K-ent Writes That My Demon’s Biggest Pre-airing Buzz Has Lost to the Post-airing Stronger Reception and Overseas Viewership of Story of Park’s Contract Marriage

This is a case where I wished the two dramas airing at separate times because the urge to compare is strongest when two shows are competing for viewership. Fri-Sat dramas My Demon on SBS and Story of Park’s Contract Marriage on MBC even share having a fantasy element in a romance drama and good looking young leads. I enjoy both equally for different reasons but can objectively say Park’s is a tighter written, stronger supporting characters, and better acted drama. K-ent is writing now that while My Demon was trending pre-airing as the stronger show, it’s now flipped post-airing and Park’s has stronger buzz and greater overseas reception. That is probably true and even more surprising on the latter since My Demon airs on Netflix overseas but Park’s doesn’t.

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MBC Drama The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract Apologizes After Being Accused of Plagiarizing Hanbok Designs in Latest Episode 6

This feels like a dumb thing to do and I’m glad there is an immediate apology and acceptance of the transgression. This weekend’s episode 6 of Story of Park’s Marriage Contract showed female lead Lee Se Young designing avante garde … Continue reading

Weekend Dramas My Demon and The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract Delivering Solid Entertainment of the Fated and Supernatural Romance But Ratings Starting to Pull Apart

Both My Demon and The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract premiered the same Friday three weeks ago and air on the same nights so it’s natural to compare them at least for ratings and entertainment value. I planned to watch … Continue reading

Joseon Lee Se Young Finds Her Husband Bae In Hyuk Again in Modern Times in First Teaser for The Story of Widow Park’s Marriage Contract

So those who watched the weirdo makjang time-travel drama Lady Durian will get the same whiplash feel for the set up of this upcoming MBC drama The Story of Widow Park’s Marriage Contract. The drama stars Lee Se Young as … Continue reading