OCN’s ghost-seeing detective gears up for February broadcast
by girlfriday
After a broadcasting delay that pushed its premiere into the new year, cable network OCN’s next crime procedural Ghost-Seeing Detective Cheo-yong is back on track to be on the air in early February. The new thriller stars Oh Ji-ho (God of the Workplace) as Cheo-yong, a man born with the ability to see ghosts, who uses the skill (er, curse) to solve crimes. We saw a lot of ghost-seers in 2013, so it’ll take some doing for this show to stand out, but at least it’s going for a much creepier horror-thriller vibe.
The 10-episode drama will air on Sunday nights, and comes from the PD of Arrest King and one of the writers of Joseon X-Files. Oh Ji-ho plays a man who was once the ace detective in the violent crimes unit, but lost his partner and family in a tragic accident. He shuts himself off from the world and scrapes by as a district cop. He’s spent his whole life trying his hardest to ignore the ghosts he can see, but one day he starts talking back to the ghost of a schoolgirl who keeps following him around (Jeon Hyo-sung), and he starts engaging with the other side.
Meanwhile he solves crimes with his new partner Oh Ji-eun (King of Dramas), a dogged detective in the regional investigation unit. Her specialty is crime scene reconstruction, and she has a particular eye for detail. With the help of Cheo-yong’s “dead signs” from the ghosts haunting the crime scenes, he’s able to solve their cases. At least the motivation is clear. Die a violent death; haunt till you get justice. Poor guy who gets to be everyone’s favorite hauntee.
Cheo-yong premieres February 9 on OCN.
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1 chane
January 23, 2014 at 2:12 PM
That first poster gave me goosebumps and it's still midnight here.
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mrmz
January 24, 2014 at 10:20 PM
I love the first poster!! specially the girl in the foggy shadow!! very subtle and creepy :P
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2 jules
January 23, 2014 at 2:15 PM
Oh, yay! I was so looking forward to this drama last year.
But at least now it'll be the first ghost-themed kdrama to air in 2014... unless another pips it to the post. (Hey, it could happen. See: Who Are You vs The Master's Sun.)
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3 D's handphone
January 23, 2014 at 2:19 PM
Mr Dimples, i luff you... hate anything ghostly but will try to watch this for him.
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Nicole
January 23, 2014 at 3:56 PM
His smile is infectious!
Also liked Oh Ji-eun in KoD, I thought she was cute. Glad to see she's Oh Ji-ho's costar here.
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4 Mari
January 23, 2014 at 2:20 PM
Too many ghost-seeing related kdramas happening now...
Oh well, I'll still end up watching this if it is good.
Last year Who Are You didn't manage to keep me hooked as much as Master's Sun did, I gave up on WAY by the 5th episode.
I hope this one will be good.
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wannabean
January 23, 2014 at 4:17 PM
just what i was gonna say! this drama is sounding like another Who Are You and i didn't finish that one halfway.
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5 SG
January 23, 2014 at 2:24 PM
Oh Ji Eun's character's look reminded me of Nam Ye Ri from Ten.
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dramarathon
January 23, 2014 at 3:45 PM
totally! down to the clothing and the hair and the detail sensitivity
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6 PebbledBeach
January 23, 2014 at 2:41 PM
ooooh im so excited for this and i'm glad it finally got a broadcast date, i was worried that it might not air
im gonna trust OCN, they seem to have been doing well in this kind of genre so im all up for this!!
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7 Quiet Thought
January 23, 2014 at 3:49 PM
Looks like playing a ghost girl is kinda fun.
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8 Quiet Thought
January 23, 2014 at 3:56 PM
Is that the Jeon Hyo-sung from the girl group 'Secret'?
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Caffeine_Ninja
January 24, 2014 at 8:23 AM
Yes, it is. I didn't recognise her at first.
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Quiet Thought
January 24, 2014 at 2:04 PM
What an odd casting choice. I'm not a fan of girl groups, but one thing I do like about Secret is that they aren't 'girly.' They've got womenly bodies and shake it like Beyonce. So here their lead singer gets a part in a drama, and she's going to spend the entire series in a high school uniform?
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9 Hugepuffball
January 23, 2014 at 4:16 PM
In the pictures their chemistry looks great! I'll give it a shot
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10 Sajen
January 23, 2014 at 4:22 PM
So is the school girl ghost his daughter, cause if not why is she following him around.
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mary
January 24, 2014 at 8:48 AM
Because of his dimples.
I would follow him around too.
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11 Ciara
January 23, 2014 at 4:51 PM
First off, Oh Ji Ho is so fine. I'm surprised that I haven't seen him act yet. I'm so late!
I don't know if it's just me, but I think OCN & tVn makes some of the best dramas! I am really looking forward to seeing this.
I also need to watch TEN S1&2 and VP S2. It's only January and I'm already so behind on dramas! -____-
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aznative
January 23, 2014 at 5:09 PM
Both seasons of Ten very good, love the cast. I haven't finished season 2 of Vampire Prosecutor, but what I've seen so far has been really good.
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aznative
January 23, 2014 at 5:10 PM
Both seasons of Ten are very good, love the cast. I haven't finished season 2 of Vampire Prosecutor, but what I've seen so far has been really good.
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aznative
January 23, 2014 at 5:11 PM
Oops, sorry I posted twice.
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12 AnotherFan
January 23, 2014 at 5:07 PM
I am so looking forward to this! OCN knows how to do crime dramas and I am a big fan. Their TEN and TEN2 were really really good and that team knows what they were doing. And Oh ji-ho is delicious and we do need a real hot man on our screen now!
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13 petirrojo
January 23, 2014 at 5:13 PM
So it's "Arang & the Magistrate" meets "Who Are You?" meets "Spellbound" (the movie) meets "Sixth Sense" (the movie) meets "Master's Sun", right?
Two things make this compelling for me: Oh Ji Hot, er, I mean Oh Ji Ho, and the writer from "Joseon X-Files."
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14 mel
January 23, 2014 at 5:20 PM
looks good ... ive watched pretty much all of ocn shows and I like/love them all...
speaking of does anyone know if there has been any word on either vp3 or gods 4?
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HeyMiss
January 23, 2014 at 7:20 PM
I haven't read anything about vp3, but I did read there will be gods4.
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15 Mel
January 23, 2014 at 5:25 PM
OJY with OJH, I like a lot! Thank you!
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16 Quiet Thought
January 23, 2014 at 5:32 PM
What sort of cranes or scaffolding do they use for these awesome flying and sitting in the sky shots in Kdramas? That young woman looks to be twenty feet up, and she's being held there by wires that are at least twenty feet higher.
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17 blueskymaiden
January 23, 2014 at 5:46 PM
let's give it up....Oh Ji Ho!!! Woot! Woot!
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18 kooriyuki
January 23, 2014 at 6:18 PM
At least the girl ghosty doesn't look gory here.
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19 jaglaine
January 23, 2014 at 6:31 PM
I miss Oh Ji Ho. So, am definitely gonna watch this, though why does it have to be another ghost-seeing thing?
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20 Abbie
January 23, 2014 at 7:27 PM
Looks interesting. I like ghost-seeing stories, and I especially like that he'll use his power to solve crime. Totally badass.
Wouldn't it be EPIC if Vampire Prosecutor characters cameo-ed in one episode? I would love that! I hope VP comes back with a third season this year.
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21 Cynthia
January 23, 2014 at 8:02 PM
Oh Ji Ho - best smile, ever!!
I've loved him since the Hong Sister's ripoff of 'Overboard' - was it Odd Couple? Can't remember the proper name. Also liked him in that rom/com he did where he was a golf pro coming back to revenge himself on the woman who spurned him cause he was fat... this cop-seeing-ghosties drama looks interesting.
As a side note, he just announced he's getting married after dating for 2 years.
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sotongpok
January 24, 2014 at 10:35 AM
Fantasy Couple/Couple or Trouble and Get Karl, Oh Soo-jung! Enjoyed the latter, former's been on my to-watch list for agessss.
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22 redfox
January 23, 2014 at 10:40 PM
I love top quality ghosts.
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23 KC
January 24, 2014 at 2:33 AM
Last year's marathon of ghost dramas left much to be desired. I don't even know if I want to check this out if it goes anything like last year. Looks good though, and it's short.
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24 KC
January 24, 2014 at 3:09 AM
Researching up on this guy and I just found out he used to live where I live now. Lol, what a small world.
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25 fun-lugha
January 24, 2014 at 4:11 AM
Check out them guns ;)
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26 norae
January 24, 2014 at 4:24 AM
The lady looks so much like Jo An from the TEN series, the haircut and the clothes.
Looking forward to this, I like OCN dramas and their cinematography is the best.
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27 sotongpok
January 24, 2014 at 10:39 AM
Oh Ji-ho and Oh Ji-eun - such sibling-y names LOL.
My main problem with Oh Ji-ho is that while he has that killer smile, and does comedy quite well, I don't know if he can pull off this dark, gritty role. His eyes look kinda buggy in the promo, which doesn't exactly inspire confidence...
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28 Miki
January 24, 2014 at 12:50 PM
OK, that last poster is so Two Weeks.
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29 Tara
January 24, 2014 at 3:38 PM
Looking forward to this, what Who Are You should have been...it helps I like both leads (didn't care for either in WAY) and coming from OCN (loved Vampire Prosecutor and Ten!), I'm optimistic.
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30 isabell
January 26, 2014 at 12:48 AM
isn't this a replay of the Hong Kong drama Twilight Investigation 囧探查過界?
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