Jeon Hye-jin and Sooyoung are a chaotic duo in Not Others
Advertisements Jeon Hye-jin and Sooyoung are a chaotic duo in Not Others by solstices A second teaser, a new poster, and more stills for a drama centered around a mother-daughter pair? I’m all ears. Adapted from a webtoon of the same name, ENA’s upcoming drama Not Others (previously Strangers) already looks like it’ll strike a […]
Hwang Min-hyun woos with truth in tvN’s My Lovely Liar
Advertisements Hwang Min-hyun woos with truth in tvN’s My Lovely Liar by tccolb A new teaser has been released for tvN’s My Lovely Liar, this time giving the spotlight to our male lead Hwang Min-hyun (Alchemy of Souls), as well as the first blooms of romance with our heroine Kim So-hyun (Love Alarm 2).Owing to […]
Premiere Watch: Heartbeat
Advertisements 7 June 25, 2023June 25, 2023 Premiere Watch: Heartbeat by missvictrix Time slot: Monday-TuesdayBroadcaster: KBSGenre: Rom-com, fantasyEpisode count: 16Reasons to watch: The promotions for this drama have practically been a drama in themselves — so fun, so campy, so much meta. If the drama itself keeps on the same track, we’ll be lucky enough […]
tvN x TVING unveils their lineup for O’PENing 2023
Advertisements tvN x TVING unveils their lineup for O’PENing 2023 by tccolb The first promos have dropped for this summer’s season of the O’PENing series, showcasing the 2023 collection of seven short-form dramas in a new poster and video teaser.Formerly called Drama Stage when the tvN show first launched in 2017, the series has become […]
Netflix whets our appetite for the rest of their 2023 K-content
Advertisements I’ve been anticipating “Daily Dose of Sunshine” for months, “Gyeonseong Creature” looks amazing, and “Song of the Bandits” is set in my favorite period so I’m in for that reason alone. I avoided “DP” for a long time because I worried I wouldn’t be able to sleep after watching, and that turned out to […]
News bites: June 17, 2023
Advertisements News bites: June 17, 2023 by tccolb It’s official! After rumors and rumors of rumors, full Squid Game 2 casting is confirmed for Netflix’s sequel with Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-heon, and Wie Ha-hoon reprising their roles. And for the much-anticipated new players, we have — wait for it — Im Shi-wan (Summer Strike), Kang […]
Sooyoung becomes Jeon Hye-jin’s daughter in ENA’s Strangers
Advertisements Sooyoung becomes Jeon Hye-jin’s daughter in ENA’s Strangers by tccolb The first promos have arrived for ENA’s upcoming Strangers, with cute new posters of our mother-daughter pair along with stills from the comedy’s first script reading.Based on an acclaimed webtoon by the same title, the drama adaptation has Jeon Hye-jin (Uncle) playing the free-spirited […]
Jo Boa and Kim Ro-woon are Destined with You
Advertisements Jo Boa and Kim Ro-woon are Destined with You by lovepark Jo Boa, Kim Ro-woon What is the best way to a man’s heart? According to JTBC’s newest fantasy romance Destined with You, the answer is curses. When a 300-year-old forbidden book comes into a civil servant’s possession, she takes it upon herself to […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of June 5-11, 2023
Advertisements I thought “Mother” would do well domestically, and I’m glad to see I was right about that. To me, it was a drama that delivered on a lot of fronts. It had flaws, but kept up the dramatic tension until the end, and featured a central romance and characters who I found (for the […]