I skipped Yoon Shi Yoon‘s last drama Nokdu Flower because I wasn’t in the mood for something so patriotic and serious plus he played the antagonist which is great for acting development but hard to watch since he’s such a baby-faced cutie pie in my eyes. But I’m planning to watch his upcoming tvN drama Psychopath Diary even though he … Continue reading →
Cable network tvN keeps chugging along and this week announced a new drama for the fall. The drama is called Psychopath Diary and is from the PD of Dear Husband of 100 Days and the writer of Pied Piper and Liar Game. K-actor Yoon Shi Yoon is in talks for the male lead, playing an ordinary super nice guy office … Continue reading →
This year is shaping up to be the lookalikes drama genre year, with both humans and robots doing double duty in swapping identities. SBS is doing it twice in the same time slot and same legal drama context, first with Switch: Change the World and now with the upcoming Your Honor (Dear Judge). Switch had Jang Geun Seok pretending to … Continue reading →
The twins or lookalikes trading places conceit has already been done once this year with SBS drama Switch: Change the World in the prosecutor role and is going for part deux by the same network with increased odds in the judge position. Upcoming Your Honor (Dear Judge) has Yoon Shi Yoon playing the dual roles of diametrically opposite personality and … Continue reading →
Another week another K-drama starts filming. The upcoming SBS legal drama Dear Judge is basically mashing up recent dramas Switch with the lookalikes and masquerading identities with other dramas like Miss Hammurabi and Judge v. Judge with all that hotblooded judges fighting for justice angle. I wonder when this genre will burn out and the answer is probably never considering … Continue reading →
There’s been a quick pivot around the next project for K-actress Lee Yoo Young and honestly she’s really making positive strides in drama land. Her first drama was last year’s OCN thriller Tunnel and last week she was reportedly offered the female lead in So Ji Sub‘s fall 2018 drama Terius Behind Me. In the span of a few days … Continue reading →
Consider me surprised that TV Chosun sageuk The Grand Prince (Daegun) did so well (on cable) in ratings, becoming the highest rated drama for the cable network’s history since its launch in 2011. Starring Joo Sang Wook, Yoon Shi Yoon, and Jin Se Yeon, the drama got ratings of 2.519% at the premiere all the way up to 5.627% in … Continue reading →
