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What’s Up and Poseidon lose their airdates
by javabeans
Yeah, so this sucks: Two dramas that were given upcoming timeslots have had them yanked, meaning the university-musical-theater drama What's Up and the hot-guys-at-sea drama Poseidon are both adrift once...
Tags: drama production, Poseidon, What's Up
SBS nixes its Monday-Tuesday drama experiment
by javabeans
After a year and a half, SBS is ending its early Monday-Tuesday drama hour, which means that Paradise Ranch will be the last drama to air in that 9pm timeslot....
Tags: Angel's Temptation, Dr. Champ, drama production, drama ratings, I Am Legend, It's Okay Daddy's Girl, Oh My Lady, Paradise Ranch, Wish Upon a Star
Cancellation delayed for MBC’s Stormy Lovers
by javabeans
MBC attracted some ire for cutting its daily drama Stormy Lovers, which recently got slashed from 120 planned episodes down to 50, drawing particular anger from its writer and some of its...
Tags: drama production, drama ratings
Daemul PD quits
by javabeans
Mere days after a new PD was added and its scriptwriter replaced, SBS drama Daemul has lost its original director, PD Oh Jong-rok. Oh had just days earlier agreed to...
Tags: Daemul, drama production
New director brought on for Daemul, ousted writer speaks up
by javabeans
More drama for SBS's Daemul: Just a week after swapping writers, the drama has director changes as well. Oh Jong-rok (Style, Working Mom) was the original director, but a new...
Tags: Daemul, drama production
Continued strike puts pressure on Dong Yi, Kim Suro, Playful Kiss
by javabeans
Tensions seem to be increasing between the Korean Broadcasting, Film, Performing Artists Union and MBC as the two sides continue negotiations regarding the strike that is endangering the futures of...
Tags: Dong Yi, drama production, Kim Suro (drama), Playful Kiss
MBC’s Dong Yi also halts filiming
by javabeans
Historical drama Dong Yi is the second show whose filming has been interrupted by the union strike over unpaid crew and cast wages, following Gloria. On September 3, union representatives went...
Tags: Dong Yi, drama production
Filming halts on Gloria due to union strike
by javabeans
Gloria is the first drama production to halt filming as a result of the union strike (details here), after the cast decided to follow the union's stance and refused to...
Tags: drama production, Gloria
Strike looms for ten MBC, SBS dramas
by javabeans
As previously mentioned, the three major broadcasting companies (KBS, MBC, SBS) have been faced with a possibility of strike that would put some of their current dramas, all of whom...
Tags: Baker King Kim Tak-gu, Dong Yi, drama production, Giant, Gloria, I Am Legend, Life Is Beautiful, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho
Broadcast stations prepare for strike possibility
by javabeans
A potential strike is on the horizon, which may halt immediate episodes for some drama productions, including Kim Suro, Baker King Kim Tak-gu, Gloria (the three pictured above), Giant, and...
Tags: Baker King Kim Tak-gu, drama production, Giant, Gloria, Kim Suro (drama)