2. The Judge from Hell
Lead cast: Park Shin-hye, Kim Jae-young
She plays senior judge Kang Bit-na, who is known for her looks and judgments. What most people do not know about her is that she is actually a demon. Her mission in life is to target evildoers who lead other, innocent people to their deaths and send them to hell.
3. To My Haeri
Lead cast: Shin Hye-sun, Lee Jin-wook
Parking attendant Hye-ri (aka ‘Haeri’) is actually the alter ego of Joo Eun-ho, a TV announcer who is still struggling to make a name for herself despite already toiling for 14 years as one.
Despite the time they have spent apart and the different directions their lives have gone in, Eun-ho and Hyun-o reunite and attempt to help each other overcome their problems.
4. Dog Knows Everything
Lead cast: Lee Soon-jae, Kim Yong-keon, Ye Soo-jung
Veteran actor Lee Soon-jae (Dear My Friends) plays a version of himself in the new comedy series Dog Knows Everything.
After getting involved in an incident on the set of his latest drama series, the public begins to decry him as a bully. Reeling from the scandal, he decamps to Geoje Island off the southern coast of Korea.
There, he comes across former police dog Sophie. One day, Sophie’s barking suddenly turns into a human voice, but only her disgraced actor companion can hear it. Together, they begin investigating incidents in the neighbourhood. (KBS2, September 25)
5. Gyeongseong Creature season 2
Lead cast: Han So-hee, Park Seo-joon
Han is back as the feisty people finder Yoon Chae-ok, who underwent a transformation in 1945 and appears to have made it to the present in her youthful form.
Meanwhile, rather than the dashing Jang Tae-sang, Park now plays Ho-jae, who looks just like the man Chae-ok fought alongside in the past.
With the time period update and other stylistic changes, Gyeongseong Creature season 2 is being billed as a series with a very different tone. (Netflix, September 27)
6. What Comes After Love
Lead cast: Lee Se-young, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Hong Jong-hyun
Lee plays Hong, a Korean woman studying in Japan who meets and falls in love with Jungo (Sakaguchi). Owing to their personal differences about love and the practical problems they face, the pair wind up breaking up. Five years later, Hong and Jungo meet once more in Korea.
7. Iron Family
Lead cast: Kim Jung-hyun, Kim Sae-rok
In the weekend drama Iron Family, which will air 36 episodes from September until January 2025, Keum Sae-rok (The Interest of Love) plays Lee Da-rim, the daughter of a family that has run the friendly neighbourhood Cheongryeom Laundry business for three generations.
Da-rim has steadily been losing her vision in the interim before going completely blind at the age of 30. However, there exists an expensive procedure that could restore her eyesight. (KBS2, September 28)