Nice to Not Meet You

Nice to Not Meet You (Korean: 얄미운 사랑) is an upcoming South Korean television series starring Lee Jung-jae, Lim Ji-yeon, Kim Ji-hoon and Seo Ji-hye. It is scheduled to premiere on tvN in November 2025, and will air every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST).^[2]

Nice to Not Meet You
Teaser poster
Hangul	얄미운 사랑
RR	Yalmiun sarang
MR	Yalmiun sarang
Genre	Romantic comedy
Developed by	Studio Dragon (planning)
Written by	Jeong Yeo-rang
Directed by	Kim Ga-Ram [ko]
Starring	Lee Jung-jae Lim Ji-yeon Kim Ji-hoon Seo Ji-hye
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
Production
Running time	70 minutes[1]
Production companies	Studio&NEW Artist Company
Original release
Network	tvN

Synopsis

The story revolves around Lim Hyun-joon, a stereotypical actor who longs for a fresh start in a melodrama series. He meets a veteran journalist named Wi Jeong-sook who is suddenly reassigned to the entertainment department.

Cast

Main

• Lee Jung-jae as Lim Hyun-joon^[3]
• Lim Ji-yeon as Wi Jeong-sook^[3]
• Kim Ji-hoon as Lee Jae-heong^[4]
• Seo Ji-hye as Yoon Hwa-young^[5][4]

Supporting

• Park Hae-rin [ko] as Ban Soo-jung^[6]
• Oh Yeon-seo as Kwon Se-na^[7]
• Choi Gwi-hwa as CEO Hwang^[4]
• Jeon Seong-woo as Park Byung-gi^[4]
• Kim Jae-cheol [ko] as Lee Dae-ho^[4]
• Na Young-hee as Song Ae-sook^[4]
• Jeon Su-kyung as Oh Mi-ran^[4]
• Kim Hyun-jin as Lim Sun-woo^[4]
• Jin Ho-eun as Wi Hong-shin^[4]
• Kim Beop-rae [ko] as Hong Guk-kang^[4]
• Jo Hee-bong as CEO Son^[4]

Production

On August 18, 2025, Studio&New announced that it had signed a co-production agreement with Artist Company to co-produce three series, including Nice to Not Meet You.^[8] The series is directed by Kim Ga-ram, who worked on Nevertheless (2021), Good Partner (2024), and written by Jeong Yeo-rang, who wrote Five Enough (2016) and Doctor Cha (2023). It is planned by Studio Dragon and co-produced by Studio&NEW and Artist Company.^[4]

Filming

On March 21, 2025, it was announced that the script reading for the series had been completed and filming had begun.^[9]

Release

Prior to official release, Amazon Prime Video has brought the rights to stream the series worldwide except South Korea, where the series premiered on TVING after the linear airing.^[10]