Lead cast: Lee Jun-young, Son Hyun-joo, Lee Joo-myoung, Jeon Hye-jin, Jin GooLatest Nielsen rating: 5.16 per centAn ageing corporate mogul and an up-and-coming football star trade places in the body-swap drama Reborn Rookie. If the name and concept sound vaguely familiar, that is because the show is based on a web novel by San Kyung, who also penned the story of the smash-hit fantasy drama Reborn Rich.While Reborn Rookie takes place against a similar backdrop and was made by the same production company (SLL, formerly JTBC Studios), it boasts a different energy to its spiritual predecessor, thanks in large part to the creative force of showrunner Kim Soon-ok, the mind behind The Penthouse, the soap opera sensation that ran for three seasons.The prolific Lee Jun-young, a former member of the K-pop outfit U-Kiss who appeared in six films and dramas in 2025– among them When Life Gives You Tangerines and Weak Hero Class 2 – leads the show as Hwang Jun-hyeon, a promising young athlete who has just gone pro with the Choiseong Football Club.