Drama viewership ratings for the week of April 17-23, 2023
Jumping as well on the Doctor Cha congratulatory train. Also wondering if audiences will be able to handle two medical dramas? Tho DC isn’t really about the medical stuff. I also had a good feeling about DC after episode 4. Even tho it’s more than that, it’s actually checking more of my rom-com boxes than […]
News bites: April 22, 2023
News bites: April 22, 2023 by tccolb Cha Seung-won (Our Blues) is on the casting table for Guns and Talks, a drama remake of the 2001 film by the same title. An action-comedy about a team of four assassins, production is being led by the original director Jang Jin (We Are Brothers). If Cha accepts, […]
“Need To Boycott”? Orbits Voice Extremely Mixed Reactions To ARTMS’s Latest Announcement
After leaving BlockBerry Creative, Heejin, Kim Lip, JinSoul, and Choerry signed exclusive contracts with a new agency, ModHaus. ModHaus CEO Jaden Jeong specifically reassured fans that the four idols “will continue the identity of LOONA.” Heejin | @official_artms/Twitter Kim Lip | @official_artms/Twitter JinSoul | @official_artms/Twitter Choerry | @official_artms/Twitter And also promised that the four members […]
News bites: March 29, 2023
News bites: March 29, 2023 by tccolb Jeon Ji-hyun, Kang Dong-won Jeon Ji-hyun (Jirisan) and Kang Dong-won (Broker) are considering offers for a new spy series called Polaris (working title). Although Jeon’s most recent drama aired in 2021, it’s been much longer for Kang whose last drama was the 2004 series Magic. Filming is set […]
News bites: March 15, 2023
Doctor Slump appears to have some great talent behind it, so I’m feeling less skeptical about the quality of this one. But I will say that although I truly don’t have anything against Park Shin-hye, I find that I don’t much like the dramas she chooses. The one exception is “Father is Strange” but she […]
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 […]
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 […]
News bites: November 12, 2022
News bites: November 12, 2022 by tccolb Our darling mages have undergone moody makeovers for tvN’s Alchemy of Souls 2 and while I’m loving Yoo In-soo’s darker locks in the new poster, I mourn the loss of Yoo Joon-sang’s mane of glory. RIP. Together with Lee Jae-wook, Go Yoon-jung, Hwang Min-hyun, Shin Seung-ho, Oh Nara, […]
News bites: September 25, 2022
News bites: September 25, 2022 by tccolb A new poster and video teaser have been unveiled for Watcha’s new original series It May Be a Little Spicy Today (roughly translated). Written and directed by filmmaker Lee Ho-jae (Sori: Voice From the Heart), the melodrama brings the warmth of food and family together through the story’s […]
News bites: August 24, 2022
News bites: August 24, 2022 by tccolb Lee Do-hyun (Melancholia) and Ra Mi-ran (Dr. Park’s Clinic) are up to play mother and son in JTBC’s new drama Bad Mom. If Lee accepts, he’ll be playing the part of a prosecutor who loses his memory of his adulthood and reverts to his child self. Aiming to […]