SBS New Friday-Saturday Drama 'Doctor X' to Premiere October 9... Kim Ji-won Challenges Medical Noir
SBS's highly anticipated medical noir drama 'Doctor X' is set to premiere on October 9, featuring Kim Ji-won as a genius surgeon who fights medical corruption.
New SBS Friday-Saturday Drama <Doctor X>
First broadcast on October 9 (Fri) at 9:50 PM
'Doctor X'
The highly ambitious tentpole IP prepared by the drama powerhouse SBS!
The 'Medical Dark Hero' is ready to launch, continuing the undefeated 'Cider Universe' of SBS!
The SBS-style 'Cider' genre is now 'Medical Noir'!
Predicting the suppression of massive corruption with overwhelming surgical skills! Expectations are UP!
- A 'Mega IP' that will rewrite SBS's hit history is coming! New Friday-Saturday drama 'Doctor X' premieres October 9!
- SBS 'Doctor X' features a 'Medical Dark Hero' who crushes massive corruption with nothing but surgical skills! Expectations are at their peak!
'Doctor X: The Age of White Mafia', the most anticipated work of the second half of the year that will inherit the legend of the undefeated 'Cider' hits of SBS Friday-Saturday dramas that heated up living rooms in 2026, has completed its preparations for launch.
Scheduled to premiere on October 9 (Fri), the new SBS Friday-Saturday drama 'Doctor X: The Age of White Mafia' (produced by Studio S, Studio Dragon, and High Zium Studio / hereinafter 'Doctor X') is a refreshing medical noir depicting the activities of 'the mad genius of the operating room,' Dr. X 'Gye Su-jeong,' who crushes massive corruption with genius surgical skills that know neither failure nor compromise. As the most anticipated work of the second half of 2026, it is already gathering attention as a bold presentation from SBS, a master of the 'Cider' genre.
SBS has built a unique hit brand called the 'SBS Cider Universe' by perfectly capturing living rooms with various charming genre works. Starting with the 'Taxi Driver' series, which provided national catharsis with its unconventional subject of private revenge agency and refreshing action, it has been loved by viewers for its exhilarating progression of punishing great evils in every work, including the comic action 'The Fiery Priest' where a priest and a detective cooperate to wipe out evil, the refreshing action fantasy 'The Judge from Hell' where a demon enters a judge's body to punish sinners in the human world, and the recent revenge action 'Agent Kim Reactivated' which caused a syndrome with a surprising viewership rating of 23%.
As such, SBS, which has written an undefeated legend by punishing injustice through various genres such as investigation, action, comedy, and fantasy, challenges 'Medical Noir' for the first time with 'Doctor X'. 'Doctor X' perfectly transplants the successful formula of the unique 'Cider' genre into the medical genre, expanding the stage of the Cider Universe to the hospital. It predicts the birth of a 'Medical Dark Hero' who stands against massive medical power with only outstanding surgical skills in a world where those wearing white coats have become the 'White Mafia' chasing power and profit.
The intense power struggles unfolding at Guseo University Hospital, where corruption is rampant, the unstoppable footsteps of the 'Dark Hero Genius Doctor' Gye Su-jeong (played by Kim Ji-won) who fights with skill, and the salvation narrative containing the sincerity of saving lives will densely fill the story. Additionally, highly immersive surgical sequences created by Gye Su-jeong's skills, which allow for not even a single error, are expected to provide viewers with an intense catharsis and thrill they have never experienced before.
'Doctor X' predicts the birth of a differentiated genre work as Director Lee Jung-rim, who proved meticulous and sensory directing through the dramas 'VIP', 'Revenant', and 'As You Stood By', joins forces with writer Pyeon Seong-geun, who is drawing industry attention. Furthermore, 'Hit Queen' Kim Ji-won, who has continued the legend of undefeated hits with her irreplaceable presence in every work, is expected to renew her life character once again with a radical transformation into the 'Dark Hero Genius Doctor' Gye Su-jeong. In addition, a powerful cast of actors who provide trust just by their names, such as Lee Jung-eun (playing Jang Hee-sook), Son Hyun-joo (playing Bu Seung-kwon), and Kim Woo-seok (playing Park Tae-kyung), will join to show explosive acting synergy. As the differentiated genre of 'Cider Medical Noir' combines with sensory directing and the flawless acting ensemble of trusted actors, viewers' interest and expectations for 'Doctor X', the best anticipated work that will shake living rooms in the second half of 2026, are soaring higher than ever.
The most anticipated work of the second half of 2026 from the master of Cider genre works, SBS's new Friday-Saturday drama 'Doctor X: The Age of White Mafia', will premiere on October 9 (Fri) at 9:50 PM.
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· Issuing Institution: SBS
· Category: Doctor X: The Age of White Mafia
· Distribution: September 10, 14:47
Source: SBS Press Release
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