Category Archives: K-dramas

jTBC Sat-Sun Drama My Liberation Diary Ratings are in the Mid 2% Range But Gains Traction as a Quality Offering with a Cult Following

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Ratings are important for recouping production investment and ensuring more K-dramas are made, but sometimes there are gems that don’t get the broader reception but linger as an asset to the genre. Such is the trajectory of jTBC Sat-Sun drama My Liberation Diary, it took over the time slot from Forecasting Love and Weather but is bringing in less than … Continue reading →

tvN Drama Shooting Star Stays Steady at 1.792% for Episode 2 as MBC Newcomer From Now On, Showtime! Premieres to Also Low 2.8% Ratings

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Well, it looks like the weekend ratings bonanza is over for the time being now that the first batch out of the 2022 gate is over and the current crop unable to match the same audience interest. This weekend had two new premieres, the first was tvN drama Shooting Star which is a Fri-Sat drama and yesterday’s episode 1 was … Continue reading →

A Merman and a Mannequin Gets Me Back into C-dramas Thanks to The Blue Whisper and Allen Ren’s Perpetual Gaze

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It’s been FOREVER since I wrote about C-dramas which equates to how long it’s been since I watched one. When I do write about C-dramas its because one has made the broader news for good or bad reasons but I really haven’t seen anything that has drawn me to click on more than one episode. So I am shocked that … Continue reading →

tvN Drama Shooting Star Sputters Out of the Gate with Low Ratings of 1.632% in First Episode

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Whomever decided to give tvN Fri-Sat drama Shooting Star the official English title of Sh**ting Stars deserves to be flogged. The moment I laid eyes on it I read it a shitting star because hello why else blank blank two letters if not because it’s a bad word. This is a case of trying to be cute not working like … Continue reading →

Ha Ji Won in Talks for the Female Lead of K-drama Tree Dies on Their Feet with Male Leads Kang Ha Neul and Jung Hae In

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Well this is a curveball but one that I’m ready to hit out of the park as well. K-ent is reporting that Ha Ji Won has been offered the female lead in the upcoming big budget K-drama Tree Dies on Their Feet. The male leads are going to be Kang Ha Neul and Jung Hae In, with veteran Youn Yuh … Continue reading →

All of Us are Dead in 2nd Spot and A Business Proposal in 10th Place are the Only Two K-dramas Making the Netflix Global Top 10 List in 2022 Through April

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We are 1/3 through the year 2022 and on the heels of a catastrophic Q1 for streaming giant Netflix, as announcing on its earning call earlier this week, the future of what was a expansive K-drama surge in global access may be less smooth sailing. Last year 2021 was a banner year for K-dramas specifically on Netflix led by Squid … Continue reading →

Kim Young Kwang Signs on for Romance Drama Tell Me It’s Love with Offer Out to Lee Sung Kyung as the Female Lead

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The revenge romance is in the works and sounds like a reverse gender Secret Love scenario. Upcoming Tell Me It’s Love has secured Kim Young Kwang as the male lead and an offer is out to Lee Sung Kyung for the female lead, and there is certainly lots of height and visuals with this pairing. The drama is about a … Continue reading →

Im Joo Hwan and Lee Ha Na to Headline Next KBS Weekend Drama Three Brave Siblings

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I liken doing a weekend drama to having a safe paycheck and a steady gig for six months, with the bonus if the drama is a total success then it’s another popularity boost much like recent hit Young Lady and Gentleman gave Ji Hyun Woo back his mojos and cemented rookie Lee Se Hee as a leading lady. KBS is … Continue reading →

Kim Yoo Jung Enthusiastically Recommends Drinking More Water in Refreshing New CF Stills

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Of all the drinks out there, water is the most refreshing and necessary but also kinda forgotten since it’s not as flashy. I guzzle water and in the same way I always embrace more Kim Yoo Jung, who has been repping a water brand for a few years now and always makes grabbing a bottle of aqua so enticing. If … Continue reading →

Nam Joo Hyuk in Talks as Male Lead for Streaming Action K-drama Vigilante

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We’ve had a Fugitive, a Vagabond, and now we’re getting a Vigilante! K-drama is prepping the live action remake of the webtoon Vigilante and an offer is out to Nam Joo Hyuk as the male lead. If he accepts it will be a HUGE change of his recent roles from either nice guy to good guy to sweet guy, and … Continue reading →

K-drama The Girl Downstairs Adapted From Webtoon Lee Doona Confirms Casting of Suzy, Yang Se Jong, and Lee Yoo Bi

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The casting flood continues in K-ent this week and another drama has finalized the main lead roles. Suzy was already confirmed for The Girl Downstairs, the K-drama adaptation of webtoon Lee Doona, and now her male lead is the just returned from military service Yang Se Jong. Also joining is Lee Yoo Bi who will be playing the second female … Continue reading →

Junho and Yoona Cast in Rom-com K-drama King the Land by the Same Production Company as The Red Sleeve Cuff

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Squeeeeee, a same gen idol-actor combo that sounds so perfect paired up now! K-ent is reporting that Junho and Yoona are cast in a rom-com K-drama together, probably one of those SM-JYP stan pairings from a decade ago but who cares that’s its taken this long to happen as long as it’s happening. He’s in 2PM and she’s of course … Continue reading →

Lee Jun Ki and Shin Se Kyung Offered Lead Roles in the Upcoming Arthdal Chronicles 2 Which Time Jumps 10 Years Later

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Well, why am I not surprised that if someone wants to throw more money at Arthdal Chronicles then it will indeed get made. The second season of the period drama, always expected in terms of narratively as the drama ended on a major cliffhanger and barely seemed to scratch the surface of the story, will be coming in 2023 and … Continue reading →