The 40 most popular korean family TV shows, ranked. Click any show for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.


Inkigayo
1998 · KR
The program is a weekly music show that features and introduces viewers to the most popular artists in Korea. Every week, they ask viewers to vote and select the most popular song of the week.


TV Animal Farm
2001 · KR
No overview available


Soonpoong Clinic
1998 · KR
No overview available


Story of a Mermaid
2002 · KR
An estranged daughter vows to take revenge on her father, who abandoned her and her mother.


OK! Let's Get Divorced
2026 · KR
After seven years of marriage, a couple decides to call it quits—but their “perfect breakup” quickly turns into a messy battle of pride, jealousy, and unresolved feelings. As unexpected twists pull them back together, they must confront the love they thought was long gone. Can they truly walk away from each other?


Baby Shark's Big Show!
2021 · US
Follow Baby Shark Brooklyn and his best friend William as they journey on fun-filled comedic adventures in their community of Carnivore Cove, meet new friends, and sing original catchy tunes along the way.


Pororo the Little Penguin
2003 · KR
Fun adventures await in the forest named Porong Porong Village where Pororo and friends live. New friends show up in the village and many exciting things happen in the forest. Our playful little gentoo penguin Pororo, naughty spinosaurus Crong, sweet and lovely American beaver Loopy, cheerful and sporty Adélie penguin girl Petty, clever fennec fox Eddy, strong minikaniko Rody, trustworthy polar bear Poby, happy-go-lucky hummingbird Harry, magical dragon wizard Tong-Tong, and a red sedan car Tu-Tu live in this snow-covered wonderland.


Larva
2011 · KR
Two curious worms spend their days investigating the otherworldly objects that fall through the grate into their subterranean world.


Mother of Mine
2019 · KR
Story of a mother and three daughters living in modern day Korean society. The drama conveys a message about the low fertility rate, divorce rate, and the problems of the younger generation who are avoiding marriage.


High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged
2011 · KR
Ahn Nae Sang and Yoon Yoo Sun are middle aged husband and wife. When his business goes bankrupt, this couple moves in to her brother's house and the conflict starts.


Rainbow Ruby
2016 · KR
Rainbow Ruby is the story of a spunky, resourceful little girl who magically transports to Rainbow Village, a whimsical land inhabited by her toys, and transforms into different jobs to help save the day! This CGI-animated preschool series takes the childhood fantasy of dolls come to life, and mixes in an aspirational heroine who proves that you can be anything you want to be!


You are My Destiny
2008 · KR
Jang Sae-byuk is a cheerful and grateful orphan who always tries her best. She dreams of one day becoming an interior designer, despite her lack of education and money. Because of an accident that happened before the story starts (about three years ago), she loses her sight and undergoes corneal transplant surgery. Different events unravel when she encounters the Kim family, who has lost a daughter in a horrible car crash, unbeknownst to everyone besides the father and older brother. The stories then intertwine when Sae-byuk meets the Kim's extended family and the son of a big interior design company, Lohas, in Korea.


The Rich Son
2018 · KR
Lee Gwang Jae is the son of a rich family who is reckless and immature. His father dies and leaves behind large debts. Gwang Jae promises to pay off his debt for his father's honor, but it's not as easy as he thinks. Kim Young Ha supports Gwang Jae with her positive personality and love, giving encouragement to him whenever he needs it.


Potato Star 2013QR3
2013 · KR
A mysterious asteroid crash-lands on Earth in 2013 and causes all sorts of weird things to start happening, specifically to the Noh family and their neighbors.


Ugly Alert
2013 · KR
Gong Joon-soo is a man who's had a rough life and early on had to fend for himself. He takes the blame for a murder his younger sibling commits and serves time in prison. There he learns to sew and acquires a trade. With his newly acquired skills, Joon-soo goes to work for Na Do-hee at a fashion company. Do-hee has inherited her job because her grandfather built the company. But even though she inherited her position, she is serious about doing a good job and is something of a workaholic.


Only Love
2014 · KR
Kim Tae-yang is a physician and Choi Yoo-ri is a broadcasting producer. Choi Jae-min is a dandy-ish executive at a clothing company and Kim Saet-byul is an unwed mother. Kim Woo-joo is much younger than Hong Mi-rae. As these three couples fall in love, they explore issues of age difference, blood ties and adoption, and wealth and poverty.


Unpredictable Family
2023 · KR
A romantic family drama about a divorced couple who broke up 30 years ago out of hate, reuniting as in-laws through their children and overcoming long overdue conflicts and enmity.


My Merry Marriage
2024 · KR
A delightful family drama that asks the true meaning of 'happiness' by showing various aspects of marriage such as divorce, remarriage, and single life, and brings about empathy and laughter from all generations. Maeng Gong Hee is a contract designer at Jayce Fashion. Having inherited her strong mother's spirit and her former detective father's athletic ability, she is a rare wild woman these days who has the guts to survive even if she were to be stranded on a deserted island. Gu Dan Soo is the grandson of Jayce Fashion Chairman Hwang Ik Seon and born to a wealthy father and a poor mother. Dan Soo, who was living as a free spirit in a foreign country, comes to Korea according to his grandmother's plan to make a successor to the chairman out of him and he reunites with childhood friend Maeng Gong Hee once again.


Ask Us Anything Fortune Teller
2019 · KR
Love, work, relationships — all kinds of worries come to the fore as celebrity fortune tellers suggest solutions to guests’ life problems.


My Father is Strange
2017 · KR
Mi Yeong, Hye Yeong, Ra Yeong, and Joon Yeong are the kids of Yeong Sil and Han Soo. They seem like the average Seoul family, with the typical Seoul problems, but that all changes when Jung Hui, an actor, and former K-Pop idol, ends up in their doorstep claiming that Han Soo is his biological father. The family goes through thick and thin, one marriage after the other, trying to figure out why their father happens to be strange.


White Lies
2008 · KR
When Seo Eun Young's fiance, Kang Jung Woo, leaves her alone and pregnant, she manages to get on with her life. Just as she has a chance to find happiness with Kang Hyung Woo, Jung Woo returns to complicate everything.


Family by Choice
2024 · KR
A youth romance about two men and woman who aren't blood related but treated each other as family during their teens and how they meet again after 10 years.


Living Among the Rich
2011 · KR
Ji-Eun is thrilled to hear that her mother Hye-Ja is moving to Cheongdam neighborhood. Hye-Ja & Ji-Eun lived in the suburbs for thier whole life. Ji-Eun dreams of living a luxurious life, but her reality is quite different. The house they move into is on the 2nd story of a building which looks like it will collapse. The first floor of the building is a comic book shop and the second floor is a lodging house. Their building is located between luxurious buildings in Cheongdam neighborhood.


My Only One
2018 · KR
A woman's life gets twisted one day because of her biological father who shows up after 28 years of absence. He had been thoroughly hiding his identity, afraid that he might be an obstacle in his daughter's life. The father and daughter meet the "only ones" in their lives and put back together the pieces of their broken hearts.


Love Returns
2017 · KR
The drama follows the life a woman who ends up losing everything after living a turbulent life. When she starts anew from the bottom, ironically, her life blossoms. The value that holds us together is not blood nor law, but rather love and affection between us.


Apgujeong Midnight Sun
2014 · KR
Whether a man and a woman become lovers or enemies depends on a fateful encounter. Revolving around work life at a TV network, this story is about young people who believe in destiny.


I'm a Mother, Too
2018 · KR
Ji-Young (Lee In-Hye) has a bright personality. Due to a difficult situation, she becomes a surrogate mother. With her bright personality, she gets through hardships and struggles to obtain happiness.


Bernard
2006 · FR
Bernard is a series of animated shorts centered on the fictional polar bear and main character of the same name. It is a Korean-Spanish-French co-production. Each three-minute episode focuses on the bear's curiosity and have many moments of slapstick. Bernard never speaks with the exception of unintelligible noises Bernard is accompanied in the cartoons by a few other characters: Lloyd and Eva the penguins, Zack the lizard, Goliat the chihuahua, Sam the baby, Pilot the dog, Pokey the porcupine and Santa Claus. He usually gets knocked unconscious or severely injured at the end of an episode, due to some calamity caused by his bumbling


Young Lady and Gentleman
2021 · KR
Lee Young Kook is a widower with three children. He still hasn’t gotten over the death of his wife. He decides to hire Park Dan Dan as a live-in tutor for his kids and he becomes attracted to her. Meanwhile, Park Dan Dan has bright and positive personality despite her harsh situation.


Love Twist
2021 · KR
A drama depicting a sweet twist in love between the parents and children of three families around the love of two main characters.


The Return of Hwang Geum-bok
2015 · KR
Geum-Bok (Shin Da-Eun) is ashamed of her mother (Jeon Mi-Sun) who works as a street cleaner. Her mother, as a single mother, has worked hard to support Geum-Bok. Geum-Bok's feelings for for her mother begin to change. On their first trip, Geum-Bok's mother disappears and Geum-Bok is now all alone.


The First Man
2025 · KR
A drama depicting a life-threatening confrontation between a woman who takes another person's life for revenge and a woman who takes another person's life for her own desires.


Bravo, My Life
2022 · KR
Even though Seo Dong Hee comes from a poor family background, she has a bright and positive personality. She dreams of becoming a designer and slowly works her way to achieve her dream. She decides to become the mother of her nephew and raise him by herself. She also gets involved with Kang Cha Yeol. Kang Cha Yeol’s father runs a big company. His father wants him to work for his company, but Kang Cha Yeol doesn't want to. He wants to go back to the U.S., but he realizes he can't do anything without his father's financial support. His father tells Kang Cha Yeol to work for 1 year at his company.


Band of Sisters
2017 · KR
Kang Ha-Ri, with her bright personality, works part-time at a stationary store and a nail shop. Min Deul-Re was a popular actress, but she isn't so popular these days. Kim Eun-Hyang worked as a secretary prior to the birth of her daughter, but she now focuses on raising her daughter. These three women lose their most loved ones around the same time. Even though they are not related, they rely on each other to get through the tough times.


Robocar Poli
2011 · KR
When disaster strikes in Brooms Town, police car Robocar Poli, fire truck Robotruck Roy and their friends on the rescue team race to save the day.


The Sons of Sol Pharmacy House
2009 · KR
Song Jin Poong is the eldest of four sons and works hard to earn money to support his family. He is also a man who cannot forget his first love. His mother, Ok Hee, wants him to get married because he is already 38 years old. Ok Hee believes that her sons are great catches and any woman would be lucky enough to marry them, however, their neighbors feel differently as each son has an unique problem.


Begin Again
2016 · KR
Young-Ja (Park Min-Ji) is the youngest daughter with a bright and positive personality. Her father suddenly collapses. For her family, Young-Ja gets a job at a department store as a sales person. She falls in love with Sung-Jae who is the head of planning & evaluation team there. He has lived alone since his wife and daughter died.


Witch's Castle
2015 · KR
Oh Dan-Byul lost her parents due to her own mistake. She marries Joon-Young, but her husband passes away. Meanwhile, her mother-in-law, Ho-Duk, divorces because of her husband's infidelity and her sister-in-law, Se-Sil, returns to South Korea after divorcing her Italian husband. Now, these three women live together while overcoming their own personal problems and becoming important to each other.


목욕탕집 남자들
1995 · KR
No overview available


Home for Summer
2019 · KR
The world is changing and living as a big family is a culture that withered down. These days, it’s even hard to see a nuclear family with so many single people living alone. Living with family brings endless conflicts as much as it brings comfort and a solid shoulder to cry on. Through a young lady named Geum Hui, Home for Summer is a drama about not giving up hope on finding the true meaning of family.
K-dramas are typically told in a single 16-episode season with a definite ending, which gives them a shape closer to a long film than to Western serial TV. Their global streaming reach has made Korean television one of the most influential production cultures anywhere.
Family television is built for co-viewing, balancing what works for a child with what keeps an adult in the room. The durable shows manage genuine warmth without condescending to either.