Shin Hyun-bin transforms into a Cinderella at 2AM
Shin Hyun-bin transforms into a Cinderella at 2AM by solstices It’s time for some fairy godmother magic with Coupang Play’s upcoming rom-com Cinderella at 2AM, featuring a pragmatic princess who decides to break up with her Prince Charming and walk away with his mother’s chaebol cash. Based on the web novel of the same name, […]
News bites: July 4, 2024
News bites: July 4, 2024 by tccolb Lee Sang-yi, Han Ji-hyun Hip hip hurray for Lee Sang-yi (My Demon) who finally nabbed a leading role in TVING’s new romance CEO Menu, starring alongside Han Ji-hyun (Cheer Up). Still in the early stages, the series is curiously a spin-off of tvN’s not-yet-aired No Loss in Love […]
Shin Ha-kyun leads The Auditors in rooting out corruption
Shin Ha-kyun leads The Auditors in rooting out corruption by solstices Shin Ha-kyun, Lee Jung-ha Stills and a premiere date are out for tvN’s office drama The Auditors (previously The Audit), in which our titular team harnesses their investigative skills to weed out financial crimes in JU Construction. Though their tasks mainly consist of crunching […]
News bites: April 17, 2024
News bites: April 17, 2024 by tccolb A new period crime series called Low Life is in the works for Disney+, lining up Ryu Seung-ryong (Chicken Nugget), Yang Se-jong (Doona), and Im Soo-jung (Melancholia) among many talents in the larger cast. Based on a popular webtoon by the original webtoonist for Misaeng, the story is […]
Kim Hee-sun fears a Bittersweet Hell for her family
Kim Hee-sun fears a Bittersweet Hell for her family by tccolb The promo campaign has finally set sail for MBC’s upcoming black comedy and thriller, which has been rechristened to Bittersweet Hell from Our House. Starring Kim Hee-sun (Remarriage & Desires), Lee Hye-young (Big Bet), Kim Nam-hee (Chicken Nugget), and Chansung (Bora! Deborah), we first […]
News bites: March 28, 2024
News bites: March 28, 2024 by tccolb Coupang Play announced that the rom-com Cinderella at 2AM has been added to 2024’s lineup, slated to release later this year on both Coupang Play and JTBC. Putting a spin on the well known fairytale, the webnovel/webtoon adaptation will have Shin Hyun-bin (Tell Me That You Love Me) […]
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: February 24, 2024
News bites: February 24, 2024 by tccolb Although originally slated for a March 9 premiere, MBN announced that Missing Crown Prince has been postponed, the official reason being to deliver an even better final product. Starring Suho (Behind Your Touch), Hong Ye-ji (Love Song for Illusion), Myung Se-bin (Doctor Cha), Kim Joo-hun (Castaway Diva), and […]
News bites: February 20, 2024
It’s really interesting that so many dramas are focusing on the latter half of the 20th century now – it seems like that was a rare time period to set a drama in before but it’s also possible I just wasn’t aware of them. Are there classics set at this time I should know about? […]