August Korean drama premieres are here! I’m not excited about a lot of the shows this month but maybe you can find something interesting to watch. Different strokes for different folks, right?

My Bias, My Boss

Premiere Date: August 3

Network: tvN

Stars: Kang Hoon (Little Women), Kim Hye Jun (Cashero), Cha Woo Min (Study Group)

Slot: Monday & Tuesday

Number Of Episodes: 12

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Synopsis: This is a love triangle between a cool yet warm-hearted CEO of a fashion startup, his new employee and her longtime idol who is director at this startup, as their professional lives become increasingly entangled.

Thoughts: I’m not keen on watching a love triangle as the main trope. Probably a skip for me.

Flex X Cop Season 2

Premiere Date: August 7

Network: SBS

Stars: Ahn Bo Hyun (Spring Fever), Jung Eun Chae (Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born)

Slot: Friday & Saturday

Number Of Episodes: 14

Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

Synopsis: An immature third-generation chaebol heir unexpectedly becomes a detective after he helps catch a criminal. This season he gets a new partner who is a veteran detective.

Thoughts: I was interested in watching the first season but somehow never did and so my interest in the second installment is not high. I wish both the main characters were there in both seasons instead of just one. I do like Jung Eun Chae though.

Our Sticky Love

Premiere Date: August 7

Network: Netflix

Stars: Jung Hae In (Love Next Door), Ha Young (The Trauma Code: Heroes On Call)

Slot: All episodes released together

Number Of Episodes: 12

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Synopsis: Set in a countryside, the show is about an amnesiac prosecutor who suddenly finds herself living with a boxing coach who claims to be her boyfriend.

Thoughts: This drama sounds like 1987 movie Overboard, which was also basis for 2006 Kdrama Couple Or Trouble. Still on the fence about this one. I do love cohabitation trope, so we will see!

OK! Let’s Get Divorced

Premiere Date: August 19

Network: KBS Drama

Stars: Lee Min Jung (Once Again), Kim Ji Suk (Monthly Magazine Home)

Slot: Monday & Tuesday

Number Of Episodes: 12

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Synopsis: The divorce journey of a married couple who run a wedding dress shop as they decide to put an end to their exhausting marriage.

Thoughts: This looks like a zany rom-com of ‘about to be exes-to-lovers’. LOL. Is that a trope?

New Recruit 4

Premiere Date: August 24

Network: ENA

Stars: Kim Min Ho (Doona!), Kim Dong Joon (More Than Friends), Oh Dae Hwan (The Tale of Lady Ok), Nam Tae Woo (Parole Examiner Lee), Lee Hyun Kyun (Resident Playbook), Lee Won Jung (A Hundred Memories)

Slot: Monday & Tuesday

Number Of Episodes: 12

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis: Season 4 will depict the second half of Park Min Seok’s dynamic military life as he is promoted to corporal and finds himself facing endless new dilemmas.

Thoughts: It’s a fourth season of the black comedy. I have not seen the previous ones, so my interest level is pretty low.

Mousetrap

Premiere Date: August 28

Network: Netflix

Stars: Ryu Jun Yeol (Lost), Sol Kyung Koo (Hyper Knife), Lee Kyu Hyung (Stranger)

Slot: All episodes released together

Number Of Episodes: 10

Genre: Thriller, Mystery

Synopsis: A reclusive novelist loses his identity, reputation and fortune to a mysterious figure known only as “The Rat.” Teaming up with the loan shark was once after him, he enters a dangerous chase where truth and deception blur, revealing long-hidden secrets.

Thoughts: This looks intriguing and the cast is great as well. I have not seen a Ryu Jun Yeol drama or movie since Reply 1988. Maybe this show would change that!

Four Hands, Two Sonatas

Premiere Date: August 29

Network: tvN

Stars: Song Kang (My Demon), Lee Joon Young (Reborn Rookie), Jang Gyu Ri (When The Phone Rings)

Slot: Monday & Tuesday

Number Of Episodes: 12

Genre: Romance, Music, Drama

Synopsis: The story follows young musicians whose friendship, love, rivalry and personal growth unfold at an arts high school. The show will follow their journey from adolescence to adulthood as professional pianists.

Thoughts: A drama based in a music/ art school! I might give it a try.