News bites: May 25, 2024
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 posters, […]
News bites: March 21, 2024
News bites: March 21, 2024 by tccolb Lee Yoo-young, L KBS announced that Treat Me Carelessly (roughly translated) has been lined up on the year’s schedule to air in May, with L (a.k.a. Kim Myung-soo) (Numbers) and Lee Yoo-young (Insider) headlining the webtoon adaptation. In an opposites attract rom-com, a Confucian-abiding traditionalist hero will be […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Feb. 26-Mar. 3, 2024
What lead to Dr Slump’s drop so close to reaching a 10 rating? A reasonable start for Wedding Impossible hopefully it will only climb from here. Between him and her drops again. A drop for Queen of divorce which is interesting when so many clues were found in these episodes, let’s hope it doesn’t drop […]
Making a second love story with Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won
Making a second love story with Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won by tccolb New character teasers have been released for tvN’s upcoming Queen of Tears, showcasing our wedded leads Kim Soo-hyun (One Ordinary Day) and Kim Ji-won (My Liberation Notes) as they try to make sense of all their new ~feelings~ as love blooms again […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of February 5-11, 2024
Queen of divorce is holding its own with increase from last week. I wonder if it will keep climbing or plateau and current levels. Dr Slump dropping was a surprise and I wonder if it can be put down to people enjoying their New Years celebrations and family time over the weekend and not live […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2024
MARRY MY HUSBAND is doing very well- in fact great for its time slot. LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE has climbed to respectable but still not great numbers for a weekender. The draw is the mystery. The drawback is that many of the relationships are flat- at time the script seems to be paint by numbers. […]
News bites: January 11, 2024
News bites: January 11, 2024 by tccolb tvN’s Queen of Tears has finally been slated to broadcast, bringing Kim Soo-hyun (One Ordinary Day) and Kim Ji-won (My Liberation Notes) to our screens as our romance’s married pair this coming March. Coming from opposite sides of the track with the former hailing from the country hills […]
News bites: January 9, 2024
The colors in those QUEEN OF DIVORCE stills sure look nice! Wondering whether they’ll keep the cool toned outfits throughout the drama (they match up!)… By the way, it’s always interesting (and a bit overwhelming) just *how much stuff* is being produced and put out there. Meanwhile it doesn’t help, that the recommendations in all […]
News bites: January 6, 2024
News bites: January 6, 2024 by tccolb New character posters have come out for the romance Branding in Sungsoo-dong, where Kim Ji-eun (Longing for You) and Park Solomon (a.k.a. Lomon) (Revenge of Others) butt heads over conflicting ideals. As the latest series by LG’s U+ Mobile TV, the body swap hijinks are set to begin […]
Lee Jia and Kang Ki-young form an Amazing Troubleshooter duo
Lee Jia and Kang Ki-young form an Amazing Troubleshooter duo by solstices Script reading stills are out for JTBC’s upcoming drama Amazing Troubleshooter, signalling the start of promotions before next month’s premiere. As the name suggests, the drama centers around Korea’s highest-rated problem-solving corporation. Their specialty? Resolving divorces and punishing wayward spouses. Ha, this premise […]