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September 2026 arrives with an incredible slate of new Korean series spanning high-stakes political thrillers, lavish Joseon romances, witty workplace comedies, and time-travel fantasies.
Here is your definitive viewing guide for this month’s 5 major K-drama premieres, complete with premiere dates, streaming platforms, and where you’ve seen the cast before.
September 2026 K-Drama Calendar at a Glance
Sept 9 — Made in Korea (Season 2) · Disney+ / Hulu Sept 10 (TVING) / Sept 14 (tvN) — The Ordinary Jackpot · TVING, tvN, and internationally on Viki, Disney+, HBO Max, Prime Video Sept 12 — A Love Other Than Yours · KBS2 / Prime Video Sept 18 — The Scandal · Netflix Sept 26 — Dive Into You · Viki
In-Depth September 2026 K-Drama Guide
🔪 1. Made in Korea (Season 2) 메이드 인 코리아 시즌2 — Sept 9 · Disney+ / Hulu
The final season everyone’s been waiting for — Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung finally settle the score.
Years after Season 1, Baek Ki-tae (Hyun Bin) is now deputy director within the intelligence hierarchy, wealthier and more influential than ever. As tensions rise, prosecutor Jang Geon-young (Jung Woo-sung) finally sets his long-planned counterattack in motion.
Cast: Hyun Bin (현빈), Jung Woo-sung (정우성), Won Ji-an (원지안), Seo Eun-soo (서은수), Woo Do-hwan (우도환)
Where You’ve Seen Them: Won Ji-an most recently starred opposite Park Seo-joon in JTBC’s Surely Tomorrow; Woo Do-hwan appeared in Bloodhounds 2.
Park Eun-kyo (The Silent Sea) / Woo Min-ho (Harbin) · 6 episodes
💝 2. A Love Other Than Yours 너 말고 다른 연애 — Sept 12 · KBS2 / Prime Video
Ten years together, and suddenly neither of them is sure it’s forever.
A couple ten years into their relationship begins feeling the emotional distance as passion fades into routine. Just as marriage feels like the inevitable next step, unexpected romantic encounters force both to question their future together.
Cast: Seo Kang-joon (서강준), Ahn Eun-jin (안은진), Lee Joo-ahn (이주안), Jo A-ram (조아람)
Where You’ve Seen Them: Seo Kang-joon returns after Undercover High School, Ahn Eun-jin follows Dynamite Kiss — and Lee Joo-ahn, who played the scene-stealing Gong Gil in Bon Appétit, Your Majesty, joins the cast here too.
Yoo Soo-ji / Hwang Seung-gi (The Matchmakers), Lee Ga-ram · 14 episodes
💼 3. The Ordinary Jackpot 로또 1등도 출근합니다 — Sept 10 (TVING) / Sept 14 (tvN)
He wins the lottery. He still shows up to work Monday morning.
Also streaming internationally on Viki, Disney+, HBO Max, and Prime Video (availability varies by region).
An ordinary office worker wins a 1.3 billion KRW lottery jackpot (~$900,000 USD) — a tidy sum, but not quite enough to retire on. He decides to keep showing up to work anyway, now navigating office politics with a completely different outlook.
Cast: Lee Jun-hyuk (이준혁), Seo Hyun-woo (서현우), Oh Dae-hwan (오대환)
Where You’ve Seen Them: Lee Jun-hyuk recently starred in Love Scout and Mercy for None; Seo Hyun-woo appeared in A Shop for Killers 2, and Oh Dae-hwan in New Recruit Season 4.
Yoon Young-bin · 10 episodes
💝 4. The Scandal 스캔들 — Sept 18 · Netflix
Son Ye-jin’s first period drama since Crash Landing on You — and it’s every bit as dangerous as it sounds.
A Joseon-era reimagining of Dangerous Liaisons, based on the 2003 film Untold Scandal. Lady Cho (Son Ye-jin) and aristocrat Cho Won (Ji Chang-wook) engage in a calculated, escalating game of seduction that ensnares a third woman, Hui-yeon (Nana).
Cast: Son Ye-jin (손예진), Ji Chang-wook (지창욱), Nana (나나)
Where You’ve Seen Them: Ji Chang-wook in The Manipulated and The Worst of Evil; Nana in Climax.
Lee Seung-young, Ahn Hye-song / Jung Ji-woo · 8 episodes
⏱️ 5. Dive Into You 너에게 다이브 — Sept 26 · Viki
She swaps bodies with her twin brother — and gets one impossible shot to save the love she already lost.
After an accident, acclaimed actress Yun Ha-na body-swaps with her twin brother and is thrown back in time. Trapped in the past, she risks everything to save her first love, Jung Woo-jae (Park Seo-ham), from the accident that once killed him.
Cast: Bona (보나 · Kim Ji-yeon), Park Seo-ham (박서함)
Where You’ve Seen Them: Bona continues her run following Pyramid Game and The Haunted Palace; Park Seo-ham was recently in Our Universe.
Kim Bo-geum / So Jae-hyun · 12 episodes · Channel A / ENA (Korea)
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