The Best TV Shows on KBS2

Every KBS2 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

KBS2’s extensive portfolio includes more than 20 shows, spanning the years from 1995 to 2025. 목욕탕집 남자들 and Empress Myeongseong represent the pinnacle of KBS2’s programming, launching in 1995 and 2001. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of KBS2’s elite series, with our list refreshed for July 2025.

  • Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant
    Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant (2019)10.0

    Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant or Fun Restaurant is a new variety show where celebrities are competing to make a new F&B product for the convenience store franchise. The program looks at the celebs' daily lives that are filled with constant development on some exciting and delicious menus. Celebs compete every week, and the winner's cuisine turns to the product that will sell the stores the next day. The profits will be donated to support children. The casts are led by Lee Kyung-kyu, who has had his own development into an actual product, and Lee Young-ja, the Muk-bang genius, and food aficionado.

  • The First Night with the Duke
    The First Night with the Duke (2025)9.1

    Reincarnated as a minor character in a novel, Cha Seon-taek unexpectedly spends a night with Prince Kyungsung, sparking an intense and unexpected romance.

  • 목욕탕집 남자들
    목욕탕집 남자들 (1995)9.0

  • Boys Over Flowers
    Boys Over Flowers (2009)8.3

    Unassuming high school girl Jan-di stands up to — and eventually falls for — a spoiled rich kid who belongs to the school's most powerful clique.

  • What Happens to My Family?
    What Happens to My Family? (2014)8.1

    Every family has its issues but what happens when the patriarch in the family is not happy with the behaviors of his children? Cha Bong Soon does not intend to just sit back and take bad treatment from his three adult children – Cha Kang Shim, Cha Kang Jae and Cha Dal Bong – and decides to take legal action against them. With such chaos going on in her family, Kang Shim has a tough time focusing on her job as secretary to the president of Daeoh Company and constantly at odds with the president's son, Moon Tae Joo, the company director. Will Tae Joo get sucked into the Cha family drama as well?

  • Are You Human?
    Are You Human? (2018)8.1

    Nam Shin is a son from a family who runs a large company. After an unexpected accident, he falls into a coma. His mother Oh Ro-Ra is an authority on brain science and artificial intelligence. She creates an android named Nam Shin III which looks like just like her son Nam Shin. The android pretends to be Nam Shin and he has a bodyguard So-Bong.

  • The Return of Superman
    The Return of Superman (2013)7.9

    An up-close look at celebrity dads who have to take care of their kids for the next 48 hours without any help. Will it be a dad-tastrophe, or can they finish their wives' to-do lists while having fun with their kids?

  • 2 Days and 1 Night
    2 Days and 1 Night (2007)7.5

    2 Days & 1 Night is a South Korean reality-variety show with the motto "real wild road variety." Its main concept is to recommend various places of interest that viewers can visit in South Korea.

  • KBS Drama Special
    KBS Drama Special (2010)7.4

    Forget the existing one-act dramas! Short but impactive! KBS Drama Special presents high quality single episode dramas. Dramas are the broadcast content with the widest public appeal. KBS Drama Special will produce short dramas of far-reaching impact involving at times a serious social message, unique emotions or perspectives. It will stay abreast of modern viewership.

  • My Only One
    My Only One (2018)7.2

    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.

  • Live Your Own Life
    Live Your Own Life (2023)5.3

    The story of Hyo-sim, who sacrificed her life for her family trying to lead an independent life as she began to value herself.

  • Empress Myeongseong
    Empress Myeongseong (2001)5.0

    Based on the life of Empress Myeongseong (1851 - 1895), the first official wife of King Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon dynasty. She was killed on October 8, 1895 by Japanese assassins.

  • Red Shoes
    Red Shoes (2021)4.4

    The series revolves around Kim Jem Ma, a daughter who has strong desire to take revenge from her heartless mother, who left her father and sick brother in search of love and desire for her success.

  • Wonderful Days
    Wonderful Days (2014)3.9

    Dong-Suk grew up as a smart young boy, but came from a poor family background. He is now a successful prosecutor and comes back to his hometown for the first time in 14 years. There, he happens to meet his first love Hae-Won and falls in love with her all over again.

  • The Promise
    The Promise (2016)3.5

    Na-Yeon is a bright woman. She supports her boyfriend Tae-Joon, who is from a poor background, and has even given up entering a university. But Tae-Joon dumps her for his success and goes with Se-Jin, who is a granddaughter of Baekdoo Company president. Do-Hee is Na-Yeon’s twin sister. She is arrogant and tough. Do-Hee works as a reporter at a weekly magazine. After Na-Yeon’s death, Do-Hee decides to take revenge. She takes on the identity of her sister Na-Yeon. Do-Hee then meets Hwi-Kyung, who is successor of Baekdoo Company.

  • Dogs Are Incredible
    Dogs Are Incredible (2019)1.0

    Korea's "Comedy King," Lee Gyeonggyu, who's also known for his love for dogs and the country's most famous dog expert, Kang Hyungwook, team up to study how the humans and the pets live in peace and harmony.

  • Jang Hee Bin
    Jang Hee Bin (2002)N/A

    Jang Hee Bin tells the story of a young lady-in-waiting whose beauty catches the eye of the King and becomes his concubine. Quickly rising in the ranks and eventually giving birth to a son, her hunger for power drives her not only to maintain her position, but to become Queen.

  • 난 네게 반했어
    난 네게 반했어 (2008)N/A

  • Boss in the Mirror
    Boss in the Mirror (2019)N/A

  • Lee Mujin Service
    Lee Mujin Service (2022)N/A

    "Lee Mujin Service" is a high-quality live content in which MZ generation's representative singer-songwriter Lee Mu-jin, along with other artists, provides the best music service that catches the eyes and ears of music fans around the world.