Lovely Horribly

Philip (Park Si-hoo) and Eul-soon (Song Ji-hyo) are bound by an unusual fate: one's happiness always results in the other's misfortune. The two start writing a drama together, and the events in the screenplay mysteriously begin occurring in real life.

• Park Si-hoo as Yoo Philip/Yoo Eul-chook
  • Kim Tae-yool as child Yoo Philip

A top star who has extraordinary luck and is successful at everything he does.

• Song Ji-hyo as Oh Eul-soon
  • Shin Rin-ah as child Eul-soon

A prophetic screenwriter who is down on her luck.

• Lee Gi-kwang as Lee Sung-joong

A rookie production director who can see ghosts. He has a crush on Eul-soon.

• Hahm Eun-jung as Shin Yoon-ah

A popular actress who is Philip's girlfriend.

• Choi Yeo-jin as Ki Eun-young

A best-selling script writer who stole the work of her best friend Eul-soon. She hates Eul-soon as she is better than her when it comes to writing which created jealousy and hatred towards Eul-soon.

• Jang Hyuk-jin as Kang Tae-sik

CEO of Phillip's agency

• An Doo-ho as Kim Young-man

Manager of Phillip

• Hwang Sun-hee as Kim Ra-yun

Ex-girlfriend and fiancee of Phillip

• Jang Young-nam as Kim Ok-hee

Phillip's mother

• Sung Doo-sub as Seo Min-joon^[8]
• Jung Soon-won as Choong Yeol
• Lee Kyu-bok as Ki-soon
• Ji Seung-hyun as Sa Dong-cheol^[9]

Phillip's rival.

• Moo Soo-bin as Park Soo-min^[10]

Eul-soon's assistant and friend.

• Jeon Bae-soo as Eul-soon's father
• Jung Jae-eun as Eul-soon's mother

• Kim Young-woong as Detective Lee
• Ryu Tae-ho as Director Jo
• Kim Eung-soo as Fortune teller
• Kim Ji-eun as Lee Soo-jeong
• Song Young-hak
• Kang Suk-won
• Ji Soo
• Choi Hee-jin as Hee-jin

• Ha Dong-hoon as Eul-soon's ex-boyfriend^[11]
• Hong Seok-cheon as Kang Hyun-Seok
• Goo Jae-yee as fake ghost

The first script reading was held on June 2, 2018, at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, Seoul.^[12]

Lovely Horribly OST
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Korean
Label	Forest Media/EL PARK/kakao M

• In this table, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
• NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		AGB Nielsen[13]
		Nationwide
1	August 13, 2018	4.8% (27th)
2		5.0% (24th)
3	August 14, 2018	3.9% (27th)
4		4.5% (21st)
5	August 20, 2018	4.9% (21st)
6		5.3% (18th)
7	August 21, 2018	3.7% (28th)
8		4.6% (23rd)
9	August 27, 2018	5.4% (21st)
10		6.2% (17th)
11	August 28, 2018	4.0% (31st)
12		4.4% (27th)
13	September 3, 2018	4.2% (30th)
14
15	September 4, 2018	3.9% (31st)
16		4.3% (27th)
17	September 10, 2018	3.4% (36th)
18		3.7% (15th)
19	September 11, 2018	4.4% (24th)
20
21	September 17, 2018	2.4% (47th)
22		2.7% (41st)
23	September 18, 2018	2.6% (30th)
24		2.9% (29th)
25	September 24, 2018[b]	1.0% (NR)
26		2.2% (NR)
27	September 25, 2018	2.0% (NR)
28		3.2% (47th)
29	October 1, 2018	2.7% (45th)
30		2.8% (43rd)
31	October 2, 2018	2.9% (41st)
32		3.3% (35th)
Average		3.3%

Award ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2018 KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama	Park Si-hoo	Nominated	[14]
	Netizen Award Actor		Nominated
	Best Couple Award	Song Ji-hyo & Park Si-hoo	Nominated
	Excellence Award, Actress in a Mid-length Drama	Song Ji-hyo	Nominated
	Netizen Award, Actress		Nominated
	Best New Actor	Lee Gi-kwang	Nominated
	Best Young Actor	Kim Tae-yool	Nominated
	Best Young Actress	Shin Rin-ah	Nominated
Asia Artist Awards	Most Popular Actress	Song Ji-hyo	Won	[15]

• The drama is set to air in Japan on KNTV in January 2019.^{[citation needed]}
• The drama is available in Viu and other online platforms.^{[citation needed]}