News bites: April 17, 2024
News bites: April 17, 2024 by tccolb A new period crime series called Low Life is in the works for Disney+, lining up Ryu Seung-ryong (Chicken Nugget), Yang Se-jong (Doona), and Im Soo-jung (Melancholia) among many talents in the larger cast. Based on a popular webtoon by the original webtoonist for Misaeng, the story is […]
Kim Hee-sun fears a Bittersweet Hell for her family
Kim Hee-sun fears a Bittersweet Hell for her family by tccolb The promo campaign has finally set sail for MBC’s upcoming black comedy and thriller, which has been rechristened to Bittersweet Hell from Our House. Starring Kim Hee-sun (Remarriage & Desires), Lee Hye-young (Big Bet), Kim Nam-hee (Chicken Nugget), and Chansung (Bora! Deborah), we first […]
News bites: March 28, 2024
News bites: March 28, 2024 by tccolb Coupang Play announced that the rom-com Cinderella at 2AM has been added to 2024’s lineup, slated to release later this year on both Coupang Play and JTBC. Putting a spin on the well known fairytale, the webnovel/webtoon adaptation will have Shin Hyun-bin (Tell Me That You Love Me) […]
Kim Hye-yoon becomes Byun Woo-seok’s Lovely Runner
Kim Hye-yoon becomes Byun Woo-seok’s Lovely Runner by tccolb It’s time to take out our big girl and big boy pants – and maybe some tissues while we’re at it – to prepare for tvN’s upcoming romance Lovely Runner. In the newly dropped teaser, we finally get a glimpse of the present timeline’s unwelcome doom […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of March 11-17, 2024
0 March 17, 2024March 17, 2024 Drama viewership ratings for the week of March 11-17, 2024 by DB Staff Although the midweek drama slot has all but died, we’ve been seeing a lot of great numbers for all of our weekend dramas. Wonderful World and Flex x Cop are both a hair from hitting double […]
Rising Star Actress’s Scandalously-Skintight Outfit Shocks Korean Baseball Fans
On March 17, 2024 (KST), in celebration of the first-ever US MLB World Tour “Seoul Series,” the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Kiwoom Heroes went head to head in an exhibition game at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, Korea. | Coupang Play For the first pitch, Wedding Impossible actress Jun Jong Seo (also known as Jeon […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of March 4-10, 2024
This coming weekend will see the final episodes of LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE. There may be a slight ratings bump then but this show ended with a sort of paint by numbers feel and an unneeded final story arc that simply leaves other business unattended to. GORYEO-KHITAN WAR became better, but my original criticism of […]
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 […]
News bites: February 24, 2024
News bites: February 24, 2024 by tccolb Although originally slated for a March 9 premiere, MBN announced that Missing Crown Prince has been postponed, the official reason being to deliver an even better final product. Starring Suho (Behind Your Touch), Hong Ye-ji (Love Song for Illusion), Myung Se-bin (Doctor Cha), Kim Joo-hun (Castaway Diva), and […]
News bites: February 20, 2024
It’s really interesting that so many dramas are focusing on the latter half of the 20th century now – it seems like that was a rare time period to set a drama in before but it’s also possible I just wasn’t aware of them. Are there classics set at this time I should know about? […]