# Nice to Not Meet You (얄미운 사랑)
**Nice to Not Meet You** (얄미운 사랑) is a South Korean romantic comedy television series that aired on tvN from November 3 to December 30, 2025, starring [Lee Jung-jae](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-jung-jae) as a typecast top actor and [Lim Ji-yeon](https://www.edgepedia.org/lim-ji-yeon) as an entertainment-desk reporter, and distributed internationally on Prime Video.[1](https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120254666&formatYn=N&topcategory=DRM10) • [2](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Titles | Korean: 얄미운 사랑; official English title: Nice to Not Meet You[1](https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120254666&formatYn=N&topcategory=DRM10) |
| Broadcast | tvN, November 3 to December 30, 2025, Mondays and Tuesdays at 8:45 pm; 16 episodes[2](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/) • [1](https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120254666&formatYn=N&topcategory=DRM10) |
| Genre | Comedy, romance[1](https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120254666&formatYn=N&topcategory=DRM10) |
| Credits | Directed by Kim Ga-ram; written by Jung Yeo-rang[1](https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120254666&formatYn=N&topcategory=DRM10) |
| Production | Studio Dragon, Studio & NEW, and Artist Company[3](https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/original-series/nice-to-not-meet-you/1) • [4](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0R98PHUWWDD6X7QOASGW1NZCT2) |
| International release | Prime Video, weekly Monday and Tuesday episodes in over 240 countries and territories, excluding Mainland China and South Korea[5](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/press-release/lee-jungjae-and-lim-jiyeons-romcom-inice-to-not-me) • [3](https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/original-series/nice-to-not-meet-you/1) |
| Streaming rating | 4.5 out of 5 from 45 global ratings on Prime Video, 77% five-star[4](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0R98PHUWWDD6X7QOASGW1NZCT2) |
## Identifying the series
CJ ENM's watch portal lists the Korean title as 얄미운 사랑 with the English title NICE TO NOT MEET YOU, a comedy-romance premiering November 3, 2025 on tvN in 16 episodes of 70 minutes each.[1](https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120254666&formatYn=N&topcategory=DRM10) The tvN official drama page marks the run as ended (종영), from 2025.11.03 to 2025.12.30.[2](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/) The distributor's page credits production by [Studio Dragon](https://www.edgepedia.org/studio-dragon) and Studio & NEW, direction by Kim Ga-ram, writing by Jung Yeo-rang, and starring Lee Jung-jae and Lim Ji-yeon.[3](https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/original-series/nice-to-not-meet-you/1) The Prime Video listing adds [Artist Company](https://www.edgepedia.org/artist-company) among the studios.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0R98PHUWWDD6X7QOASGW1NZCT2)
## Premise and plot
The series is a workplace enemies-to-lovers romance set in the Korean entertainment industry. Its two leads sit on opposite sides of the celebrity press relationship. Lim Hyun-jun (Lee Jung-jae) is a national star trapped by typecasting: his independent film swept festivals, but the detective drama *Good Detective Kang Pil-gu* (착한형사 강필구) made his career, peaking at a 24.3% rating in its first season and running four seasons, and he now enters its fifth while dreaming of rom-com or melodrama roles.[6](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/character/) • [3](https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/original-series/nice-to-not-meet-you/1) The 24.3% figure belongs to the fictional in-universe drama, not to this series' own Nielsen performance.
Wi Jeong-sin (Lim Ji-yeon) is an award-winning political journalist demoted to the entertainment department while covering a corruption case.[3](https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/original-series/nice-to-not-meet-you/1) The tvN logline frames the show as a "dispute war" (디스전쟁) between a national actor who has lost his original passion and an entertainment reporter obsessed with justice, promising fact-bombing and prejudice-breaking.[2](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/)
The romance trigger is a bad first meeting: Hyun-jun crossed paths with Jeong-sin after a chance restroom encounter, and the woman then kept appearing at his interview slots as a reporter.[6](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/character/)
## Cast and characters
The four principal characters named on the official site are Lim Hyun-jun (40s), Wi Jeong-sin (30s), Lee Jae-hyeong (40s), and Yun Hwa-yeong (40s).[2](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/) The cast:[7](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/nice-to-not-meet-you)
- Lee Jung-jae as Lim Hyun-jun, the typecast top actor
- Lim Ji-yeon as Wi Jeong-sin, the demoted reporter
- Kim Ji-hoon as Lee Jae-hyeong
- Seo Ji-hye as Yun Hwa-yeong
- Choi Gwi-hwa as Hwang Ji-sun, Hyun-jun's manager and the CEO of Kingsback Entertainment, who prefers to be called Director Hwang because his given name is mistaken for a woman's, and who is the only person who sees Hyun-jun's unvarnished side[6](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/character/)
- Kim Jae-chul as Lee Dae-ho
- [Oh Yeon-seo](https://www.edgepedia.org/oh-yeon-seo) as Kwon Se-na
The official character pages also name Lim Seon-woo (20s), Hyun-jun's much younger half-brother.[6](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/character/)
## Production and credits
Director Kim Ga-ram's previous credits are *Good Partner* and *Nevertheless*; writer Jung Yeo-rang previously wrote *Doctor Cha*.[5](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/press-release/lee-jungjae-and-lim-jiyeons-romcom-inice-to-not-me) Production companies are Studio Dragon and Studio & NEW, with Artist Company also credited on the streaming listing.[3](https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/original-series/nice-to-not-meet-you/1) • [4](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0R98PHUWWDD6X7QOASGW1NZCT2) The distributor's September 29, 2025 press release announced the November 3 premiere with Lee Jung-jae and Lim Ji-yeon starring.[5](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/press-release/lee-jungjae-and-lim-jiyeons-romcom-inice-to-not-me)
## Broadcast and distribution
The series ran on tvN in the Monday-Tuesday 8:45 pm slot from November 3 to December 30, 2025, a standard two-episode weekly schedule across eight weeks for 16 episodes.[2](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/) • [7](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/nice-to-not-meet-you) CJ ENM's catalog specifies 70 minutes per episode.[1](https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120254666&formatYn=N&topcategory=DRM10)
Internationally, Prime Video carried the series exclusively, releasing new episodes weekly every Monday and Tuesday in over 240 countries and territories, excluding Mainland China and South Korea, starting November 3, 2025.[5](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/press-release/lee-jungjae-and-lim-jiyeons-romcom-inice-to-not-me) • [3](https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/original-series/nice-to-not-meet-you/1) The platform lists the series as 16 episodes.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0R98PHUWWDD6X7QOASGW1NZCT2)
## Reception
Prime Video shows 4.5 out of 5 stars from 45 global ratings, with 77% of them five-star.[4](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0R98PHUWWDD6X7QOASGW1NZCT2) This is a small sample from a single platform and should not be read as a broad audience measure. The 24.3% rating sometimes associated with the title belongs to the fictional *Good Detective Kang Pil-gu* within the story, not to this series.[6](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/character/)
## References
1. [NICE TO NOT MEET YOU (2025), WATCH CJ ENM catalog record](https://watch.cjenm.com/broadcast/sub/view?contentsId=B120254666&formatYn=N&topcategory=DRM10)
2. [얄미운 사랑, tvN official drama site](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/)
3. [Nice to Not Meet You, Prime Video press release (series page)](https://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/original-series/nice-to-not-meet-you/1)
4. [Nice to Not Meet You, Prime Video listing](https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0R98PHUWWDD6X7QOASGW1NZCT2)
5. [Lee Jung-jae and Lim Ji-yeon's Rom-Com Nice to Not Meet You, Prime Video press release, September 29, 2025](http://press.amazonmgmstudios.com/us/en/press-release/lee-jungjae-and-lim-jiyeons-romcom-inice-to-not-me)
6. [얄미운 사랑 인물 소개, tvN official character pages](https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Nice-to-not-meet-you/character/)
7. [얄미운 사랑, TheTVDB](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/nice-to-not-meet-you)
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