Jo Seung-woo and Lee Yo-won feature in the 2012 South Korean television series The King's Doctor. It aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 50 episodes from October 1, 2012 to March 25, 2013. The drama marked the 51st anniversary of MBC. Lee Byung-hoon, famed for Hur Jun, Jewel in the Palace, Yi San, and Dong Yi, directed the historical/period epic. In his 13-year cinema and stage career, this was Jo Seung-debut woo's television drama.