News bites: February 19, 2022
Advertisements 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 […]
News bites: February 12, 2022
Advertisements 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. […]
News bites: January 22, 2022
Advertisements 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] […]
News bites: January 15, 2022
Advertisements 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 […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Dec. 6-12, 2021
Advertisements Drama viewership ratings for the week of Dec. 6-12, 2021 by SailorJumun We had two new shows come in and then three shows wrap up. First, romance Our Beloved Summer had a quiet premiere week, with 3.2 and 2.6 percent. Similarly, psychological thriller Artificial City premiered to 3.6 percent but dropped to 2.6 percent […]
Chae Soo-bin and Min-ho confirmed for new “hyper-real” Netflix drama
Advertisements Well, it’s not wrong to (or not to) subscribe Disney+ and AppleTV+. Even Netflix started by buying K-dramas, and investing in some of those in production (To be exact, Mr. Sunshine, which they invested half their budget to get the right to air the show to 190+ countries). Today most of the production companies […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Nov. 15-21, 2021
Advertisements Drama viewership ratings for the week of Nov. 15-21, 2021 by SailorJumun Let’s see how our new shows are faring, shall we? Early in the week, Idol: The Coup remained under 1 percent, while Secret Royal Inspector and Joy stayed strong. Also in this timeslot, The King’s Affection hit its highest rating with its […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 25-31, 2021
Advertisements Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 25-31, 2021 by SailorJumun This week, we added two new shows, both of them crime thrillers — Inspector Koo and Chimera. The former garnered 2.6 percent and the latter garnered 0.8 percent. Jirisan, our addition from last week, continued to have strong numbers, though it did […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 18-24, 2021
Advertisements Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 18-24, 2021 by SailorJumun We welcomed one new show this week, and boy, did it make a splash. Thriller-action drama Jirisan premiered to a super impressive 9.1 percent. And this made the drama the second-highest rated premiere in tvN history, just behind Hospital Playlist 2. I […]