So the big question mark around tvN fantasy sageuk drama Alchemy of Souls (Returning Soul) is now answered, and it’s not a definitive yes or no. The first episode premiered this Saturday and got 5.205% ratings which is the lowest of all the tvN Sat-Sun drama premieres since early 2021. The only other drama to premiere in the 5% range … Continue reading →
Waaaaaaaaa, it’s my Oh Gong and Bu Ja but as OTP this time! It’s the best part of alterna-shipping when the K-drama universe actually makes it happen. Lee Seung Gi and Lee Se Young have been filming romance K-drama Love by Law for the past few months and this weekend new pictures have been posted from the set. They are … Continue reading →
I think Sweet Home really kicked off the Netflix produced K-drama craze, it aired in December 2020 and we all know the explosion that happened in 2021. Sweet Home trended high on viewership when it aired and there was always talk of successive season(s) but while other later aired Netflix dramas got next season announcements sooner it’s now time for … Continue reading →
So the first of the leads from this year’s unexpected and adorable hit A Business Proposal back with the next drama will be leading lady Kim Se Jung. Her next project the drama Today’s Webtoon adapted from the same name J-dorama will air at the end of July on SBS. This week the production released script reading stills with her … Continue reading →
A new streaming only drama just cast the leads and it’s a familiar face in a new pairing. K-actress Kang Sora was last on the small screen as a leading lady in the 2017 drama Revolutionary Love and in the interim til now she got married and had a baby. Prior to that she was basically a drama a year … Continue reading →
Wow this is such a great casting and definitely means the production has the right prep. K-actress Moon Chae Won will be Lee Seon Kyun‘s leading lady in his upcoming serious revenge themed fight against the cartels K-drama Law Money. It’s still a working title but details an average guy fighting against the corrupt who buy law and power with … Continue reading →
Oh, I hope there is an English-based streaming platform that will pick this up otherwise it won’t get as much exposure and audience access as the first season. Yumi’s Cells 2 premiered last week on June 10th Friday and for some reason I thought it would follow the first season which aired on tvN and then streamed on TVing. But … Continue reading →
We’re two days away from learning whether ambitious new tvN fantasy fusion sageuk Alchemy of Souls will excite viewers with the different and hopefully innovative story or crash on takeoff for being too weird or unwieldy. It won’t fail for lack of promotion or awareness as tvN has been throwing so much attention at it and the latest being a … Continue reading →
First half 2022 K-dramas are all done and now it’s time to look forward to the second half of the year projects that are on the horizon. tvN thriller Adamas is definitely one of those a high profile dramas with Ji Sung as the leading man and Seo Ji Hye and Lee Soo Kyung as his leading ladies. He plays … Continue reading →
The Wed-Thurs time slot has been rather muted for some time in terms of big hit dramas and in fact some recent dramas went as low as in the 1% range. That was the case for KBS drama Love All Play which I heard good things about but probably due to the lack of popularity with the two leads Park … Continue reading →
The musical chairs combination of C-actor and C-actress pairings has landed on Yang Mi and Gong Jun for the high profile fantasy C-drama project Fox Spirit Matchmaker (涂山小红娘). The two will star in one of the three segments in the source anime’s story line called the Yue Hong chapter (月红篇) taken from the names of their two characters. She’s Tu … Continue reading →
The 2022 sageuks are not off to a great start but it’s not a disappointment either. KBS sageuk Red Single Heart (Bloody Heart) with Lee Joon, Jang Hyuk, and Kang Han Na has not been rather low key in airing, starting with 6.3% and staying around there a little up or down. I ended up not watching because it seemed … Continue reading →
This sounds like the one girl and three guys sageuk harem of Sungkyunkwan Scandal but a whole lot less leading star power. SBS is prepping a new youth sageuk called Love Story of Flower Scholars centered around a boarding house in the capital city where scholars come to stay while studying and taking government exams. Shin Ye Eun is the … Continue reading →
