When Does Oh My Venus Season 2 Come Out? Is It Renewed?

What is Oh My Venus about?

Oh My Venus hits the ground running with a premise that could easily sink into crass territory: a woman dumps her cheating boyfriend and decides to get fit, hiring a severe personal trainer to whip her into shape. The show doesn't entirely avoid the weight-based humor, but it surprises by developing genuine affection for its main character Ju-eun, played by Shin Min-a, who has real comedic timing and isn't simply a punchline for her size. So Ji-sub brings unexpected warmth to what could have been a cardboard trainer character, and the two of them create enough chemistry that you're willing to sit through the obligatory montages of treadmill runs and smoothie drinking.

The tone is lighter than you might expect from a drama about a woman rebuilding her life. It leans comedy, with jokes that often land and a friendliness between characters that keeps things from turning bitter or mean. There's a second-male-lead situation brewing (Jung Gyu-woon's character), which adds romantic tension without much surprise, but the show doesn't dwell on melodrama the way some Korean dramas do. It's a show that wants you to laugh at a woman finally standing up for herself, not a show about suffering through heartbreak. The fitness subplot is genuinely tied to confidence and self-respect, not vanity, which matters.

Audiences and critics gave it solid marks without making it essential viewing. The 7.7 rating on IMDb reflects a show that delivers what it promises without pretending to be something deeper than it is. It found an audience comfortable with romantic comedy on the lighter side, with a female lead who gets to be messy and funny rather than polished.

What separates it from other fitness-romance hybrids is simply that it trusts its actors more than its premise. Neither So Ji-sub nor Shin Min-a play this as a transformation fantasy, and that restraint keeps the whole thing from feeling exploitative.

Created by Kim Hyung-suk

Is Oh My Venus renewed or cancelled?

Why did Oh My Venus end?

Oh My Venus arrived as a romantic comedy that tapped into the popular Korean drama formula of self-improvement paired with charm and humor. The show, which aired from November 2015 through January 2016 on KBS2, told the story of a woman struggling with her weight who reconnects with her first love. It found an audience and earned solid critical marks, but it was designed as a complete story from the start. The series ran for sixteen episodes across a single season, which is the standard length for Korean dramas on terrestrial networks like KBS2.

Korean television operates differently from American broadcast models. Most dramas there are produced as closed narratives meant to conclude after one season, typically between twelve and twenty episodes. Unlike shows created with the expectation of ongoing renewal, Oh My Venus had a predetermined endpoint. The story of its protagonist's transformation and romantic journey had a clear arc built into the writing. Once that arc reached its natural conclusion in early January 2016, the show had done what it set out to do.

There was no cancellation in play here. The show ended because it finished telling its story in the format that KBS2 and the production team intended. This is how most Korean dramas work: they air their scheduled run and conclude, success or failure playing little role in whether they continue. With a respectable IMDb rating and a complete narrative, Oh My Venus simply reached the end it was always planned to reach.

Oh My Venus Season 2 Release Date

Best & worst episodes

Oh My Venus seasons

Oh My Venus trailer

Where to watch Oh My Venus

Rakuten VikistreamOnDemandKoreastreamKocowa Amazon ChannelstreamKocowastream

Oh My Venus latest news