Transiting into Autumn with the orange and red leaves on the trees. Are you looking forward to what is up with this season change? The Kdramas premiering this month generally lean towards the mysterious, action, and sci-fi genres.
Seeing our idol-turn-actors including After School’s Nana, UKISS’s Lee Jun Young, Girls’ Day’s Hye Ri, SF9’s Chani. We also have veterans with their dramas such as Yonder, Curtain Call, and more.
Without further ado, scroll down to find out the drama list here!
Cheer Up

No. of episodes: 16
Genre: School, Youth, Friendship
Native title: 치얼업
Original network: SBS
Premiere: 3 Oct 2022, every Monday and Tuesday
Starring Han Ji Hyun, Jang Gyu Ri, Bae In Hyuk, Kim Hyun Jin, and more. The drama is set based on the students at Yeonhee University narrowing into the 50 year old cheering squard Teyia. Do Hae Yi is a student that runs into financial difficulties due to her family background, she join the cheering squad for sake of money but realised there’s more than that.
Bad Prosecutor

No. of episodes: 12
Genre: Legal, Investigation, Action
Native title: 진검승부
Original network: KBS
Premiere: 5 Oct 2022, every Wednesday and Thursday
Starring Doh Kyung Soo (EXO’s D.O.), Lee Se Hee, Ha Joon, and more. The drama is about the story of Jin Jung, a well known troublemaker in the Central District Office. The out-of-the-box prosecutor has strong sense of justices that might be filled with craziness to punish criminals who deserves it.
Love Is for Suckers

No. of episodes: 16
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Native Title: 얼어죽을 연애따위
Original network: ENA
Premiere: 5 Oct 2022, every Wednesday and Thursday
Starring Super Junior’s Choi Siwon, Lee Da Hee, and more. The romance comedy between two neighbours cum best friends of 2 decades. A TV producers working hard all her career did not seem to produce one show that is successful, Goo Yeo Reum is selected for a dating-themed reality show Kingdom of Love. Park Jae Hoon is a plastic surgeon that is jaded by his dating experience and give up on love.
Glitch

No. of episodes: 10
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Mystery,
Native title: 글리치
Original network: Netflix
Premiere: 7 Oct 2022
Starring Jeon Yeo Been, Nana, Lee Dong Hwi, Ryu Kyung Soo, and more. The drama is about a woman who is searching for her boyfriend that went missing overnight in an unknown light.
Yonder

No. of episodes: 6
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Romance
Native title: 욘더
Original network: TVING
Premiere: 14 Oct 2022, every Friday
Starring Shin Ha Kyun, Han Ji Min, and more. Adapted from a novel by Kim Jang Hwan, the drama is set in the 2040s. A story of a man who lives in agony after his wife passed due to cancer. An unknown email gave him hope to reunite with his wife by living his body. Will he take the chance?
Under The Queen’s Umbrella

No. of episodes: 16
Genre: Historical, Family
Native title: 슈룹
Original network: tvN, Netflix
Premiere: 15 Oct 2022, every Saturday and Sunday
Starring Kim Hye Soo, Kim Hae Sook, Choi Won Young, and more. The drama is set in the royal palace, an era where there are only troublemaking princes causing chaos to the royal family.
One Hundred Won Butler

No. of episodes: 16
Genre: Romance
Native title: 일당백집사
Original network: MBC
Premiere: 19 Oct 2022
Starring Lee Hye Ri, Lee Jun Young, Song Deok Ho, and more. The drama narrates the story of Butler Kim, a man who runs errands and charges people from 100 won onwards. He met Baek Dong Joo, a funeral director that also operates an errand business called Ildangbaek.
Shadow Detective

No. of episodes: 8
Genre: Crime, Investigation, Action
Native title: 형사록
Original network: Disney+
Premiere: 26 Oct 2022
Starring Lee Sung Min, Kyung Soo Jin, Jin Goom, and many more. The drama follows a retiring detective who was able to crack an unsolvable psycho case.
Ransom

No. of episodes: 6
Genre: Gruel, Action
Native title: 몸값
Original network: TVING
Premiere: 28 Oct 2022
Starring Jin Seon Kyu, Jeon Jong Seo, and more. The drama started when Noh Hyung Soo went to a room to see Park Joo Young and was happy to pay for her service. But surprise suprise, he is surrounded by people who are there to buy his organs.
Curtain Call

No. of episodes: 16
Genre: Business, Life
Native title: 커튼콜: 나무는 서서 죽는다
Original network: KBS
Premiere: 31 Oct 2022
Starring Go Doo Shim, Kang Na Heul, Ha Ji Won, Sung Dong Il, Kwon Sang Woo, and many more. The story of Ja Geum Soon, a North Korean woman who got separated from her husband and child while escaping to the South during the Korean War. She established Hotel Nakwon, a hotel chain in South Korea while waiting to reunite with them.