Why Her?
2022 1 season · 16 ep live_tv Scripted South Korea

Why Her?

왜 오수재인가

Synopsis

왜 오수재인가

A painful but exciting story of Oh Soo-jae, a cold lawyer who has become empty while pursuing only success, and Gong Chan, a law school student who is not afraid of anything to protect her.

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The 2021–2023 South Korea Window

Why Her? holds position #71 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 Why Her?. 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 1308th 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

28
Reviews
55th
Review-volume percentile
80th
Popularity percentile

28 audience reviews — more than 55% of South Korea seriess in our index.

Popularity (80th percentile) outruns review volume (55th) — a trending, discussed title among South Korea seriess.

Broadcast Timeline

First Air Date
June 3, 2022
Last Air Date
July 23, 2022
Broadcast Span
2 months
Total Episodes
16 across 1 season
Format
Scripted
Total Runtime
≈ 18.7 hours

Reception Benchmarks

7.7
TMDB Rating
28
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #277 of 1,397 South Korea seriess indexed here (80th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.8 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #201 of 868 (top 23%).

Production Details

Primary CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Production CompaniesStudio S
Series TypeScripted
Seasons / Episodes1 / 16
Release DateJune 3, 2022
Official Siteprograms.sbs.co.kr

Questions Answered

When did Why Her? end?

Why Her? finished its run with its final episode airing on July 23, 2022.

Where did Why Her? air?

Why Her? aired on SBS, which has broadcast 8+ other Asian series indexed in this catalog.