I just realized that June is a month full of doctors and police, which means a lot of medical and crime cases coming to us very, very soon. Most of June dramas are premiering in the second half of the month after a lot of teasing (I’m looking at you, OCN!), with some shuffling done before the pilot episode airs in this upcoming week and the week after. So, should we take a look at them?

OCN has made the decision to officially join the cable ratings battle on the ‘golden’ Fri-Sat slot through its latest original series starting today, Police Squad 38. Also known as Task Force 38, the series was originally scheduled to begin on 18 June but the channel has announced that it will be moved to the current slot. Starring Ma Dong-seok, Seo In-guk, and Choi Sooyoung, the drama will follow an unlikely cooperation between tax collectors and con men in the effort to get the taxpayers to pay their share. I hope this will bring back the glory of OCN dramas after a string of underwhelming series before this, but coming from the writer of Bad Guys and Vampire Prosecutor Series, it is not too much to put high hopes on this one!

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After undergoing lots (LOTS!) of issues with casting and a title change, Beautiful Mind has secured its place on the Mon-Tue slot of KBS2. Jang Hyuk joins the cast as the titular surgeon lacking nothing saves for his emotions, which makes him a dangerous doctor with psychopathic tendencies. That will surely bring in a number of problems for him no matter how skilled he is, but a series of mysterious patient deaths and the appearance of a female cop spark something in him, opening the path towards changes. Writing is the Kim Tae-hee, who also penned Sungkyunkwan Scandal and The Great King Sejong, in the writer’s first attempt at medical drama. It also stars Park So-dam (in her first prime time drama), Yoon Hyun-min, and Park Se-young), set to air starting 20 June.

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SBS is pitching up Doctors with Beautiful Mind not only for the ratings battle, but with the same genre as well! While Beautiful Mind seems to lean towards solving cases, Doctors‘ focus on the characters and it is being promoted as a human medical drama. A rebellious female high school student meets her high school teacher, and they will inspire each other before meeting again years later as a fellow and a professor at a hospital. The drama stars Park Shin-hye, Kim Rae-won, Yoon Kyun-sang, and Lee Sung-kyung. I think it will be interesting to follow the ratings battle since Doctors will also be the first attempt of writer Ha Myung-hee (High Society, One Warm Word, Can We Get Married) in that genre, and it is also premiering on 20 June, taking over the slot from Jackpot.

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The premise of Wanted does ring a bell when I first read it: an actress has to do a live reality program as requested by her son’s kidnapper. It reminds me of God’s Gift (although there are lots of differences, of course) but I am more interested on how the drama will be, since this will be writer Han Ji-wan’s first drama. There has to be something in the story that attracts the cast, and I am curious to check it out. Kim Ah-joong will portray the titular actress and mom, together with Uhm Tae-woong as the PD for the reality program and Ji Hyun-woo as the detective investigating the case. It will occupy the Wed-Thu time slot on SBS after Entertainer ended this week, with its pilot episode airing on 22 June.

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Baek Hee Has Returned actually premiered on 6 June and the four-episode drama aired on KBS2’s Mon-Tue slot after Neighbourhood Lawyer Mr Jo Ended. The show raked in 10% ratings despite its short run, which is something rare in dramaland these days. It told the story of a woman who turned her life around as a successful home shopping channel representative and was living decently, but her return to her hometown island brought back her past and of course, hijinks in the form of her old flame(s). Kang Ye-won, Kim Sung-oh, Jin Ji-hee, In Gyo-jin, and Choi Dae-chul were leading, and the reviews are praising the story and the cast.

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What will be your pick this June?