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It’s all smiles behind the scenes of Playful Kiss
by javabeans
I always enjoy seeing a happy cast behind the scenes of their drama (especially if it's an angsty show), and there are lots of smiling faces in these shots of...
Tags: Jung So-min, Kim Hyun-joong, Playful Kiss
Playful Kiss: Episode 9
by javabeans
Yay for forward movement! Our Man-Robot Seung-jo takes some big strides toward becoming a real boy, and this episode is chock-full of sweet moments that warm the cockles of my...
Tags: featured, Jung So-min, Kim Hyun-joong, Playful Kiss
Gumiho Girlfriend goes out on top
by javabeans
The ratings switched around for Thursday's drama broadcasts, placing SBS's fantasy-romantic-comedy series My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho in first place with a 19.9% as the drama concluded its run. (No spoilers...
Tags: drama ratings, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Playful Kiss, Runaway Plan B
Runaway explodes onto the scene with a 20% premiere
by javabeans
I'd expected high numbers for Runaway Plan B, but even so I'm surprised: 20.7% is an excellent start -- hitting that number midway through would be a hit, but to get...
Tags: drama ratings, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Playful Kiss, Runaway Plan B
Playful Kiss: Episode 8
by girlfriday
Episode 7 was the first one I connected with on an emotional level (there was something in my eye, I swear), so I had higher expectations going into 8. We're definitely in...
Tags: featured, Jung So-min, Kim Hyun-joong, Playful Kiss
Playful Kiss: Episode 7
by javabeans
This episode had more than one plotline going on, but there was a general arc to the emotional progressions, so overall I was happy with it. I'm liking the characters...
Tags: featured, Jung So-min, Kim Hyun-joong, Playful Kiss
With no competition, Playful Kiss improves its ratings
by javabeans
Playful Kiss finally rose out of the 3% range for its seventh episode today, upticking to 6.3%. In that it more than doubled its ratings from its last episode, 2.8%, that's good news....
Tags: drama ratings, Playful Kiss
Happy Chuseok week: A note about TV programming
by javabeans
As you have probably heard, this week is Chuseok week in Korea, which is the biggest holiday of the year. As the harvest festival, it's akin to the Western Thanksgiving;...
Tags: My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Playful Kiss
Playful Kiss: Episode 6
by girlfriday
We don't exactly pick up the same momentum started in the last episode, despite my fervent cheers of, "Come on, Show! You can do iiiiiiiiit!" I just adore Ha-ni's embarrassingly...
Tags: featured, Jung So-min, Kim Hyun-joong, Playful Kiss
Playful Kiss: Episode 5
by javabeans
Yay! Playful Kiss finally figured out how to tell a story! This was the episode I was waiting for -- one that felt complete, had an arc, told a story,...
Tags: featured, Jung So-min, Kim Hyun-joong, Playful Kiss