I know that When Life Gives You Tangerines is the prestige drama with Park Bo Gum as the lead but I’m looking forward more to his other drama Good Boy on jTBC. There are two new stills and also a network promos of a few of its upcoming dramas that include clips from Good Boy and it’s giving strong physical … Continue reading →
There is a new tvN weekend drama and it’s a world’s away from the budget and profile of its predecessor. The Potato Lab with Lee Sun Bin and Kang Tae Oh premiered this past weekend taking over for When the Stars Gossip and debuted with 1.705% and 1.811% ratings. That’s low but on par with what Stars did for the … Continue reading →
Normally I would say 3 hits and two flops is at least still a winning percentage but considering the magnitude of the sunk costs of the two failures it’s still not a track record K-dramas can boast of. With When the Stars Gossip ending, K-ent is doing yet another reflecting of how best to produce hits and it’s not by … Continue reading →
I legit forgot about this upcoming K-drama until I saw the first stills today, and it’s probably because the female lead isn’t someone who excites me to watch onscreen despite loving the male lead. With that said, it’s still on my anticipated drama list when My Youth premieres later this year on jTBC. Starring Song Joong Ki and Chun Woo … Continue reading →
The M0n-Tues tvN time slot seems to be the one where the occasion rom-com has a shot to deliver a well-received product, at least within the last year. Starting with Lovely Runner last April, then No Gain, No Love in August, and now My Dear Nemesis this February. MDN stars Moon Ga Young and Choi Hyun Wook as boss and … Continue reading →
If I could shoot a drama into outer space it would be When the Stars Gossip, and even then it may not even deserve that ignominious ending because what has poor space does to deserve literal cinematic crap thrown at it. The drama ended with 2.550% ratings and that’s probably due to morbid curiosity to see how it ended, and … Continue reading →
So I have been following along with When the Stars Gossip even after the ridiculous and laughable space sex scene that ended episode 8 but didn’t feel the need to write more about it. It felt like the remaining viewers were along for the ride out of loyalty for the leads, sheer boredom with nothing else to do, or morbid … Continue reading →
Well this is certainly an eye-catching drama poster, I totally did a fear-cringe and double take when I saw it so props to female lead Park Eun Bin for so thoroughly being scary AF. Disney+ is releasing medical thriller K-drama Hyper Knife next month on March 19th and it pairs up two award winning stars from two generations both in … Continue reading →
The casting has been rounded out for the main roles in upcoming rom-com K-drama titled Petty Romance that a few months ago cast Lee Jung Jae and Lim Ji Yeon in the lead roles. Now Kim Ji Hoon and Seo Ji Hye are joining as the second leads, and from the description likely has their own love line which makes … Continue reading →
Well this is a doozy and from one of the most loved K-actresses in the industry. This week kicked off with K-ent reporting that top actress Honey Lee recently was found to have underreported her taxes after the government undertook an irregular tax audit of agency Saram Entertainment, and in the process found that she owed 6 billion won (about … Continue reading →
The memorial process in South Korea moves very fast, within a day the family will set up a memorial hall and usually the funeral is also very soon thereafter, there is no long drawn out mourning process. K-actress Kim Sae Ron‘s memorial tablet has been set up the following day after her passing and her family, friends, and costars have … Continue reading →
So this news helps put Kim Ji Won and her likely next drama the SBS medical series Doctor X: Age of the White Mafia in more context and background. Japanese ent reported this week on her being offered the lead role and said that the drama is a remake of the J-dorama Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon starring Yonekura Ryoko. The … Continue reading →
This year 2025 might see a full reversal of last year’s K-netizen dislike of the medical profession and medical dramas getting delayed airing or fewer made. With the success of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and the soon to air Resident Playbook with the same production team behind Hospital Playlist, it’s no wonder SBS is getting on the medical … Continue reading →
