The Best TV Shows on JTBC

Every JTBC Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Across the timeline from 2014 to 2025, JTBC has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows. Leading the pack on JTBC are Chef & My Fridge and Men on a Mission, with their initial broadcasts in 2014 and 2015. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of JTBC’s elite series, with our list refreshed for October 2025.

  • Movie Room
    Movie Room (2018)9.2

    Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine.

  • Chef & My Fridge
    Chef & My Fridge (2014)9.0

    The best chefs of Korea compete to create impromptu dishes that feature ingredients found inside the guest stars' personal refrigerators.

  • Idol Room
    Idol Room (2018)9.0

    Find out all about your favorite K-pop idol groups! Hosted by the “idol experts”, Jeong Hyeong-don and Defconn!

  • The Good Bad Mother
    The Good Bad Mother (2023)8.9

    A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child – forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.

  • Good Boy
    Good Boy (2025)8.7

    After 11 years, the police revive their special recruitment for former national athletes. Once hailed as heroes, these world-class medalists now face harsh realities. Despite financial struggles, unexpected tragedies, and discrimination within the force, the athletes, each with their own story, reunite as a special task force to take on major crimes with the grit and skills they honed as athletes.

  • Itaewon Class
    Itaewon Class (2020)8.4

    In a colorful Seoul neighborhood, an ex-con and his friends fight a mighty foe to make their ambitious dreams for their street bar a reality.

  • Beyond the Bar
    Beyond the Bar (2025)8.4

    A young, rookie lawyer with a strong sense of justice joins a top law firm — navigating the complex legal world under a cold, demanding mentor.

  • Welcome to Samdal-ri
    Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023)8.3

    After suffering a fall from grace, a photographer returns to her hometown and bumps into her childhood friend — rekindling an unfinished romance.

  • King the Land
    King the Land (2023)8.2

    Amid a tense inheritance fight, a charming heir clashes with his hardworking employee who's known for her irresistible smile — which he cannot stand.

  • Doctor Slump
    Doctor Slump (2024)8.2

    Once rivals in school, two brilliant doctors reunite by chance — each facing life’s worst slump and unexpectedly finding solace in each other.

  • A Hundred Memories
    A Hundred Memories (2025)8.2

    A heartbreaking first love story of a man who was destined to be the fate of two women who were bus guides in the 1980s, and a melodrama-comedy of shining youths who were destined to be brilliant.

  • Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon
    Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon (2017)8.1

    Born with supernatural strength, Bong-soon fights evil and procures justice while getting tangled in a love triangle with her CEO boss and cop crush.

  • Destined with You
    Destined with You (2023)8.1

    A lawyer bound by a centuries-old curse becomes entangled with a civil servant who holds the key to his freedom — igniting an unexpected romance.

  • Family by Choice
    Family by Choice (2024)7.9

    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.

  • Welcome to Waikiki
    Welcome to Waikiki (2018)7.8

    Kang Dong-Goo dreams of becoming a movie director, but he is cynical due to bad luck. Cheon Joon-Ki wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become an actor, but he is now just a minor actor. Bong-Doo-Sik came to Seoul to become a scenario writer, but things have not been easy for him.

  • Strong Girl Nam-soon
    Strong Girl Nam-soon (2023)7.7

    Gifted with superhuman strength, a young woman returns to Korea to find her birth family — only to be entangled in a drug case that could test her power.

  • Men on a Mission
    Men on a Mission (2015)7.5

    Male celebs play make-believe as high schoolers, welcoming star transfer students every week and engaging in battles of witty humor and slapstick.

  • Clean with Passion for Now
    Clean with Passion for Now (2018)7.4

    Gil Oh-so, an employee at a cleaning company, meets Jang Seon-gyul, the boss of the company. The two are diametric opposite when it comes to cleanliness. With the help of Oh-sol, Seon-gyul faces his mysophobia and falls in love with her.

  • My Youth
    My Youth (2025)6.7

    The story of Sun Woo-hae and Sung Je-yun, who reunite after 15 years, struggling and living fiercely in their respective stages.

  • Let's Eat Dinner Together
    Let's Eat Dinner Together (2016)6.0

    As more and more people are getting used to eating dinner alone, Kang Ho-dong and Lee Kyung-kyu visit ordinary Korean families at dinner time and share their lives as they eat dinner together.