It’s all sweetness and light for Radio Romance’s first teaser, which was just released and features the series leads, Yoon Doo-joon (Let’s Eat 2) and Kim So-hyun (Ruler—Master of the….
Given that the next trope trend on the horizon is android dramas, I’m excited at this glimpse of the our next entry in the genre, Are You Human Too, and….
The chart is a bit empty this week, due to a slew of pre-emptions that took our regular programming off the air. Most of them are related to year-end programming,….
It’s been four years since actress Han Hye-jin has been in a drama, having last starred in Warm Words just following her marriage to soccer player Ki Sung-yong. She’s since….
It has been a pretty awful launch for tvN’s big buzz drama Hwayugi, and now the production is taking a week off to regroup and get back on track, with….
Aha, we have an update on the Untold Scandal remake/adaptation drama that was announced recently, and I like almost everything about it: The drama is based on the movie Untold….
Mother Time slot: Wednesday & Thursday Broadcaster: tvN Genre: Melodrama Episode count: 16 Reasons to watch: This has well-made drama written all over it. Lee Bo-young is starring, PD….
I’m pleased to see that the vibe is energetic and comedic for the upcoming JTBC drama Woohoo Waikiki (or Eurachacha Waikiki), as befitting a drama centered around the foibles of….
They’re certainly making this drama look very inviting; every bit of promo for KBS’s upcoming Radio Romance has looked bright, lovely, and romantic with a sentimental touch. They’ve also gone….
Jang Nara sure doesn’t like to rest, does she? She only wrapped her last project, KBS’s time-traveling-for-a-second-chance-at-marriage drama Go Back Spouses, two months ago, and already she’s up to take….
Return Time slot: Wednesday & Thursday Broadcaster: SBS Genre: Legal mystery thriller Episode count: 32 (half-hour episodes, 16 hours total) Reasons to watch: The main reason to check out….
Lee Sang-yoon (Whisper) has signed on to be Lee Sung-kyung’s (Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju) leading man for the upcoming fantasy-romance drama About Time (full title is now A Moment I….
The new JTBC series comes from star PD Ahn Pan-seok of critically acclaimed dramas Heard It Through the Grapevine, Secret Love Affair, A Wife’s Credentials, and more, and writer Kim….
It looks like the legal thriller trend will keep on truckin’ in 2018, and SBS’s Return will be the first of them to premiere in just over a week. The….
Jo Seung-woo, Lee Dong-wook This has buzz project written all over it: The writer of last year’s acclaimed thriller Forest of Secrets, Lee Soo-yeon, has a new drama in the….
I really missed this wacky duo. And the abundance of mediocre cop mysteries of late only solidifies how good Mystery Queen was, and how much I’m looking forward to its….
Baek Jin-hee (Jugglers) may become the third heroine to fall in love with Yoon Doo-joon (Radio Romance) in tvN’s Let’s Eat franchise, and has announced that she is considering taking….
This pairing seems really obvious, but I have to say, it’s pretty perfectly matched in the popularity and talent arenas. Offers are out to Suzy (While You Were Sleeping) and….
We’ve got a varied set of premieres this week in dramaland, with everything from romance to murder mystery to prison yard revenge. Seriously though, why can’t we seem to escape….
OCN’s crime thriller Children of a Lesser God caught my eye with its casting, since I’m a fan of both leads: Kang Ji-hwan, although his recent dramas haven’t done much….
Confirmations are in for upcoming SBS show Switch: Change the World, with both Jang Geun-seok (Jackpot) and Han Ye-ri (Age of Youth 2) finalizing their castings with the drama. The….
This would certainly be a star-powered coupling: Hyun Bin (Swindlers; Hyde, Jekyll, Me) and Park Shin-hye (Doctors) are both currently in talks to star in a human melodrama from the….
This would certainly be a star-powered coupling: Hyun Bin (Swindlers; Hyde, Jekyll, Me) and Park Shin-hye (Doctors) are both currently in talks to star in a human melodrama from the….
Song Kang-ho, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam Lee Seon-kyun, Jo Yeo-jung Director Bong Joon-ho (Okja, Snowpiercer) has announced the cast of his newest film called Parasite, and contrary to what the….
This could be a cute pairing: Song Jae-rim (Our Gap-soon) has been offered a lead role in JTBC’s webtoon-adapted drama First, Clean Passionately, a romantic comedy that has already secured….
Yup, you read that right. Kang So-ra (Revolutionary Love) is considering her next drama, and the fantasy-romance series has me intrigued: It’s called Gyeryong Fairy Tale, where Gyeryong is a….
This week we have a new melodrama on SBS and a new paranormal crime thriller on (where else) OCN, or as I like to think of it, Kim Sun-ah falling….
I’m all for casting Namgoong Min (Falsify, Chief Kim) as a handsome guy. It might be the world’s most generic description of K-drama hero (others that come to mind are….
There are multiple reasons to be excited at news of Lee Jun-ki (Criminal Minds) being courted for another tvN drama, not least because that means Lee Jun-ki is likely to….
British television series Life on Mars is getting a Korean adaptation on OCN, and the potential cast is coming together nicely. Offers are currently out to Jung Kyung-ho (Smart Prison….
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the production of Return fired Go Hyun-jung, the headlining actress of the well-performing SBS legal drama. According to reports, Go….
I like the idea of these two young actors in drama together, and I think they have the chops to headline a historical rom-com. There’s a new mystery rom-com sageuk….
Woohoo Waikiki Time slot: Monday & Tuesday Broadcaster: JTBC Genre: Comedy Episode count: 16 Reasons to watch: I could really use a new comedy to watch right about now,….
The leading cast has been confirmed for KBS’s new fantasy melodrama Miracle That We Met, starring Kim Myung-min (Six Flying Dragons) as a husband and father who miraculously (or mistakenly?)….
So far every shot of this drama looks like a postcard for a romantic getaway. Posters are out for the realistic romance melodrama Should We Kiss First, the new SBS….
Will it be a TV reunion for Hwang Jung-eum (Lucky Romance) and Namgoong Min (Falsify)? They’re both in contention for a new drama titled Handsome Guy and Jung-eum, seven years….
It looks like Hyun Bin (The Swindlers) is in high demand for a drama comeback, but when is that ever not the case? He’s already considering an offer for SBS’s….
So much pretty. I don’t really fancy the plot of this new drama (it’s so 2001), but man do I love this potential pairing. Park Seo-joon (Fight My Way) has….
Woohoo, Season 2 of Mystery Queen is here! The quirky whodunit comedy is back to answer all of the questions that left us hanging at the end of Season 1….
Okay, I’m excited about this comeback. Writer Yang Hee-seung of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-ju, Oh My Ghostess, and High School King of Savvy is back with a new drama for….
So Ji-sub is heading back to dramaland with a new MBC show, yay! It’s been two years since his last drama (Oh My Venus), and I’m looking forward to seeing….
It’s strange to get casting news about Seo Kang-joon’s next drama when his last drama, KBS’s Are You Human Too, hasn’t even premiered yet. That one was entirely pre-produced and….
I’m such a fan of reincarnation love stories, so I’m really happy that they’re becoming more popular in dramaland in these days. Gyeryong Fairy Tale is a new drama in….
The upcoming drama Prometheus: War of Fire, which was initially announced last year, has epic action blockbuster written all over it, so it makes sense that they’d go after an….
EXO’s Suho (Star of the Universe) and Ha Yeon-soo (Legendary Witches) have been cast to headline a new romance drama called Rich Man, a Korean remake of the J-drama Rich….
The writer of Jealousy Incarnate, Miss Korea, and Pasta is back! Writer Seo Sook-hyang, known for quirky romantic comedies and hilarious ensembles, is penning a new series for SBS called….
My Ajusshi Time slot: Wednesday & Thursday Broadcaster: tvN Genre: Romance melodrama Episode count: 16 Reasons to watch: This is the new series from PD Kim Won-seok of Signal….
The Great Seducer Time slot: Monday & Tuesday Broadcaster: MBC Genre: Romance melodrama Episode count: 32 (half-hour episodes, 16 hours total) Reasons to watch: If you happen to be….
Well, he’s no Jang Hyuk—though to be fair, Jang Hyuk is one of a kind—but it’s good to hear that OCN’s gritty police procedural Voice is gearing up for its….
Will strong mother figures become our next dramaland trend? I’m all for it, if it gets powerhouse actresses like Lee Bo-young (Mother) and now Song Yoon-ah to headline bold dramatic….