News bites: May 21, 2022
News bites: May 21, 2022 by tccolb Kwak Dong-yeon, Lee Kyu-hyung After finalizing casting, filming has begun for ENA’s next drama Gaus Electronics and Kwak Dong-yeon (Monstrous) is (finally) the male lead! The webtoon adaptation is an office comedy and also stars Go Sung-hee (Wind and Cloud and Rain), Bae Hyun-sung (Our Blues), and Kang […]
Premiere Watch: Red Heart, There is No Gu Pil-soo, The Sound of Magic
Premiere Watch: Red Heart, There is No Gu Pil-soo, The Sound of Magic by missvictrix We are looking at three new premieres this week and thankfully some of them pad out the drama schedule a bit more (translation: they’re not weekend shows). KBS’s sageuk will likely be successful in the dead quiet Monday-Tuesday slot, while […]
Premiere Watch: The Killer’s Shopping List, Monstrous
Premiere Watch: The Killer’s Shopping List, Monstrous by missvictrix This week’s premieres take a thrilling and bloody turn, one in a comedic direction, and the other quite a bit more literal. Both shows are a genre change from all the slice-of-life and melancholy we’ve got going right now, so who’s ready? The Killer’s Shopping List […]
Premiere Watch: Shooting Stars, Showtime Begins!
Premiere Watch: Shooting Stars, Showtime Begins! by missvictrix You might have thought the weekend schedule was already full of enough shows vying for attention, but this weekend we have two more added to the fray. Both dramas seem a bit more light than some of the more serious fare we have going on in this […]
News bites: April 16, 2022
News bites: April 16, 2022 by tccolb MBC’s supernatural comedy Showtime Begins! premieres in just one week and I love Jin Ki-joo’s (Oh! Samkwang Villa) look in the newly released still. Also starring Park Hae-jin (Old School Intern and Jung Jun-ho (True Beauty), scripts were penned by Ha Yoon-ah (Mystic Pop-up Bar) with directing done […]
News bites: April 9, 2022
News bites: April 9, 2022 by tccolb A new player is upping their game in the K-content industry, with skyTV and KT’s Media Genie joining hands and re-branding themselves as a family of channels under their new name, ENA. Officially launching on April 29, the first drama with the ENA label will be There Is […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Mar. 28-Apr. 3, 2022
BUSINESS PROPOSAL received 11.6%- both days. I do not remember a rom-com doing even close to that in recent years. I do hope that the writers and executives in Lorea take full note. Remove the corruption stories, political and corporate intrigue and all of the other unnecessary garbage usually thrown in to a K-drama rom-com […]
News bites: March 26, 2022
News bites: March 26, 2022 by tccolb Yoo Yeon-seok, Moon Ga-young Yoo Yeon-seok (Hospital Playlist 2) and Moon Ga-young (True Beauty) will be starring in JTBC’s new office romance Understanding of Love. Based on a popular novel by the same title, the drama is still in the planning stages with production led by PD Jo […]
Park Hae-jin, Jin Ki-joo fight crime and evil spirits in MBC’s Showtime Begins!
Park Hae-jin, Jin Ki-joo fight crime and evil spirits in MBC’s Showtime Begins! by tccolb Now that a premiere date has been announced, we’re finally starting to see more promos, including a new poster and video teaser, for MBC’s supernatural mystery-comedy Showtime Begins!. The drama stars Park Hae-jin (Old School Intern) as a ghost-seeing magician […]
News bites: February 19, 2022
News bites: February 19, 2022 by tccolb An interesting new poster has dropped for JTBC’s upcoming My Liberation Diary, featuring siblings Lee Min-ki (Oh! Master), Kim Ji-won (Lovestruck in the City), and Lee El (When the Devil Calls Your Name) together on a crowded train. Stuck in a rut and tired of their mundane lives, […]