I’m going to give all the credit to young actress Kim Yoo Jung for the success of just premiered jTBC rom-com Clean With Passion For Now. She’s so effervescent and a fantastic actress in conveying any emotion that she’s the sun of this drama radiating all the charisma and light. No diss to the two male leads Yoon Kyun Sang and Song Jae Rim, their characters are either the straight man or the oddball who doesn’t have a lot of screen time yet, so the first episode was really all about Kim Yoo Jung’s down-to-earth and casually messy female lead. The ratings were excellent for cable and especially jTBC standards, bringing in 4.0% to start and the episode got solid reviews so I expect ratings to go up gradually and at least hover in this range. I thoroughly enjoyed the first episode and am so excited to have a breezy rom-com to watch for the holiday season! Continue reading →