# Hospital Playlist (2020)

> Five doctors and their patients share an ordinary, extraordinary year inside a Korean hospital where birth, death and everyday life coexist.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/81126

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 80 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, comedy
- Created by: Lee Woo-jung, Shin Won-ho
- Network: tvN
- Cast: Cho Jung-seok, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho, Kim Dae-myung, Jeon Mi-do, Shin Hyun-been, Ahn Eun-jin, Kwak Sun-young
- TMDB rating: 8.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11769304/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: warm, witty, sincere, bittersweet, cozy

## What critics say

Audiences broadly acclaim Hospital Playlist as a warm, funny and affecting medical ensemble that grows stronger in its second season.

## Synopsis

Hospital Playlist (2020-2021) is a South Korean medical comedy-drama series created by Lee Woo-jung and Shin Won-ho for tvN. Its ensemble centers on five close friends who work as doctors at a Seoul hospital, including Lee Ik-jun (Cho Jung-seok), Ahn Jeong-won (Yoo Yeon-seok) and Kim Jun-wan (Jung Kyung-ho), along with Chae Song-hwa (Jeon Mi-do) and Yang Seok-hyeong (Kim Dae-myung). The engine is the give and take of their daily lives: long shifts, difficult patients, romantic entanglements and the personal problems they carry home, while they keep their friendship and a shared rock band hobby alive. The series runs for two seasons of twelve episodes each, and unfolds as an episodic slice-of-life story where each day brings new patients and fresh emotional stakes. Its tone is warm, witty and sincere, moving easily from bittersweet medical moments to light comic banter and cozy friendship. Set in contemporary Seoul, it is a tvN production that will appeal to viewers who enjoy Korean dramas and ensemble medical shows. Fans of Grey's Anatomy and Scrubs will find resonance in its blend of humor and heart.

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