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You’re Beautiful’s passionate cult following
by javabeans
At this point, I feel like I'm just your crack dealer. Enjoy your next fix: Why You're Beautiful isn't crumbling against IRIS SBS's You're Beautiful is putting up a good...
Tags: drama ratings, Jang Geun-seok, Jung Yong-hwa, Lee Hong-ki, mania dramas, Park Shin-hye, You're Beautiful
Heading to the Ground cut again
by javabeans
Honestly, this has to suck for Heading to the Ground: Not only did MBC already cut the broadcast down by several episodes due to poor ratings, it has made an...
Tags: drama ratings, Go Ara, Heading to the Ground, U-Know Yunho
Prime-time experiment disappointing for Angel’s Temptation
by javabeans
After several dramas fell to Queen Seon-deok's Monday-Tuesday domination over the past several months, SBS tried to experiment with its scheduling in order to protect its new Monday-Tuesday series Angel's...
Tags: Angel's Temptation, drama ratings
Iris’s strong start endangers Heading’s ending
by javabeans
Uh-oh. MBC may be getting ready to let that axe fall for the third time this year. I'm reading conflicting reports about its soccer drama Heading to the Ground, but...
Tags: drama production, drama ratings, Heading to the Ground, IRIS
Sol Pharmacy’s finale makes it top-rated drama of the year
by javabeans
As noted in the previous post about weekend drama ratings, Sons of Sol Pharmacy ended on a strong note. Its Sunday finale brought KBS a series (and year) high with...
Tags: drama ratings, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House
Tentative starts for new weekend dramas
by javabeans
Eugene of Creating Destiny Two new dramas premiered this weekend, to mixed reactions: MBC's Creating Destiny starring Eugene, above, and KBS's Hot-Blooded Salesman, starring Chae Jung-ahn and Park Hae-jin. Perhaps...
Tags: Chae Jung-ahn, drama ratings, Eugene, Hot-Blooded Salesman, Ki Tae-young, Park Hae-jin
The business of kdrama extensions and cuts
by javabeans
Queen Seon-deok Yep, we as drama-lovers tend to have a love-hate (mostly hate, I think) relationship with drama extensions and, even worse, unexpected cuts. Even a good drama can be...
Tags: drama ratings, Queen of Housewives, Queen Seon-deok, Sons of Sol Pharmacy House, Strike Love, Tamra the Island
Queen Seon-deok has SBS running scared
by javabeans
The upcoming Angel's Temptation Wow. It's one thing to admit your competition is tough. But it's another thing entirely to rearrange your station's prime-time broadcasting schedule specifically to avoid going...
Tags: Angel's Temptation, drama ratings, Queen Seon-deok
Queen Seon-deok gets twelve more episodes
by javabeans
This was pretty much inevitable, and comes as no surprise: MBC has ordered 12 more episodes for its highly successful historical drama Queen Seon-deok, currently sitting with a comfortable lead on...
Tags: drama ratings, Go Hyun-jung, Kim Nam-gil, Lee Yo-won, Queen Seon-deok
No extension for Hon after all
by javabeans
Perhaps in reaction to the dip in viewership ratings, MBC has decided that it will not extend its "premium horror" drama Hon (Soul) after all. It had considered a two-episode...
Tags: drama ratings, Hon