Legendary dramas are set to shake up the small screen in the first half of 2026! 🎬🍿 💖 From Rom-Coms to Thrillers! The K-Drama War to take over the New Year begins. 📺
Starting from the very beginning of 2026, drama fans’ hearts are about to race. 🌅🔥 👑 From the comebacks of “Melodrama Master” Kim Seon-ho and “Rom-Com Goddess” Kim Hye-yoon, to the meeting of global stars BLACKPINK’s Jisoo and Seo In-guk! ✨🎥
Check out the lineup of buzzworthy titles armed with heart-fluttering romances, 💑 tension-filled thrillers, and fresh fantasy settings 🆕🦊 waiting in the wings!
We have summarized the highly anticipated drama lineup scheduled to air in the first half of 2026. 📝👀👇
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Can This Love Be Translated?
In 2026, a romance that will make the whole world flutter is coming. 🗓️💘 It is ‘Can This Love Be Translated?’. The premise alone—a meeting between a multi-talented interpreter and a top star actress—is already triggering a dopamine rush!
🗣️💖 Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung’s overwhelming visual combination and bouncing chemistry 🌍🔥 are set to prove once again why they are the masters of Rom-Com.
Monthly Boyfriend
👑🌌🎉 BLACKPINK’s Jisoo and Seo In-guk meet in the drama ‘Monthly Boyfriend’. They have teased a unique romance setting where a boyfriend from a virtual world becomes intertwined with a real-life connection.
The meeting of these two actors alone has already sent global fandom anticipation through the roof! 📈💑 💌🎧 It will be exciting to watch how the ‘Monthly Boyfriend’ you want to subscribe to connects into a real-life romance.
Starting Today, I’m Human
🦊🆕🎉 The heroine of ‘Lovely Runner’, Kim Hye-yoon, and Lomon are returning in ‘Starting Today, I’m Human’. It deals with the “enemies-to-lovers” romance between an eccentric Gumiho (nine-tailed fox) who refuses to become human and a narcissistic star soccer player.
⚽💪 The tiki-taka chemistry of these two youth stars, who are set to drive buzz worthy of an audition program! 📈👀🌟 Tune in to see how much laughter and heart-fluttering excitement this bouncy fantasy rom-com will deliver!
21st Century Grand Prince’s Wife
Starring IU and Byeon Woo-seok! A drama that will write a new history of fusion historical dramas is coming. 🎎🌸 ’21st Century Grand Prince’s Wife’ is set in a 21st-century constitutional monarchy Korea where social classes exist.
A dizzying romance unfolds when a woman from a chaebol family (commoner) meets a Royal Grand Prince! 👑💍 The cinematic direction and fresh worldview setting make this a must-watch for fans who love historical romances!
Slowly, Intensely
Song Hye-kyo, Gong Yoo, Cha Seung-won, and even Lee Ha-nee! With a casting lineup that makes it impossible not to have high expectations, the Netflix series ‘Slowly, Intensely’ is scheduled to be released in the second quarter of 2026.
🍂📽️ It is said to cover the stories of those who threw their whole bodies into the Korean entertainment industry of the 1960s-80s, dreaming of shining success. It is a work receiving huge expectations not only for its spectacular casting but also for the reputation of the production team, featuring director Lee Yoon-jung and writer Noh Hee-kyung.
Yumi’s Cells Season 3
The cute cells are coming back! 🧩✨ ‘Yumi’s Cells’, which gained sympathy from the entire nation, returns to fans with a new season in 2026. Watching the cells react noisily amidst love and daily life is healing in itself!
🧠💬 ☕🧣 We are excited to see which cells will appear this time to turn actress Kim Go-eun’s mind upside down.
So far, we have summarized the lineup of highly anticipated dramas scheduled to air in the first half of 2026. In addition to the works introduced now,
Park Min-young’s ‘The Siren’, Park Bo-young’s ‘Goldland’, and Cha Eun-woo’s ‘The Wonder Fools’… Just thinking about the spectacular works waiting from the New Year makes our hearts beat fast already! 💖
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