Answer Me 1994 gets fresh new timeslot for October premiere
by javabeans
Finally, Answer Me 1994 has an airdate (and a poster to go with it), since we were told it would be coming in the fall but left to wonder about the particulars. The follow-up (but not sequel) to cable smash hit Answer Me 1997 will air as a Friday-Saturday drama on tvN, to premiere on October 18. The tagline makes me smile: The Golden Age of the Bumpkins. Yes, appropriate that country yokel image and stand proud!
The scheduling is a potentially significant move for the growing cable station, and I wonder if this hints at expansion of its drama programming in the near future. When tvN entered the primetime drama market in 2011, it picked Wednesday-Thursday nights as its timeslot (see: Manny, I Need Romance) but soon thereafter switched to Monday-Tuesday broadcasts, and that slot has been solidly booked since then. That isn’t to say tvN is a stranger to other timeslots (Joseon X-Files and Harvest Villa were Friday series), but creating a new slot could shake up the existing drama market, or at least stir the pot a little. Thus far we’ve had Friday-only shows and Saturday-Sunday shows (and Sunday-only shows), but Friday-Saturday is a new configuration.
Answer Me 1994 will be split into the standard two-episodes-per-week format, another change from its predecessor, though a less meaningful one since 1997 really should’ve been two-a-week anyway. (The single episode it aired a week basically turned into a monster double-header anyway.) And while 1997 centered around a group of friends in high school (and their 15-years-later selves), this time we’ve got college boys living in a boardinghouse (run by 1997′s parents).
The cast features (and I think this is the order in the poster, but can’t say for sure): Min Do-hee (of the group Tiny-G), Baro (B1A4), Yoo Yeon-seok (Gu Family Book), Go Ara (Pace Maker), Jung-woo (You’re the Best, Lee Soon-shin), Sohn Ho-joon (Coffee House), and Kim Sung-kyun (Hwa-yi). I expect Go Ara to be at the center of the show as the basketball-loving daughter of the boardinghouse owners, with Jung-woo and Yoo Yeon-seok playing main leads.
PD Shin Won-ho, who is bringing back his whole crew and once again working with writer Lee Woo-jung, stated that he’ll be filming notable locations from each province, making this a nationwide shoot, sorta. You can expect lots of pop culture references, which in 1994 would’ve been heavily influenced by Seo Taiji and the Boys and basketball. And pagers and cassette tapes and all that nostalgic goodness.
Via Osen
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1 iichristie
September 12, 2013 at 4:12 AM
Ah, so excited!!! So looking forward to this. October 18th, come faster, please!!! :D
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2 redfox
September 12, 2013 at 4:18 AM
hah the nineties. feels like my 7th grade class picture exactly.
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3 Jinnie
September 12, 2013 at 4:20 AM
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEE. That is all.
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indigowine
September 12, 2013 at 5:19 AM
EXCITEDDDD... MOARRR!!!!
seriously, i love Answer Me 1997 due to its simplicity and lack of drama.. if you know what I mean..
hope the follow up will be as good..
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Lucy
September 12, 2013 at 6:56 PM
I agree. I didn't have those "What are you doing?! And more importantly, WHY?!!" moments that I have with some of the other dramas I've seen lol
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4 sunnyl
September 12, 2013 at 4:21 AM
can't wait!
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5 snow_white
September 12, 2013 at 4:22 AM
I'm so looking forward to it......loved Answer Me 1997.....oh the nostalgia.....
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6 Chloe
September 12, 2013 at 4:24 AM
Wow first time I'm getting a comment in! Really excited for this show :))
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7 Ace
September 12, 2013 at 4:27 AM
A very, very, very busy fall season this year in kdramaland. Hopefully all the dramas premiering will be worth the hours we'll be spending to watch 'em instead of doing other useless stuff like sleeping, eating, or working...
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8 Caitlyn
September 12, 2013 at 4:30 AM
Oh awesome. Although, Baro is the one second in from the right. Should i be embarrassed to know that? ha ha. I didn't even know he was in it, I wonder if he can act.
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Jacqueline
September 12, 2013 at 6:44 AM
My thoughts exactly :P
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Mama J
September 12, 2013 at 4:07 PM
Me too. I also wonder if his speaking voice is as deep as his singing voice.
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badmarkz
September 12, 2013 at 7:08 PM
well, of course. but sometimes you wouldn't believe how high pitched his squeal could be. that is when his squirrel alter-ego came out. it really depends on the situation :D
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9 Jess
September 12, 2013 at 4:46 AM
so excited for this one! i love answer me1997 so much!
it's premiering on my birth date October 18 and i was born on 1994! XD
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10 t.j
September 12, 2013 at 4:50 AM
Lol.. baker guy from lee soo shin ! I can't wait to see what he's gonna bring to this drama! :D XD
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risa
September 12, 2013 at 9:52 AM
Bread Man= born to be a beloved bumpkin. The guy is all kinds of adorkable. Looking forward to this-- and I'm happy that it's a Fri-Sat drama.
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11 blingLady
September 12, 2013 at 4:58 AM
actually baro is second from right in the main poster
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12 shy
September 12, 2013 at 5:00 AM
AM1997 left great impression on me, it's so memorable that made Seo In-guk my first bias and became the most favourite drama of 2012. Because of it, I wonder will this drama surpass it? Or at least left the same impression on me? I know it's unfair to compare the two, I just can't help it. Until now, I guess no new series can replace AM1997 in my heart, but I trust the crew so I will watch this. Hope for the 1997 cameo!
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13 rinka
September 12, 2013 at 5:03 AM
Finally we get a date! So much anticipated dramas in October!
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14 Daniaa
September 12, 2013 at 5:24 AM
I thought I saw Yoo Ah In there in the picture and was about the be puzzled the hell outta my head because YAI is so not in the cast list..... and then you guys listed the dude as Baro.
O....kay. My eyes need checking.
I'm in for the throwbacks to the past! Please don't disappoint! Cheballlll
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Lea
September 12, 2013 at 11:48 AM
No the guy that looks like YAI is Son Ho Jun, Baro is on the other side with red plaid shirt with the bowl haircut.
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15 verte
September 12, 2013 at 5:26 AM
Just a little observation, but Go Ara's face is TINY!
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16 soprection
September 12, 2013 at 5:40 AM
Thank you for the info! I'm really looking forward to this. I really liked Reply 1997 (up until the time skip) so I hope this will be as fresh, entertaining and full of heart. But since I didn't like INR 2 as much as its predecessor, I will try to temper my expectations.
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17 momosa
September 12, 2013 at 6:00 AM
Just finished 1997, I knowww, I'm so late to this game. Completely trust Shin PD & his crew. He really knows what he's doing. 1997 was such a simple, heart-warming & beautifully done show, such a gem. Can't wait for 1994.
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18 Properprim
September 12, 2013 at 6:04 AM
The poster really hooked me! I don't know why though, it's like the poster told me : "I'm entertaining, please, watch me."
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19 Lilian
September 12, 2013 at 6:06 AM
Oh...to me the time slots don't really matter since I watch them whenever I am free =) just can't wait for it. So far this year's dramas are not as outstanding as last year's like Queen In Hyun's Man and Answer 1997 =)
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20 Peridot
September 12, 2013 at 6:10 AM
I can't wait!
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21 sharealittle
September 12, 2013 at 6:18 AM
Trusting the crew behind the camera will produce a "really good" and at worst -a "decent" drama. I love AM1997 that I kinda hope AM1994 would not surpass it or else I would have another drama that I will spazz for months. Hahaha.
Anyways, i think the episode format will affect this drama a lot. AM1997 was a like a bundle of joy that is brimming at that short format..
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22 Bee
September 12, 2013 at 6:55 AM
Really looking forward to this =]
I hope that means tvn will start having more than one drama a week I'd love that I pretty much watch all of their dramas .....
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23 canxi
September 12, 2013 at 7:08 AM
Aww, I love the poster and the pagers, and the trading cards, and the baggy pants! Haha 90's fashion~ The good ole days~
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24 reina
September 12, 2013 at 7:30 AM
Usually I don''t go for the sequel or prequel or season 2 or follow up of korean drama cause it usually goes Bleh. Goong S *shudder*
Athena *tsk tsk tsk*
Iris *huwhat?*
Full house 2 *shudder* *Aaahhhhhhh* *pulls hair*
Dream High 2 *Shakes head* *eye torture* *STOP*
But cable dramas are an exceptions (yes I am talking about you Vampire prosecutor, you my dear crime fighter with the super power crime solver as well the Flower Boys following)
And I am definitely MOST excited, ecstatic and pumped up to the hundred times over for this drama. I am helplessly waiting and I even booked that whole day as a DATE with them.
I think this will be the fun day when it touches down OCT 28. So looking forward to watching this since its gonna be the work of PD Shin Won-ho as well as writer Lee Woo-jung.
Answer me 1997 was the most prefect drama ever. hahaha from cast, plot, Staff, directing and writing. But for me the, writing is what really did me in. The writing was perfect!!!!
ahhhhhh.. please come now oct 18
*goes off to watch answer 1997 to entertain myself until 1994 comes*
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25 Waiting
September 12, 2013 at 7:41 AM
Don't get me wrong, I love Jung-woo as a sweet and somewhat awkward character (Bread guy in You're the Best, Lee Soon Shin).
But, but can we see him in a lead role now and maybe try a different flavor of character? I have a feeling he can pull off a few more things and I want to see him try.
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