So the Joynews poll of over 200 industry insiders spanned many topics and the one on Top of Best K-drama actor/actress of 2024 is out. Topping the poll with a commanding 56 votes is Lovely Runner breakout Byun Woo Seok, cementing that he’s the real deal even among industry folks and not just viewers. Now I don’t think this vote … Continue reading →
Alrighty this is great news to get an actual date rather than a general time period. K-ent is reporting that tvN has scheduled When the Stars Gossip (Ask the Stars) for a January 4th premiere on its biggest timeslot on Sat-Sun. The drama stars Gong Hyo Jin and Lee Min Ho with a big name supporting case and even bigger … Continue reading →
Since there aren’t as many K-dramas being produced compared to year prior there isn’t as much casting news to report on so anytime there is one that piques my interest I get so excited lol. This one sounds interesting but also fraught with hhhhmmmm wondering if its going to be any good. Ahn Hyo Seop is in talks for the … Continue reading →
The year end polls appear to be starting earlier than usual what with two months left to actual produce a mega hit or another turkey. But it’s still interesting to see what Korean industry insiders think and Joynews polled 200 media, television station employees, production companies, and reporters to ask what they thought was the worst K-drama of the year. … Continue reading →
The year isn’t over yet and one of the candidates for the SBS year end drama award Daesang hasn’t even aired his drama lol but there is definitely a good feel for what it’s going to come down to by the end of December. SBS has had the most hits out of the big three networks this year in 2024 … Continue reading →
It’s been so disheartening to see some of the online netizen mean spirited mockery of K-actress Moon Geun Young and her weight gain visuals at the drama press conference in her first acting return in 5 years with Hellbound 2. Thankfully it’s only a section of the online commentary and there remains a lot of positive support and excitement to … Continue reading →
It feels like a blast from the past when I have to write a post about K-dramas in the same week with the same theme. It appears next year 2025 is going to be about period era soul-swapping, what with the sageuk The Moon Flows Over the River getting cast and now this new sageuk drama Dear Bandit. The drama … Continue reading →
So this is an unexpected pairing and also a weird story to keep re-doing. Netflix is planning a 2025 sageuk drama titled Scandal based on the 2003 explicit rated K-movie Untold Scandal, which is loosely based on the novel Dangerous Liaisons. In talks for the leads are Son Ye Jin and Ji Chang Wook so quite a mature and big … Continue reading →
Well this is a blast from the past! A good one at that, and I hope she’s back on a more consistent cadence now. K-actress Moon Geun Young made her first public appearance in years as she returns to the small screen this month with the Netflix drama Hellbound 2 in a supporting role. She plays a charismatic and obsessed … Continue reading →
Wow doesn’t begin to process how fast and straight up the ratings are going for tvN Sat-Sun drama Jeongnyeon: The Star is Born. Award winning Kim Tae Ri stars are the titular character and she’s always delivered in ratings and performance wow but this is another level even for her. Episode 4 got 12.726% ratings which triples the 4.844% premiere. … Continue reading →
So with the good reception for K-drama What Comes After Love pairing K-actress Lee Se Young with J-actor Sakaguchi Kentaro, next up may be Jung Hae In heading over to J-dorama land opposite a J-actress. News reports says he’s in talks for a J-dorama and somehow his whole vibe fits it so well. In fact, One Spring Day is basically … Continue reading →
So its midway through October and I don’t see any of the very big budget and high profile K-dramas scheduled for the remainder of the year, other than Squid Game 2 which has been perched in the 2024 holiday season for quite some time. That means anything we’ve been waiting for from the top stars or production teams are likely … Continue reading →
It’s like a one-two punch of good casting news with this upcoming sageuk drama! A day after Kang Tae Oh was announced as the male lead of The Moon Flows Over the River, his female lead has been revealed as likely Kim Se Jung who has received the offer. It’s not one of the two Kims I was thinking about … Continue reading →
