News bites: April 27, 2024

A new poster has come creeping in for MBC’s upcoming Bittersweet Hell, where family psychologist Kim Hee-sun (Remarriage & Desires) and crime novelist Lee Hye-young (Big Bet) are putting on their sleuthing caps to protect their family from a mysterious blackmailer. Broadcasting on weekends following Chief Detective 1958, the black comedy and thriller premieres on May 24. [MBC]

JTBC’s rom-com Frankly Speaking released a new highlights reel ahead of next week’s premiere, with our announcer hero Go Kyung-pyo (D.P. 2) spilling nothing but the truth. Together with Kang Hanna (Red Heart) and Joo Jong-hyuk (Extraordinary Attorney Woo), the hijinks begin on May 1 in the Wednesday-Thursday slot. [Newsen]
Promos are now in full swing for tvN’s Player 2: Master of Swindlers, with new character stills showcasing our leads: Song Seung-heon (Black Knight), Oh Yeon-seo (Cafe Minamdang), Lee Shi-un (Bad Prosecutor), Tae Won-seok (Bloodhounds), and Jang Gyuri (Cheer Up). Slated to air in the Monday-Tuesday slot, the crime-action will be launching on June 3. [Sports Donga (1), (2)]

Channel A’s Check-in Hanyang confirmed their main lineup, with Bae In-hyuk (The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract), Kim Ji-eun (Branding in Seongsu), Jung Geon-joo (The Secret Romantic Guesthouse), and DKZ’s Jaechan (Semantic Error) headlining the fictional sageuk. Secrets abound of course with Bae hiding his prince identity and Kim living as a man, which all becomes fodder for the romance shenanigans when our foursome become fellow roommates. [Osen]
Kang Haneul (Curtain Call), Yeom Hye-ran (Mask Girl), and Seo Hyun-woo (A Shop for Killers) are becoming neighbors in Netflix’s new thriller movie, Wall to Wall. As residents of the same apartment complex, trouble starts to brew when a strange noise is heard every night, which seems to be coming from between floors. Production is being led by director Kim Tae-joon (Unlocked). [News1]
Speaking of thrillers, the mood is grim in the newest set of stills for SBS’s Connection, starring Ji Sung (Adamas), Jeon Mi-do (Thirty-Nine), Kwon Yul (Longing for You), and Kim Kyung-nam (The One and Only). Taking over the weekend slot following 7 Escape – Resurrection, the mystery unfolds on May 24 with PD Kim Moon-kyo (Trolley) directing and scripts by Lee Hyun (Diary of a Prosecutor). [SBS (1), (2), (3), (4)]

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