KBS announces Feb. 26 as premiere date of new drama 'Dear. M.'

Casts of KBS's upcoming drama ″Dear. M,″ which includes from left, Jaehyun of NCT, Park Hye-soo, Noh Jung-eui and Bae Hyun-sung. [ILGAN SPORTS]

On Wednesday, KBS finally confirmed the premiere date of its highly anticipated new romance drama “Dear. M.”

The upcoming drama series, which marks the small screen debut for Jaehyun of boy band NCT, will begin on Feb. 26 at 11:10 p.m. and become KBS’s new weekly Friday night drama series.

Jaehyun will take the story’s male lead named Cha Min-ho while the female lead named Ma Joo-ah has been taken by actor Park Hye-soo. The two characters are friends of 12 years.

The drama is in fact a spinoff series based on a popular web drama series “Love Playlist.” It centers around an anonymous love confession post written by a mystery figure identified as “M,” which causes a thrill among singles on a college campus.

Other cast include Noh Jung-eui, Bae Hyun-sung, Lee Jin-hyuk and Woo Da-bi.

BY YIM SEUNG-HYE [yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr]