The Best TV Shows on KBS2

Every KBS2 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 1998 to 2026, KBS2 offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Highlighting KBS2’s quality programming, Music Bank and The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War stand out, premiering in 1998 and 1999. Check out the most acclaimed shows on KBS2, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for August 2026.

  • Music Bank
    Music Bank (1998)9.7

    The best tunes in Korea! The most sensational music show on TV satisfies all your senses! Fantastic performances and awe-inspiring harmony by the nation's top musicians! Follow the latest trend in the Korean music scene through the K-chart, a summary of the week's hottest songs.

  • Hello Counselor
    Hello Counselor (2010)9.0

    A talk show with an emphasis on regular people, regardless of age or gender, that aims to help take down communication barriers by sharing stories about life.

  • The Husband
    The Husband (2026)8.6

    Taeju and Seyun are on the verge of divorce. But when a drunken comment from Taeju gets Seyun kidnapped, everything changes. Even worse, he's now the prime suspect. Forced to go on the run, Taeju must rescue his wife on his own. To save her, he pushes himself to the absolute limit.

  • Lee Mujin Service
    Lee Mujin Service (2022)8.5

    "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.

  • 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.

  • Descendants of the Sun
    Descendants of the Sun (2016)8.3

    After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.

  • To My Beloved Thief
    To My Beloved Thief (2026)8.3

    A noblewoman who becomes a righteous bandit called Gil Dong, and Joseon Prince Yi Yeol who secretly investigates this bandit, only to find their souls mysteriously swapped, forcing them to work together and fall in love amidst intrigue, as they uncover conspiracies while protecting the people!

  • The Return of Superman
    The Return of Superman (2013)7.7

    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?

  • The Seasons
    The Seasons (2023)7.5

  • 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.

  • Blood
    Blood (2015)7.4

    Park Ji-sang, a surgeon, leads a double life. While he tries to save his patients' lives, on the other hand, he is also a vampire who constantly craves for blood.

  • Love in the Moonlight
    Love in the Moonlight (2016)7.0

    A young Joseon woman who's lived her whole life as a man ends up as a eunuch in the royal palace, where she begins to bond with the crown prince.

  • Catch! Teenieping
    Catch! Teenieping (2020)7.0

    Set free on Earth, fairies with magical powers begin influencing people's emotions. Now, it's up to a princess from a faraway kingdom to stop them!

  • 2 Days and 1 Night
    2 Days and 1 Night (2007)6.7

    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.

  • You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook
    You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook (2009)6.3

    You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook is a Korean pop music program that is both a talk show and live music show. The host of this program is You Hee-yeol, also known as Toy, a one-man project band. This program has aired since April 24, 2009.

  • The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War
    The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War (1999)N/A

    The Clinic for Married Couples: Love and War, aka Husbands and Wives: Love or War, is a South Korean TV program.

  • Gag Concert
    Gag Concert (1999)N/A

    Gag Concert is a South Korean sketch-comedy TV show shown on the KBS2 network.

  • Escaping Crisis No. 1
    Escaping Crisis No. 1 (2005)N/A

    Crisis Escape No. 1 (Hangul: 위기탈출 넘버원) is a 2005 South Korean television program starring Kim Jong-kook, Jeong Tae-ho, Kim Ji-min, Park Ji-yoon, Lee Jung-min and Oh Hyun-min. It airs on KBS 2TV on Monday at 20:55 beginning July 9, 2005.

  • Love on the Menu
    Love on the Menu (2026)N/A

    Some sacrificed love for the sake of family. Others walked away from their families to protect the ones they loved. And some, believing they were acting out of love, only left deeper wounds behind. Years of misunderstanding and conflict have driven them apart, but an unexpected bond and reunion bring them face-to-face once again. As lost love, tangled family ties, and the true feelings they have long kept hidden begin to surface, even the coldest hearts slowly begin to heal. Through love, forgiveness, and the courage to understand one another, they discover what it truly means to be a family. Can the scattered pieces of a family finally find their way back to one warm table?

  • Pearl in Red
    Pearl in Red (2026)N/A

    A woman wrongfully believed to be dead returns with her child, while another woman assumes her twin sister’s identity to seek revenge. Years later, a woman who looks identical to a murdered daughter appears and abandons her own identity to avenge her father. As both women sacrifice their identities for revenge, what fate awaits them?