News bites: February 12, 2022
News bites: February 12, 2022 by tccolb Jung Woo-sung, Nam Yoon-soo Rising star Nam Yoon-soo (The King’s Affection) has been busy fielding offers and is considering a role alongside Kim Se-jung (Business Proposal) in a new SBS drama. Titled Today’s Webtoon, the story is about a former judo athlete who becomes a webtoon creator. In […]
News bites: February 5, 2022
News bites: February 5, 2022 by tccolb Busy bee Han So-hee (My Name) has been captured alongside Park Hyung-shik (Happiness) in a new still for Disney+’s drama Soundtrack #1. Written by Ahn Sae-bom and directed by PD Kim Hee-won (Vincenzo, The Crowned Clown), the romance drama will be releasing in mid-March. [MBC] Lee Se-young (The […]
Premiere Watch: Rookie Cops, All of Us Are Dead
Premiere Watch: Rookie Cops, All of Us Are Dead by missvictrix Puppies, incoming! This week we’ve got two premieres, both featuring their own youthful (and adorable) cast, and both original to streaming broadcasters. The two dramas might have puppies in common, but if the promos are any indication, there will be a marked difference between […]
News bites: January 22, 2022
News bites: January 22, 2022 by tccolb Netflix is planning a new revenge drama called The Glory, with Park Sung-hoon (Memorials) and Song Hye-gyo (Now We Are Breaking Up) as the leads. The production will be headed by writer Kim Eun-sook (The King: Eternal Monarch, Mr. Sunshine) and PD Ahn Gil-ho (Happiness, Watcher). [Newsen] Choi […]
News bites: January 15, 2022
News bites: January 15, 2022 by tccolb Anupam Tripathi, Oh Young-soo Congratulations to our gganbu Oh Young-soo (Squid Game) who won a Golden Globe this past week for Best Supporting Actor, Television! Squid Game has celebrated a few wins already last year (Gotham Awards, HMMA, AFI Awards, and People’s Choice Awards) and the excitement is […]
Premiere Watch: Moonshine, The One and Only, The Silent Sea
Premiere Watch: Moonshine, The One and Only, The Silent Sea by missvictrix We have a fun assortment of dramas awaiting us this week! Another sageuk awaits (flowery and full of illegal alcohol), a tear-jerker of a melodrama, and a sci-fi adventure on the moon. Moonshine Time slot: Monday & TuesdayBroadcaster: KBSGenre: Romance, sageukEpisode count: 16 […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Nov. 22-28, 2021
So excited to see the rating for The Red Sleeve Cuff!! I hope it will continually to be this anticipating to the end and give happy ending. Pretty please… I first watched this for Lee Se Young – I’m impressed with her character in the Crowned Clown, she was a queen but in a serious […]
Premiere Watch: The King’s Affection, Reflection of You, My Name
Premiere Watch: The King’s Affection, Reflection of You, My Name by missvictrix After a brief respite from our fall premieres, there are three new shows on the way, each offering something quite different. We have Netflix’s next original (sure to get extra buzz after Squid Game, right?), our latest romance and gender-bending sageuk, and some […]
7 Ways The GOT7 Members Have Been Showcasing Their Individual Talents This Year
GOT7’s JAY B, Jinyoung, Youngjae, Mark, Jackson, Yugyeom, and BamBam may not be labelmates anymore following their departure from JYP Entertainment, but their bond as a group lives on, as they’ve shown their audience via their single “ENCORE.” The members joined different companies to pursue their solo careers, and it is heartwarming to witness them […]
The Power of Vulnerability in “My Mister”
Paulo Coelho, author of the modern classic The Alchemist, became a fan of Korean entertainment after watching Old Boy back in 2001. About My Mister he said: “It was a masterpiece. It’s one of the best works I’ve seen recently. It shows the intricacy of human psychology and … it is a flawless description of […]