tvN has confirmed the major lineup of dramas in 2025, which has captured viewership and global popularity in Korea with its 2024 'Queen of Tears', 'Sunjae Carrying', and 'Marry My Husband'.
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the launch of the cultural business, CJ ENM recently announced the 'Visionary Selection for the 30th Anniversary', which created the No. 1 impact and led the paradigm shift in the industry. Among the tvN dramas, the famous Korean-style romance fantasy masterpiece that broke the stereotype of cable channel dramas 'Reply Series', the masterpieces 'Dear My Friends' and 'My Mister' that have become the best works for both viewers and critics by connecting generations, and 'Queen of Tears' that have exceeded 600 million hours of global cumulative viewing and showed unique K-storytelling capabilities around the world. tvN dramas, which have captivated fans from all over the world beyond Korea, are drawing attention to what kind of steps they will take this year.
In particular, tvN aims to continue its role as a K-content buzzernery by adding a block of Wednesday-Thursday dramas in the second half of this year and introducing the most drama works based on a single channel in Korea. Through Monday-Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday drama blocks, more than ever, heavily armed works with a variety of materials and fun visit viewers.
First, at 8:50 p.m. on February 17 (Monday), 'That's Black Salt Dragon' (script Kim Soo-yeon, director Soohyun Lee, planning studio dragon, production studio N) will visit the audience. Based on the popular Naver webtoon of the same name, it is an unsealed romance between Baek Soo-jung, the team leader who suffers from black history, and Ban Ki-yeon, the head of the team with a black dragon on his chest. Moon Ga-young, Choi Hyun-wook, Lim Semi, and Kwak Si-yang will appear. On March 1st (Saturday), a healing comic romance 'Potato Research Institute' (written by Kim Ho-ho, directed by Kang Il-soo and planned by CJ ENM STUDIOS, produced by Green Snake Media) will be broadcasted in the background of the mountain valley potato research institute, where potatoes are all about life, Mi-kyung (Lee Sun-bin). The hot romance that Lee Sun-bin and Kang Tae-oh will bake, fry, and boil is expected to create pleasant laughter and excitement.
In addition, 「Divorce Insurance」 (script Lee Tae-yoon, director Lee Won-seok and Choi Bo-kyung, planned CJ ENM, Studio Genie, production Mongjakso, and Studio Mondo) with Lee Dong-wook, Lee Joo-bin, Lee Kwang-soo, and Lee Da-hee are scheduled to premiere in March. Divorce Insurance is a purely guaranteed office romantic comedy that takes place by the non-life insurance innovation product development team, where only the best brains are gathered, introducing a new 'divorce insurance' product that values divorce by quantifying everything related to divorce and setting appropriate insurance payments.In April, the spinoff drama 「"Wise Doctor Life"Spinoff Drama"Someday, The Life of a Major" (creator Shin Won-ho and Lee Woo-jung, scriptwriter Kim Song-hee, director Lee Min-soo, planned CJ ENM STUDIOS, production Eggs Coming) will visit the audience. The branch of Yulje Hospital, which was the background of the 'Wise Doctor Life', will draw the hospital life and friendship stories of obstetrics and gynecology residents belonging to 'Jongro Yulje Hospital'. Rising stars such as Ko Yoon-jung, Cynthia, Han Ye-ji, and Kang Yoo-seok will join, and director Shin Won-ho and writer Lee Woo-jung will participate as creators. In addition, writer Kim Song-hee, who participated as an assistant writer in 'Reply 1988' and 'Wise Medical Life', and director Lee Min-soo, who directed the one-act plays 'Spark' and 'Encounter in unfamiliar seasons', will meet to add fresh fun.
In May, a sober-minded romance drama 'Please Take Care Of This Week' (played by Myung Soo-hyun, Jeon Ji-hyun, Director Jang Yoo-jung, Planning Studio Dragon, and Production How Pictures), in which a woman who complained of herself as a very common-sense drinker, reunites with her first love who hates alcohol, has confirmed the program. It is the first drama recommended this week in Korea, and the pleasant chemistry between Choi Soo-young and Gong Myung is expected to be added. A romantic growth drama 'Unknown Seoul' (script Lee Kang, director Park Shin-woo, planning studio Dragon, and production Monster Union/High Ground), in which twin sisters exchange their lives, also find viewers. There is a lot of expectation for the meeting between Park Bo-young and Park Jin-young, who are trying to play two roles for the first time since their debut. It is expected that the main characters, who have lived completely opposite lives with their own stories, will meet each other and provide empathy, healing, and excitement through the process of finding the real me. Based on the popular Naver webtoon of the same name in June, the youth romance drama 'Gyeonwoo and the Fairy' (playwright Yang Ji-hoon, director Kim Yong-wan, planning studio dragon, production studio dragon, Dexter Pictures, and E-Content Group) will be broadcast. With the meeting of rising stars Joey-hyun and Choo Young-woo, the story of creepy and sad ghosts will be added to the fresh first love romance to portray a different kind of fun.
In the second half of the year, Lee Jong-seok, Moon Ga-young, Kang Yoo-seok, Ryu Hye-young, and Lim Sung-jae will work together as the five "Attractors" "Seocho-dong" (script Lee Seung-hyun, director Park Seung-woo, planned CJ ENM STUDIOS, and production Green Bam Media) will be released. In Seocho-dong, where various law firms gather, Assault lawyers (lawyers who are employed by law firms and receive salaries) who work at different law firms in the same building are expected to find their direction in life. Then, as the time-slip French chef meets the king, the worst tyrant and the best gourmet, attention is drawn to the delicious fantasy survival romance that transcends 500 years and generations. Based on popular web novels, the appearance of director Jang Tae-yu, box office queen Lim Yoon-ah, and rising star Lee Chae-min, who continue the historical drama's undefeated myth with 'Deep Root Tree', 'Flower of the Wind', 'Hongcheongi', and 'Flowers Blooming at Night', is adding to expectations. The lineup also includes Yeom Jung-ah and Park Hae-joon's 'First, For Love' (Gaje/Written Yang Hee-soon, Director Yoo Je-won, Planning/Production Studio Dragon, Showrunners). It is expected that it will provide warm laughter with a human comedy drama about the story of love, not the end that came to the mother and daughter in the second act of life
In the midst of the IMF bankruptcy crisis, a young president's growth period to protect his father's small and medium-sized enterprises 'Taepung Corporation' and a story about his family's struggles are also being prepared 'Taepung Corporation' (script Jang Hyun, director Lee Na-jung, planning studio Dragon, production Imagineers, Studio PIC, and Tree Studios). Lee Joon-ho and Kim Min-ha, who are capturing the hearts of drama fans around the world, will play an active role. In the second half of the year, a nationwide communication project in which a new 'new president' is seeking to mediate disputes for people in crisis 'new president project' (playwright Ban Ki-ni, director Shin Kyung-soo, planning studio dragon, production two frames) will also visit viewers.
In addition, the comic human courtroom 'Pro Bono' (Gaje/script Moon Yoo-seok, director Kim Sung-yoon, Planning Studio Dragon, Production Sequence One, Lotte Culture Works, Studio Flow) was also listed in the lineup. Writer Moon Yoo-seok, who wrote 'Miss Hammurabi' and 'Devil Judge', and director Kim Sung-yoon, who directed 'Itaewon Class' and 'Gureumi-painted Moonlight', will join. Based on popular web novels, 'Spring Fever' (script Kim Ah-jung, director Park Won-guk, planned CJ ENM STUDIOS, production main factory) also visits viewers. It is a comical romance on a spring day in a quiet rural school, with Ahn Bo-hyun and Lee Ju-bin together. In addition, in the second half of the year, a new Wednesday-Thursday drama is expected to add a richer lineup.
An tvN official said, "'TvN, which has grown into a leading channel of K-content through continuous content investment, wants to visit viewers with the most drama works in Korea in 2025 as well.'" The keywords for this year's drama's box office are 'true happiness', 'pleasant humanism' and 'proxy excitement'. We will provide endless entertainment to viewers through works of various subjects and genres such as growth narratives that find true happiness, pleasant humanism that will arouse viewers' sympathy, and eye-catching character play-based excitement-stimulating romantic comedy," he said.
