Following what now seems to be standard practice across the networks, MBC is the latest to offer up their 2025 lineup, stirring up our appetite for a pretty, pretty feast this new year. The first course already started this past weekend on January 10, serving us a flush of love with a smattering of angst in Motel California, starring Lee Se-young (What Comes After Love) and Na In-woo (Marry My Husband).
Title: Undercover High School
Release date: February
Need to know: In a hunt for King Gojong’s lost gold, the crime-action and rom-com puts government agent Seo Kang-joon (Grid) on an undercover assignment as a student. But on the first day of high school, his top secret identity is already at risk when his ex-girlfriend Jin Ki-joo (Uncle Samsik) enters the classroom as his new homeroom teacher.
Title: Crushology 101 (previously Bunny and Her Boys)
Release date: April
Need to know: When her first relationship comes to a terrible end, we meet Noh Jung-eui (Hierarchy) as she begins her quest for better love in this campus romance. There is hope, after all, when swimming in a sea of many fish and the webtoon adaptation nets her more than one yummy suitor to choose from – including leading man Lee Chae-min (Hierarchy).
Title: Oh My Ghost Clients
Release date: May
Need to know: With a newfound ability to see ghosts, the fantasy comedy has labor attorney Jung Kyung-ho (Crash Course in Romance) teaming up with sister-in-law Seol In-ah (Twinkling Watermelon) and content creator Cha Hak-yeon (Castaway Diva) to help tackle the cases from their supernatural clientele.
Title: Mary Kills People
Release date: Q3 or Q4
Need to know: Based on the Canadian black comedy by the same title, Lee Bo-young (Hide) stars as a moonlighting doctor who secretly runs an illegal euthanasia clinic together with fellow doctor Kang Ki-young (Queen of Divorce). All the while, once-a-cop-always-a-cop Lee Min-ki (Face Me) is the man on their tail.
Title: Let’s Go to the Moon (roughly translated)
Release date: Q3 or Q4
Need to know: Starring Lee Sun-bin (Boyhood), Ra Mi-ran (Jeongnyeon – The Star is Born), Jo Ah-ram (The Auditors), and Kim Young-dae (No Gain No Love), the office rom-com takes us through the realistic struggles of ordinary corporate employees and we follow the journey of our leads as they start to dream big and pursue a different path.
Title: The Moon Flows on This River (roughly translated)
Release date: Q3 or Q4
Need to know: Hijinks, love, and a sprinkling of ~mystery~ await our heavy-hearted crown prince Kang Tae-oh (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) when he encounters the amnesiac Kim Se-jung (Brewing Love) – who looks exactly like his dead wife, of course – and the powers-that-be in our fantasy sageuk decree a body-swap for our already confused pair.
Adding to the list above, MBC’s 21st Century Prince’s Wife (roughly translated, working title) is also expected to bring IU (Hotel del Luna) and Byun Woo-seok (Lovely Runner) to our screens later this year. The series was said to be omitted from the official list as it’s still in the early stages of production and is in discussions to secure an appropriate director to lead the team.