We have the first hit of the summer 2025 season for K-dramas and it’s not the legal drama that most thought would do better. There is the tvN drama Law and the City with Lee Jong Seok and Moon Ga Young which is doing decent numbers up to 7.705% in the last episode as it just ended. But it’s jTBC … Continue reading →
There are two new August weekend K-drama arrivals, neither of which particularly appeal to me in either subject matter or cast but would happily check out if I heard it was good. It’s now been three episodes for each and the ratings of MBC drama Mary Kills People with Lee Bo Young and Lee Min Ki are on an opposite … Continue reading →
Some agencies wax and wane in strength but Lee Byung Hun‘s own agency BH Entertainment since it’s launch has been a powerhouse. He’s gotten top actors and actresses and kept them, many of the stars remain loyal and for good reason. Despite having stars who ostensibly ought to be competing with one another for the same type of roles, the … Continue reading →
The first year end awards show took place the night of the 30th over at MBC which didn’t have a lot of dramas to work with in 2022 to fete but still managed to pull off the night. Winning Daesang was Lee Jong Seok for Big Mouth which was as expected. The drama also won Best Drama and Top Excellence … Continue reading →
I know this drama is anchored by a magical spoon that swaps lives but the underlying “Who would do it” idea is so good because there are many like scenarios that could happen in real life. MBC premiered Gold Spoon two weeks ago and I’ve gotten caught up and love it. It’s so much better in story than expected and … Continue reading →
The currently airing MBC Fri-Sat drama Big Mouth just hit the midway mark of its 16-episode airing with increased ratings and buzz as a much needed success for the network. I don’t have as high a hope for the successor drama Gold Spoon as it’s got three out of the four leads being idols and also a pretty vague set … Continue reading →
My favorite rom-com last year in 2021 was Dali and the Cocky Prince (Dal Ri and Gamjatang) and it was there I got to meet idol turned actress Yeonwoo for the first time. It was a slight type of role, nothing memorable, but she was cute and brought a strong onscreen charm and no glaring acting flaws to detract from … Continue reading →
It’s a case of back in the saddle for him and ready for her promotion for her. MBC has cast Yook Sung Jae and Jung Chae Yeon as the leads for its mid year 2022 airing K-drama Golden Spoon. It’s a fantasy romance life journey themed drama about a young man who uses a mysterious golden spoon to change his … Continue reading →
The 2021 KBS Drama Awards was the surprising highlight for me of the three network ceremonies, there was so many of my faves in attendance and everyone looked great! Even the black dresses were uniquely cut so it wasn’t so boring, but most of the ladies took bigger fashion chances than the Korean actress contingent usually do. It was a … Continue reading →
Man, this drama could be the sanitized version of A Frozen Flower except totally het instead of BL, and that would be fine with me but probably couldn’t air on network television as yet. The way The King’s Affection is set up, the titular king is really girl Park Eun Bin (his twin sister) pulling the world’s most dangerous cross-dressing … Continue reading →
This is a very youth visual heavy drama but since it’s adapted from a manhwa I can totally see the push to cast per the shoujo style drawings. The upcoming romance sageuk Affection (Yeonmo) has reportedly started filming with a fall 2021 airing date, and the production company is slowly revealing new cast members. In addition to leads Ro Woon … Continue reading →
Netflix is hard at work filming season 2 of popular zombie sageuk Kingdom but it’s also prepping a slew of romance dramas starting with college age drama Because It’s My First Love. Leads Ji Soo, Jung Chae Yeon, and Jinyoung actually did a group sit down recently for the show See What’s Next, Asia so it give provide a preview … Continue reading →
Streaming and rental entertainment giant Netflix got into K-dramas in a big way starting off 2019 with the well-received first season of zombie sageuk drama Kingdom. The second season for Kingdom is underway in filming but arriving before that will be two more Netflix produced K-dramas that veer in the opposite genre direction. There’s Love Alarm, based on a webtoon … Continue reading →
