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A simple list of Kdramas to expect this 2020.
List includes Kdramas that are currently in production and titles that still have no announced cast and/or crew.
Title: Oh, My Boys (오, 나의 남자들) Airs: January 29, 2020 - March 19, 2020 Director: Han Sang Woo Genres: Romance, School, Youth, Drama A story about a 17-year-old girl who goes through the process of becoming an adult. | |
Title: I Have Been There Once (한 번 다녀왔습니다) Airs: March 21, 2020 - September 6, 2020 Director: Lee Jae Sang Screenwriter: Yang Hee Seung Genres: Drama, Family A messy divorce that shakes up the Song family, which consists of a miserly father, a cute but materialistic mother and their four grown children, who never have a peaceful day. | |
Title: Welcome (어서와) Airs: March 2020 Director: Ji Byung Hyun Screenwriter: Joo Hwa Mi Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Fantasy About a cat named Hong Jo who has the ability to become human and a woman named Kim Sol Ah who loves people and attracts cat-like people. Kim Sol Ah adopts Hong Jo and ends up in a completely different situation. | |
Title: Na Rae, Kicking Out (나래, 박차오르다) Airs: March 2020 Screenwriters: Choi Hyun Ok Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sports "Na Rae, Kicking Out" will center around Taekwondo and a former national Taekwondo athlete who falls from grace and a person full of good luck in a countryside town. | |
Title: The Book of the Dead (망자의 서) Airs: 2020 Genres: Thriller Adapted from a webtoon, how would you feel if you lose your spouse in one day, and you face a murderous situation? The police, the creditors and the killer who don't know the reason witness the bloody husband and convict themselves. | |
Title: Soul Repairer (영혼수선공) Airs: April 2020 Director: Yoo Hyun Ki Genres: Life, Drama, Medical Soul Repairer is a human drama about the stories of psychiatrists living in a crazy world. | |
Title: The Game: Towards Zero (더 게임: 0시를 향하여) Airs: January 22, 2020 - March 12, 2020 Director: Jang Joon Ho Screenwriter: Lee Ji Hyo Genres: Mystery, Melodrama, Investigation A melodrama about a man who can see death, a detective who works on mysterious murder cases and a perfectionist forensic medical examiner. | |
Title: 365: One Year Against Destiny (365: 운명을 거스르는 1년 ) Airs: June 2020 Genres: Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Drama, Supernatural Repeat (Japanese original story) A story where ten people get the chance to go back in time, mysterious situations start to arise when their fates are changed and get twisted in the process. | |
Title: Memoir of the Man (그 남자의 기억법) Airs: March 18, 2020 Director: Oh Hyun Jong Screenwriters: Song Jae Jung, Kim Yoon Joo Genres: Romance, Drama, Melodrama The story revolves around a man with hyperthymesia and a woman who has forgotten the most important moments of her life. The two people with similar scars fatefully cross paths one day and come to love each other. | |
Title: Que Sera, Sera 2 (케 세라, 세라 2) Airs: 2020 Genres: Romance, Drama, Melodrama Que Sera, Sera (Korean parent story) A drama about four characters set against the backdrop of a department store and the fashion industry. | |
Title: XX (엑스엑스) Airs: January 2020 Genres: Romance, Drama This web series deal with the story of a bartender who helps customers resolve their romantic problems at a secret speakeasy spot. | |
Title: Superstar Miss Lee (슈퍼스타 미스 리) Airs: 2020 Genres: Comedy, Romance A romantic comedy about Lee Yeo Jung, an employee of P Shopping whose soul becomes exchanged with a top actress after she gets involved in an accident. Im Jung Woo is the Marketing Manager of P Shopping and the youngest son of P Group’s owner. He comes from a wealthy family, and he also boasts a strong educational background and perfect looks. | |
Title: Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 2 (낭만닥터 김사부2) Airs: January 6, 2020 - February 25, 2020 Director: Yoo In Shik Screenwriter: Kang Eun Kyung Genres: Drama, Medical Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim (Korean prequel) Set in a humble place called Dol Dam Hospital. The series tells the story of Cha Eun Jae and Seo Woo Jin who meet Kim Sa Bu, a genius doctor, and discover “real romance”. | |
Title: Hyena (하이에나) Airs: February 21, 2020 Directors: Jang Tae Yoo Genres: Law, Drama A survival drama about private lawyers who represent the top 1% high-class society. | |
Title: Good Casting (굿 캐스팅) Airs: March 2020 Director: Choi Young Hoon Screenwriter: Park Ji Ha Genres: Action, Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Investigation About once talented female black agents (people who work in espionage and must maintain a cover) for the National Intelligence Service (NIS) who are now stuck at desk jobs. They must go undercover at a corporation in order to uproot corruption and leaking of trade secrets. | |
Title: Nobody Knows (아무도 모른다) Airs: March 2020 Directors: Lee Jung Heum Genres: Crime, Drama, Detective, Investigation Cha Young Jin is a detective. She lost her friend 19 years ago to a serial killer. Cha Young Jin still carries guilt and trauma over the death of her friend. The serial killer case then begins again after 19 years. Cha Young Jin chases after the killer. | |
Title: Alice (앨리스) Airs: June 2020 Directors: Baek Soo Chan Genres: Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Melodrama A man and a woman were separated by death, only to be reunited by overcoming the limits of time and space. Yoon Tae Yi is a genius physicist who holds the key to uncovering the secrets of time travel, while Park Jin Kyum is a detective, who wants to do good, learns a hidden secret about himself while attempting to solve the mystery of time travel. He meets Yoon Tae Yi. They unravel the secret of time travel together. | |
Title: The King: The Eternal Monarch (더 킹: 영원의 군주) Airs: July 2020 Directors: Baek Sang Hoon Screenwriters: Kim Eun Sook Genres: Historical, Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy The drama is a fantasy romance drama about two parallel universes. One universe resembles modern-day Korea as we know it, while the other is an alternate universe in which Korea is an empire ruled by a single monarch. In order to fight evil and close the door between their two worlds, the ruler of the Korean Empire ends up joining forces with a detective who resides in modern-day Korea. | |
Title: Late Night Snack Man and Woman (야식남녀) Airs: 2020 Genres: Comedy, Romance “Late Night Snack Man and Woman” will tell the story of a man who begins to lie in order to get his hands on money while pushing the woman he loves into a corner and hurting a man that has come to love him because of the same lie. | |
Title: Penthouse (펜트하우스) Airs: 2020 Directors: Joo Dong Min Screenwriters: Kim Soon Ok Genres: Drama “Penthouse”, which will tell the story of a woman who puts everything on the line to achieve her goal of being able to move into a luxury penthouse in the Gangnam District. In the process, she gradually finds herself turning into a monster. | |
Title: Rugal (루갈 ) Airs: March 2020 Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi A police officer whose attempt to bring down a nationwide criminal organization ends up with him losing not only his beloved wife but also both of his eyes and the person he once was. He’s forced into becoming a murderer, and after he receives artificial eyes with unique abilities created by the special organization Rugal’s biotechnology, he sets himself on a mission to wipe out the criminal organization. | |
Title: Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation (번외수사) Airs: June 2020 Directors: Kang Hyo Jin Genres: Action, Crime, Investigation An action investigation drama about an "outsider bulldog" detective, a passionate exploration reporting team PD, a former criminal profiler, a legendary fist fighter and a former funeral director of the National Forensic Service's ace autopsy team. | |
Title: Tell Me What You Saw (본대로 말하라) Airs: June 2020 Directors: Lee Joon Hyeong Genres: Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Crime A tracking thriller about an eccentric genius profiler, a detective with the ability to remember anything they have seen even once, and a serial killer who thought they were dead. | |
Title: Train (트레인) Airs: 2020 Genres: Thriller, Romance, Drama, Sci-Fi "Train" will take place in a parallel world. "Train" is a sci-fi romance drama about a man who lost his beloved to a serial killer, trying to protect her in a parallel universe where she's alive. | |
Title: The Search (써치) Airs: June 2020 Genres: Military, Thriller, Mystery A military mystery drama about a secret operation in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). It will take place with the DMZ as a backdrop and focus on battles between the military and a mysterious unknown enemy. | |
Title: Island (아일랜드) Airs: 2020 Genres: Mystery, Fantasy Fantasy exorcism drama based on Jeju folktales. | |
Title: Dark Hole (다크홀) Airs: 2020 Screenwriters: Jung Yi Do | |
Title: Miss & Mrs. Cops (걸캅스) Airs: 2020 Genres: Crime, Detective Miss & Mrs. Cops (Korean original story) Dramatization of the movie "Miss and Mrs. Cops". | |
Title: So You (소유) Adaptation of the popular webtoon "So You". | |
Title: The Fifth Column (제5열) Airs: 2020 Genres: Thriller | |
Title: Missing (미씽) Airs: 2020 Genres: Mystery A mystery thriller that takes place in a soul village. | |
Title: Drama Stage Season 3: My Husband Got Kim Hee Sun (남편에게 김희선이 생겼어요) Airs: January 1, 2020 Genres: Drama A husband gets calls from a 'Kim Hee Sun'. The wife begins to suspect he is having an affair and does the same, while their 7-year-old son goes out on a search for 'Kim Hee Sun'. | |
Title: Drama Stage Season 3: Blackout (블랙아웃) Airs: Jan 8, 2020 Genres: Drama, Mystery A money bag, a red dress and a dead body; a taxi driver tracks down the truth of an 8-hour ‘blackout’ he experiences. | |
Title: Drama Stage Season 3: Everyone Is There (모두 그곳에 있다) Airs: January 15, 2020 Genres: Drama Six-year-old Soo Yeon decides to commit suicide to end the bullying she goes through at school when a saviour appears. A woman punishes the bullies on behalf of Soo Yeon and saves her from the reality of hell. | |
Title: Drama Stage Season 3: I Object (이의있습니다) Airs: January 22, 2020 Genres: Drama A pregnant woman who used to be a dental hygienist goes on a lawsuit to receive the 3 week's worth of pay she didn't get. | |
Title: Drama Stage Season 3: Communication Range Breakaway (통화권 이탈) Airs: January 29, 2020 Genres: Drama As soon as he sends the wrong intimate message of him and his mistress to his wife, all communications go down, and the husband has to make sure his wife doesn't get the message. | |
Title: Money Game (머니게임) Airs: January 15, 2020 - March 5, 2020 Director: Kim Sang Ho Screenwriter: Lee Young Mi Genres: Business, Drama Twenty years after the IMF's outbreak, the drama depicts the conflict between the head of the Financial Policy Bureau seeking to dispose of the Jung In Bank, which is on the verge of going bankrupt with a third of the government's shares, and the Chairman of Finance, who plans to hand over the bank to the Bahamas, a private equity fund on Wall Street. | |
Title: The Cursed (방법) Airs: February 2020 Director: Kim Yong Wan Screenwriter: Yeon Sang Ho Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy About a teenage girl who has the ability to bring death by using Chinese characters, names, photos, and belongings, and a just social issues reporter, fighting against the massive evil hidden behind an IT conglomerate. | |
Title: Half of a Half (반의 반) Airs: February 2020 Director: Lee Sang Yeob Screenwriter: Lee Sook Yun Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama “Half of Half” is a romance about an artificial intelligence (AI) programmer and classical recording engineer. It is a story told from the perspective of a man who believes that even a small fraction of his significant person’s heart is enough for him. | |
Title: Memorist (메모리스트) Airs: 2020 Director: So Jae Hyun, Kim Hwi Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Supernatural, Detective Based on the hit webtoon of the same name, “Memorist” will be a mystery thriller that tells the story of Dong Baek, a detective with supernatural powers who loses his memory, as he stumbles upon a mysterious case of serial murders. | |
Title: Stranger 2 (비밀의 숲 시즌2) Airs: July 2020 Director: Park Hyun Suk Screenwriter: Lee Soo Yeon Genres: Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Law, Crime, Drama, Detective, Investigation Stranger (Korean prequel) The sequel of Stranger which continue the story of our emotionless male lead Hwang Shi Mook and his best partner Han Yeo Jin to unfold the truth in the prime minister's corruption case. | |
Title: A Wise Doctor's Life (슬기로운 의사 생활) Airs: June 2020 Directors: Shin Won Ho Screenwriters: Lee Woo Jung Genres: Life, Drama, Medical The upcoming drama tells a story about humanism. It will be set in a hospital and follows the desperate struggles of doctors, nurses, patients, and more. | |
Title: The Most Beautiful Moment in Life (화양연화) Airs: June 2020 Directors: Son Jung Hyun Genres: Romance, Drama, Melodrama The melodrama will reportedly tell the story of a woman in her 40s who reunites with her first love. | |
Title: Hi Bye, Mama (안녕 엄마) Airs: February 1, 2020 - March 22, 2020 Directors: Yoo Je Won Screenwriters: Kwon Hye Joo Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural About a mother who died and begins a 49-day long journey of reincarnation, and a husband who has barely begun to live a new life after overcoming the pain of losing his wife. | |
Title: Psycho But It’s Okay (사이코지만 괜찮아) Airs: March 2020 Directors: Park Shin Woo Screenwriters: Jo Yong Genres: Psychological, Romance, Fantasy A drama about a community health worker at a psychiatric ward who lives on 1.8 million won (approximately $1,520) a month and a storybook writer suffering from an antisocial personality disorder. A man who denies love and a woman who doesn’t know love defy fate and fall in love, finding their souls and identities in the process. | |
Title: Sandbox (샌드박스) Airs: May 2020 Directors: Oh Choong Hwan Screenwriters: Park Hye Ryun Genres: Business, Comedy, Romance, Drama Needing to make $90k to open her own business, Seo Dal Mi drops out of a university and takes up part-time work. She dreams of becoming someone like Steve Jobs. | |
Title: Oh My Baby (오 마이 베이비) Airs: June 2020 Directors: Nam Ki Hoon A drama about a 39-year-old single woman who wants to have a child without getting married. She has three men in her radar and has trouble choosing between them. They walk into her life when she’s already hopeless about love and marriage. | |
Title: Youth Report (청춘기록) Airs: 2020 Directors: Ahn Gil Ho Screenwriters: Ha Myung Hee Genres: Youth About youth and the challenges, the youngsters will have to face along the way in the modelling world. | |
Title: LUCA Airs: 2020 Directors: Kim Hong Seon “LUCA" is based on Charles Darwin’s proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors. | |
Title: The Story of Gumiho (구미호뎐) Airs: 2020 Directors: Kang Shin Hyo The story would follow the gumiho, who once ruled as a living god of the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range but now works as a sort of public official between this world and the underworld. His main job is to clean up the mess left behind by those who disturb the world of the living while hiding behind the guise of ghost tales. | |
Title: Sweet Home (스위트홈) Airs: 2020 Directors: Lee Eung Bok A high school student becomes traumatized after being bullied in school and never leaves his room. He loses his family and moves to a new apartment, and strange and mysterious things begin to happen to him. A story of growth that follows the lead character as he tries to save people who have changed into monsters because of greed and begins to change his pessimistic view of society. | |
Title: Day and Night (낮과 밤) Airs: August 2020 Genres: Mystery, Romance, Drama, Fantasy A suspenseful romantic mystery drama about good and evil. The story will follow the connections between a mystery unfolding in the present and the secrets behind an enigmatic incident that took place in a village 26 years ago. | |
Title: Can This Person Be Translated? (이사람통역이되나요) Airs: 2020 Directors: Park Joon Hwa Screenwriters: Hong Jung Eun, Hong Mi Ran | |
Title: Itaewon Class (이태원 클라쓰) Airs: January 31, 2020 Directors: Kim Seong Yoon "Itaewon Class" is based on an original webtoon about a son whose father, a CEO of a restaurant business, passes away and who goes through many obstacles before he starts his own restaurant in Itaewon. | |
Title: If the Weather is Nice, I Will Come Find You (날씨가 좋으면 찾아가겠어요) Airs: February 10, 2020 Directors: Han Ji Seung A story about forgiveness, healing, and love taking place around a small book store in the countryside. | |
Title: Ssanggab Cart Bar (쌍갑포차) Airs: January 2020 Directors: Jun Chang Geun Ssanggab Cart Bar opens only at night on the rooftop of a building. Wol Joo runs the mysterious food cart. Customers who visit Ssanggab Cart Bar consist of normal people and the dead. While drinking alcohol and eating dishes with Wol Joo, the customers of Ssanggab Cart Bar talk about themselves and try to heal their internal wounds. | |
Title: Elegant Friends (우아한 친구들) Airs: 2020 Directors: Song Hyun Wook A story that takes place in the wake of a murder case against the backdrop of a town largely inhabited by couples in their 40s. | |
Title: Sisyphus: The Myth (시지프스: The Myth) Airs: 2020 Directors: Jin Hyeok | |
Title: The Married Life (부부의 세계) Airs: April 3, 2020 - May 23, 2020 Directors: Mo Wan Il Ji Sun Woo is a family medicine doctor. She is married to Lee Tae Oh, and they have a son. She seems to have everything, including a successful career and a happy family, but she is betrayed by her husband and others. | |
Title: Did We Love? (우리 사랑했을까) Airs: 2020 Directors: Kim Do Hyung No Ae Jung is a film producer who’s a single mother that’s been on her own for 14 years. She’s been unlucky since she was a child, and she suddenly encounters four men who shake up her life: a bad but tempting man, a pathetic but well-off man, a scary but sexy man, and a young but appealing man. | |
A drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up. | |
Title: Eighteen Again (에이틴 어게인) Airs: 2020 Directors: Ha Byung Hoon | |
Title: Moving (무빙) Airs: 2020 Genres: Drama Written by Kang Pul, who also created 26 Years, which was adapted into a movie starring Jin Gu and Han Hye Jin. | |
Title: Gi Gi Gwe Gwe (기기괴괴) Airs: 2020 Genres: Comedy, Supernatural | |
Title: Dolled Up (대새녀의 메이크업 이야기) Airs: 2020 Genres: Romance, School, Youth, Drama | |
Title: Touch (터치) Airs: Jan 3, 2020 - Feb 22, 2020 Directors: Min Yeon Hong A romantic-comedy drama about a bankrupt make-up artist and a trainee who fails to make her dreams come true going after new dreams. | |
Title: Unique! Chef Moon (제멋대로 바캉스) Airs: March 2020 Genres: Food, Comedy, Romance, Melodrama A healing romantic comedy about Yoo Bella, a worldwide famous fashion designer who loses her memory and degrades to a troublemaker, meeting star chef Moon Seung Mo. | |
Title: Miss Mom Jane (미쓰맘 제인) Airs: 2020 Screenwriters: Jang Ah Mi Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Melodrama "Miss Mom Jane" is a comedy drama about the titular character, who has made a vow to her grandmother to keep her virginity before marriage, becoming pregnant due to a doctor's mistake. | |
Title: Park Chung Hee, The Man (인간 박정희) Airs: 2020 Genres: Drama A drama that deals with the inner side of former president Park Chung Hee who was known as a 'dictator' and 'the hero who caused the Han River miracle'. | |
OTHER NETWORKS | |
Title: Living With a Ghost (귀신과 산다) Airs: January 2020 Genres: Horror, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural "Living With a Ghost": A young man and a woman who have become ghosts due to their mistakes from their previous lives go out on an interesting mission for a chance to be reincarnated after paying the price. | |
Title: My Holo Love (너와 나 혼자 야) Airs: February 7, 2020 Directors: Lee Sang Yeob About the events that occur when a lonely woman meets the artificially intelligent “Holo". The drama is filled with stories of heartbreaking loneliness and tear-stained love. | |
Title: The Temperature of Talk: Our Nineteen (언어의 온도: 우리의 열아홉) Airs: February 2020 Genres: Drama A 'high-teen, growth romance' of 11th graders, using the theme of the disappearance of the school's top student 100 days before the entrance exams. | |
Title: Oddball (기인) Airs: 2020 Genres: Historical, Romance, Drama The drama is about an eccentric man who seeks his own fortune with the media in the Joseon period. Someone who tries to find wealth for himself. He pairs up with a former nobleman's daughter in that era, who turns into a slave to fight Jo Jung and reveal the truth about him. | |
Airs: March 2020 Directors: Kim Sung Hoon, Park In Je Kingdom (Korean prequel) | |
Title: The School Nurse Files (보건교사 안은영) Airs: June 2020 Directors: Lee Kyung Mi Ahn Eun Young is a nurse teacher and an exorcist. She has a special ability which allows her to see ghosts and she can also eradicate these ghosts. She uses a toy knife and a BB gun to take out the ghosts. A mysterious thing takes place at the school. Eun Young tries to be a good teacher and eradicate the bad ghosts with the help of Teacher Hong In Pyo. | |
Title: Amanza (아만자) Airs: 2020 Genres: Life, Drama “Amanza” is based on the webtoon by Kim Bo Tong and tells the story of a 26-year-old individual who is diagnosed with terminal cancer. | |
Title: Love Alarm Season 2 (좋아하면 울리는 2) Airs: 2020 Directors: Lee Na Jung Love Alarm (Korean prequel) "Love Alarm” is about people who want to know their true heart in a society where people use an app to find out who likes them. To be precise, the app is telling people who like them within 10 meters around them. | |
Title: Secret (시크릿) Airs: 2020 Directors: Oh Jong Rok About a male air rescue worker from the 119 special rescue team who dreams of accumulating assets over 5 trillion won (approximately $4,470 million) and a female doctor who finds true happiness and love after joining Miryung Forest, where people with painful pasts gather. | |
Title: Extracurricular (인간수업) Airs: 2020 Directors: Kim Jin Min It's the story about teenagers and the incidents that happen at their school and surroundings. It will also narrate the changes that Ji Soo, a student with poor social skills, goes through as he meets a new friend named Kyuri. The drama will also heighten the tension by featuring various temptations that students face in real life. | |
Title: Chimera (키마이라) Airs: 2020 Screenwriters: Lee Jin Mae In “Chimera," a present-day case is found to be related to an explosion and series of murders in 1984 known as the Chimera Incident. The story follows the main characters as they track down the criminal and uncover the secrets between the two cases. | |
Title: Here Airs: 2020 Screenwriters: Noh Hee Kyung The upcoming drama will reportedly tell the story of an international NGO’s (non-governmental organization) work. | |
Title: Move to Heaven (무브 투 헤븐) Airs: 2020 Directors: Kim Sung Ho It is a story of Geu Roo who has Asperger’s syndrome and his uncle Sang Goo. The two meet through the death of Geu Roo’s father and end up running a trauma cleaning business together. Working as trauma cleaners, both Geu Roo and Sang Goo uncover various stories of the deceased while experiencing different emotions and sentiments toward life, death, and family. | |
Title: In Your Dream (인 유어 드림) Airs: 2020 Genres: Romance, Drama It tells the story of No JunSu who is running a coffee shop. One day he witnessed the car accident of Yoo Nam Hee for who he has a one-sided love. To save her from the coma, he decided to join the yet-to-be verified medical project call “In Your Dream”. | |
Title: Idol Doctor (아이돌 주치의) Airs: 2020 Directors: Ahn Ji Sook A story of romance and healing between one of the world’s greatest idols who is suffering from somnambulism and the doctor who is secretly treating him. Jun’s character Yoon Tae In is an untouchable idol star who is loved all around the world, and a musical genius who believes he is the center of the universe. | |
Title: Dramaworld 2 (드라마월드 2) Airs: 2020 Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Supernatural Dramaworld (Korean prequel) “Dramaworld” is set in Los Angeles and Seoul and tells the story of American college student Claire Duncan, who is a huge fan of Korean dramas. However, she gets to be more than a fan when she suddenly finds herself within the world of her favourite drama. | |
Title: Deceased's Soul (고인의 명복) Airs: 2020 Genres: Mystery, Romance, Drama, Fantasy, Supernatural Deceased’s Soul, tells the story of two childhood friends, a son of a hospital director and a daughter of a funeral hall director. One tries to revive the soul of the deceased, while the other leads the deceased’s soul to the afterlife. |