August 17(2024-08-17)– October 6, 2024(2024-10-06)
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Love Next Door is a story of a woman who lives the perfect life abroad, being employed by one of the best companies in the world and engaged to an international lawyer. She suddenly returns to Korea. Her mom's friend's son, who is one of her childhood best friends, is a top architect in Korea.[5]
L to R: Jung Hae-in, Jung So-min, Kim Ji-eun, and Yoon Ji-on at the press conference in August 2024
The son of Seok-ryu's mother's friend. He is a young architect who is attracting attention and the CEO of "the Architecture Atelier In", is loved by everyone because he is perfect not only in his skills but also in appearance and personality. The only dark past in his life is Bae Seok-ryu.[8]
Seok-ryu and Seung-hyo's childhood friend. As part of the three musketeers, she knows the dark history of the two better than anyone else. She is a 119 paramedic overflowing with passion and justice. Since childhood, she has dreamed of being a hero, so she takes great pride in saving people's lives.[8]
A field-oriented reporter who only pursues facts. Strong in conviction and responsibility, he meets unexpected changes as he moves next door to Mo-eum's family.
In August 2023, the series was developed under the working title Mom's Friend's Son, director Yoo Je-won and writer Shin Ha-eun, who previously worked on Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha (2021), are reuniting for the series.[1]
Casting
In November 2023, Jung Hae-in and Jung So-min were in talks for the protagonist roles in the drama. Both of their agencies stated that they were positively considering the offers.[24][25] In December of the same year, it was reported that Jung Hae-in had taken on the role of Choi Seung-hyo.[7] In January 2024, Jung So-min confirmed her role as Bae Seok-ryu.[10] On March 8, 2024, Kim Ji-eun confirmed her participation.[12] On March 13, Yoon Ji-on also confirmed his appearance, and the complete cast of the drama was announced.[26]
tvN confirmed that Love Next Door will premiere starting on August 17, 2024, every Saturday and Sunday at 21:20 (KST).[27]Netflix announced that the series will be available to stream exclusively on their platform.[28]
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
This drama aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC, and EBS).
'갯차' 감독X작가, '엄마친구아들'로 의기투합..신상 로코 기대['Gaetcha' director X writer, 'Mom's friend's son'.. Looking forward to the new Rocco]. 스타뉴스 (in Korean). August 8, 2023. Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
Yoo, Jeong-min (March 13, 2024). '엄마친구아들' 정해인·정소민, 쌍방 흑역사 '소꿉남녀' 로맨스['Mom's Friend's Son' Jung Hae-in and Jung So-min, a romance of 'childhood boy and girl' with dark history for both sides]. iMBC (in Korean). Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on August 5, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
Kim, Saet-byeol (August 30, 2024). 서지혜, '엄마친구아들' 특별출연...정해인 前 여자친구로 활약[Seo Ji-hye, special appearance on 'Love Next Door'...Acted as Jung Hae-in's former girlfriend] (in Korean). The Fact. Retrieved September 3, 2024– via Naver.
'엄마친구아들' 정해인, 건축가로 강렬 첫 등장…노윤서 깜짝 출연['Mom's Friend's Son' Jung Hae-in, strong first appearance as an architect… Noh Yoon-seo makes a surprise appearance]. Nate (in Korean). August 17, 2024. Archived from the original on August 19, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
[공식] 정소민 측 "'엄마친구아들' 출연 검토 중". sports.khan.co.kr (in Korean). November 30, 2023. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
