black
Moon Chae Won -- Kim Swan / Khaya / Baek Eun Young
Kim Kang Woo -- Min Seon Jae
Yoo In Young -- Yoon Ma Ri
Song Jae Rim -- Seo Woo Jin

When: 16 March 2016 - 19 May 2016
Episodes: 20
Avg Ratings: 6.6%




[MBC] Happy Home | 가화만사성


Plot
Bong Sam-bong is the owner to a Chinese restaurant in Incheon's Chinatown. His twin daughter, Hae-ryung, appears to have the perfect life with her husband Yoo Hyun-ki, but is a total opposite in reality. She then meets Seo Ji-geon, a warm-hearted doctor who helps her find back happiness once again, but he has a secret that she should never know.

Hae-ryung's twin brother, Man-ho, is incompetent and childish who only relies on his wife, Han Mi-soon. He then faced a trouble when a baby that supposedly to be his son appears. The youngest daughter, Hae-won, is a magazine editor who disikes her new chief editor, Lee Kang-min, as he got the position through connections. Her upright life then suffers a blow when she gets pregnant after a one-night-stand with Kang-min.

Cast:  Kim So Yeon -- Bong Hae RyungKim Ji Ho -- Han Mi Soon
Lee Sang Woo -- Seo Ji GeonPark Min Woo -- Lee Kang Min
Lee Pil Mo -- Yoo Hyun KiChoi Yoon So -- Bong Hae Won
Kim Young Chul -- Bong Sam BongJang In Sub -- Bong Man Ho
Won Mi Kyung -- Bae Sook Nyeo

When: 27 February 2016 - 21 August 2016
Episodes: 51
Avg Ratings: 15.6%




[KBS] Descendants of the Sun | 태양의 후예


Plot
A love story between Yoo Si-jin, a captain of the Special Forces Unit, and a doctor, Kang Mo-yeon. It also depicts the romance between Seo Dae-young, a sergeant major in the army, and Yoon Myung-ju, an army surgeon. Through various peacekeeping missions, an earthquake, and an epidemic in the fictional country of Urk, the four of them learn values of life and sacrifices while saving people, and also love in the process.

Cast:  Song Joong Ki -- Yoo Si Jin
Song Hye Kyo -- Kang Mo Yeon
Jin Goo -- Seo Dae Young
Kim Ji Won -- Yoon Myung Ju

When: 24 February 2016 - 14 April 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 27.4%




[tvN] Signal | 시그널


Plot
A mysterious walkie talkie allows a detective, Lee Jae-han, in 1989 to communicate with a cold case profiler who is also a police lieutenant, Park Hae-young, from 2015. With the power of fore and hindsight, the two not only solve crimes in present time, but also prevent them from ever taking place in the past. However, a long standing murder case is closer to home than either realizes.

Cast:  Lee Je Hoon -- Park Hae Young
Kim Hye Soo -- Cha Soo Hyun
Jo Jin Woong -- Lee Jae Han

When: 22 January 2016 - 12 March 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 8.8%




[MBC] One More Happy Ending | 한번 더 해피엔딩


Plot
A romantic comedy about a once-popular girl-group, whose members are now in their 30s living very different lives. Han Mi-mo works as a rep for a remarriage consulting business, together with her former bandmate Baek Da-jung, whose marriage with a rich man is on the rocks. Go Dong-mi is an elementary school teacher, who is single and feels lonely. Hong Ae-ran is a representative for an internet shopping mall. Song Soo-hyuk is a reporter and a single father. His friend, Goo Hae-joon, is a doctor and single. Soo-hyuk and Hae-joon become involved with the women.

Cast:  Jung Kyung Ho -- Song Soo Hyuk
Jang Na Ra -- Han Mi Mo
Kwon Yool -- Goo Hae Joon
Yoo In Na -- Go Dong Mi
Yoo Da In -- Baek Da Jung
Seo In Young -- Hong Ae Ran

When: 20 January 2016 - 10 March 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 5.2%




[MBC] Glamorous Temptation | 화려한 유혹


Plot
Shin Eun-soo is framed for crimes she did not commit and left a widow at a young age. She strives to be a good single mother to her young daughter. Eun-soo is childhood sweethearts with Jin Hyung-woo, who vows to take revenge against those who drove his father to death. He makes use of Kang Il-joo, who likes him and is the illegitimate daugther of former Prime Minister, Kang Seok-hyun, whom Hyung-woo believes was the key to his father's suicide.

Cast:  Joo Sang Wook -- Jin Hyung Woo
Choi Kang Hee -- Shin Eun Soo
Cha Ye Ryun -- Kang Il Joo
Jung Jin Young -- Kang Seok Hyun

When: 05 October 2015 - 22 March 2016
Episodes: 50
Avg Ratings: 9.8%




[SBS] Remember: War of Son | 리멤버 – 아들의 전쟁


Plot
Seo Jin-woo has a special condition called Hyperthymesia which allows him to remember almost every day in perfect detail. His father, Seo Jae-hyuk on the other hand, has Alzheimer's disease, making him wrongfully convicted of a murder. Four years later, to prove the innocence of his father, Jin-woo becomes a lawyer to put the real criminal behind bars but bribery, corruption, and betrayals would not give him an easy road to justice.

Cast:  Yoo Seung Ho -- Seo Jin Woo
Park Sung Woong -- Park Dong Ho
Park Min Young -- Lee Jin Ah
Namgoong Min -- Nam Gyu Man
Jung Hye Sung -- Nam Yeo Kyung

When: 09 December 2015 - 18 February 2016
Episodes: 20
Avg Ratings: 14.6%




[KBS] All About My Mom | 부탁해요, 엄마


Plot
Lee Jin-ae works hard to make money, only to end up spending it on her family, but her mother San-ok only shows affection towards her elder brother, Lee Hyung-gyu, who is an arrogant lawyer that only thinks for himself. Her younger brother, Lee Hyung-soon, is bright and cheerful but has problems finding a job due to his academic qualifications.

Jin-ae then meets an architect, Kang Hoon-jae, who coincidentally is the son of her boss whom she admires. They grew close and fell in love when Hoon-jae moves into Jin-ae's house to live as a boarder, and they got married. While experiencing difficult times with her mother-in-law, Jin-ae begins to understand her own mother for the first time.

Cast:  Eugene -- Lee Jin AeOh Min Seok -- Lee Hyung Gyu
Lee Sang Woo -- Kang Hoon JaeSon Yeo Eun -- Seon Hye Joo
Go Doo Shim -- Im San OkChoi Tae Joon -- Lee Hyung Soon
Kim Mi Sook -- Hwang Young SeonJo Bo Ah -- Jang Chae Ri
Kim Kap Soo -- Lee Dong Chul

When: 15 August 2015 - 14 February 2016
Episodes: 54
Avg Ratings: 26.7%




[KBS] Oh My Venus | 오 마이 비너스


Plot
Kim Young-ho is a personal trainer to Hollywood stars. Despite his family's wealth, Young-ho suffered a devastating illness as a child and believes living a healthy lifestyle and exercise is the only way to survive. Kang Joo-eun was once an ulzzang in her teens, but is now an overweight lawyer. After getting dumped by her boyfriend, Im Woo-shik, she is determined to lose weight and asks Young-ho for help. As they grow closer, they heal each other's emotional wounds and fall in love.

Cast:  So Ji Sub -- Kim Young Ho / John Kim
Shin Min Ah -- Kang Joo Eun
Jung Gyu Woon -- Im Woo Shik
Yoo In Young -- Oh Soo Jin

When: 16 November 2015 - 05 January 2016
Episodes: 16
Avg Ratings: 8.1%

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