SBS is sure moving fast but who could blame them when so much is at stake in crafting a buzzworthy upcoming drama. The television ratings are abysmal these days even taking into account streaming viewer loss, all the networks desperately need a prime time hit and a few of the upcoming dramas have a shot at winning the viewers over including Hyde, Jekyll, and I. The two leads are confirmed to be Hyun Bin and Han Ji Min, reuniting after working on the sageuk movie The Fatal Encounter (The King’s Wrath), with both signing on the dotted line quite quickly.

Either the script is fantastic or they are just happy to work together again. The drama will be premiering after Pinocchio starring Lee Jong Seok and Park Shin Hye, with an airdate in early January pitting it against Kill Me, Heal Me on MBC and over at KBS it will be second half of The King’s Face and the first half of Unkind Woman. Unless Kill Me, Heal Me casts my baby Yoo Seung Ho (at which point all bets are off), then I know which drama out of the pack I’ll be watching come early January. Directing will be the PD of Yawang while the screenwriter was one half of the writing duo behind Cheongdamdong Alice. Continue reading →