In the midst of a prolonged medical strike, 'Life of a Major Who Will Someday Be a Sloth' will finally be unveiled.
tvN, which captivated viewership and global popularity beyond Korea with its 2024 'Queen of Tears', 'Sunjae Carrying', and 'Marry My Husband', has confirmed its major lineup of dramas in 2025. tvN aims to continue its role as a K-content buzzerner 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, 'That's Black Salt Dragon' (played by Kim Soo-yeon, directed by Soohyun Lee) 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 1, a cold principleist Baekho (Kang Tae-oh) will appear in the life of Mi-kyung (Lee Sun-bin), whose life is all about potatoes, and the healing comic romance 『Potato Research Institute" (played by Kim Ho-ho, directed by Kang Il-soo Shim Jae-hyun) will premiere. 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' (written by Lee Tae-yoon, directed by Lee Won-seok and Choi Bo-kyung) with Lee Dong-wook, Lee Joo-bin, Lee Kwang-soo, and Lee Da-hee is 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 spin-off drama `Wise Doctor Life' and `Someday, the Life of a Major' (played by Kim Song-hee, directed by Lee Min-soo, and creators Shin Won-ho and Lee Woo-jung) 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 woman who criticized herself as a very common-sense drinker reunites with her first love who hates alcohol and is challenging this week, and the romance drama "Please Take Care of Drinking" (played by Myung Soo-hyun, Jeon Ji-hyun, directed by Jang Yoo-jung) 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. The romantic growth drama 「Unknown Seoul" (played by Lee Kang, directed by Park Shin-woo), in which twin sisters exchange their lives, find real love and life by lying. 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 Seonnyeo" (played by Yang Ji-hoon, directed by Kim Yong-wan) will be broadcast as a female high school girl shaman saves her first love full of misfortune. 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" (played by Lee Seung-hyun, directed by Park Seung-woo) will be unveiled. 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 of 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. 'First, For Love' with Yeom Jung-ah and Park Hae-joon was also listed in the lineup (Gaje/Yang Hee-soon script, directed by Yoo Je-won). It is expected to provide warm laughter with a human comedy drama about the story of love, not the end that came to the mother and daughter who faced 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 the struggles of his families are also being prepared. 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 the 'New President' is seeking to mediate disputes for people in crisis and the 'New President Project' (played by Ban Ki-ri, directed by Shin Kyung-soo) will also visit viewers.
In addition, the comic human courtroom 'Pro Bono' (written by Gaje/Moon Yoo-seok, directed by Kim Sung-yoon) was also listed in the lineup, which tells the story of a snob judge who is desperate for success. 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" (played by Kim Ah-jung, directed by Park Won-guk) 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.
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