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ENA Drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo Explodes to 9.128% Ratings in Episode 5 and Enters How High Can This Go Territory

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If you like whales, smart female leads, awkward bumbling cuteness, and a satisfying resolution each and every episode then come on down to join the Extraordinary Attorney Woo party! This Wednesday’s episode 5 almost doubled the previous episode with an astronomical 9.128%. It’s high for any cable network, usually jTBC and tvN gets these numbers a few times a year, … Continue reading →

ENA Drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo Tops Good Data Buzz Rankings in Second Week of Airing at 53.86% Domination

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It’s only aired two weeks and four episodes but now I’m way curious to see how high this little drama that could will go. ENA drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo) has already broken 5% ratings for a relatively unknown and little promoted drama on a tiny cable network by episode 4. Now it’s out that the … Continue reading →

ENA Cable Drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo Leaps to 4.032% Ratings in Episode 3 After Near Unanimous Praise in Premiere Week

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Watching the totally unexpected and frankly quite extraordinary ratings of ENA cable drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo) will be a lot of fun in the coming weeks. And I definitely will check this out sooner rather than later so I can understand and partake of the hype. This Wednesday aired episode 3 and the ratings are … Continue reading →

Small Cable Network Drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo Doubles in Ratings After Premiere and Park Eun Bin Basks in Rave Reviews as Leading Lady

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This is probably the legal version of Good Doctor and like that drama seems off to a garnering great reviews. ENA cable network drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo) premiered this week airing on Wed-Thurs and the first episode got 0.948% ratings but the next night the second episode doubled that to 1.805%. That is extraordinary in … Continue reading →

Rising Young Actress Shin Si Ah is The Other One in The Witch: Part 2 with Big Shoes to Fill Behind Kim Da Mi’s Hitmaking First Movie Performance

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The production of upcoming thriller movie The Witch: Part 2: The Other One has gone out of its way to keep “the other one” hidden until now. The first stills are out of new female lead Shin Si Ah, who plays a different character than the titular witch in the first movie which starred Kim Da Mi. There was always … Continue reading →

Park Eun Bin Becomes Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo Opposite Kang Tae Oh and Kang Ki Young in Summer 2022 Legal K-drama

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So I was curious about this drama’s final casting and checked out the specs only to be surprised that it’s supposed to air in June 2022. That’s like a two weeks to six weeks away depending on when in the month and so far it’s been crickets on it. So it’s likely not coming in June but sometime later in … Continue reading →

Highly Anticipated The Witch Part 2: The Other One Releases Movie Trailer and Posters with Rookie Lead Shin Si Ah and Cameo Appearances by Part 1 Leads Kim Da Mi and Choi Woo Shik

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K-actress Kim Da Mi debuted in 2017 with small roles in two movies before landing her break as the relative unknown female lead in horror supernatural thriller The Witch: Part 1: The Subversion. So it make sense that the upcoming sequel The Witch: Part 2: The Other One will also feature a total unknown as the female lead, her name … Continue reading →

Junho, Kim Tae Ri, Squid Game, and D.P. are the Big Television Side Winners at the 2022 Baeksang Arts Awards

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The annual Baeksang Arts Awards was held this Friday night in Seoul and the 2022 edition totally dropped some surprises and some expected wins. In a first, the winner of the Popularity Awards Junho and Kim Tae Ri also won the Best Acting prizes in their respective categories. Junho took home Best Actor Drama for The Red Sleeve Cuff and … Continue reading →

Kang Tae Oh Cast as Park Eun Bin’s Leading Man in Legal Drama Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo

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Ooooh I didn’t know this was going to be a Netflix drama! That sounds even more fun as the tone and tempo will be must brisker and also it’s one of the genres Netflix hasn’t focused on. Kang Tae Oh has just been cast as the male lead for legal drama Weird Lawyer Woo Young Woo (Strange Lawyer Woo Young … Continue reading →

Ji Hyun Woo Takes Home the 2021 KBS Drama Award Daesang for Young Lady and Gentleman as Ceremony Shines with Many Stars in Attendance Winning Awards

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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 →

KBS Mon-Tues Youth Sageuk The King’s Affection Wraps Up 20-episode Run with Drama High Ratings of 12.1%

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The entirety of the run of The King’s Affection felt unexpected. The promos looked so good, lyrical and gorgeous, but I didn’t love the drama at the outset and the general viewing public didn’t love it either that much so the first four episode ratings were low. But then it started picking up slowly and then steadily until it hit … Continue reading →

KBS Sageuk The King’s Affection Hits 10% Ratings in Episode 13 as the Dramatic Rise Continues

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My mom has a pet peeve where she thinks one must always be low key, do not be flashy or get caught up in superficial outer trappings, the true value is within. I think it’s the right mentality but needn’t be as extreme as she’s always harping on. For the recent batch of K-dramas that have premiered in the last … Continue reading →

KBS Youth Sageuk The King’s Affection Pivots Midway in Increasing Ratings and Takes the #1 Spot in Netflix Korea and Also Breaks into Top 10 in Netflix Worldwide

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Hul, did I drop this drama too soon? A combination of being traumatized by the ending episode crazy of Lovers of the Red Sky and also not having enough time led me to hit pause after episode 4 of The King’s Affection (Yeonmo) with no interest in continuing. I didn’t dislike it, but it didn’t hook me as much as … Continue reading →