News bites: January 15, 2022
News bites: January 15, 2022 by tccolb Anupam Tripathi, Oh Young-soo Congratulations to our gganbu Oh Young-soo (Squid Game) who won a Golden Globe this past week for Best Supporting Actor, Television! Squid Game has celebrated a few wins already last year (Gotham Awards, HMMA, AFI Awards, and People’s Choice Awards) and the excitement is […]
Sohn Ye-jin, Jeon Mi-do, and Kim Ji-hyun are friends for life in JTBC’s Thirty, Nine
Sohn Ye-jin, Jeon Mi-do, and Kim Ji-hyun are friends for life in JTBC’s Thirty, Nine by tccolb New promos have been released for JTBC’s upcoming drama Thirty, Nine, featuring a new poster and character stills. With a focus on friendship and love, the slice-of-life style story follows three women who have been close friends since […]
Premiere Watch: Moonshine, The One and Only, The Silent Sea
Premiere Watch: Moonshine, The One and Only, The Silent Sea by missvictrix We have a fun assortment of dramas awaiting us this week! Another sageuk awaits (flowery and full of illegal alcohol), a tear-jerker of a melodrama, and a sci-fi adventure on the moon. Moonshine Time slot: Monday & TuesdayBroadcaster: KBSGenre: Romance, sageukEpisode count: 16 […]
Blackpink’s Jisoo helps Jung Hae-in escape danger in Snowdrop
Blackpink’s Jisoo helps Jung Hae-in escape danger in Snowdrop by tineybeanie In JTBC’s upcoming drama Snowdrop, Jung Hae-in (D.P.) stars as Im Su-ho, a second generation Korean-German grad student with a heavy backstory. The recently released poster shows him through cracked glass, looking downward. The caption reads: “Im Su-ho. A man who aims his fate […]
6 Ways “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” Provides Healing and Joy
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha has cha cha cha’d its way to being my #1 pick this year for ‘K-Drama that will change your life for the better’. This, my friends, was therapy for a therapist. It came at a time when the world (including myself) was watching Squid Game. While Squid Game portrayed a dystopian society, Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha […]
Premiere Watch: Show Window: The Queen’s House
Premiere Watch: Show Window: The Queen’s House by missvictrix Time slot: Monday & TuesdayBroadcaster: Channel AGenre: Melo, mysteryEpisode count: 16 Channel A’s next drama is here, and it seems to be following the vein of their usual (and shall we say, sensational) programming. But who can complain with this cast? Song Yoon-ah and Jeon So-min […]
Premiere Watch: Dr. Brain, Happiness
Premiere Watch: Dr. Brain, Happiness by missvictrix More dramas coming in hot! This week’s drops are quite interesting ones — we have the first-ever drama production from Apple TV+ (all eyes on how that goes), and an apocalyptic infectious disease-themed drama that feels way too close to life to be entertainment. But we’ll watch anyway. […]
Premiere Watch: Crime Puzzle, Inspector Koo, Chimera
Premiere Watch: Crime Puzzle, Inspector Koo, Chimera by missvictrix We might be getting too used to a drama smorgasbord every time we have a new round of premieres, because this week we only have one flavor to choose from: crime. Each drama brings something different to the table, but it’s still not the genre hodgepodge […]
First posters and stills of Lee Do-hyun, Im Soo-jung for Melancholia
First posters and stills of Lee Do-hyun, Im Soo-jung for Melancholia by tineybeanie The main posters and more stills have been released for upcoming tvN drama Melancholia. Featuring Im Soo-jung (Search Query: WWW) as a math teacher and Lee Do-hyun (Youth in May) as a genius student, this drama portrays the corrupt world of private […]