So it’s coming up on November and I’m starting to pay attention to what’s on deck in K-drama land for the remaining two months. The new MBC Fri-Sat drama slipped under my radar when it was announced but now that the poster and stills are coming out it may be worth a check out. When the Phone Rings starring Yoo Yeon Seok and Chae Soo Bin is a political and kidnapping thriller at a taut 12-episodes premiering end of next month. He plays a former anchor turned youngest presidential candidate and then his trophy wife played by her gets kidnapped and a conspiracy unravels. It’s from the screenwriter of Melancholia and Doctor John and the PD of The Forbidden Marriage and Terius Behind Me.
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Wow, consider me surprised by how quickly the new tvN weekend drama is doing well. Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born premiered on Saturday with 4.844% ratings and has nearly doubled the next day with episode 2 bringing in 8.216%. This … Continue reading
Thank you Disney+, you’re definitely doing the drama gods work and giving us fans a surprise treat. Today the platform released the first teaser posters of five K-dramas that will be airing either at the end of 2024 or sometime … Continue reading
So it’s not just one legal K-drama doing well in ratings and reviews right now, with Good Partner dominating the weekends for SBS. During the weekdays, small cable network ENA quietly premiered legal and gang violence K-drama Your Honor last … Continue reading
The devil doesn’t wear Prada in this K-drama, it’s more like the demon wears Chanel instead. Upcoming SBS drama Demon Judge released first stills this week of female lead Park Shin Hye in character as a female judge that is … Continue reading
Well this is turning into a big cast production with each new announcement of the cast. K-actress Kwon Nara has been confirmed to be in the upcoming K-drama Knock Off starring Kim Soo Hyun and set during the 1997 IMF … Continue reading
So May went with no grippy C-drama for me, I’m not on the Joy of Life train so I can’t watch season 2 without even watching the original, and Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact was so listless and wan … Continue reading
So this was supposed to be a busy week for K-ent with year end drama awards scheduled for this coming weekend on the 30th and 31st. My take is the events will still go on despite the bombshell sad news … Continue reading
This week there are new promos for tvN drama Marry My Husband after the shocking first stills of female lead Park Min Young method acting a late stage cancer patient. Now she is in the first teaser looking a little … Continue reading
So last week was Thanksgiving in the US and as expected the amount of food consumed was pants splitting. It feels the same with the amount of dramas consumed because there are so many drams premiering recently that I can … Continue reading
After Cheng Lei got his breakout for My Journey to You there was talk of his leveling up to male lead and it’s here with the kick off filming of Legend of the Female General. The female lead is Zhou … Continue reading
So the Lee Seon Kyun drug use scandal currently under police investigation may involve a time frame much earlier than recent days in terms of the blackmail aspect. His own agency revealed that he had been blackmailed as part of … Continue reading
So its a runaway vote win for idol-actor Junho, netting 21 votes to be the top industry insider experts pick for best young idol turned actor of his gen group. Thirty one industry honchos were each given two votes to … Continue reading