With reigning weekend KBS K-drama king My Golden Life set to wrap up soon, the landscape opens up for a new weekend drama to ramp up a different buzz. Two that I have eyes on are SBS drama Good Witch and MBC drama My Husband Oh Jak Doo. Both dramas released official posters this week tailored to the weekend crowd, … Continue reading →
Whenever I see a bunch of dolled up Korean actors and actresses on a photo set with a lavish backdrop, chances are it’s poster filming for a weekend drama. These sprawling affairs with a large cast and many intersecting story lines are there for the steady weekend fix of family with a dollop of makjang, and how big that dollop … Continue reading →
I’m liking the cast of upcoming SBS weekend drama Good Witch very much, and also loving how the first character promos look like a very coordinated group shot for winter outerwear. SBS is getting killed in ratings for this time slot as currently airing Bravo My Life is managing middle single digits but weekend dramas remain a fertile ground for … Continue reading →
While MBC is mired in a labor strike right now and dramas can’t even air, SBS is business as usual and the network is now casting into spring of 2018. K-ent is reporting that offers are out for Lee Da Hae to headline the next SBS long weekend drama tentatively called Good Witch (or Nice Evil Witch). This would be … Continue reading →
The second baby arrival of K-ent baby boom of 2017 is here and a big congrats to new parents Ryu Soo Young and Park Ha Sun. The couple have been dating since meeting on the set of K-drama Two Weeks and after dating for three years got married earlier this year so 2017 is double the happiness for them in … Continue reading →
Married Korean stars Ryu Soo Young and Park Ha Sun have been enjoying the newlywed life for the last few months, or enjoying as much as they can during Ryu Soo Young’s free time from filming the weekend drama Father is Strange. I find it funny that stars are considered working too hard if they do a drama after getting … Continue reading →
I’ve not watched a weekend K-drama in quite some months but upcoming KBS 50-episode weekend drama Father is Strange is luring me back with its quirky siren song. Veterans Kim Young Chul and Kim Hae Sook are the parents of a family with four grown kids who must deal with the arrival of Lee Joon’s former idol actor claiming to … Continue reading →
It’s the second of the double weddings that hit K-ent this third week of January 2017, right before lunar new year so maybe the couples were aiming to tie the knot in the year of the monkey before the year of the rooster arrives. Who knows but all I know is that both weddings infused me with content happiness to … Continue reading →
Looks like K-ent is back in the races with respect to wedding bell news, what with the Chinese-speaking entertainment world deluge of weddings last year. This will be a great month of January and a happy 2017 for long dating Korean acting couple Ryu Soo Young and Park Ha Sun. The couple announced that they will be tying the knot … Continue reading →
There’s a sudden casting shakeup over at KBS mere days after casting confirmation for upcoming weekend drama came out. Weekend drama Father is Strange (Dad is Weird) just got its leading lady Kim So Yeon abruptly, with her side citing personal reasons for bowing out of this family ensemble drama. The production is scrambling to recast her role but the … Continue reading →
There’s a good chance on quality alone that KBS might dominate all the prime time slots next week when new Mon-Tues drama Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho (My Lawyer, Mr. Jo) premieres. If Neighborhood Lawyer wins the ratings battle over Monster on MBC and SBS‘s Jackpot (The Royal Gambler) then KBS will finally have dug itself out of the Mon-Tues hole … Continue reading →
KBS may be king of the tube on Wed-Thurs thanks to Descendants of the Sun, but it might be counterbalancing karma for the epic failure of recent Mon-Tues drama Moorim School. The drama wrapped this week and the next prime time series doesn’t arrive until end of March in the form of Park Shin Yang‘s return to television as Neighborhood Lawyer … Continue reading →
KBS Mon-Tues drama I Remember You (Hello Monster) finished airing last week, a drama I consciously chose to ignore since I don’t like Seo In Guk and only watch Jang Nara dramas if she’s paired up with a leading man I adore. The ratings were low on that one with mixed audience reactions to the plot, which means KBS continued … Continue reading →
