KBS Drama Special 2010
- Status
- Returning Series
- First Aired
- May 15, 2010
- Last Aired
- December 10, 2024
- Format
- 15 seasons · 220 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~256.7 hours (70 min/ep)
- Essential Runtime
- ~255.5 hours (skips filler)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S13E4 "Nineteen Otters" (★ 10/10)
- Network
- KBS2
- Where to Stream
- Zee5
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What is KBS Drama Special?
KBS Drama Special is a South Korean television series that premiered in 2010 on KBS2. The program features standalone single-episode dramas, each with its own distinct story, cast, director, and writer.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2010
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 220
- Runtime
- 70 minutes
- First aired
- May 15, 2010
- Last aired
- Dec 10, 2024
- Original language
- KO
- Origin
- KR
- Networks
- KBS2
- Genres
- Drama
- Updated
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At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 7.4/10 from 5 votes
- Format
- 15 seasons · 220 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~70 minutes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Network
- KBS2
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KBS Drama Special is a South Korean television series that premiered in 2010 on KBS2. The program features standalone single-episode dramas, each with its own distinct story, cast, director, and writer. Designed to deliver high-quality content with broad public appeal, the series focuses on presenting short-form dramas that carry meaningful social messages or explore unique emotional perspectives. Each episode is crafted to have a significant impact despite its brevity, addressing contemporary themes relevant to modern viewership. The format diverges from traditional one-act dramas by emphasizing artistic depth and narrative innovation within a compact runtime. Multiple episodes were produced as part of the 2010 season, with at least one titled entry being documented. The series reflects KBS's commitment to showcasing diverse storytelling formats and has been recognized for advancing the global prominence of Korean content.
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“A rotating showcase of standalone Korean dramas with social messages.”
Reasons to watch
- Each episode is a self-contained story
- Features fresh perspectives and talent
- Addresses relevant social issues
Keep in mind
- Episodes vary widely in quality
- Some stories may feel rushed due to format
You enjoy thoughtful, standalone dramas with strong storytelling.
Suitable for mature audiences seeking meaningful narratives.
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Season 1 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Red Candy Mytharc May 15, 2010
- E2 The Scary One, The Ghost and I Core May 22, 2010
- E3 Hot Coffee Core May 29, 2010
- E4 Our Slightly Risky Relationship Core Jun 5, 2010
- E5 The Woman Next Door Core Jun 19, 2010
- E6 Reason Core Jul 3, 2010
- E7 The Great Gye Choon Bin Core Jul 10, 2010
- E8 Secret Flower Garden Core Jul 17, 2010
- E9 An Awful Lot of Coincidences Core Jul 24, 2010
- E10 Spy Trader Kim Chul-soo's Recent Condition Core Jul 31, 2010
- E11 The Angel of Death Comes With Purple High Heels Core Aug 7, 2010
- E12 Aridong's Last Cowboy Core Aug 14, 2010
- E13 Last Flashman Core Aug 21, 2010
- E14 Summer Story Core Aug 28, 2010
- E15 Stone Core Sep 4, 2010
- E16 I'm a Butterfly Core Sep 11, 2010
- E17 Boy Meets Girl Core Oct 2, 2010
- E18 Cutting Off the Heart Core Oct 9, 2010
- E19 When the Opera Is Over Core Oct 16, 2010
- E20 Texas Hit Core Oct 23, 2010
- E21 A Family's Secret Core Oct 30, 2010
- E22 Snail Study Dorm Core Nov 6, 2010
- E23 Hurry Up and Tell Me Mytharc Nov 20, 2010
- E24 Pianist Mytharc Nov 27, 2010
Season 2 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Young-deok Women's Wrestling Team Mytharc Jun 5, 2011
- E2 That Man Is There Core Jun 12, 2011
- E3 Men Cry Core Jun 19, 2011
- E4 Princess Hwapyung's Weight Loss Core Jun 26, 2011
- E5 The 7th Day Core Jul 3, 2011
- E6 The Beeper Core Jul 10, 2011
- E7 The Woman from the Olle Road Core Jul 17, 2011
- E8 Linger Core Jul 24, 2011
- E9 Cupid Factory Core Jul 31, 2011
- E10 Daughters of Bilitis Club Core Aug 7, 2011
- E11 Identical Criminals Core Aug 21, 2011
- E12 Our Happy Days of Youth Core Aug 28, 2011
- E13 Strawberry Ice Cream Core Sep 18, 2011
- E14 Human Casino Core Sep 25, 2011
- E15 Lethal Move Core Oct 2, 2011
- E16 Terminal Core Oct 9, 2011
- E17 Guardian Angel Kim Young-goo Core Oct 16, 2011
- E18 Ji-hoon, Born in 1982 Core Oct 23, 2011
- E19 The Sound of My Wife Breathing Core Oct 30, 2011
- E20 Behind the Scenes of the Seokyeong Sports Council Reform Filler Nov 6, 2011
- E21 Duet Core Nov 13, 2011
- E22 Sorry I'm Late Mytharc Nov 20, 2011
- E23 My Wife Disappeared Mytharc Nov 27, 2011
Season 3 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Swamp Ecology Report Mytharc Jun 3, 2012
- E2 The Whereabouts of Noh Sook-ja Core Jun 17, 2012
- E3 Re-Memory Core Jun 24, 2012
- E4 Do I Look Like a Pushover? Core Jul 1, 2012
- E5 Gate of Non-Duality Core Jul 8, 2012
- E6 Don't Worry, I'm a Ghost Mytharc Jul 15, 2012
- E7 Butcher Barber Core Jul 22, 2012
- E8 A Still Picture Core Aug 19, 2012
- E9 My Prettiest Moments Core Aug 26, 2012
- E10 Glass Prison Core Sep 2, 2012
- E11 The Great Dipper Core Sep 9, 2012
- E12 Art Core Sep 16, 2012
- E13 My wife Natree's first love Core Sep 23, 2012
- E14 Do you know Taekwondo? Core Oct 7, 2012
- E15 A Corner Core Oct 14, 2012
- E16 A Culprit Among Friends Core Oct 21, 2012
- E17 Daddy's Coming Core Oct 28, 2012
- E18 A Spoonbill Flies Away Core Nov 4, 2012
- E19 Return Home Core Nov 11, 2012
- E20 Pandemonium Core Nov 18, 2012
- E21 The Ultimate Miracle Core Dec 2, 2012
- E22 Mellow in May Core Dec 9, 2012
- E23 Sangkwoni (Business District) Mytharc Dec 16, 2012
- E24 Another Wedding Mytharc Dec 23, 2012
Season 4 · 18 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Memory in My Old Wallet Mytharc Jun 12, 2013
- E2 My Friend is Still Alive Core Jun 19, 2013
- E3 Family Bandage Core Jun 26, 2013
- E4 Neighborhood Watch Core Aug 7, 2013
- E5 Happy Rose Day Core Aug 14, 2013
- E6 The Strange Cohabitation Core Aug 21, 2013
- E7 The Strange Cohabitation Core Aug 28, 2013
- E8 Yeonu's Summer Core Sep 4, 2013
- E9 Nara's Rain Core Oct 2, 2013
- E10 Your Noir Core Oct 9, 2013
- E11 Chagall's Birthday Core Oct 16, 2013
- E12 The Devil Rider Core Oct 23, 2013
- E13 Came to Me and Became a Star Core Nov 3, 2013
- E14 Eunguk and the Ugly Duckling Core Nov 10, 2013
- E15 The Unwelcome Guest Core Nov 17, 2013
- E16 My Dad is a Nude Model Core Nov 24, 2013
- E17 Outlasting Happiness Mytharc Dec 1, 2013
- E18 Jin Jin Mytharc Dec 8, 2013
Season 5 · 31 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Taste of Curry Mytharc Jan 26, 2014
- E2 First Birthday Core Feb 2, 2014
- E3 Playing Games Core Feb 23, 2014
- E4 You're Pretty, Oh Manbok Core Mar 2, 2014
- E5 The Dirge Singer Core Mar 9, 2014
- E6 I'm Dying Soon Core Mar 16, 2014
- E7 The Reason I'm Getting Married Core Mar 23, 2014
- E8 Monster Core Mar 30, 2014
- E9 Middle School Student A Core Apr 6, 2014
- E10 That Kind of Love Core Apr 13, 2014
- E11 Youth Core Apr 14, 2014
- E12 Illegal Parking Core Apr 15, 2014
- E13 The Dreamer Core Apr 21, 2014
- E14 Pitch-black Darkness Core Apr 22, 2014
- E15 Bomi's Room Core May 11, 2014
- E16 The End of that Summer Core May 18, 2014
- E17 The Three Female Runaways Core May 25, 2014
- E18 Pitch-black Darkness Core Jun 1, 2014
- E19 Bomi's Room Core Jun 8, 2014
- E20 The End of that Summer Core Sep 14, 2014
- E21 The Three Female Runaways Core Sep 21, 2014
- E22 We All Cry Differently Core Oct 5, 2014
- E23 Suspicious Ward No. 7 Core Oct 12, 2014
- E24 The Tale of the Bookworm Core Oct 19, 2014
- E25 Repulsive Love Core Oct 26, 2014
- E26 The Final Puzzle Core Nov 2, 2014
- E27 The Girl Who Became A Photo Core Nov 9, 2014
- E28 Vengeful Spirit Core Nov 16, 2014
- E29 The Reason I Get Drunk Core Nov 23, 2014
- E30 I Introduce My Father Mytharc Nov 30, 2014
- E31 I Introduce My Father Mytharc Dec 7, 2014
Season 6 · 15 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Stay Still Mytharc Mar 13, 2015
- E2 The Wind Blows to the Hope Core Mar 20, 2015
- E3 Hair Day Core Mar 27, 2015
- E4 Funny Woman Core Apr 3, 2015
- E5 What is the Ghost Up To? Core Jul 31, 2015
- E6 Crimson Moon Core Aug 7, 2015
- E7 Live Shock Core Aug 14, 2015
- E8 In Search of Argenta Core Aug 21, 2015
- E9 The Brothers' Summer Core Aug 28, 2015
- E10 Fake Family Core Oct 24, 2015
- E11 Trains Don't Stop at Noryangjin Station Core Oct 31, 2015
- E12 Strange Fairy Tale Core Nov 7, 2015
- E13 Secret Core Nov 14, 2015
- E14 Avici Mytharc Nov 21, 2015
- E15 Contract Man Mytharc Nov 28, 2015
Season 7 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Red Teacher Mytharc Sep 25, 2016
- E2 The Legendary Lackey Core Oct 2, 2016
- E3 Summer Dream Core Oct 9, 2016
- E4 Home Sweet Home Core Oct 16, 2016
- E5 Twenty Dollars to Pyeongyang Core Oct 23, 2016
- E6 Explicit Innocence Core Oct 30, 2016
- E7 Noodle House Girl Core Nov 6, 2016
- E8 Disqualify Laughter Core Nov 13, 2016
- E9 A Dance from Afar Mytharc Nov 20, 2016
- E10 Pinocchio's Nose Mytharc Nov 27, 2016
Season 8 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 If We Were A Season Mytharc Sep 3, 2017
- E2 Let Us Meet Core Sep 10, 2017
- E3 You Are Closer Than I Think Core Sep 17, 2017
- E4 Dancing the Waltz Alone Core Sep 24, 2017
- E5 Madam Jeong's One Last Week Core Oct 4, 2017
- E6 Kang Deoksun's Love History Core Oct 5, 2017
- E7 A Bad Family Core Oct 15, 2017
- E8 The Reason We Can't Sleep Core Oct 22, 2017
- E9 Slow Mytharc Oct 29, 2017
- E10 The Love of a Buzz Cut Mytharc Nov 5, 2017
Season 9 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 Review Notebook of My Embarrassing Days Mytharc Sep 14, 2018
- E2 Forgotten Season Core Sep 21, 2018
- E3 The Tuna and the Dolphin Core Sep 28, 2018
- E4 Too Bright for Romance Core Oct 5, 2018
- E5 Ms. Kim's Mystery Core Oct 12, 2018
- E6 The Long Farewell Core Oct 19, 2018
- E7 Dreamers Core Oct 26, 2018
- E8 My Mother's Third Marriage Core Nov 2, 2018
- E9 The Time Left Between us Mytharc Nov 9, 2018
- E10 Almost Touching Mytharc Nov 16, 2018
Season 10 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Home Sweet Home Mytharc Sep 27, 2019
- E2 Rural Outcasts Core Oct 4, 2019
- E3 Wreck Car Core Oct 11, 2019
- E4 Life Goes On Core Oct 18, 2019
- E5 Scouting Report Core Oct 25, 2019
- E6 Goodbye B1 Core Nov 1, 2019
- E7 Socialization – Understanding of Dance Core Nov 8, 2019
- E8 Clean and Polish Core Nov 15, 2019
- E9 Understanding of Electric Shock Mytharc Nov 22, 2019
- E10 Hidden Mytharc Nov 29, 2019
Season 11 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 Modern Girl Mytharc Nov 7, 2020
- E2 Crevasse Core Nov 14, 2020
- E3 The Teacher Core Nov 19, 2020
- E4 The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Core Nov 21, 2020
- E5 The Reason Why I Can't Tell You Core Nov 26, 2020
- E6 My lilac Core Nov 28, 2020
- E7 A Jaunt Core Dec 3, 2020
- E8 While you're away Core Dec 10, 2020
- E9 Traces of love Mytharc Dec 17, 2020
- E10 One Night Mytharc Dec 24, 2020
Season 12 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 My Daughter / Hee-Soo Mytharc Oct 8, 2021
- E2 F20 Core Oct 15, 2021
- E3 Scenery of Pain Core Oct 22, 2021
- E4 Siren Core Oct 29, 2021
- E5 A Moment of Romance Core Nov 19, 2021
- E6 Be;twin Core Nov 26, 2021
- E7 The Palace Core Dec 3, 2021
- E8 Atonement Core Dec 10, 2021
- E9 Ordinary Jae-Hwa Mytharc Dec 17, 2021
- E10 Memories of Hae-Gak Mytharc Dec 24, 2021
Season 13 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Stain Mytharc Nov 16, 2022
- E2 Currently Offline Core Nov 17, 2022
- E3 Prism Core Dec 1, 2022
- E4 Nineteen Otters Core Dec 7, 2022
- E5 The Stranger Core Dec 8, 2022
- E6 Underwear Season Core Dec 14, 2022
- E7 Do You Know Ashtanga? Core Dec 15, 2022
- E8 Silence of the Lambs Core Dec 21, 2022
- E9 Devil in the Lake Mytharc Dec 22, 2022
- E10 The Distributors Mytharc Dec 28, 2022
Season 14 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 14 guide & lore primer →- E1 No Path Back Mytharc Oct 14, 2023
- E2 Half Lies Core Oct 21, 2023
- E3 Shoot For Love Core Oct 28, 2023
- E4 Anyone Anywhere Core Nov 4, 2023
- E5 Dog Days of Summer Core Nov 11, 2023
- E6 The True Love of Madam Core Nov 18, 2023
- E7 Behind the Shadows Core Dec 9, 2023
- E8 Love Attack Core Nov 25, 2023
- E9 Overlap Knife, Knife Mytharc Dec 2, 2023
- E10 Episode 10 Mytharc Dec 16, 2023
Season 15 · 5 episodes
Open the complete Season 15 guide & lore primer →- E1 The History of Us Mytharc Nov 5, 2024
- E2 Find Handsome! Core Nov 12, 2024
- E3 The Two Women Core Nov 26, 2024
- E4 The Road in Between Core Dec 3, 2024
- E5 To My Lonely Sister Mytharc Dec 10, 2024
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Frequently asked questions
Is each episode a different story?
Yes, every episode features a unique plot, cast, and creative team.
How long is each episode?
Episodes are typically around 60 minutes long.
Are the episodes connected?
No, episodes are completely standalone with no continuing characters or plotlines.
What kind of themes does it explore?
Themes often include social issues, human emotions, and unique personal perspectives.
Where can I watch it?
It has been available on various streaming platforms and broadcast on KBS2.
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