Girl Who Sees Smells team heads to SBS weekends with new idol drama

26 March 17, 2016May 5, 2016

Girl Who Sees Smells team heads to SBS weekends with new idol drama

by girlfriday

The PD-writer team behind the supernatural cop-thriller-romance Girl Who Sees Smells is back with a new series, this time a showbiz drama about idols. The show formerly known as Dance With You has a new title and a timeslot on SBS — it’s now called Beauty and the Beast (though half the press releases are also calling it Beast’s Beauty, which I hope is a typo gone rogue) and it’s been slated to follow Mrs. Cop 2 on weekends this spring.

The new series comes from writer Lee Hee-myung of Girl Who Sees Smells, Yawang, Rooftop Prince, and Bad Family, among others. She’s re-teaming with Smells PD Baek Soo-chan (also of Pumpkin Flower Soon-jung, Dream, Tazza), and all that’s in the description for the drama is that it’s about idols and producers. That’s not really a lot to go on, and given that the new Ji Sung drama Entertainer is pretty much that same drama on the same network, I hope there’s going to be a spin on the concept.

I’m sure there will be, and that the two dramas will set themselves apart once we actually get to the meat of the story. Maybe this one will focus on the idols more than the producers, or maybe there will be a boy who smells music, who knows.

It’s interesting that SBS and MBC are programming shorter miniseries on the weekends now, in slots that were mostly occupied by 50-episode family shows and the occasional 20-episode special engagement. I’m curious to see if it’ll stick as a trend, and if it’ll mean more dramas throughout the year overall.

Beauty and the Beast will follow Mrs. Cop 2 on Saturdays and Sundays starting in May.

Via Star News

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1 Ramsha

March 17, 2016 at 7:26 AM

'Maybe there's a boy who smells music' LOL?

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Cozybooks

March 17, 2016 at 12:41 PM

That's where I cracked up in the middle of class. :)

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2 Bellamafia

March 17, 2016 at 7:31 AM

Wow..so many news this morning!
I'm sorry..but I have to ask this off topic question...Am I the only one who got these ads on this site? Like mortgage, fat trim supplement, insurance quotes, etc.. all in a row before 'leave a reply' window.

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Ramsha

March 17, 2016 at 7:34 AM

Guess I am not the only one then.

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Ratue

March 17, 2016 at 7:38 AM

I am wondering about the same thing! Obviously you are not the only one

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blo

March 17, 2016 at 8:15 AM

The most annoying one is the video one and the one that pops out on the side. I almost want to block them. On the PC, I don't mind so much because I can go past them quickly. But on mobile, it can be rather annoying.

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TrinPie

March 17, 2016 at 9:05 AM

I don't black ads on sites like these because I want to support them by giving them ad revenue. But I got so annoyed with how invasive the ads got on this site I sadly turned my ad blocker on for Dramabeans.

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mary

March 18, 2016 at 5:17 AM

I wonder if DB can have one of those pay-to-remove-ads thing option for some. :(

I also don't want to block ads but sometimes they freeze my old laptop.

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susan

March 17, 2016 at 9:23 AM

I'm tiered of it ... the pics in ads are horrible ....

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3 kidleader

March 17, 2016 at 7:42 AM

another idol drama, i hope someday we will get a drama that is about the life of a fansite and how can they manage to follow their idols whenever they go cause cause these part of kpop culture is very interesting.. Still hoping for a drama like dream high.

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Aleeis

March 17, 2016 at 9:00 PM

Hahaha that's so true. A drama about fan culture. It always baffles me how these fans know so much about where celebs are etc.

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nix

March 18, 2016 at 4:25 AM

It baffles me that dramaland has not done one about fan culture since Reply '97(kinda?). Did they think that the hype was all about *the hunt that shall not be named*?

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4 HyeSoo

March 17, 2016 at 8:03 AM

Idol drama and weekend = total flop, it will be worst than moorim school.

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5 soapbox

March 17, 2016 at 8:10 AM

So many upcoming showbiz dramas this year. Kdrama always knows how to beat something to death.

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6 blo

March 17, 2016 at 8:13 AM

Well I liked Girl Who Sees Smells at the start because of how funny it was. Which btw, I wish everyone could be like Yoochun and not care about looking silly.

Anyways, another idol drama? At least it won't be taking up a weekday slot.

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7 mindy

March 17, 2016 at 8:41 AM

Are we seeing a resurgence in idol/showbiz shows this year? And even last year with The Producers.

GWSS had some glaring flaws but both leads were hilarious, it made me happy every time I watched it.

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8 Suzy

March 17, 2016 at 9:55 AM

I liked Yawang.. I could not stand The Girl who Smells.... which way is she going to go now?

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Annie

March 17, 2016 at 11:21 AM

Both Yawang and Girl Who Smells were manhwas but Yawang was a less than faithful adaptation... so maybe an original work from him would be best? BTW, Lee Hee Myung is a man and not a woman.

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9 sorrynotsorry

March 17, 2016 at 1:51 PM

I liked Sensory more than it deserved to be liked. I did some judicious fast forwarding but found the leads to be sweeties. I did; however, swear off serial killers in rom/coms after that. Keep them in Signal but not MLFAS and SC.

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10 Yoonatastic

March 17, 2016 at 4:43 PM

So I'm guessing that most of the Late Spring/Summer dramas are all gonna be idol related this year? Okay.

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11 Fun

March 17, 2016 at 5:42 PM

Do u guys recommend me watching "Girl who sees smell"?? Once I wanted 2 start watching it then I was caught up in watching another drama. Would u recommend? Is it worth spending my time?
I was disappointed after watchinh Cheese in the trap. I don't wanna experience that again.

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yogi

March 17, 2016 at 6:43 PM

“Girl who sees smell” is okay. not that great, but it's easy and fun to watch.

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yogi

March 17, 2016 at 6:46 PM

+ nam gong min's creepyness !! and Park Yoo Chun and SSK are so funny..kekeke

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Sera The Ms Temper

March 17, 2016 at 6:54 PM

At least in GWSS no love triangle & piano involved. Lol :D

I think if you want to watch a drama solely for fun, this could be a good choice for you. The chemistry between the leads are great. I never liked Shin Se Kyung in anything but she did a good job in comedic role. But if you care a lot about plots, I cannot guarantee that you will satisfy on this.

Nam Goong Min is a plus point. He is a yummy viilain. ;D

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manisha

March 18, 2016 at 12:24 AM

"No love triangle and piano involved" hahahahahahaha this just cracked me up! Guess I am not the only one still sulking about cheese. CiTT gave me a trauma for the lifetime. But somehow it also became my guilty pleasure!

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blo

March 17, 2016 at 9:40 PM

Well with Smells, you kinda expect it to be average. At most, you'll get bored or maybe you'll roll your eyes a few times. CITT was disappointing because it should've been good, but then it took a sharp right turn and plummeted off a cliff.

That said, I ended up dropping Smells too because I can't deal with stupid cop plot lines. But if you can ignore all that, it was really hilarious. And if you like Yoochun, even better. It's a drama for a lazy day.

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