tvN티브이엔

tvN (티브이엔; originally "Total Variety Network") is a South Korean pay-television network launched on October 9, 2006 and owned by the entertainment division of CJ ENM. It is carried on cable, satellite and IPTV in South Korea, and its programming centres on drama series and variety shows.¹ tvN's drama studio, Studio Dragon, was spun off from CJ E&M's drama division on May 3, 2016.⁴

Wikipedia says tvN dramas hold 28 of the 50 places on its list of the highest-rated Korean cable dramas. The final episode of Queen of Tears (눈물의 여왕) drew a 24.850% nationwide household rating on April 28, 2024, ahead of Crash Landing on You (사랑의 불시착; 21.683%, February 16, 2020) and Reply 1988 (18.803%, January 16, 2016).¹ All 16 dramas in DabPop's all-time ranking aired on terrestrial networks, so none is a tvN drama.⁵

Several tvN dramas began as webtoons or web novels. In DabPop's ranking of webtoon adaptations, Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born (정년이, 2024) is fifth with a 16.458% finale, and Marry My Husband (내 남편과 결혼해줘, 2024) is seventh at 11.951%.² Crash Landing on You began filming in August 2019 and premiered on December 14, 2019, so it was shot while airing; filming ended on February 13, 2020.³ Netflix covered at least 65% of the ₩43 billion cost of tvN's Mr. Sunshine (2018).⁴