Kim Joo Hyuk and Chun Woo Hee pair up for tvN drama ‘Argon’

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I’ve always said that there is a certain allure when stars who mostly work in films decide to visit dramaland once in a while. This time it’s Kim Joo Hyuk and Chun Woo Hee who will grace our screens and in a drama to be broadcast on — where else — everyone’s go-to channel tvN. The show is titled Argon and will be a newsroom drama. Kim Joo Hyuk has not done a drama since 2013’s long sageuk Gu Am Heo Joon. He did have a guest appearance in Reply 1988 and I liked him a lot there. Chun Woo Hee has done Continue reading

‘Duel’ with Jung Jae Young hits the airwaves this week on OCN

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Well, mentioning the genre for an OCN drama is totally redundant. The network is known for producing slick, dark, gritty thriller shows and the latest one to join the bunch is Duel. The drama stars Jung Jae Young in the lead role, an actor who mostly does movies. In fact, his first drama came in 2015, Assembly, in such a long acting Continue reading

Youthful variety-drama ‘The Best Hit’ starts this Friday on KBS

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I loved The Producers, overall and especially in its initial days when it experimented with a brand new format of mixing elements of drama and variety, a mockumentary style to tell its narrative. Unfortunately it dropped that style to fit in with the large audience’s demand. The broadcast network KBS thankfully wanted to bring this refreshing treatment back again and hence, we have that in the form of The Best Hit. It’s a new variety-drama starting on June 2 in a new slot of Fridays and Saturdays, the same one which was invented for The Producers and later dropped. Continue reading

Romantic historical melodrama ‘Seven Day Queen’ premieres on KBS with Park Min Young, Yeon Woo Jin and Lee Dong Gun

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The Wednesday-Thursday slot of KBS is sending off one queen to welcome the other. Detective thriller Mystery Queen is followed by Seven Day Queen, a romantic melodrama with a historical setting. It stars Park Min Young, Yeon Woo Jin and Lee Dong Gun in the lead roles and looks extremely graceful and beautiful in the promotional stills and posters. Continue reading

Daily drama ‘The Rose of Sharon Has Bloomed’ starts this Monday

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This new KBS daily drama looks so sprightly and pleasant, perfect for a spring premiere. I don’t usually watch dailies but I like to read about them. Usually they are written in the same template but there are certain exceptions that can be found in the clichéd field that bring or at least try to bring some fresh factor with them. The first striking thing about this show is its name — The Rose of Sharon Has Bloomed (also called Lovers In Bloom). I don’t know what it has to do with the plot but the drama centers around a small police station. Continue reading