Lee Junho, Lee Jung-jae Lead tvN’s Star-Packed Second-Half Lineup
Sep 22, 2025
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tvN 'Chef of Tyrants' and 'New President Project' are breaking new ratings records this year. On top of that, with its high buzz, it is dominating the hearts of global viewers beyond Korea, and its ambition is to continue its enthusiasm until the second half of the year. In the fourth quarter of this year, a variety of new product line-ups are prepared, from dramas 'Taepung Corporation' and 'Ugly Love' to entertainment 'Wheeled House', 'I am Boxer' and 'Perfect Glow'. tvN's potential of leading the trend 'Gamdasal' is expected to shine more intensely for the rest of this year.
Recently, tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 『The Tyrant's Chef" topped the list of households in the Seoul metropolitan area by up to 18.1% and TV-OTT dramas for four consecutive weeks, and topped the Netflix global TV show non-English section, creating a hot craze at home and abroad. In particular, fantasy romantic comedy with detailed production and original meeting with traditional Korean cuisine materials are receiving favorable reviews. Monday-Tuesday drama 『New president project" began cruising with an average of 7.8% and 8.9% of households in the metropolitan area in the first week of broadcasting, the highest number among tvN's Monday-Tuesday dramas aired this year. Han Seok-gyu's other acting transformation, which has added comical charm, is receiving rave reviews.
The potential of entertainment content cannot be left out. Bill Gates, one of the most influential people in the world, made another legendary record in the `You Quiz on the Block.' With Yooi, Geum Sae-rok, Park Joo-hyun, and Seol In-ah, 'The Iron Girls Group 2' is writing a drama of solidarity and growth through the seemingly impossible challenge of boxing champion. In particular, their appearance to be reborn as boxers provides both fun and emotion, and they have recorded a total of 580 million views (as of September 14), attracting explosive attention.
The sequel to `Chef of the Tyrants' will premiere at 9:10 p.m. on Oct. 11. The new Saturday-Sunday drama 'Taepung Corporation', the most anticipated film in the second half of tvN, depicts the struggling growth of a novice boss man 'Taepung'(Lee Jun-ho), who became the president of a trading company with no IMF, no employees, no money, and nothing to sell in 1997. The chemistry between activist Lee Joon-ho and logicalist Kim Min-ha, who analyzes the situation with reason and logic, and the reality of the 1997 era are expected to provide dense fun and attractions.
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A large number of new entertainment lineups are also prepared. In October, the conflict-ending lecture show "Kim Chang-ok Show", presented by the legendary class Kim Chang-ok in the Korean lecture world, will visit viewers for the fourth season to those living in an era of communication crisis due to overload, high efficiency, and infinite competition. Traveling with my own house 'Wheel House' also returns to 'Wheel House Across the Sea: North Sea Edition' It deals with a new adventure across the sea and announces the news of actor Jang Na-ra joining as a new family member following Sung Dong-il and Kim Hee-won. It will premiere on October 12th. Another new spin-off program of 'Kangsin', with Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Woo-bin and Do Kyung-soo leaving for Mexico, is also in place. In addition, 'Six Sense: City Tour', which ranked first in the target audience rating at the same time in the previous round, will also come to season 2. Following last season, Yoo Jae-suk, Ko Kyung-pyo, and Mimi joined, and Ji Seok-jin joined. It is expected that the members' chemistry, which has become more blunt, will provide harmless laughter.
Ra Mi-ran, Park Min-young, Joo Jong-hyuk, Cha Hong, LeoJ, and Pony will open a K-beauty shop in the middle of Manhattan, New York, and the first broadcast of "Perfect Glow" (directed by Kim Sang-ah, Kwak Ji-hye and Kim Jong-ki) has been confirmed on November 8 (Sat). The best hair in Korea, starting with Ra Mi-ran and Park Min-young?A makeup expert will open a Korean beauty shop in Manhattan, New York, and feature 'K-Beauty New York Conqueror', which showcases the true nature of K-beauty locally. While K-beauty is receiving hot attention around the world, it is expected that you will be able to directly experience its popularity. At the end of the year, a super-large global survival 'I Am Boxer' with Ma Dong-seok is ready. 'I Am Boxer' (directed by Lee Won-woong, writer Kang Sook-kyung) is an overwhelming mega boxing survival with a mission scale beyond imagination and a Hollywood movie-like spectacle. Ma Dong-seok, who truly loves boxing, and Lee Won-woong, the producer who gave birth to the extreme couple survival '290,000: Marriage War', and Kang Sook-kyung, the author of the global hit 'Physical: 100', are together, heralding the birth of another novel survival program. In addition, it is also planning a new worker entertainment program with Choo Sung-hoon, Jung Dae-se, Amoti, Heo Kyung-hwan, and Baekho.
The lineup of the second half of the year, which encompasses various genres and materials, clearly reveals the direction tvN aims for. The will is to prove tvN's content power, which constantly leads the trend and leads the center of conversation in everyday life. Yang Si-kwon, head of CJ ENM's channel business division, said, `More than anything, I am happy and grateful that many viewers love our dramas and entertainment contents. In the first half of this year, tvN's own 'walk is different'2025, and we want to solidify the popularity of tvN by continuing the content power in the second half of this year. New works filled with powerful joy are waiting for you, so please look forward to it and love it," he said.
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