Opening appointments for Resident Playbook doctors in April

KDramaHQ AdminMarch 11, 2025

Opening appointments for Resident Playbook doctors in April

by tccolb

It’s been literally years in the making – for various reasons – and tvN’s Resident Playbook is finally escaping production limbo after suffering through several postponements since early 2024. But now brandishing a shiny new poster and teaser combo, the medical drama has officially announced its premiere this spring.

The video teaser first backtracks to the story’s origins, flashing back to our music-loving quintet from Hospital Playlist, played by Jo Jung-seok (Captivating the King), Jeon Mi-do (Connection), Kim Dae-myung (The Art of Negotiation), Jung Kyung-ho (Crash Course in Romance), and Yoo Yeon-seok (When the Phone Rings). In the appearing captions, the team relays their gratitude, thanking all those who waited impatiently for this upcoming spin-off series.

The sequence then transitions to our new group of main characters, who will one day gain the experienced wisdom of their Hospital Playlist predecessors. But as of yet they are still fledging doctors in their first year of residency – all of them specializing in obstetrics and gynecology.

Starting with Kang Yoo-seok (When Life Gives You Tangerines), we next meet Shin Shi-ah (The Witch: Part 2), Jung Joon-won (A Model Family), and rookie actor Han Ye-ji. Last but not least, the trailer then amusingly ends on a cutely hiding Go Yoon-jung (Death’s Game) while her colleagues feign ignorance on her location.

We’ll soon be following their learning journey when tvN’s Resident Playbook starts airing on weekends, following The Potato Lab in this coming April. The spin-off has Hospital Playlist’s PD Shin Won-ho and writer Lee Woo-jung taking a step back into creator roles, passing the production baton to PD Lee Min-soo (Heartbeat) and writer Kim Song-hee (Hospital Playlist 1, Answer Me 1988).