KBS TV Novel is a TV series that was broadcast on KBS 2TV at 09:00 (KST) during weekdays, developed and produced by the KBS Drama Production group. It was broadcast on KBS 1TV until 2009. The production and broadcasting were temporarily halted due to the production cost issue, however, the TV Novel series was back on KBS 2TV in November 2011 after being reorganized.
On August 13, 2018 KBS announced that the TV Novel series would end after 22 years of broadcast, due to declining audience ratings and increased production costs.[1]
| Broadcasting channel | Broadcasting period | Airtime | Broadcasting duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| KBS 1TV | March 2, 1987 – October 18, 1987 | Monday to Friday from 07:25 to 08:10 (KST) | 45 minutes |
| March 4, 1996 – October 12, 1996 | Monday to Saturday from 08:20 to 08:40 (KST) | 20 minutes | |
| October 14, 1996 – October 16, 1999 | Monday to Saturday from 08:10 to 08:30 (KST) | 20 minutes | |
| October 18, 1999 – April 28, 2007 | Monday to Saturday from 08:05 to 08:30 (KST) | 25 minutes | |
| April 30, 2007 – April 17, 2009 | Monday to Friday from 07:50 to 08:25 (KST) | 35 minutes | |
| KBS 2TV | May 1, 1995 – March 2, 1996 | Monday to Saturday 08:40 to 09:00 (KST) | 20 minutes |
| November 7, 2011 – August 31, 2018 | Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 09:40 (KST) | 40 minutes |
| Year | Title | Original title | Broadcast period | Episodes | Notes | Average ratings | Lead actors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1987 | Love | Korean: 사랑 | March 2, 1987 – April 3, 1987 | Started airing on KBS 1TV | |||
| 2 | Hill Flower | Korean: 산유화 | April 6, 1987 – May 15, 1987 | |||||
| 3 | Pure Love | Korean: 순애보 | May 18, 1987 – June 24, 1987 | |||||
| 4 | Forever Smile | Korean: 영원한 미소 | July 1, 1987 – August 5, 1987 | |||||
| 5 | Pearl Tower | Korean: 진주탑 | August 10, 1987 – October 18, 1987 | |||||
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| 6 | 1995 | The Road | Korean: 길 | May 1, 1995 – October 14, 1995 | Series moved to KBS 2TV | Jung Ae-ri, Sunwoo Eun-sook, Yoo Hye-ri | ||
| 7 | Rapid | Korean: 여울 | October 16, 1995 – March 2, 1996 | Yoo Ji-in, Lee Dong-joon | ||||
| 8 | 1996 | Milky Way | Korean: 은하수 | March 4, 1996 – August 29, 1996 | Series moved to KBS 1TV | Yoo Ho-jeong, Kim Myung-soo, Park Sang-ah | ||
| 9 | White Dandelion | Korean: 하얀 민들레 | September 2, 1996 – March 1, 1997 | Park Sun-young, Im Dong-jin | ||||
| 10 | 1997 | Splendor in The Grass | Korean: 초원의 빛 | March 3, 1997 – November 1, 1997 | Yoo Ho-jeong, Cha Kwang-soo | |||
| 11 | The River of Maternal Love | Korean: 모정의 강 | November 3, 1997 – May 2, 1998 | Park Ji-young, Kim Hye-sun, Lee Chang-hoon, Huh Joon-ho | ||||
| 12 | 1998 | A Song For You and Me | Korean: 너와 나의 노래 | May 4, 1998 – September 18, 1998 | Yum Jung-ah, Eum Jeong-hee, Lee Chang-hoon, Kim Myung-soo | |||
| 13 | Eun-ah's Garden | Korean: 은아의 뜰 | September 20, 1998 – April 3, 1999 | Jang So-hye, Kil Yong-woo, Sunwoo Jae-duk | ||||
| 14 | 1999 | You | Korean: 당신 | April 5, 1999 – September 25, 1999 | 132 | Kim Hye-sun, Dokgo Young-jae | ||
| 15 | Sister's Mirror | Korean: 누나의 거울 | September 27, 1999 – April 15, 2000 | Hong Ri-na, Jeong Jae-gon, Kim Myung-soo | ||||
| 16 | 2000 | Dandelion | Korean: 민들레 | April 17, 2000 – October 21, 2000 | Jung Dong-hwan, Kim Young-ae, Kim Ho-jin | |||
| 17 | Promise | Korean: 약속 | October 23, 2000 – April 21, 2001 | 156 | Seol Soo-jin, Jeong Jae-gon, Jeon Hyeon | |||
| 18 | 2001 | Flower Story | Korean: 매화연가 | April 23, 2001 – November 3, 2001 | 167 | Im Ji-eun, Lee Joo-hyun, Hwang Eun-ha | ||
| 19 | Stepmother | Korean: 새엄마 | November 5, 2001 – August 3, 2002 | 233 | Lee Hye-sook, Kim Kap-soo | |||
| 20 | 2002 | Album of Life | Korean: 인생화보 | August 5, 2002 – April 19, 2003 | 219 | Kim Ji-yeon, Kim Jung-nan, Lee Se-chang, Song Il-kook | ||
| 21 | 2003 | Buni | Korean: 분이 | April 21, 2003 – November 15, 2003 | 178 | Go Jeong-min, Kim Hong-pyo, Lee Ja-young, Lee Hyeong-cheol | ||
| 22 | Briar Flower | Korean: 찔레꽃 | November 17, 2003 – June 12, 2004 | 180 | Jeon Mi-seon, Ahn Yeon-hong, Nam Seong-jin | |||
| 23 | 2004 | You are a Star | Korean: 그대는 별 | June 14, 2004 – January 29, 2005 | 196 | Han Hye-jin, Kim Seung-soo, Im Ji-hyeon, Kim Jeong-hak | ||
| 24 | 2005 | Wind Flower | Korean: 바람꽃 | January 31, 2005 – August 27, 2005 | 179 | 16.6% | Hong Eun-hee, Kim Sung-eun, Im Ho, Lee Hyeong-cheol | |
| 25 | Hometown Station | Korean: 고향역 | August 29, 2005 – March 18, 2006 | 174 | 13.7% | Jeon Ik-ryeong, Park Joon-hyeok, Oh Yoo-na, Kim Cheol-gi | ||
| 26 | 2006 | As the River Flows | Korean: 강이 되어 만나리 | March 20, 2006 – November 4, 2006 | 198 | 12.1% | Kim Yoon-kyeong, Kim Hyeok, Lee Pil-mo | |
| 27 | Sunok | Korean: 순옥이 | November 6, 2006 – April 28, 2007 | 150 | 11.8% | Choi Ja-hye, Hwang Dong-joo, Do-han, Park Hye-young, Choi Eun-joo | ||
| 28 | 2007 | Landscape in My Heart | Korean: 그대의 풍경 | April 30, 2007 – November 9, 2007 | 138 | 11.7% | Heo Young-ran, Kim Cheol-gi, Bang Moon-soo, Im Ye-won | |
| 29 | Beautiful Days | Korean: 아름다운 시절 | November 12, 2007 – June 6, 2008 | 149 | 12.3% | Park Grina, Jeon Ik-ryeong, Choi Gyu-hwan, Choi Jin-hyuk | ||
| 30 | 2008 | Big Sister | Korean: 큰 언니 | June 9, 2008 – January 2, 2009 | 150 | 13.0% | Jeon Hye-jin, Oh Seung-eun, Choi Cheol-ho, Kim Il-woo | |
| 31 | 2009 | Glory of Youth | Korean: 청춘예찬 | January 5, 2009 – April 17, 2009 | 75 | Series halted | 10.7% | Yoo Da-in, Moon Bo-ryung, Lee In |
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| 32 | 2011 | Dear My Sister | Korean: 복희 누나 | November 7, 2011 – May 4, 2012 | 130 | Series moved to KBS 2TV | 12.5% | Jang Mi-inae, Ryu Tae-joon, Kim Yoo-ri, Choi Chang-yeob |
| 33 | 2012 | Love, My Love | Korean: 사랑아 사랑아 | May 7, 2012 – January 4, 2013 | 175 | 12.4% | Hwang Sun-hee, Song Chae-yoon, Oh Chang-seok, Kim San-ho | |
| 34 | 2013 | Samsaengi | Korean: 삼생이 | January 7, 2013 – June 21, 2013 | 120 | 14.5% | Hong Ah-reum, Son Seong-yoon, Cha Do-jin, Ji Il-joo | |
| 35 | Eunhui | Korean: 은희 | June 24, 2013 – January 3, 2014 | 140 | 11.0% | Kyung Soo-jin, Lee In, Choi Yoon-so, Jung Min-jin | ||
| 36 | 2014 | Land of Gold | Korean: 순금의 땅 | January 6, 2014 – August 22, 2014 | 163 | 11.6% | Kang Ye-sol, Kang Eun-tak, Baek Seung-hee, Lee Byung-hoon | |
| 37 | Single-minded Dandelion | Korean: 일편단심 민들레 | August 25, 2014 – February 27, 2015 | 134 | 9.9% | Kim Ga-eun, Hong In-young, Yoon Sun-woo, Jeon Seung-bin | ||
| 38 | 2015 | In Still Green Days | Korean: 그래도 푸르른 날에 | March 2, 2015 – August 28, 2015 | 129 | 10.3% | Song Ha-yoon, Lee Hae-woo, Jung Yi-yeon, Kim Min-soo | |
| 39 | The Stars Are Shining | Korean: 별이 되어 빛나리 | August 31, 2015 – February 26, 2016 | 128 | 11.0% | Go Won-hee, Lee Ha-yool, Seo Yoon-na, Cha Do-jin | ||
| 40 | 2016 | My Mind's Flower Rain | Korean: 내 마음의 꽃비 | February 29, 2016 – September 6, 2016 | 128 | 10.2% | Na Hae-ryung, Ji Eun-sung, Jung Yi-yeon, Lee Chang-wook | |
| 41 | That Sun in the Sky | Korean: 저 하늘에 태양이 | September 7, 2016 – February 24, 2017 | 121 | 9.3% | Yoon A-jung, Lee Min-woo, Noh Young-hak, Kim Hye-ji | ||
| 42 | 2017 | A Sea of Her Own | Korean: 그 여자의 바다 | February 27, 2017 – August 11, 2017 | 120 | 8.3% | Oh Seung-ah, Choi Sung-jae, Kim Joo-young, Han Yoo-yi | |
| 43 | Dal Soon's Spring | Korean: 꽃 피어라 달순아! | August 14, 2017 – February 9, 2018 | 129 | 8.1% | Hong Ah-reum, Yun Da-yeong, Song Won-seok, Kang Da-bin | ||
| 44 | 2018 | Through the Waves | Korean: 파도야 파도야 | February 12, 2018 – August 31, 2018 | 143 | Slot discontinued | 7.4% | Ah Young, Jang Jae-ho, Jeong-heon, Park Jung-wook, Jay Kim |