Category Archives: K-dramas

Namgoong Min and Jeon Yeo Bin’s Romance K-drama Our Movie Moves From tvN to SBS After Success of Good Partner Spurs the Network to Restart the Mon-Tues Timeslot

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There is good news coming out of SBS at least for K-drama fans. The network is reportedly going to restart its Mon-Tues timeslot which it has stopped in April 2023 after airing sageuk drama The Secret Romantic Guesthouse. With the success of legal drama Good Partner which aired on the Fri-Sat timeslot, the network is going to invest in more … Continue reading →

Junho Set to Make K-drama Return in 2025 with IMF Crisis Business Drama Typhoon Company

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Well the IMF crisis in 1997 is now the backup for not one but two high profile K-dramas. The first is Knock Off with Kim Soo Hyun and a veritable clown car of big name actors and actresses alongside him. Now comes Typhoon Company which is in talks with Junho as the lead and is likely a done deal. Junho … Continue reading →

Kim Da Mi and Shin Ye Eun in Talks for 1980’s Era K-drama A Hundred Memories

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Okay, this set up sounds just like the set up in C-movie Soul Mate which last year got a K-movie adaptation that starred Kim Da Mi. And now she’s in talks for the K-drama A Hundred Memories which is courting Shin Ye Eun for the other female lead. It’s the story of two ladies who work in the bus transit … Continue reading →

Disney+ Confirms K-drama Moving Season 2 with Sky High Budget of 50 Billion Won and Hopes it Reserves the Drop in Subscribers

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Like any hit entertainment product once it’s done the hype and buzz gradually dies down and to capitalize on it one needs to move fast. Disney+ produced superhero K-drama Moving was the big hit of last summer and carried that momentum for a few more months as viewers heard the reviews and binged in through year end. Disney+ subscribers went … Continue reading →

Shin Hye Sun Lives with Two Disparate Personalities in Upcoming ENA Drama Dear Hyeri

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Small cable network ENA hit a homerun two years ago with Extraordinary Attorney Woo dealing with autism and now it’s back with a high profile drama Dear Hyeri dealing with multiple personality disorder. Female lead Shin Hye Sun is cold and capable TV announcer Eun Ho with a separate personality of positive and energetic Hyeri. Shin Hye Sun absolutely can … Continue reading →

ENA Drama Drunken Romance with Kim Se Jung and Lee Jong Won Release First Teaser Stills

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Small cable network ENA remains a gem in terms of underrated surprises, it’s not consistently delivering winners but is always worth checking out when a new drama premieres and the premise is up my alley. I’m locked in for the November 2024 release of Drunken Romance because I adore leads Kim Se Jung and Lee Jong Won, and bonus points … Continue reading →

Lee Jong Seok in Talks for Legal K-drama Seochodong Reuniting with PD of W: Two Worlds

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A new casting update from a big name K-drama actor as Lee Jong Seok may be signed on for his next project. Industry news says he’s in talks for the K-drama Seochodong (literal title) which is a legal drama. He will play a lawyer which he’s done before in both Big Mouse and While You Were Sleeping but those were … Continue reading →

Seo In Guk Joins Blackpink’s Jisoo in New Romance K-drama Monthly Boyfriend

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Oooh this is a promising casting and pairing. I may have found K-pop star Jisoo of Blackpink maybe too inexperienced to immediately lead a K-drama in her first outing in Snowdrop but she was better than I expected and had potential. She’s coming back on the small screen with the romance drama Monthly Boyfriend, her casting has been confirmed for … Continue reading →

tvN Sat-Sun Rom-com Love Next Door Hits Midway Point as Ratings and Plot Whiplash

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So apparently I do have my limited for watching two stars I love in a genre I love if the story and characters are just that frustrating. Such is the case for Love Next Door with Jung Hae In and Jung So Min which hit midway in airing this weekend, with ratings hitting new lows of 3% on Saturday’s episode … Continue reading →

MBC Fri-Sat Thriller Drama Black Out with Byun Yo Han Racks Up Rave Reviews as Ratings Triple Through Episode 8

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So there is another underrated K-drama that reminds me a lot of the tense and twisty Train when I saw the promos. MBC Fri-Sat drama Black Out (Snow White Must Die) has been the little drama that could in the competitive weekend landscape, premiering to a measly 2.8% but increasing in ratings and racking up strong word of mouth. The … Continue reading →

Seo In Guk Joins Superhero K-drama Twelve with Ma Dong Seok and Ji Chang Wook

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There is a new casting out of K-ent and now we have three male lead level actors added to the superhero fantasy K-drama Twelve. Seo In Guk joins already cast Ma Dong Seok and Ji Chang Wook as the drama keeps adding to the main cast of Twelve, which represent twelve people with superhuman skills that correspond to the twelve … Continue reading →

First Poster for jTBC Weekend Drama A Virtuous Business with Kim So Yeon and Yeon Woo Jin About Housewives Selling Adult Products in a Small Village

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So this drama actually sounds interesting in that it’s ripe for a lot of sexual innuendo jokes coupled with a more low brow countryside setting. The next jTBC weekend drama is A Virtuous Business with a very strong cast of Kim So Yeon, Yeon Woo Jin, Kim Sung Ryung, Kim Sun Young, and Lee Se Hee. The drama is set … Continue reading →

2024 Breakout K-actor Byun Woo Seok to Cameo in K-drama No Gain No Love in First Return to the Small Screen Since Lovely Runner

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I fully plan to watch tvN Mon-Tues rom-com No Gain No Love with Shin Mina and Kim Young Dae, just haven’t had time to start yet. Early reviews have been good so far, and seems like polarizing than same network different time slot rom-com Love Next Door which has stronger feelings either way of loving or disliking it. No Gain … Continue reading →