In the year 1993, pop idol Yoo Hyun-Jae accidentally travels through time to 2017. Discovering that he mysteriously disappears in 1994 and is presumed dead, he begins to investigate into the reason for his disappearance while trying to adjust to life in the future. Meanwhile, Lee Ji-Hoon is an aspiring musician and is secretly enrolled as an idol trainee at Star Punch Entertainment. Ji-hoon struggles to hide this from his parents, who believe he has been studying for his civil service exams.
Cast
Main
Yoon Shi-yoon as Yoo Hyun-jae
Lee Se-young as Choi Woo-seung
Kim Min-jae as Lee Ji-hoon
Cha Tae-hyun as Lee Gwang-jae
Supporting
World Entertainment
Yoon Son-ha as Hong Bo-hee
:ko:동현배|Dong Hyun-bae as MC Drill
Lee Deok-hwa as Lee Soon-tae
Star Punch Entertainment
Hong Kyung-min as Park Young-jae
Im Ye-jin as Cathy
Cha Eun-woo as MJ
Bona as Do Hye-ri
Others
:ko:이한서|Lee Han-soo as Mal-sook
Lee Jung-min as Heol-re
Son Soo-min as Beol-ddeok
Kim Seung-hyun
Lim Sung-min
Kim Ji-hyun
Choi Ri-yoon
Ha Nam-woo
Lim Ji-seob
Kim Tae-bin
Hong Seok-yoon
Lee Ha-na
Yoon Sun-ah
Choi Jung-eun
Lim Yoo-mi
Yoon Kab-soo
Kim Young-hee
Lee Sung-hoon
Gong Min-gyu
Kim Yong-jae
Kim Ji-eun
Han Hyong-gyu
Lee Young-rae
Choi Nam-uk
Kim Do-yoonn
Nam Seung-woo
Lee Ri-na
Ryu Ba
Uk Sa-na
Park Mi-hyo
Choi Seul-gi
Ko Jin-myung
Seo Hee
Kim Ji-yeon
Jo Moon-young
Kim Hyong-gyu
Kwon Hyuk
Seo Hye-jin
Choi Jung-eun
Ahn Nyu-mi
Lee Soo-min
Choi Yoo-sol
Min Do-hee
Special appearances
:ko:김병찬|Kim Byung-chan
:ko:손범수|Son Bum-soo as Gayo Top 10 MC
Ko Chang-seok as Photographer
Shin Seung-hwan as Noryangjin Academy Instructor
Kim Sook as Kim Sook, a student and one of MJ's fans
:ko:쇼리 J|Shorry J as Soo-jin, an ex-Star Punch Entertainment trainee
:ko:이주실|Lee Ju-shil as Chairwoman Oh of Jongno Entertainment
Episodes
Production
Hit the Top is the second "variety-drama" produced by KBS after The Producers in 2015. It is produced by director Seo Soo-min, who is currently the chief producer for KBS's Happy Sunday programming block. Seo also worked on a few episodes of The Producers. Chorokbaem Media, the company behind The Producers, was tapped to produce Hit the Top for KBS. Sitcom writer Lee Young-chul is penning the script. The first script reading took place on April 3, 2017 in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea.
Original soundtrack
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Ratings
In the table below, represent the lowest ratings and represent the highest ratings.
NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.