Tencent Confirms Broadcast of Lost You Forever Part 1 on July 24th as Yang Zi Brings Her Liuliang Power and a Beloved Novel to the C-drama Summer Ratings Showdown

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I’m still a bit bloated from watching too many C-dramas recently, even with the ones I dropped it’s still A LOT of dramas to be binging thanks to the glut of releases in the past month. Since mid-June 2023 it’s been nonstop releases from all the major streaming platforms and Tencent has the recent successful The Longest Promise and will … Continue reading →

Han Ji Min, Lee Min Ki and Suho Get Tangled Up in Bodily Humor Hijinks in jTBC Drama Behind Your Touch

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The promos for this upcoming jTBC drama absolutely sell very specific product and for some reason it’s just not for me. The next Sat-Sun drama from the cable network will be Behind Your Touch starring Han Ji Min, Lee Min Ki, and Suho and it seems like a cross between Hometown Cha Cha Cha and a Stephen Chow movie. Han … Continue reading →

Kim Hye Yoon and Byun Woo Seok Confirmed for tvN Time Travel Healing Romance Drama Running Away with Sun Jae on Piggyback

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Wow, I can see this very drama premise triggering since it deals with a very distressing act that sets things in motion. Hopefully there is a trigger warning and then the rest of the drama tries its darnedest to make it not happen. tvN has scheduled a new drama with the literal title Running Away with Sun Jae on Piggyback … Continue reading →

Blue Dragon Series Award Judge Reveal Voting Results with Song Hye Kyo Edging out The Glory for Daesang and Suzy and Park Ji Hoon Winning Their Awards by Near Unanimous Vote

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I really appreciate the South Korean awards being willing to share the voting thought process and tabulations after the ceremony, it lends more legitimacy to the winners even if there is always bound to be behind-the-scenes elbowing at play. The Blue Dragon Series Awards held its 2nd annual ceremony this week and it fetes the online funded streaming dramas some … Continue reading →

tvN Kicks Off Promos for Arthdal Chronicles 2 with Script Reading Stills From Last Year with leads Lee Jun Ki, Kim Ok Bin, and Jang Dong Gun

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Cable network tvN has a solid lineup for the remainder of the year and coming in September 2023 will be the quite unknown what to expect Arthdal Chronicles 2. It’s called Arthdal Chronicles: Sword of Aramun (or Aramoon) and takes place in a time jump from the original drama with the switch of leads Song Joong Ki and Kim Ji … Continue reading →

Ro Woon and Jo Boa Find Themselves Destined with You in Past and Present Lives in New Teaser for jTBC Romance Drama

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Oh, so this drama totally has a past life component, which is what ties leads Ro Woon and Jo Boa together in the present day in upcoming jTBC drama Destined with You. Neither are strangers to this very conceit, Ro Woon has it in Extraordinary You and Jo Boa dealt with it in Tale of Gumiho, and in both cases … Continue reading →

Kim So Hyun and Minhyun Bring the Young Love Charm in Fashion Pictorial Promoting New Drama My Lovely Liar

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It’s additional promo time for tvN drama My Lovely Liar leads Kim So Hyun and Minhyun in a magazine pictorial. There isn’t much to say beyond I LOVE THEM TOGETHER and it’s just the vibe of fresh, young romance emanating from the pages. For those who think these two look-a-like in the sense they have couples face it’s totally true … Continue reading →

Filming Starts for Period C-drama Guardians of the Dafeng with Dylan Wang and Tian Xi Wei

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A new C-drama commenced production today and goodness everyone’s going to be so hot in period garb in the dead heat of summer lol. The drama is called Guardians of the Dafeng and will star Dylan Wang and Tian Xi Wei in what is called the pairing of the same year 2017 debuted younger liuliang stars. Dylan had a major … Continue reading →

Two Youth Romance Novels From Writer Zhu Yi Adapted to C-dramas in Summer 2023 Has When I Fly Towards You the Unexpected Better Reviewed Surprise Hit Over Hidden Love

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So the first time I heard of When I Fly Towards You were from viewers commenting here about how it’s so much better than Hidden Love and the two are being compared because (1) it’s from the same writer Zhu Yi, and (2) both C-dramas aired at the same time this June 2023. Hidden Love was the “bigger” drama because … Continue reading →

Song Hye Kyo Takes Home the Daesang at the 2nd Annual Blue Dragon Series Awards with Suzy Winning Best Actress and Ha Jung Woo Getting Best Actor

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Last year in 2022 was the first ever Blue Dragon Series Awards as the awards body until then was exclusively a movie awards ceremony. So this year in 2023 its only the 2nd annual Blue Dragon Series Awards and last nights in person ceremony was full of big name stars but devoid of any meaningful and well dressed fashion per … Continue reading →

Han Hyo Joo Offered Female Lead Role in Healing K-drama In Your Brilliant Season

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K-actress has a new K-drama coming out this summer with Disney+ production of school aged superpower drama Moving and she’s signed on for another drama with Joo Ji Hoon already. Now she’s considering an offer to star in healing romance K-drama In Your Brilliant Season, and just throwing in the word Brilliant got me nostalgic for one of the best … Continue reading →

Youku Announces Premiere of Xianxia C-drama The Princess and the Werewolf with Chen Zhe Yuan and Wu Xuan Yi for July 20th

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Oh my lord what fresh hell is this? I wrote about how C-ent was discussing the xianxia romance C-drama Go Princess Go 2 (also known as The Princess and the Werewolf) was also going to be part of the airing drop this summer of 2023. Well that rumor is true and Youku will premiere the drama going by the English … Continue reading →

Filming to Commence Shortly for K-drama Although I am Not a Hero with Jang Ki Yong and Chun Wo Hee

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K-actor Jang Ki Yong is back from military service and his first project will be the K-drama Although I am Not a Hero with costar Chun Woo Hee. The production just confirmed both leads and announced it will commence filming shortly. Jang Ki Yong plays a superhero who loses his powers after an illness. Chun Woo Hee is a woman … Continue reading →