Series synopsis
Dramaworld is a South Korean comedy drama television series that premiered on iQiyi on April 17, 2016. It ended on May 7, 2021. It was created by Chris Martin, Josh Billig. It stars Liv Hewson, Sean Dulake, Bae Noo-ri and Justin Chon.
When 20-year-old college student and K-drama fanatic Claire Duncan is transported into her favorite drama, “Taste of Love”, her appearance throws the show off-balance, causing other dramas to splice into the series. Mysterious waiter Seth Ko made his own journey into the drama years ago from the real world and mentors Claire on how to navigate the dramaworld. What kind of crazy adventure will Claire experience?
Premise
When 20-year-old college student and K-drama fanatic Claire Duncan is transported into her favorite drama, “Taste of Love”, her appearance throws the show off-balance, causing other dramas to splice into the series. Mysterious waiter Seth Ko made his own journey into the drama years ago from the real world and mentors Claire on how to navigate the dramaworld. What kind of crazy adventure will Claire experience?
Premise: What would YOU do if you fell into your favorite K-drama?
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Liv Hewson as Claire Duncan
- Sean Dulake as Joon Park
- Bae Noo-ri as Seo-yeon
- Justin Chon as Seth Ko
- Kim Sa-hee as Ga-in
- Ha Ji-won as Ji-Won
- Henry Lau as U-seong
- Daniel Dae Kim as Doug
Guest cast
- Sam Hammington
- Kim Ji-sook as Self
- Woo Do-hwan as Do-hwan
- Lee Ki-young as Mr. Park
- Han Ji-min as Ji-min
- Choi Si-won as Self
- Sung Hyuk
- Park Jin-joo
- Lee Ji-ah
- Yang Dong-geun
- Kim Da-som
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 20 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | April 17, 2016 | May 15, 2016 |
| Season 2 | 10 | April 3, 2021 | May 14, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Engrossed in the latest episode of her favorite Korean drama, college student Claire suffers an accident that turns her escapism into her reality. |
April 17, 2016 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Claire is introduced to Dramaworld by her guide, Seth, a K-drama background actor. After learning the laws of K-drama, she's offered a mission. |
April 17, 2016 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 A starstruck Claire struggles to stick to the rules of facilitation, and her not-so-subtle attempts at creating romance between the leads backfire. |
April 24, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 After Claire returns to the real world she decides it's time to move on, but, little does she know, Dramaworld isn't done with her. |
April 3, 2021 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Claire, Evan and Joon find themselves at the beginnings of a multiverse love triangle, but when Claire finds out that Seth is back in Dramaworld, there's only one thing to do. |
April 9, 2021 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Zapped back into Dramaworld, everybody finds themselves in new, strange storylines. |
April 10, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | iQiyi |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 17, 2016 |
| Last aired | May 7, 2021 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Friday, Saturday at 23:30:00 |