The BEST KBS 2 shows of all time
Every KBS 2 show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every KBS 2 show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - 2 Days & 1 Night
Six cheerful guys travel all over Korea for two days. Throughout their travel, they enjoy the country's beautiful nature, food and tourist attractions, while playing fun games.
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#2 - THE UNI+
The Unit is a 2017 idol rebooting show that aired on KBS 2TV. The show intended to give another chance for idols who have already debuted but failed to gain the spotlight. The project created two unit groups: one male and one female, with 9 members each.
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#3 - The Return of Superman
In this new reality show, 4 celebrity dad's will take on the task of raising their kid(s) on their own without mom's help! These dads could not be more different from one another and are on different sides of the personality spectrums. This is an extremely cute show due to the different personalities of the kids and makes for funny moments as the fathers try to raise them in their own ways (clueless at times!). Join the ohh's and ahh's as the Superman Fathers learn a thing or two about taking care of their own kids!
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#4 - Beyond the Clouds
Jung Se Ro lost his father and his life was destroyed by a murder case in Thailand which also involved stolen diamonds. After that incident, Se Ro lives his life as a swindler. Park Kang Jae is his partner in crime and they are close like brothers. Se Ro then falls in love with Han Young Won whose fiance died because of Jung Se Ro.
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#5 - IRIS
Two elite National Security System (NSS) agents, Hyeong-Jun (Lee Byung-Hun) and Sa-Woo (Jeong Jun-Ho), who were sworn blood brothers, both fall for fellow agent Seung-Hee (Kim Tae-Hee). Sa-Woo attempts to suppress his feelings for Seung-Hee and wishes the couple the best. Hyeon-Jun is then sent off on a solo mission to Hungary. In Hungary, Hyeon-jun accomplishes his mission and while in escape mode becomes wounded. Shortly later, Hyeon-jun finds out that he was betrayed by fellow agent Sa-woo. Seung-Hee attempts to help Hyeon-Jun escape, but a car explosion separates the two and both are misled to believe that the other person are dead. Hyeon-Jun is then saved by an unknown voice and learns of the secret society "IRIS". One year later, Hyeon-Jun returns to Korea to seek revenge. During this time, the two Koreas are set to reunify, while the group "IRIS" are intent on stopping the reunification.
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#6 - The Princess' Man
A tragic love story between the daughter of Prince Suyang and grandson of Kim Jong Seo. The son of Kim Jongseo, Seungyoo, is a handsome and wise man who carries a noble quality. Princess Seryeong, a daughter of King Sejo, aka prince Sooyang, is a cheerful, lively lady with a strong curiosity and bold personality. They fall in love instantly but later they find out that their parents are sworn enemies. It’s a Chosun dynasty version of “Romeo and Juliet”.
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#7 - Queen For Seven Days
In the Joseon period, a noblewoman from a powerful clan marries the Crown Prince but is deposed after only seven days as queen when he becomes king.
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#8 - The Happy Loner
Because of the emotional scars she received from her parents as a kid, Ji Young is an individualist who chooses not to care about anyone other than herself. Her life motto is to neither give nor receive help from other people. That's up until a neighbor named Byuk Soo appears, who is the polar opposite of her. Byuk Soo is affection-deprived and unable to live without other people. He is a social butterfly with many connections, but still has no one to truly console him in times of need. Byuk Soo meddles in Ji Young's life with trivial requests, which Ji Young finds pathetic and troublesome. But she begins to open up to him when he tries to get closer, and they share their struggles while trying to make up for each other's shortcomings.
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#9 - I Remember You
Armed with an incredible track record, former profiler Lee Hyun returns to Korea to take up the mantle as a member of a special task force. However, the hunter turns out to be the hunted, as Hyun's colleague Cha Ji-an has long since been conducting a personal investigation on him. Who exactly are the cat and mouse in this romantic thriller?
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#10 - Cinderella's Sister
She has neither aspiration nor emotion and her smile is sarcastic. Eun-jo is a girl who has apathy toward life. Her mother, who has been living as a single mother for 18 years, finally found the right person to marry and brought Eun-jo into the stepfather’s house. A decent house and a decent family…. Eun-jo feels that everything in this house does not fit for her. The most unbearable thing she faces is the stepsister Hyo-sun, who is the apple of her father’s eyes and beloved by everyone in the house. Hyo-sun also takes away the mind of Eun-jo’s mother, just like her bright and untainted character attracted all the other people. Eun-jo cannot tolerate this situation, since she lost the only one that she completely owned. She sets her mind on getting even with Hyo-sun. ‘Cinderella shouldn’t be loved by her stepmother. You broke the rule! I’ll pay you back by taking away what you have and will have! But then… What should I do first?’
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#11 - White Christmas
Kim Yo Han is a psychiatrist who gets involved in a serial murder when his car broke down on Christmas Eve during a sudden storm and he is forced to take shelter at a private high school. Seven students and a teacher are also there over the winter break, but they are gradually murdered one by one as they receive letters from a killer who wants revenge for the death of his mother and sister.
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#12 - Healer
A star journalist, a second-rate journalist, and a man by the code name "Healer" are brought together by a long-buried incident that hides dark truths.
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#13 - Bridal Mask
Bridal Mask (Gaksital) is a famous manhwa set in the 1930s during the Japanese occupation. The hero, Lee Kang-to, is known as 'Gaksital' because he wears a mask to hide his face — one of those traditional play masks, specifically the rosy-cheeked one reserved for the female role, aka the bride. He's an unassuming young man in real life, but when he dons his superhero mask, he fights injustice and rights wrongs during one of the darkest periods of Korea's history.
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#14 - Chief Kim
An accountant who’s deft at embezzling funds becomes an unintentional hero to his colleagues when he gets a new corporate job.
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#15 - Delightful Girl, Choon Hyang
"Sassy Girl, Choon-hyang" is the 2005 interpretation of the "Legend of Choon-hyang". The story begins when Lee Mong-ryong is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. Chun-hyang does her best to help Mong-ryong, her first love and the son of the Namwon Police Station chief, to enter a prestigious university. However, after meeting with Mong-ryong’s first love, Chae-rin, Mong-ryong’s love toward Chun-hyang is shattered, although Chun-hyang’s love remains unwavering. One day, Byeon Hak-do, CEO of a famous entertainment company, appears in her life. He exudes confidence that he can make any woman fall for him. But as Chun-hyang shows no interest in him, his self-esteem is damaged profoundly. Byeon Hak-do is determined to make her love him. --KBS Global Marketing
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#16 - Go Back Couple
Would you like to go back in 18 years of time if you could? People have desires to turn back the time and fix the most regrettable moments in their lives. This couple with the same age is just like that. Getting married at a young age of 24 made them almost bite each other’s heads off. They are given a chance to relieve those regrettable moments. Would they be able to choose a different life after all?
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#17 - Descendants of the Sun
After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.
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#18 - Dream High
Six dedicated students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry.
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#19 - The Slave Hunters
Dae Gil is born off a nobleman. He's loved by Eon Nyeon, a slave. Her brother kills Dae Gil's parents.
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#20 - What Happens to My Family?
This is a family drama about happenings when father sues his selfish children for not being dutiful to parents. The drama wants to talk about the gratitude as a family which we all have taken for granted and the secret of happiness when saying “Thank you“, “I am sorry” and “I love you“.
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#21 - Youth of May
This is a story of people who would have lived and loved like no other if that May had been the same as any other normal and sunny May. An emotional melodrama of passionate youths running toward their fate, unaware of the whirlwind of history that will be sweeping them. A man and a woman are caught in the mayhem of wails, blood, cries, and acrid smokes during May of 1980 in Gwangju, Korea. Losing their loved ones in front of their eyes and having to overcome constant crises of life and death, the two hardly get a chance to exchange their over-flowing love for each other.
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#22 - Once Again
Back at square one as divorcees, four siblings take another shot at love and dreams — after mustering up the courage to convince their parents first.
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#23 - On the Way to the Airport
Choi Soo A works as an assistant purser at an airline. She has been working there for 12 years. Her husband is a pilot and they have a 12-years-old daughter. Choi Soo A thinks she is content with her life, but she meets Seo Do Woo her life changes. Seo Do Woo works as a part-time instructor in architecture. He has a bright and warm heart. He is married and they have a daughter, but a shocking incident occurs. Due to this, he becomes confused and Choi Soo A comes into his life.
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#24 - The Sound of Your Heart
"The Sound of Your Heart" is based on the popular web-toon with the same title, which has been being published serially for the last ten years online. The web-toon has been loved much for the delightful stories about writer Jo Seok himself, his brother Jo Joon, and Ae-bong, who is Jo Seok's girlfriend and becomes his wife later in the story.
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#25 - The Joseon Gunman
It’s the 19th Century and as western influences spread across Asia, Korea’s Joseon dynasty is experiencing great upheaval and rapid modernization. As the son of the last great swordsman, Park Yoon Kang is caught between two worlds, but the sudden murder of his father and sister catapult him into the new era as he takes up the gun to avenge their deaths. However, it’s not just his family who needs his protection, but his people as well. Is Park Yoon Kang cut out to be the hero of an era?
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#26 - Cheer UP!
Set against the backdrop of an incredibly competitive high school, a group of students find solace in cheerleading club, led by their passionate leader, Kang Yeon-doo (Jung Eun-ji). Along with the social and romantic trials of adolescence, this unlikely group of cheerleaders smile in the face of unreasonable academic expectations.
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#27 - Suits (KR)
A renowned corporate attorney at a prestigious firm gambles on a dropout with a photographic memory but no law degree to help on high-stakes cases.
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#28 - School 2013
Several students in an underachieving class in their second year of high school face conflict in their academic and personal lives. They also have to deal with simply growing up and becoming who they want to be - something their teachers attempt to guide them through even as they come across similar problems of their own.
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#29 - Beautiful Mind
How dangerous is a genius neurosurgeon who is incapable of having any feelings for his patients? Lee Young-oh is the best at what he does but because of an accident in his frontal lobe, he lacks sympathy for his patients and has erratic personalities. When a series of bizarre patient deaths occur at the hospital, police investigators converge around Young-oh. Can a rookie cop help Young-oh open up his heart and learn to love again?
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#30 - Trot Lovers
When she's not making ends meet, Choi Choon Hee hones her skills in trot music, an old-fashioned, but heartfelt genre. Her luck turns when she when she pairs up with Jang Joon Hyun, an arrogant songwriter who excels in pop hits, as well as Jo Geun Woo, a shrewd talent CEO. Choon Hee's star burns hot, but between work and love, can she overcome the haters and trot her way into success?
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#31 - Baby Faced Beauty
Lee So-young dreams of becoming a fashion designer, but at the age of 34 she only has a high school diploma and a family debt to pay. However, her young face leads her to be mistaken as a 25-year old university graduate landing her the job of her dreams. On the other hand, she meets Choi Jin-wook, who is younger than his mature look. Jin-wook breaks away from the family business in the hopes of making it as a designer. Because he believes So-young is younger than him, he orders her around without the respect usually paid to those who are older. The two of them clash while working together, but can't help their growing affections for one another.
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#32 - Love Rain
"Love Rain" depicts a 1970's pure love and a love from the present day at the same time. It shows how the offsprings of a previous ill-fated couple, who met in the 1970s, managed to meet and fall in love. Seo In-ha and Kim Yoon-hee, an art student and a shy beauty, met and fell in love with each other during college in the 1970s but unfortunately their love was fated to never be. Now in the present 21st century Korea, Seo In-ha's son, Seo Joon (a liberal photographer) meets and falls in with the daughter of Kim Yoon-hee, Jung Ha-na, a cheerful and energetic girl who's personality is different from her mother's. Will their love for each other keep them together or will they have to face the same fate as their parents?
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#33 - Who Are You: School 2015
Set at a prestigious private high school in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea. Eun-byeol is a popular student at the private high school. She goes missing and returns, but she has lost her memory. She tries to find out the truth.
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#34 - Hwangjini
The life of Hwang Jinyi, one of the most famous courtesans to ever live, during the Joseon Period under the reign of Kim Jungjong.
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#35 - The Producers
All-night meetings, nonstop stress and action. That’s the life of a television variety show producer trying to put together a hit show and gain ratings while handling pressures from difficult stars and corporate executives who breathe down their necks. Baek Seung-chan is a fresh new producer-director (PD) who gave up law school to work in the exciting variety show division of a major television network. He works alongside the more seasoned veteran PDs Tak Ye-jin, a no-nonsense hot-shot who gets things done her way, and Ra Joon-mo, who is still waiting for his breakout hit series. As they work with temperamental stars like Cindy, a famous singer, can the PDs please everybody and get their jobs done?
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#36 - Witch's Court
Ma Yi-Deum has worked as a prosecutor for 7 years. She sometimes resorts to drastic methods to win cases. One day, Ma Yi-Deum is transferred to a special division dealing only with sex crimes.
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#37 - The Vineyard Man
An aspiring fashion designer lives in the country, going through trials and errors and building relationships.
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#38 - Hwarang
During the Kingdom of Silla, a group of elite youth known as Hwarang would wield great influence. These dashing, talented knights – Moo Myung, Sam Maek Jong, Soo Ho, Ban Ryu, Yeo Wool, Han Sung, and maiden Ah Ro – could outsmart and outfight anyone as they pushed for justice in Seorabeol, the capital city. One of them would become King Jin Heung of Silla and change the course of history.
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#39 - Are You Human Too?
A humane AI robot becomes the surrogate of the son of a wealthy family who’s in a coma and pretends to be a human.
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#40 - Hong Gil Dong, the Hero!
Hong Gil Dong was the illegitimate son of a high ranked minister. A local monk took him under his wing and taught him martial arts. Hong Gil Dong was inspired to fight for the injustice in this society that divided people into nobles and ordinary citizens whereby the former enjoyed all the privileges due solely to their birth. The heroine, Heo Yi Nok, had just returned to Korea from China with her grandfather. They made their living by putting on shows and selling their special brand of medicine in the marketplace. Lee Chang Hwi had been told since he was young that he was the rightful heir to the throne which had been usurped by his half brother. He had also returned from his exile in China and was plotting to overthrow the emperor. The three got entangled in love, hate, loyalty and betrayal and only one side can win.
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#41 - Angel's Last Mission: Love
He's an angel on a mission. She's a dancer with a broken heart. Can they heal each other and find love?
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#42 - The King's Affection
Set in the Joseon Dynasty, at that time, twins were considered an omninous sign for the royals. As a result, when the crown princess gives birth to twins, an order is sent to kill the daughter among twins. To save that daugther's life, crown princess secretly sends someone and moves her out of the palace. A few years later, the twin daughter Da Mi returns to the palace to work as a maid. When the male twin, Lee Hwi, loses his life through a case of mistaken identity. Their mother persuades Da mi to take Lee Hwi's place. From then, she distances herself from everybody while living in the lonely palace and hiding her secret. However, Lee Hwi starts developing feelings for Jung Ji Woon, her original first love and later teacher who comes from a noble family. However, as she needs to live her life as a king, Lee Hwi, she cannot confess her feeling to Ji Woon.
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#43 - Page Turner
Yoo-Seul (Kim So-Hyun) is a student of an art high school. She is a talented pianist and who won various contests, but she is driven by her mother. Yoo-Seul's mother wanted to become a pianist when she was younger. One day, Yoo-Seul has an accident. Yoo-Seul may never play the again because of the accident. With the help of her friend Cha-Sik and Yoo-Seul's rival Jin-Mok, Yoo-Seul begins to live a new life.
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#44 - You Are the Best!
A Korean romance about a family finding the meaning of love and happiness after the death of their father.
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#45 - Bread, Love and Dreams
Born with a heightened sense of smell, Tak Gu learns under one of the best trainers on his journey as a baker.
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#46 - Oh My Venus
In an effort to support her family, Kang Joo-eun has become a workaholic lawyer without any regard for her personal well being. Overweight, unattractive and depressed at the prime of her life, Joo-eun comes across Kim Young-ho, a renowned personal trainer who considers health a deeply personal calling. Can Young-ho and his stubborn perfectionism whip Joo-eun’s body—and heart—back into shape?
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#47 - Boys Over Flowers (KR)
Set at a famous high school for the super-wealthy, this is a puppy love story centered on a poor girl and the F4 gang of rich kids headed by the rough and fearless Goo Jun-pyo. Geum Jan-di is a girl from a poor family but has an unrivaled sense of optimism and drive and is by chance admitted to a prestigious private high school. There she meets the infamous group of four astonishingly good looking and rich boys who are known as F4. The group's leader is Goo Jun-pyo, who is a spoiled heir to world-leading conglomerate Shinhwa. He is joined by mysterious and breathlessly handsome Yoon Ji-hoo, So Yi-jung, and Song Woo-bin. Their love story moves from Seoul to New Caledonia to Macau.
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#48 - Good Doctor
A medical drama based in the pediatrics department. This drama will draw the story of a young man, Park Shi-on with Idiot Savant Syndrome who overcomes obstacles to become a pediatric surgeon. He is a pediatrician who despite his developmental disabilities is a medical genius. He is a gifted doctor but has trouble with other areas of his life, such as relating to people socially. Meanwhile, Cha Yoon-seo is a pediatric surgical fellow and Kim Do-han is the best pediatric surgeons in Korea. He will finds himself frequently in confrontation with Park Shi-on.
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#49 - Love in the Moonlight
A young Joseon woman who's lived her whole life as a man ends up as a eunuch in the royal palace, where she begins to bond with the crown prince.
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#50 - When the Camellia Blooms
Dongbaek is a single mother. When a potential new love enters her life, she finds ways to defy the social stigmas surrounding her.
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