Kim Hye-soo to appear in tvN new drama

Actress Kim Hye-soo, left, waves to photographers and fans at the 36th Blue Dragon Awards ceremony held in November 2015. / Korea Times file

Actress Kim Hye-soo, 45, is filming episodes for her first cable channel drama titled “Signal.”

The drama, which will start airing on Jan. 22, signal’s Kim’s return to the small screen for the first times in three years since her last appearance in “Queen of the Workplace” on KBS.

Kim had been more active on the big screen in such films as “The Thieves” (2012) and “The Coin Locker Girl” (2015).

The upcoming drama is garnering attention because it replaces the time slot _ Friday and Saturday 8: 30 p.m. now occupied by the highly popular “Reply 1988.”

The anticipation is that Kim’s appearance, along with fellow actors Lee Je-hoon and Jo Jin-woong, will continue tvN’s success in that time slot.

Kim reportedly will receive 50 million won ($42,716) per episode. She plays a 15-year veteran cop, Cha Soo-hyun.