News bites: March 11, 2023
News bites: March 11, 2023 by tccolb While we await for the premiere of Stealer: The Treasure Keeper, Joo-won (Alice) is fielding offers for his next project and is considering a new thoughtful romance called Nighttime Photo Studio (roughly translated). If he accepts, Joo-won will be playing a photographer who takes photo of the dead […]
Premiere Watch: Divorce Attorney Shin
Premiere Watch: Divorce Attorney Shin by missvictrix Time slot: Saturday-SundayBroadcaster: JTBCGenre: Legal, dramaEpisode count: 12Reasons to watch: As much as I love my youth dramas, it is always gratifying to have a drama that focuses on the more mature characters in their 40s that are usually relegated to bosses or parents or even baddies. Here, […]
Politics and peril in The Secret Romantic Guesthouse
Politics and peril in The Secret Romantic Guesthouse by solstices Whoa, talk about a tonal shift. SBS’s upcoming romance sageuk The Secret Romantic Guesthouse has just released its second teaser, and it’s a lot darker than any of the promotional material thus far. Starring Shin Ye-eun (The Glory), along with her three flower scholars Ryeoun […]
News bites: March 1, 2023
News bites: March 1, 2023 by tccolb Chun Woo-hee, Kim Dong-wook Casting has been confirmed for Chun Woo-hee (Be Melodramatic) and Kim Dong-wook (King of Pigs) in tvN’s new series Beneficial Fraud. With Chun playing a notorious con artist and Kim her sympathetic lawyer, the drama is currently slated for the Monday-Tuesday slot, premiering on […]
Premiere Watch: Call It Love
Premiere Watch: Call It Love by missvictrix Time slot: WednesdaysBroadcaster: Disney+Genre: Romance, melodrama, revengeEpisode count: 16 Reasons to watch: We’ve had a string of melancholy dramas lately, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t high time we had another story about revenge plans thwarted by the unexpected complication of falling in love. Lee Sung-kyung plays our […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of Feb. 13-19, 2023
THREE BOLD SIBLINGS has amped up the Makjang and ratings are rising accordingly. For the first time we are seeing normal ratings for a weekender. CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE is doing well. I would have thought that HEAVENLY IDOL would draw a bigger audience. Source
News bites: February 18, 2023
News bites: February 18, 2023 by tccolb New character posters have arrived for Disney+’s Call It Love, showcasing the main cast: Kim Young-kwang (Somebody), Lee Sung-kyung (Shooting Stars), Sung Joon (Island), Hani (Hit the Spot), and Kim Ye-won (You Are My Spring). The romance premieres next week on February 22, with scripts by Kim Ga-eun […]
Lee Na-young to star in slice-of-life omnibus drama
Lee Na-young to star in slice-of-life omnibus drama by Jenzy It’s been too long since we’ve had a feel good slice-of-life drama (really, any amount of time is too long), but thankfully Wavve is here to put the universe back into balance with its upcoming drama Park Ha-kyung’s Travels starring Lee Na-young (Romance is a […]
News bites: February 7, 2023
News bites: February 7, 2023 by tccolb JTBC has released a magazine cover style poster for their man of the hour, Divorce Attorney Shin. With Jo Seung-woo (Sisyphus) playing the title role, joined by Han Hye-jin (Let’s Hold Hands and Watch the Sunset), Kim Sung-kyun (Grid), and Jung Moon-sung (The Good Detective 2), the webtoon […]
Premiere Watch: Our Blooming Youth
I know that keeping expectations low is the key to trauma-free kdrama watching… But! I! Just! Can’t! Wait! It’s been 3 years, you know. And even more if I count the time I waited for PHS to lead a (better) sageuk after disaster that was Hwarang. Honestly, at this point I don’t even care about […]