Television series

Jealousy Incarnate

Name: Jealousy Incarnate
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 2016
Cast: Gong Hyo Jin, Jo Jung Suk, Go Gyeong Pyo, Lee Mi Sook, Park Ji Young

Workplace drama

A taut romantic comedy about workplace rivalry that turns electric when an anchor and weather forecaster collide professionally and personally. It's smart about ambition, jealousy, and the small humiliations of live television. Gong Hyo Jin and Jo Jung Suk have genuine chemistry—the kind where you believe the tension could combust either into passion or catastrophe at any moment.

TVMaze rating

3.8

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