The Best TV Shows on JTBC

Every JTBC Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 2013 to 2025, JTBC offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Highlighting JTBC’s quality programming, Firstborn and Men on a Mission stand out, premiering in 2013 and 2015. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from August 2025 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Movie Room
    Movie Room (2018)9.3

    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.

  • 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)8.6

    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.

  • Beyond the Bar
    Beyond the Bar (2025)8.5

    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.

  • Heavenly Ever After
    Heavenly Ever After (2025)8.4

    After life's ups and downs, a loving couple separated by death reunites in heaven — only to discover he's in his thirties while she's in her eighties.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Be Melodramatic
    Be Melodramatic (2019)7.8

    At the start of their 30s, three friends navigate the demanding entertainment industry while juggling love, careers and dreams.

  • Family by Choice
    Family by Choice (2024)7.8

    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.

  • Something in the Rain
    Something in the Rain (2018)7.7

    Explore the relationship of two people as they go from being “just acquaintances” to “a genuine couple” — Yoon Jin Ah, a coffee shop supervisor in her 30s, and Seo Joon Hee, a designer at a video game company who has just returned from working abroad.

  • 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.

  • Man to Man
    Man to Man (2017)7.4

    From Kim Won Seok, the writer of Descendants of the Sun, a drama about a special bodyguard with a background in special investigations and the Hallyu star he is supposed to protect.

  • Clean with Passion for Now
    Clean with Passion for Now (2018)7.3

    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.

  • The Nice Guy
    The Nice Guy (2025)6.8

    Seok-cheol, the eldest son in a family of three generations of gangsters, navigates the tumultuous ups and downs of life with tears and laughter, all to protect his family, career, and love.

  • The Gentlemen's League
    The Gentlemen's League (2019)6.7

    These former sports superstars were record-breaking Olympians; but on the soccer field, they’re all just middle-aged dads trying to do their best.

  • Firstborn
    Firstborn (2013)N/A