This is an unfortunate case of reel world scheduling bucking up against real life timing. The tvN drama Resident Playbook (Wise Resident Life) is the younger version spin-off drama of the hit series Hospital Playlist which had two seasons. Resident Playbook headlines super buzzy young actress Go Yoon Jung and a bevy of up-and-coming younger stars like Shin Si Ah, Kang You Seok, and Jung Joon Won to play residents in the OB/GYN department at a teaching hospital. The drama was tentatively scheduled to air on tvN’s big weekend time slot after the drama Queen of Tears ends its run in May. Unfortunately it may now get postponed as in South Korea there is a looming doctor strike at the 5 largest hospitals scheduled to start March 20th in response to the government expanding the number of students into medical school in order to address the nationwide doctor shortage. This is eliciting major backlash from the populace who see the doctors using patients and medical care as leverage by striking from performing their life saving services. If indeed the public has a negative view of doctors it’s going to be a bad time to air a medical drama painting young doctors in a positive light. Stay tuned for how this all pans out.