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. […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6, 2022
Advertisements Only one episode of YOUNG LADY AND GENTLEMAN this week and a lot of shows pre-empted completely by the Olympics and before that the Lunar New Year. We have certainly been watching a lot of Olympics in our home, so I understand this. It is probably sound programing to simply park ongoing shows to […]
News bites: February 5, 2022
Advertisements 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 […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Jan. 24-30, 2022
Advertisements Our Beloved Summer ended with highest rating and it was one of the Kdramas with the highest-rated final episode! Wow, good and great job, and congrats to our OBS cast and crew! Like One Beloved Summer, Ghost Doctor delivered its highest rating ever! I think Kdramas on three non-cable channels KBS (both KBS1 and […]
News bites: January 29, 2022
Advertisements News bites: January 29, 2022 by tccolb Ryu Joon-yeol, IU, Park Jung-min A new drama called Money Game is in the works, based on two popular webtoons called Money Game and Pie Game, with casting confirmed for Ryu Joon-yeol (Human Disqualification), IU (Hotel del Luna), Park Jung-min (Hellbound), Park Hae-joon (A Couple’s World), and […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Jan 17-23, 2022
Advertisements Amen. What really made me angry is that this could not have been an ignorant mistake. From the description of the incident this appeared to be similar to something that happened before in a US film. Accidents happen but this was simply reckless and stupid. What made me angrier was that has been a […]
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] […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Week of Jan 10-16, 2022
Advertisements If at times UNCLE seems a bit different than the usual K-drama one should remember that it is a re-make of a British show. It is good and the ratings show it. The high ratings for THE KING OF TEARS, LEE BANG WON make total sense- this is a great show. I have written […]
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 […]