News bites: September 5, 2023
Advertisements News bites: September 5, 2023 by tccolb The first script reading stills have dropped for KBS’s upcoming weekender Hyo-shim’s Independent Life, showcasing our headstrong heroine UEE (Ghost Doctor) along with the story’s feuding cousins Ha Joon (Missing: The Other Side 2) and Go Joo-won (Haechi). Premiering next week on September 16, the family drama […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of August 28-Sept. 3, 2023
Advertisements Drama viewership ratings for the week of August 28-Sept. 3, 2023 by DB Staff Things hold steady this week with our weekday slots, with My Lovely Boxer and My Lovely Liar stuck in place (though both ~lovely~), Destined With You showing signs of possible growth, and Longing for You outperforming the lot. Well, until […]
News bites: August 30, 2023
Advertisements News bites: August 30, 2023 by tccolb Shin Mina, Park Hae-soo A new crime-thriller called Ill-Fated Relationship (roughly translated) is in the works with offers out to Shin Mina (Our Blues) and Park Hae-soo (Narco-Saints). Still in the early stages, the webtoon adaptation is planning to create an omnibus-style series consisting of six stories, […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of August 21-27, 2023
Advertisements I am not surprised in the least to see BYT doing so well. It’s been very consistent in its approach to humor (and its subject material), and it is clear that the live-watching-on-TV SK viewing public is eating it up. It may not be for many of us, but then again, it tends to […]
News bites: August 23, 2023
Advertisements News bites: August 23, 2023 by tccolb Han Ji-min, Lee Jun-hyuk The busy Han Ji-min (Behind Your Touch) is reviewing offers for her next project, putting her psychic-veterinarian days “behind” her and potentially sitting at the big desk as a dashing CEO in Acquaintances (working title). Also in discussions – and also dashing – […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of August 14-20, 2023
Advertisements How do you mean, @mmmmm? If you meant, “What does ‘hip’ mean in the context of BYT,” my answer is, “I have no idea!” I’ve thought about it for a while, because I clearly have nothing else to do with my life, but I always end up in the same place–nothing in this show […]
News bites: August 15, 2023
Advertisements News bites: August 15, 2023 by tccolb Lee Young-ae (Inspector Koo) is reviewing an offer for a new thriller called Eun-soo’s Good Day (roughly translated). Production is still in the early stages with PD Park Hyun-seok attached to direct (Forest of Secrets 2, Dance Sports Girls). In the meantime, Lee is currently busy with […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of August 7-13, 2023
Advertisements Could it be the KTL crowd? No other rom-coms on the weekend. I’m hoping some Durian watchers migrate to My Dearest. And at least one of the two people in Korea still watching Heartbeat migrate to My Lovely Liar when the former ends. (I am going to be stoic about Heartbeat’s numbers. Umm, nope. […]
News bites: August 12, 2023
Advertisements News bites: August 12, 2023 by tccolb Lee Seon-kyun, Yoo Jae-myung, Kim Mu-yeol, Lee Kwang-soo LG U+ confirmed casting for the new mystery thriller No Way Out (previously Public Assassin), lining up Lee Seon-kyun (Payback), Yoo Jae-myung (Juvenile Justice), Kim Mu-yeol (Trolley), and Lee Kwang-soo (The Killer’s Shopping List). With filmmaker Choi Gook-hee (Life […]