Eom Ki-joon’s revenge continues in 7 Escape – Resurrection
Eom Ki-joon’s revenge continues in 7 Escape – Resurrection by tccolb Catching up on SBS’s upcoming 7 Escape – Resurrection, the new teaser and stills place our savage leads in a brief moment of calm, deep within the eye of the second season’s storm. No one is safe with mastermind Eom Ki-joon (Little Women) still […]
News bites: February 14, 2024
1. Why does he look like Ahn Bo-hyun or am I losing my mind? 2. Poor Jeon Jong-seo whitewashed so hard she became one with the curtain. 3. “…and current husband” and she’s dressing like that?? Like she wants to attract women??!? Jang Seung-jo MOVE. 4. Love Kim Nam-joo with all my heart, but I’m […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of February 5-11, 2024
Queen of divorce is holding its own with increase from last week. I wonder if it will keep climbing or plateau and current levels. Dr Slump dropping was a surprise and I wonder if it can be put down to people enjoying their New Years celebrations and family time over the weekend and not live […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of January 15-21, 2024
Aside from “Welcome to Samdalri,” viewership ratings for most dramas fell across the board due to competition from coverage of the AFC Asian Cup. SBS’s “My Demon” ended on an average nationwide rating of 3.5 percent for its series finale, marking a slight dip from the previous night. MBC’s “Knight Flower,” which airs in the […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of January 8-14, 2024
I’m not at all surprised by “Knight Flower’s” high ratings. It’s fun and funny but also, it includes the type of social critique that I’ve noticed domestic viewers tend to like–that of a past that seems far away so one can shake their heads at the hypocrisy and cruelty while feeling that modern society is […]
News bites: January 6, 2024
News bites: January 6, 2024 by tccolb New character posters have come out for the romance Branding in Sungsoo-dong, where Kim Ji-eun (Longing for You) and Park Solomon (a.k.a. Lomon) (Revenge of Others) butt heads over conflicting ideals. As the latest series by LG’s U+ Mobile TV, the body swap hijinks are set to begin […]
News bites: January 2, 2024
News bites: January 2, 2024 by tccolb With the new year upon us, MBC’s Knight Flower will soon be taking us to Joseon days and the latest poster has our masked heroine Honey Lee (One the Woman) stumbling into leading man Lee Jong-won (The Golden Spoon). Premiering next week on January 12, the comedy-sageuk also […]
News bites: December 19, 2023
News bites: December 19, 2023 by tccolb The first poster is out for JTBC’s new medical Doctor Slump, opening up the dusty yearbook to when Park Shin-hye (Sisyphus) and Park Hyung-shik’s (Our Blooming Youth) rivalry began (but we know the true origin story). With youthful zeal, the tagline reveals their teenage motto that there can’t […]
News bites: December 12, 2023
News bites: December 12, 2023 by tccolb Ji Sung, Jeon Mi-do SBS confirmed casting for a police officer Ji Sung (Adamas) and journalist Jeon Mi-do (Thirty-Nine), (re)forming a Connection through the death of a high school friend – involving drugs – and the ensuing insurance payout. With PD Kim Moon-kyo (Trolley) at the helm and […]
News bites: November 28, 2023
Oops I was rewriting my comment and deleted the original before I realized it had been responded to. Here’s the revision fwiw: That poster for Knight Flower is fabulous. But dare I ask beanies this question? Ok, I dare. Does the poster suggest to you a COMEDY sageuk? Because it doesn’t to me, and I’m […]