2016 Year End Dramas Goblin and Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim Lead the 2017 Nielson Korea Content Power Rankings for Television Programs

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The content power rankings for Korean televisions programs for the entire year of 2017 is out and it’s a quite a feat that the leading show premiered in late 2016 and only aired three weeks into January 2017. tvN‘s fantasy drama Goblin from the screenwriter Kim Eun Seok and starring Hallyu superstar Goblin remains the content power ranking number 1 … Continue reading →

Yoon Sang Hyun and Han Hye Jin Offered Leads in Next MBC Wed-Thurs Drama Let’s Hold Hands Tightly and Watch the Sunset

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MBC has decided to take a sensible break from premiering new K-dramas in 2018 that dovetails nicely with the Pyeonchang 2018 Winter Olympics schedule. Mon-Tues drama Two Cops and Wed-Thurs drama I am Not a Robot both end in late January, and the Winter Olympics take place for two weeks in February when the Korean networks typically preempt dramas anyways … Continue reading →

Minister of Labor Investigating Hwayugi Filming Set and Episodes 3-4 Airing Still Undecided for This Weekend

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There are many things outside my control, way more than within my control, and I’ve long since learned to live and let live to accept what comes. Issues have not been resolved yet with the woebegone filming problems of tvN fantasy drama Hwayugi, a drama that should have had at least another month of filming before premiering and now finds … Continue reading →

MBC Delays New 2018 Drama Premieres Until March to Catch Up on Filming and Will Air 2018 Winter Olympics in Feb

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I think this is a great idea but have a feeling that the network is parlaying a scheduling blip into great publicity. MBC has announced that it won’t be airing any new K-dramas until March 2017, when the current crop of prime time dramas Two Cops on Mon-Tues and I am Not a Robot on Wed-Thurs end in January the … Continue reading →

First Look at the Returning and New Cast of KBS Drama Mystery Queen 2

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Aw heck yeah, the intrepid Mystery Queen duo is back together and this time with an even better supporting cast for the second go-around. First looks are here for 2018 K-drama Mystery Queen 2, taking viewers back to that quirky world where a housewife has the interest and developed skills to lend a fresh mind to the crime solving world … Continue reading →

KBS Gives Out Co-Daesang to Kim Young Chul and Chun Ho Jin at 2017 Drama Awards

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Last but not least in the coverage of year end K-drama network awards is the 2017 KBS Drama Awards held the same night as SBS, with MBC the night before. The big winners of the night were the exceptional veteran actors playing drama dads, with Kim Young Chul of Father is Strange and Chun Ho Jin for My Golden Life … Continue reading →

G-Dragon and Lee Joo Yeon Reportedly Dating After Being Caught on Jeju Date Over Holidays

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Well, there’s a second K-ent couple to start off the new year in 2018, or first if based on the timing of when this news hit vis-a-vis the other one. The news of Lee Joon and Jung So Min‘s dating captured my attention and I glanced over the other news of Big Bang‘s G-Dragon seen on a Jeju Island holiday … Continue reading →

Ji Sung Wins the SBS Drama Awards Daesang for Defendant and Lights Up the Event with Wife Lee Bo Young

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The year end 2017 SBS Drama Awards was really the Ji Sung and Lee Bo Young show, with the married acting couple basically turning the event into their own lovey dovey showcase and honestly that’s fine with me. They are so low key for so long, let them enjoy the limelight for once when both do deserve it. Ji Sung … Continue reading →

Jung So Min and Lee Joon of Father is Strange is Dating According to Dispatch Pictures

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OMG, this is the cutest K-celeb dating story to break on New Year’s Day in a few days, not since the great Rain and Kim Tae Hee news of January 1, 2013 have I heard dating news that made me smile cheek to cheek. Dispatch as published pictures of actress Jung So Min and former idol turned actor Lee Joon … Continue reading →

Jeon Ji Hyun Due to Deliver Second Son in January 2018

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Jeon Ji Hyun just missed the great K-ent baby boom of 2017 cut-off date but her life continues seem like she just has fantastic luck on everything. Her agency has revealed that Jeon Ji Hyun is due to have her second child in January of 2018 and it will also be a boy to join her firstborn son with financier … Continue reading →

Fantasy Movie Along With the Gods Hits 8 Millions Viewers and Becomes 2nd Highest Grossing K-movie of 2017

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There’s a new number 2 in town and it came right at the very end on the last day of the year. On December 31st, the fantasy movie Along With the Gods surpassed 8 million tickets sold in the theaters, putting it in the second highest grossing box office K-movie of 2017 just ahead of Confidential Assignment. First place remains … Continue reading →

Park Sang Joong Takes Home MBC 2017 Drama Award Daesang for Rebel: The Thief Who Stole the People

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MBC held its year end Drama Awards last night and the winner of the Daesang was surprisingly Park Sang Joong for Rebel: The Thief Who Stole the People. It’s a surprise because he wasn’t the male lead of that drama and didn’t have that much screen time for the entire run, but he’s such a critically acclaimed veteran giving it … Continue reading →

Meteor Garden 2018 Adaptation Releases First Look at Cute and Suitably Cast Female Lead Shen Yue

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As typical of any drama adaptation of Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango (Boys Before Flowers), all the attention is on the four male actors cast as the leading quarter F4. The upcoming Taiwan drama Meteor Garden 2018 helmed by the same producer who did the hit adaptation in 2001 has managed to cast four newbie actors with incredible height and … Continue reading →