News bites: July 14, 2024
News bites: July 14, 2024 by tccolb Moon Ga-young, Choi Hyun-wook tvN’s new webtoon adaptation He’s the Black Dragon (roughly translated) confirmed casting for Moon Ka-young (The Interest of Love) and Choi Hyun-wook (Twinkling Watermelon), with our leads first meeting as rivals on an online game and reigniting the fire 16 years later when they […]
News bites: June 10, 2024
News bites: June 10, 2024 by tccolb A new poster has dropped for Disney+’s action-melo Red Swan, dragging daughter-in-law Kim Haneul (Nothing Uncovered) and her bodyguard Rain (Ghost Doctor) into the shattering feuds over succession in our story’s chaebol family. The battle begins next month on July 3, with production for the series led by […]
Jung Sang-hoon is in a pickle in MBC’s I Don’t Like Donkatsu
Jung Sang-hoon is in a pickle in MBC’s I Don’t Like Donkatsu by lovepark A short and sweet drama is in the works over at MBC, and if the lively script reading is any indication, the upcoming comedy I Don’t Like Donkatsu promises to deliver plenty of laughs. Starring Jung Sang-hoon (Twinkling Watermelon) as the […]
News bites: May 22, 2024
News bites: May 22, 2024 by tccolb After initially being slotted for SBS, the crime-comedy Seoul Busters (previously Not Very Strong But Charming Violent Crimes Unit) has secured a new home on Disney+ and will be launching this September. With Kim Dong-wook (Delightfully Deceitful) leading our ragtag team of bottom-tier cops, the drama also stars […]
Vying for prize money with the contestants of The 8 Show
Vying for prize money with the contestants of The 8 Show by solstices Money, fame, honor — and one chance to win it all. In Netflix’s upcoming thriller-comedy The 8 Show, based on the webtoons Money Game and Pie Game by Bae Jin-soo, eight contestants vie for the chance to win an exorbitant sum. Slick, […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of March 18-24, 2024
Poor Wednesdays and Thursdays! They can’t get any love! And here are we —alongside South Korea’s TV watching community— wandering the streets on those nights, aimlessly, wondering what to do with our time. Soon, we’ll start picking fights with passers-by or something without filmed mid-week pacification entertainment. I’ve an idea. Bring What’s Wrong with my […]
Kim Hye-yoon becomes Byun Woo-seok’s Lovely Runner
Kim Hye-yoon becomes Byun Woo-seok’s Lovely Runner by tccolb It’s time to take out our big girl and big boy pants – and maybe some tissues while we’re at it – to prepare for tvN’s upcoming romance Lovely Runner. In the newly dropped teaser, we finally get a glimpse of the present timeline’s unwelcome doom […]
News bites: March 19, 2024
News bites: March 19, 2024 by tccolb Kang Tae-oh, Lee Sun-bin Accompanying the happy news of Kang Tae-oh (Extraordinary Attorney Woo)’s army discharge today, reports have him starring in tvN’s new wacky rom-com Potato Research Center (translated title). As a newly appointed manager, he’ll meet the potato-obsessed researcher Lee Sun-bin (Boyhood), who is working on […]
Kim Hye-yoon cries for Byun Woo-seok in tvN’s Lovely Runner
Kim Hye-yoon cries for Byun Woo-seok in tvN’s Lovely Runner by tccolb Now that we’ve swooned plenty over 2D photos – and cardboard cutouts – of luscious lips star celeb Byun Woo-seok (Strong Girl Nam-soon), it’s time for our heroine Kim Hye-yoon (Snowdrop) to continue her fantasy in live-action, watching dramas of her favorite man […]
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 […]