“My Lovely Sam Soon” Celebrates 19 Years: South Korean Hit Series Still Captivating Audiences

In 2005, “My Name is Kim Sam-soon” (hereafter referred to as My Lovely Sam Soon) was one of the best and highest-rating television series. It is almost 19 years, but the craze for this series and its storyline is the same as was previously during its broadcasting. However, the cast and the crew of this television series are celebrating the happy 19 years in 2024. Once again, the show becomes a discussion topic due to its popularity and the amazing concept of the story. In today’s report, we are going to discuss about the age of this show. Check out the more information in the next section.

Life is filled with a lot of happiness, care, and responsibilities but, the craze for a particular thing never ends due to its last impression. Similarly, we are going to shed light on a 2005 South Korean television series ‘My Lovely Sam Soon’. Well, it is one of the most famous and highest-viewership television series. It is based on a novel of the same title by Ji Soo-hyun. The novel was published and after one year, the television series was broadcast in 2005. Currently, this show is drawing attention as it completed its 19 years in the entertainment industry.

During its broadcasting, the series received more than 50% viewership which was a big achievement for the makers. The main lead role was played by Kim Sun––Kim Sam-soon, a 30-year-old pastry chef, and Hyun Bin–Hyun Jin-heon, the 27-year-old owner of Bon Appetit restaurant. Are you familiar with the story of Samsun and Samsik? Which episode made you fall in love with this series? Well, multiple questions are raised regarding the same. On the 6th, the audience interacted with the eight episodes of “Kim Sam-soon”. Meanwhile, this episode was released through the Wave New Classic project.

As we know, “Kim Sam-soon” is well well-recognized South Korean drama that shows the love story of Kim Sam-Soon and Hyun Jin-Heon. During the time of its broadcasting, the viewer’s rating for ‘Kim Sam-Soon’ was nearly 50% and at that time, it was mentioned as the highest rating. Interestingly, the same craze for the series is seen in 2024. In 2024 the quality of the screen was also upgraded however, the reports claim that the director of this series re-arranged the views of ‘Kim Sam-Soon’.

It has been edited to make it suitable for OTT. There are only its views changed but the concept of the series is the same as was earlier. Overall, An abridged 8-episode version of the series was released on Wavve on September 6, 2024, which is part of the platform’s “New Classic Project”. Now, the series is creating the fire on ‘Wave’, the OTT platform. On the other side, the OTT platform Wave confirmed that the series is on the top.

Since the new eight-episode has been re-released on Wave, the viewers are sharing their almost positive reviews. Currently, the show is one of the hot discussion topics. If we talk about the show, the cast is also playing a pivotal role. Kim Sun-a played the role of Kim Sam-Soon. The role she played in 2005, is still fresh in 2024. We can say, the power she is holding is incredible. We are living in 2024 where the expectations of the viewers are different. The age difference is making a huge gap as during its broadcasting the age was 34.8 and now in 2024, the median age is 46.1 years. The hard time of the crews and the cast has ended, and they are receiving praise from the netizens. Meanwhile, watch the all-abridged 8-episode version of the series on Wavve. Keep following the page for more updates.