When does What a Boss Wants episode 1 come out?

What a Boss Wants episode 1 airs on Wed, Nov 11 on MBN; the time is not announced yet. The final episode, episode 12, airs on Thu, Dec 17.

When does What a Boss Wants premiere?

What a Boss Wants premieres on MBN on November 11, 2026, at 10:20 p.m. KST. It airs on Wednesdays and Thursdays and runs 12 episodes.

Is What a Boss Wants based on a novel?

Yes. What a Boss Wants adapts a Korean web novel of the same name.

What is What a Boss Wants about?

A chaebol CEO who trusts data over feelings sets out to find the singer he heard on an indie album. She turns out to be a job seeker who sings in a band by night and hides it from her family.

Who stars in What a Boss Wants?

Sung Hoon plays CEO Kwon Do-hyuk and Oh Se-young plays singer Lee Eun-chae. CNBLUE's Lee Jung-shin, Park Jung-hak and Jo Hee-bong co-star.

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What a Boss Wants

Name: What a Boss Wants
Genre: Drama
Cast: Sung Hoon, Oh Se-young, Lee Jung-shin, Park Jeong-hak, Kim Yoon-kyung

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“Cinderella meets Begin Again”

A romance about Kwon Do-hyeok, a chaebol boss who has it all, who gets entangled with indie band vocalist Lee Eun-chae while searching for 'her' in an indie album due to a certain incident.

Romance Romantic Comedy Workplace Chaebol Music

Sung Hoon

as Kwon Do-hyuk · LEAD

Sung Hoon

Kwon Do-hyuk

Oh Se-young

as Lee Eun-chae · LEAD

Oh Se-young

Lee Eun-chae

Lee Jung-shin

as Moon Tae-kyeong · SUPPORTING

Lee Jung-shin

Moon Tae-kyeong

Park Jeong-hak

as Kwon Tae-woong · SUPPORTING

Park Jeong-hak

Kwon Tae-woong

Kim Yoon-kyung

as Jeong Mi-seon · SUPPORTING

Kim Yoon-kyung

Jeong Mi-seon

Kim Seung-hee

as Kwon Do-yeon · SUPPORTING

Kim Seung-hee

Kwon Do-yeon

Lee Choong-joo

as Seo Jin-woo · SUPPORTING

Lee Choong-joo

Seo Jin-woo

Lee Do-yeop

as Park Jun-sang · SUPPORTING

Lee Do-yeop

Park Jun-sang

Story

What is it really about

A rom-com that runs the glass-slipper hunt on a voice: a CEO who trusts data over people goes looking for the singer on an indie album, and finds a job seeker living a double life. The comedy is in her cover story; the romance is in what his numbers cannot explain.

Double lifeOpposites attractWorkplace banterIndie music

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