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“Whisper” ratings drops to 13.4 %, “Rebel” takes lead

gdhunter March 29, 2017

SBS drama Whisper saw a decrease in its ratings for the second episode, allowing Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People to take the lead in the Monday-Tuesday time slot. According to Nielsen Korea, the latest episode of Whisper recorded a nationwide rating…

Posters for upcoming tvN drama “Chicago Typewriter” released

gdhunter March 28, 2017

With 10 days remaining before its premiere, upcoming tvN drama Chicago Typewriter finally have posters to promote itself further. Four posters of the drama were released on March 27, 2017, featuring the three main cast in one photo and each of them…

Weekly Ratings Update: March 20-26, 2017

gdhunter March 27, 2017

Defendant finally ended last week, pulling off a 1.3 percentage points (pp) increase to end its 18-episode run at 28.3 %. Its average ratings stands at 21.7 %. It surpassed the record of Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, its predecessor that obtained a peak…

Song Joong-ki moves screenwriters to tears at 29th Korea Producers Awards

gdhunter March 25, 2017

Song Joong-ki won the Best Performer award at the 29th Korea Producers Awards ceremony last week and moved screenwriters to tears when he delivered his acceptance speech. His well said speech was partly influenced by Kim Moon-sook, a CBS radio show writer who won…

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Descendants of the Sun A Year After Part 1

gdhunter March 24, 2017

Descendants of the Sun. That is the title of the phenomenal drama that took the world by storm in 2016. As of today, March 24, 2017, it’s been exactly 344 days since its last episode was aired on April 14, 2016. But that…

Park Min-young, Lee Jin-wook offered main roles in upcoming KBS drama “Seven Day Queen”

gdhunter March 22, 2017

Park Min-young, Lee Jin-wook, and Jin Goo have been offered the lead roles in the new KBS historical drama Seven Day Queen. This is according to a news report citing an official from KBS. Park Min-young (Remember) has been offered to play the female…

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“Defendant” ends run, beats “Romantic Doctor’s” ratings record

gdhunter March 22, 2017

SBS drama Defendant ended its run yesterday and achieved 28.3 % in nationwide viewership ratings, making the average rating of its 18 episodes equal to 21.7 %. Data from Nielsen Korea reveal that it surpassed Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim‘s peak and average…

JTBC confirms reward vacation for “Strong Woman Do Bong-soon” cast, crew

gdhunter March 21, 2017

A representative from JTBC confirmed that the cast and crew of the network’s currently popular drama Strong Woman Do Bong-soon will go on a reward vacation in Indonesia. “Towards the end of next month, the entire cast and crew will [be] staying…

KBS to produce new installment of “School” series

gdhunter March 20, 2017

A media report revealed today that KBS will have another installment of its longtime drama series “School.” Officials from the broadcasting station announced that auditions for the cast are currently underway for “School 2017“. The latest installment is the third since 2013, following…

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Weekly Ratings Update: March 13-19, 2017

gdhunter March 20, 2017

Just like in the past days, Defendant is the drama to beat last week, but beating it is really impossible now that it already passed the 25 % mark. Its odd episode posted 25.6 %, and although the even episode rating is lower…

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“Whisper” ratings drops to 13.4 %, “Rebel” takes lead

Posters for upcoming tvN drama “Chicago Typewriter” released

Weekly Ratings Update: March 20-26, 2017

Song Joong-ki moves screenwriters to tears at 29th Korea Producers Awards

Descendants of the Sun A Year After Part 1

Park Min-young, Lee Jin-wook offered main roles in upcoming KBS drama “Seven Day Queen”

“Defendant” ends run, beats “Romantic Doctor’s” ratings record

JTBC confirms reward vacation for “Strong Woman Do Bong-soon” cast, crew

KBS to produce new installment of “School” series

Weekly Ratings Update: March 13-19, 2017

Kim Tae-woo cast in ‘Bossam: Steal the Fate’

Gong Yoo, Park Bo-gum starrer film ‘Seobok’ to be released on TVING, theaters

Ji Soo issues handwritten apology in light of controversy; ‘River Where the Moon Rises’ cancels filming