Once Upon a Small Town
2022 1 season · 12 ep live_tv Scripted South Korea

Once Upon a Small Town

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Synopsis

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Against his wishes a veterinarian from the big city relocates to the countryside, where he meets a policewoman, a town insider with a friendly secret.

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The 2021–2023 South Korea Window

Once Upon a Small Town holds position #52 of 211 South Korea seriess in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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The 2020s South Korea Landscape

2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including Once Upon a Small Town. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (301 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 96 other South Korea seriess in 2022.

The 1329th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (466 seriess).

Audience Engagement

86
Reviews
81st
Review-volume percentile
85th
Popularity percentile

86 audience reviews — more than 81% of South Korea seriess in our index.

Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among South Korea seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
September 5, 2022
Last Air Date
September 28, 2022
Total Episodes
12 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 7.2 hours

Reception Benchmarks

7.9
TMDB Rating
86
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #195 of 1,397 South Korea seriess indexed here (86th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.0 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #141 of 868 (top 16%).

Production Details

Primary CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Production CompaniesKakao Entertainment
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 12
Release DateSeptember 5, 2022
Official Sitewww.netflix.com

Questions Answered

Who created Once Upon a Small Town?

Once Upon a Small Town was created by Kwon Seok-jang.

When did Once Upon a Small Town end?

Once Upon a Small Town finished its run with its final episode airing on September 28, 2022.

Where did Once Upon a Small Town air?

Once Upon a Small Town aired on Netflix, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.