The Korean adaptation of Japanese commercial broadcaster Nippon TV 2021 drama “Life’s Punchline” premieres on CJ ENM cable channel tvN on 6 November, Nippon TV said this morning as day two of MIPCOM opened. The remake was announced in March this year.

The 12-episode prime-time Friday/Saturday scripted series, which airs in Korea as “Happy Anding” (뜨거운 안녕) is produced by CJ ENM subsidiary, Studio Dragon.

The series stars Kang Hoon, Cho Hyun-chul and Kim Jeong-jin as members of a struggling comedy troupe that decide to disband after a decade and the devoted fan, played by Lee E-dam, whose life becomes intertwined with theirs. 

The Korean adaptation is directed by Jung Jee Hyun (“Twenty-Five Twenty-One”) and written by Ahn Areum (“Once Again”), with Yang Hee-seung (“Crash Course in Romance”) participating as creator.