News bites: May 25, 2024
Advertisements News bites: May 25, 2024 by tccolb With the premiere for TVING’s Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale (previously I Openly Dream of Cinderella) now just a week away, we’ll soon be following our heroine Pyo Ye-jin (Moon in the Day) as she strives to find her happily-ever-after prince. Whimsically pictured in new character […]
Lee Min-ki and Kwak Sun-young get behind the wheel in Crash
Advertisements Lee Min-ki and Kwak Sun-young get behind the wheel in Crash by lovepark Truck of Doom beware, because these dramaland cops may actually hunt you down! ENA’s upcoming comedy Crash is about a ragtag team of officers over at the Traffic Crime Investigations (TCI) unit, and as their name implies, they investigate vehicular crimes. […]
News bites: March 16, 2024
Advertisements News bites: March 16, 2024 by tccolb Lee Se-hee, Kim So-yeon, Kim Sung-ryung If anyone is keeping a tally, we can make another tick in the 1990s box for the next era we’ll be exploring in dramaland through JTBC’s new Sales of Virtue (roughly translated). With Kim Sung-ryung (Kill Heel) confirmed and offers currently […]
Lee Min-ki polices traffic violations in ENA comedy Crash
Advertisements Lee Min-ki polices traffic violations in ENA comedy Crash by tccolb Lee Min-ki, Kwak Sun-young, Heo Sung-tae Given all the trucks wreaking doom over the streets of dramaland, ENA has put together a special task force in Crash, with Lee Min-ki (Behind Your Touch) joining Kwak Sun-young (Moving) and Heo Sung-tae (Bait) in the […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of January 1-7, 2024
Advertisements The ratings for LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE are finally climbing. Sunday’s 19% mark is the highest it has received since the show began. This is still not that high for a weekender, but it is getting there. Credit the fact that the plots are actually moving forward, and we the audience are actually looking […]
News bites: December 16, 2023
Advertisements News bites: December 16, 2023 by tccolb Kim Jae-young (Love in Contract) is reviewing an offer to star in SBS’s new crime fantasy and romance The Judge From Hell, potentially joining Park Shin-hye (Sisyphus). With filmmaker Park Jin-pyo (Brave Citizen, Love Forecast) attached to direct, production is planning to start filming early in the […]
News bites: December 12, 2023
Advertisements News bites: December 12, 2023 by tccolb Ji Sung, Jeon Mi-do SBS confirmed casting for a police officer Ji Sung (Adamas) and journalist Jeon Mi-do (Thirty-Nine), (re)forming a Connection through the death of a high school friend – involving drugs – and the ensuing insurance payout. With PD Kim Moon-kyo (Trolley) at the helm […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of January 8-14, 2024
Advertisements I’m not at all surprised by “Knight Flower’s” high ratings. It’s fun and funny but also, it includes the type of social critique that I’ve noticed domestic viewers tend to like–that of a past that seems far away so one can shake their heads at the hypocrisy and cruelty while feeling that modern society […]
Kim Tae-ri and Nam Joo-hyuk reminisce about summer in Twenty Five Twenty One
Advertisements Kim Tae-ri and Nam Joo-hyuk reminisce about summer in Twenty Five Twenty One by tccolb With the premiere only a few weeks away, tvN has been ramping up promos for their upcoming romance Twenty Five Twenty One which stars Kim Tae-ri (Mr. Sunshine) and Nam Joo-hyuk (Start-Up).The story re-visits the South Korean IMF crisis […]