Ankita's guide to convert your friends into K-Drama Watchers
2018 was a good year in the Dramaland with dramas like Mother, What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, Something in the Rain and many more.
Let's find out what this new year has in store for us. Here are the dramas airing in the first quarter of 2019.
THE BEST CHICKEN
Network: MBN
Premiers on: January 2, 2019
Number of episodes: 12
Plot Summary: Three young people come together to run a chicken restaurant.
Actors: Kim So-Hye, Park Sun-Ho, Joo Woo-Jae
THE CROWNED CLOWN
Network: tvN
Premiers on: January 7, 2019
Number of episodes: 16
Plot Summary: Based in the Joseon Era, to protect the king from being assassinated a clown who looks like the king takes his place.
Actors: Yeo Jin-Goo, Lee Se-Young
MY LAWYER MR. JOE - 2
Network: KBS 2
Premiers on: January 7, 2019
Number of episodes: 32
Plot Summary: Second season of Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho! It will continue the story of the prosecutor who is now unemployed.
Actors: Park Shin-Yang, Go Hyun-Jung
LIVER OR DIE
Network: KBS2
Premiers on: January 9, 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: Drama revolves around the family of 5 siblings.
Actors: Yoo Joon-Sang, Oh Ji-Ho, Jeon Hye-Bin, Lee Shi-Young, Lee Chang-Yeop
SPRING TURNS TO SPRING
Network: MBC
Premiers on: January 23, 2019
Number of episodes:?
Plot Summary: Story revolves around two women, one a news anchor and the other a law maker's wife, who mysteriously switch bodies.
Actors: Lee Yu-Ri, Uhm Ji-Won
KINGDOM
Network: Netflix
Premiers on: January 25, 2019
Number of episodes: 6
Plot Summary: Zombie apocalypse in Joseon Era
Actors: Ju Ji-Hoon, Bae Doo-Na
ROMANCE SUPPLEMENT
Network: tvN
Premiers on: January 26, 2019
Number of episodes:?
Plot Summary: Rom-com drama set in a publishing company, in which a chief editor falls in love with a writer who lied about her background to get into the company.
Actors: Lee Jong-Suk, Lee Na-Young
TOWER OF BABEL
Network: CSTV
Premiers on: January 27, 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: A prosecutor falls in love with a married woman and together they solve a murder.
Actors: Park Shi-Hoo, Jang Hee-Jin
TOUCH YOUR HEART
Network: tvN
Premiers on: January 30, 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: An actress works as a secretary to a lawyer to gain experience to act in a screenwriter's drama.
Actors: Lee Dong-Wook, Yoo In-Na, Shin Dong-Wook
DAZZLING
Network: JTBC
Premiers on: February 2019
Number of episodes:?
Plot Summary: The story of a woman who lost time before she got to use it all and a man who wastes his best days by doing nothing.
Source: Soompi
Actors: Han Ji-Min, Nam Joo-Hyuk, Kim Hye-Ja
I LOVE YOU WHEN I AM SAD
Network: MBC
Premiers on: February 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: Remake of Japanese TBS Drama "Beautiful Person"
Actors: Ji Hyun Woo, Park Han Byul, Ryu Soo Young, Wang Bit Na
HOT BLOODED PRIEST
Network: SBS
Premiers on: February 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: A Priest deals with anger management issues.
Actors: Kim Nam-Gil, Kim Sung-Kyun, Lee Honey
THE ITEM
Network: MBC
Premiers on: February 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: Two people try to uncover the truth behind mysteries with supernatural powers.
Actors: Joo Ji-Hoon, Jin Se-Yeon
BIG ISSUE
Network: SBS
Premiers on: February 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: A lady loses her career due to a photograph, then she ventures into the field of being a paparazzi.
Actors: Joo Jin-Mo, Han Ye-Seul
HAECHI
Network: SBS
Premiers on: February 11, 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: Four different people come together to make a Prince the King.
Actors: Jung Il-Woo, Kwon Yool, Go Ara, Park Hoon
POSSESSED
Network: OCN
Premiers on: February 13, 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: A detective and a psychic go after the spirits together.
Actors: Song Sae-Byuk, Go Joon-Hee
LEGAL HIGH
Network: JTBC
Premiers on: February 8, 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: Ko Tae-Rim is a lawyer. He is arrogant and makes biting remarks, but he has a 100% winning rate. He can't even imagine ever losing a case and winning cases is the most important thing to him. His attorney's fee is obscenely high. Meanwhile, Seo Jae-In is a gung-ho rookie lawyer. She wants to help clients trapped in unfair situations. Seo Jae-In realizes that lawyers who do not win cases are useless and she decides to work with Ko Tae-Rim.
Source: Asianwiki
Actors: Jin Goo, Seo Eun-Soo
DEAR CITIZEN
Network: KBS2
Premiers on: March 4, 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: A con man (played by Choi Siwon) marries a police officer (Lee Yoo Young) and ends up running to become a member of the National Assembly.
(Source: Soompi)
Actors: Choi Shi Won, Lee Yoo Young
THE BANKER
Network: MBC
Premiers on: March 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: A remake of the Japanese "Auditor Nozaki Shuhei", it is the story of a bank auditor who pursues justice and the changing of policies in an era where the economic bubble is collapsing, and financial authorities are in a battle over money and power.
(Source: hancinema.net)
Actors: Kim Sang-joong, Chae Shi-ra, Yoo Dong-geun
BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Network: JTBC
Premiers on: April 2019
Number of episodes: ?
Plot Summary: A boy stands on the precipice of life or death after an incident of school violence, and his family seeks the truth.
(Source: Soompi)
Actors: Park Hee Soon, Choo Ja-Hyun, Oh Man Suk, Jo Yeo-Jung
