The new Mon-Tues SBS drama A Business Proposal (Office Blind Date) arrived this week and its reception was as expected the same degree as the drama hewed close to the webtoon its adapted from. The first episode got 4.9% AGB nationwide ratings and the second episode went up to 6.5%. Since this is airing on SBS the ratings are not … Continue reading →
A really good article came out this week explaining in detail why K-netizens are criticizing K-actor Ryu Jun Yeol and why that criticism is valid despite him doing nothing illegal. Last week it was revealed that Ryu Jun Yeol’s personal company with his mom as the managing director bought a house in Seoul with a 90% mortgage and then rebuilt … Continue reading →
Well guess who is back in the K-news this weekend. I honestly had no clue if he was retired from showbiz or still trying to earn a living as an idol/singer but it was clearly the latter because Kim Hyun Joong recently held a concert for his fans. Who woulda thunk he still had fans after a prolonged scandal involving … Continue reading →
There has been so many new K-dramas recently but the big Netflix hit has been school yard zombie drama All of Us are Dead. It premiered a month ago and according to Flixpatrol data as of the end of February 28, 2022 it’s still in the worldwide top 10 at number 4. A surprise is seeing tvN drama Twenty Five, … Continue reading →
The Squid Game conquering isn’t at an end yet, on the heels of veteran Oh Young Soo from the cast winning Best Supporting Actor TV at the 2022 Golden Globe Awards last month, this month it’s time for the leads to bring home some hardware. At last night’s 2022 Screen Actor Guild Awards, Lee Jung Jae won Best Actor TV … Continue reading →
The Netflix experiment has not done a straight up legal drama until now and it’s getting great reviews if not as much buzz as some other recent Netflix offerings like All of Us are Dead, Hellbound, and Squid Game. This weekend saw the drop of 10-episode legal drama Juvenile Justice on Netflix, starring a veritable four-some of heavy hitting critically … Continue reading →
At this point its safe to call both tvN drama Twenty Five, Twenty One and jTBC drama Forecasting Love and Weather both successes. It helps that the two do not compete head on in ratings due to the different time slot though airing on the same nights of Sat-Sun. That eliminates the fandom wank to compete and allows both dramas … Continue reading →
On the heel of a production team member on upcoming K-drama Eve speaking to reporters about how leading lady Seo Ye Ji‘s still silence on her scandal from last year would be problematic for the drama when it came time to promote, a day later Seo Ye Ji issued her first statement on the scandal. It was an apology but … Continue reading →
I feel like K-actress Shin Mina just went from one beach to another, but I don’t think her second beach sojourn she’ll be sporting that many Hermes bags lol. The teaser is out for tvN ensemble drama Our Blues which boasts an incredibly stacked deck of big name stars. The collection was made possible by the star power of screenwriter … Continue reading →
It’s the third week of airing for Twenty Five, Twenty One and Forecasting Love and Weather and its facing the more typical big line up of competing K-dramas which are back after Olympic hiatus, and for one drama after scandal hiatus. Episode 3 of Twenty Five dropped below 8% to 7.956% and for Forecasting Love and Weather it dropped from … Continue reading →
At this point she may only have a certain type of role and projects that are suitable for her but in the world of entertainment it remains a consumer choice to watch. This week the K-drama Eve released script reading stills and it was the first time K-actress Seo Ye Ji made a public appearance since her scandal one year … Continue reading →
Genre hopping seems to be idol-actor Ro Woon‘s current modus operandi and so far so good. He captured my attention in high school fantasy drama Extraordinary You as a character and actor straight out of a manga/manhwa. Next came the swoony younger man romeo in She Will Never Know (Sunbae, Please Don’t Put on that Lipstick). And now it’s the … Continue reading →
Much has been discussed about how K-actor Song Kang has become the It Boy the last two years and especially on Netflix where all his recent dramas have streamed. Agencies and production companies can push him for sure but it sure seems K-netizens are really warming/warmed to him. This week there was a new poll of K-netizens on the topic … Continue reading →
