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 […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Dec. 6-12, 2021
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 the […]
Chae Soo-bin and Min-ho confirmed for new “hyper-real” Netflix drama
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 and […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Nov. 15-21, 2021
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 twelfth […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 25-31, 2021
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 drop […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Oct. 18-24, 2021
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 guess […]
Cast of SBS’s Now, We Are Breaking Up gathers for first script reading
Cast of SBS’s Now, We Are Breaking Up gathers for first script reading by tccolb SBS’s new romance Now, We Are Breaking Up has released new stills featuring the cast at the drama’s first script reading which took place back in April. The story takes a realistic approach with relationships and break-ups, and explores how […]