| Welcome 2 Life | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | You Only Live Twice |
| Hangul | 웰컴2라이프 |
| RR | Welkeom2raipeu |
| MR | Welk'ŏm2raip'ŭ |
| Genre | |
| Written by | Yoo Hee-kyung |
| Directed by |
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| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 32[a] |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 35 minutes[a] |
| Production company | Kim Jong-hak Production[4] |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBC TV |
| Release | August 5 (2019-08-05) – September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24) |
Welcome 2 Life (Korean: 웰컴2라이프) is a 2019South Korean television series starringJung Ji-hoon,Lim Ji-yeon andKwak Si-yang. It aired onMBC TV from August 5 to September 24, 2019.
The series is about a skilled lawyer who enters a parallel world due to an unfortunate accident.[5]
The series was initially scheduled to premiere on July 29, 2019, but was pushed back for a week due to live coverage of the2019 World Aquatics Championships.[6][7]
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nielsen Korea[8] | TNmS | |||
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||
| 1 | August 5, 2019 | 4.5%(N/A) | 5.1%(16th) | 5.3% |
| 2 | 6.3%(8th) | 7.0%(6th) | 6.9% | |
| 3 | August 6, 2019 | 5.3%(17th) | 5.8%(14th) | 5.7% |
| 4 | 6.8%(10th) | 7.1%(6th) | 7.4% | |
| 5 | August 12, 2019 | 4.4%(N/A) | N/A | |
| 6 | 5.6%(16th) | 6.4%(15th) | 7.1% | |
| 7 | August 13, 2019 | 4.2%(N/A) | 4.9%(N/A) | N/A |
| 8 | 5.0%(15th) | 5.6%(16th) | 6.0% | |
| 9 | August 19, 2019 | 3.9%(N/A) | N/A | N/A |
| 10 | 5.0%(19th) | 5.8%(12th) | ||
| 11 | August 20, 2019 | 4.3%(N/A) | 4.6%(20th) | |
| 12 | 4.5%(20th) | 4.7%(18th) | 6.1% | |
| 13 | August 26, 2019 | 4.1%(N/A) | 4.8%(20th) | N/A |
| 14 | 5.5%(14th) | 5.9%(12th) | 5.2% | |
| 15 | August 27, 2019 | 3.5%(N/A) | N/A | N/A |
| 16 | 4.4%(N/A) | 5.9% | ||
| 17 | September 2, 2019 | 3.8%(N/A) | 5.0% | |
| 18 | 4.8%(16th) | 4.8%(17th) | 6.3% | |
| 19 | September 3, 2019 | 4.0%(N/A) | N/A | 4.8% |
| 20 | 4.9%(17th) | 4.6%(19th) | 5.8% | |
| 21 | September 9, 2019 | 3.8%(N/A) | N/A | 5.0% |
| 22 | 5.1%(16th) | 4.9%(17th) | 6.2% | |
| 23 | September 10, 2019 | 4.2%(N/A) | N/A | 4.9% |
| 24 | 5.2%(17th) | 5.3%(17th) | 6.2% | |
| 25 | September 16, 2019 | 3.9%(N/A) | N/A | N/A |
| 26 | 4.7%(19th) | 4.9%(19th) | 6.2% | |
| 27 | September 17, 2019 | 4.4%(N/A) | N/A | 5.3% |
| 28 | 5.9%(14th) | 6.2%(12th) | 6.6% | |
| 29 | September 23, 2019 | N/A | 4.6%(19th) | 5.5% |
| 30 | 6.1%(13th) | 6.3%(11th) | 7.2% | |
| 31 | September 24, 2019 | 4.2%(19th) | 4.2%(19th) | 6.5% |
| 32 | 6.0%(12th) | 6.2%(8th) | 8.4% | |
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| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | MBC Drama Awards[9] | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Lim Ji-yeon | Nominated |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Jung Ji-hoon | Nominated | ||
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Lim Ji-yeon | Won | ||
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Kwak Si-yang | Nominated | ||
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Jang So-yeon | Nominated | ||
| Best New Actress | Park Shin-ah | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Cast in Monday-Tuesday Miniseries | Son Byong-ho | Nominated | ||
| Best Young Actor/Actress | Lee Soo-ah | Won | ||
| Best One-minute Couple Award | Lim Ji-yeon andJung Ji-hoon | Nominated |