April 2020 has totally sped by and thank goodness because I was losing track of days, work day and weekends were interchangeable and I haven’t been to a restaurant in nearly two months. That makes upcoming MBC drama Shall We Have Dinner Together rather poignant, the idea that romance blossoms from a chance sharing of a table at a popular … Continue reading →
I’ve never hidden my affection for Kim Eun Sook‘s highly polarizing attempt at a Boys Before Flowers high school knock off with Heirs. It’s way more re-watchable than BOF even if male lead Lee Min Ho was at his best in his first star making drama. I love more Kim Eun Sook dramas than dislike if I’m keeping track and … Continue reading →
There is finally movement on the long discussed K-drama adaptation of romance historical fiction novel Hong Chun Gi. The novel is from the same writer of Sungkyunkwan Scandal and The Moon Embraces the Sun so clearly there is high interest and excitement for potentially another hit in the works. The novel is on a world class beauty Hong Chun Gi … Continue reading →
Oh boy, this is not looking promising. Episode 3 of SBS Fri-Sat fantasy epic big-budget big name cast K-drama The King: Eternal Monarch arrived like a tree falling in the forest with no one around. Was that a thud or no sound, I don’t know because it was sooooooo boring. At least the first two episodes had interesting things happen … Continue reading →
Cable network has another successful drama airing right now but getting overshadowed by the successful crazeballs The World of the Married over on jTBC. Thurs night medical drama Hospital Playlist (Wise Doctor Life) got a high 12.077% ratings this week, which vaults it over the predecessor drama Prison Playbook (Wise Prison Life) which hit 11.195% as its highest rating ever … Continue reading →
I thought the only visual incongruity in just premiered SBS drama The King: Eternal Monarch was that cool as beans white steed Maximus, who struts like the graceful kingly ride he is, was a dwarf horse when shown in the younger King scenes racing like a stubby cutie around the track. Eagle-eyed K-netizens glommed onto another issue and it’s one … Continue reading →
Two months just flew by and the mama has said her final farewell this past weekend to viewers. tvN weekend drama Hi Bye, Mama! finished with an average ratings of 5.473% which is solid plus for a cable drama, Pretty Noona Who Buys Me Food had average ratings on jTBC of 5.468% for comparison. What’s more impressive is the across … Continue reading →
Awwwwwww, maybe it’s the stay at home ennui or maybe their non-compete expired, who knows but Javabeans and Girlfriday from Dramabeans are back baby! The OG of K-drama and her sidekick left their website about two years back to return to the world of real life, alas blogging isn’t the life sustaining occupation we all wish it was despite the … Continue reading →
KBS drama School 2020 may have been cancelled to air on the network but there is another school-esque drama coming over at SBS. The network is airing Do You Like Brahms starring confirmed leads Kim Min Jae and Park Eun Bin, with the title clearly giving away the subject matter of music. It’s the story of aspiring young musicians attending … Continue reading →
Talk about award packed with the cast and crew. Gong Yoo is considering a return to the small screen with the Netflix produced prestige K-drama Ocean of Silence, which last week was announced starring Bae Doo Na and directed by K-actor turned director Jung Woo Sung. Ratings or not this drama is primed to be just good if not great … Continue reading →
Viewers better get used to working hard and likely never reaching the goal because the upcoming jTBC drama Sisyphus: The Myth is about to start rolling. The drama adds veteran actor Sung Dong Il to the cast of confirmed leads Jo Seung Woo and Park Shin Hye, which bodes well for the quality of acting from the male leads and … Continue reading →
Now it’s just a matter of how high can it go, as jTBC Fri-Sat drama The World of the Married crossed over the impressive and vaunted 20% ratings mark on its episode 8 with 8 more episodes to go. Sky Castle, the current network and cable ratings leader didn’t break 20% until episode 18 and holds the crown at over … Continue reading →
It’s episode 2 time for SBS Fri-Sat night drama The King: Eternal Monarch, and there are ever only three ways a second episode could go: up, same, or down. I thought The King would increase in ratings but it stayed basically the same with second episode ratings of 8.4% and 11.6% in half episode increments. I found the world building … Continue reading →
