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KBS 1TV Daeha Drama (대하드라마, Daeha deurama), also known as KBS1 Daeha Drama or just KBS Daeha Drama, is the name given to historical dramas broadcast on KBS 1TV, usually based on long-running historical novels and fictionalized history.

Beginning in 1981 with Great Vocation (대명, 大命, Daemyeong), KBS Daeha Dramas were usually yearlong until KBS' first hiatus after 1993's "Dawning Sky" ended in April 1994. This hiatus ended with the premiere of "Kim Gu" in August 1995. Most productions after this were broadcast on weekends at 9:50pm until June 2002, when KBS' weekend news program "KBS News @ 9" pushed the time slot down to 10:10pm. . This caused a drop in ratings, and in spring of 2007, the time slot was pushed back to 9:40pm. There was another hiatus in 2009 after the end of "The Iron Empress," but productions resumed in 2010. A third hiatus came after the end of 2016's "Jang Young-shil" due to poor ratings and funding issues, lasting until the premiere of "Lee Bang-won, the King of Tears" in December 2021. KBS President Kim Ui-cheol announced that year that the next Daeha drama will be "The Goryeo-Khitan War".