Disney+ unveils their 2024 K-content lineup
by tccolb
Taking a leaf from the Netflix promo guidebook, a new video announcement has come out on Disney+, allowing us a sneak preview into the year’s lineup. It’s actually exciting to see early footage and stills, as many of these shows seem to go behind an iron curtain after initial casting news, making us wait months – or years even – before we can start preparing the popcorn. Note to self: buy more snacks.
Drama: The Impossible Heir
Release date: February 28, 2024
Need to know: In just over a week, the crime-suspense will have our trio of social misfits teaming up, with Lee Jae-wook orchestrating the ultimate plan in order for Lee Jun-young and Hong Su-ju to usurp the chaebol throne.
Drama: Blood Free (previously Dominant Species)
Release date: April 2024
Need to know: Joo Ji-hoon, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Hee-joon, Lee Moo-saeng, and Park Ji-yeon take us to a new world in the latest sci-fi thriller by Forest of Secrets writer Lee Soo-yeon, where humankind has entered an age of artificially cultured meat.
Drama: Uncle Sam-shik
Release date: May 2024
Need to know: Marking Song Kang-ho’s much-anticipated drama debut, the period piece follows his friendship with Byun Yo-han during the stormy 1960s in South Korea. The historical also stars Lee Kyu-hyung, Jin Ki-joo, and Seo Hyun-woo.
Drama: Red Swan (previously Hwa-in Family Scandal)
Release date: Q3 or Q4 2024
Need to know: Although it was a dream come true for Kim Haneul to marry into the Hwa-in Group, what awaits her on the other side is closer to a nightmare. But the melodrama can’t stop here and it’s only about to get more complicated, with her devoted bodyguard Rain secretly crafting revenge against the conglomerate.
Drama: The Tyrant
Release date: Q3 or Q4 2024
Need to know: As a spin-off of The Witch film series, the 4-episode action sci-fi follows Cha Seung-won, Kim Sun-ho, and Kim Kang-woo in the merciless race to find the missing last sample from a superhuman experiment.
Drama: Trigger
Release date: Q3 or Q4 2024
Need to know: An underdog office comedy starring Kim Hye-soo, Jung Sung-il, and Joo Jong-hyuk, who need to put their bickering aside and put their heads together to save their mystery-documentary show before the network pulls the plug.
Drama: Gangnam B-Side (previously Bulk)
Release date: Q3 or Q4 2024
Need to know: Ji Chang-wook is back in Gangnam’s seedy underground after The Worst of Evil last year, teaming up this time with Jo Woo-jin and Ha Yoon-kyung in a ~black connection~ union between a demoted cop, penniless prosecutor, and mysterious broker.
Drama: Light Shop
Release date: Q3 or Q4 2024
Need to know: Joo Ji-hoon graces our screens again in a mystery-horror with Park Bo-young, bridging the mortal and spirit realms as our title’s shop owner. With the original webtoonist and Moving writer Kangfull penning the scripts, actor Kim Hee-won takes the reins in production in his drama director debut.
As a special mention, the variety program The Zone: Survival Mission will also be returning later this year with Season 3.
In addition to Disney+’s original shows, the following dramas will be streaming on the platform internationally (availability may differ by region):
- MBC’s Wonderful World (March 1, 2024), starring Kim Nam-joo, Cha Eun-woo, Kim Kang-woo, and Im Se-mi
- MBC’s Chief Detective 1958 (April 2024), starring Lee Je-hoon, Lee Dong-hwi, Choi Woo-sung, and Yoon Hyun-soo
I didn’t include any content that’s currently airing or non-Korean, but the full list can be seen in the video below!
Via News1
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1 Blue (@mayhemf)
February 19, 2024 at 5:18 PM
I will be going to the dark side for the first two! (LJW and Joppa!).
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Blue (@mayhemf)
February 19, 2024 at 5:19 PM
And Han Hyo-joo, of course. Just seeing them together in the poster is giving me so many feels!
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peiyeelai
February 19, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Welcome to the dark side. I will join you for this ride.
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Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Picked up HULU 99 cents USD (with ads) on Black Friday--cheaper than Disney+ and Kdramas are available.
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kiara
February 19, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Disney is in the process of buying Comcast's share of Hulu, so I see a merge with Disney+ once it's done.
I hope I'm wrong because that means a price hike is coming.
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Diana Hansen
February 20, 2024 at 12:12 PM
if only I had tried this too! If I can't find many of them on Hulu or dark side this beanie is gonna be sooooooooo sad.
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2 DancingEmma
February 19, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Who are the actors in Red Swan? I hope they are not AI actors!😱
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kiara
February 19, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Kim Ha Neul and Rain.
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DancingEmma
February 19, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Thank you Kiara! That didn’t register with me.
What would I do without you?
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3 peiyeelai
February 19, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I want to watch them all. Personally, I think I prefer the k-contents (especially dramas) from Disney over Netflix. I mean look at the casting: From Ju Jin Hoon, Lee Jae Wook, Lee Je Hoon.
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kiara
February 19, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I wonder how much they are paying Song Kang-ho to be in his first drama ever? I'm excited for Byun Yo-han and Lee Kyu-hyung too.
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peiyeelai
February 19, 2024 at 6:05 PM
This is my favorite one too. I am sure, the fees are not cheap to get a mega A-lister like Song-kang ho to act on the small screen. But, i love it, just as I love Byun Yo Han and Lee Kyu Hyung...they are all amazing actors.
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DancingEmma
February 19, 2024 at 6:08 PM
If the Evil Mouse Corp is like Netflix, they are paying a top star like him big bucks and only peanuts to the supporting actors.
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mmmmm
February 20, 2024 at 4:07 AM
They really do spend a lot on Kdramas, don’t they?
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peiyeelai
February 20, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Kdramas are cashcows..
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4 indyfan
February 19, 2024 at 6:05 PM
I was surprised as anyone else that Disney gave me some of my favorite Kdramas last year (Call It Love, Moving, Race, etc). With this slate, I’m keeping my subscription for another year.
But I am confused. Didn’t we read last year they were cutting their kdrama budget? Were these produced earlier? Or am I remembering wrong? Or they changed their mind after Moving’s success?
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peiyeelai
February 19, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I think so too. I also think that some of these content were actually projects that were scheduled to be aired in 2023, like Uncle Sam Shik. But, due to the lack of budget or so, they cannot be released last year.
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kiara
February 19, 2024 at 6:10 PM
It was either fake news, or Bob Iger is relentlessly trying to prove that his baby Disney+ will be the future of Disney.
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peiyeelai
February 19, 2024 at 6:14 PM
https://koalasplayground.com/2023/06/16/disney-reportedly-to-stop-producing-k-dramas-after-two-years-of-investment-not-yielding-meaningful-returns/ Guess they managed to recoup after Moving.
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kiara
February 19, 2024 at 6:49 PM
They lost billions; I'm not sure MOVING could recoup that. Last summer, Disney laid off over 7,000 employees, mostly from streaming, TV departments, etc. They saved over 5 billion. That's how they recoup their losses.
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5 Aidualc
February 19, 2024 at 6:10 PM
I feel all this k-content is becoming too westernized, none of them really appeal to me based on the little I’ve seen about these shows. Maybe the Joo Ji Hoon -Park Bo Young one.
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SooHa
February 19, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the same.
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Mandy
February 20, 2024 at 1:07 PM
On the exact same boat. Too many dark, gory dramas for my liking. I’m personally not watching kdramas for that genre.
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6 DancingEmma
February 19, 2024 at 6:20 PM
So there is hope for Yoo Ahin yet if Joo Jihoon managed to make a come back after a number of years. I have loved Yoo Ahin’s acting and I hope he survives this ordeal and comes back to acting healthy and happy.
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indyfan
February 19, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Same Emma, same.
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DancingEmma
February 19, 2024 at 6:28 PM
A big Internet hug for you Indy.
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Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 19, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Hmmmm...but a re-entry through Disney may be tougher. If You Ah-In can do it, maybe JiSoo has a shot, too.
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Kurama
February 19, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Their case is a little bit different.
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jillian
February 19, 2024 at 9:11 PM
We will have to wait and see if he can.
Their cases are very different though. For now, I am not hopeful.
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Mandy
February 20, 2024 at 1:08 PM
I’d say those are two very very different situations…
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DancingEmma
February 20, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Well, I appreciate the differences but there were commonalities between the two situations too. I will continue to hope for Yoo Ahin as I don’t want to think that his situation is hopeless. It is too cruel otherwise.
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Mandy
February 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
It’s fair to hope he’ll be back after a while and considering how lax SK’s attitude is towards males, that may be the case. However, realistically speaking, the differences in JJH and YAI’s situations, ages, and the way they handled the fall out far outweighs the similarities here.
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7 HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞
February 19, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Hmmm... Disney doesn't seem to like the same genres as me 😂 Impressive casts, though! Nothing on this list that looks like a 2024 answer to Call it Love, but I'm currently enjoying Flex x Cop, so maybe I'll branch out again and try something different? The Impossible Heir looks pretty dark, which doesn't appeal to me, but I love Lee Jae-wook, so I'll probably try that one.
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8 Britney
February 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Is Gangman B side a spin off of The Worst of Evil? I don't even know what happened with that show. I assume it was a bad end for all those involved.
Trigger, I recognized the guy from Attorney Woo and the judge from Juvenile Justice and I'm like "interest piqued" haha. Also bickering + behind the curtain premise is even more appealing to me.
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9 Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Fantastic, but expecting drops to be later on HULU.
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10 Britney
February 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Lee Kwang Soo leaves big shoes to fill each time he leaves a variety show and as someone who watches The Zone: Survival Mission, I'm wondering how this new guy will do.
I don't know much about him except I think he got his start on Single's Inferno.
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11 Qingdao: likes scented candles
February 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
This is great. Now lets see if Amazon Prime will do the same!
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indyfan
February 19, 2024 at 8:17 PM
It may be different in other countries, but I would like Prime to start with letting me know dramas are coming at all. At the very least, please feature them on the day of release or make them easily searchable. It's a really bad interface where I am.
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Blue (@mayhemf)
February 20, 2024 at 4:05 AM
I have been watching 14 episodes of Marry my husband on Prime. And yesterday I couldn’t find this title anywhere on the main page. You would expect it to be in ‘continue watching’ or somewhere in the main page. but nope. I had to go search the title and find episode list and click on play.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 11:41 AM
One can search for a drama on Prime only "after" it is aired. There is no pre-release watchlist option. 😳
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12 Olivedreams
February 19, 2024 at 8:36 PM
But will we able to access all the shows? Awesome having another platform producing but what’s the point if you can’t access the content in a lot of regions.
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13 jillian
February 19, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Okay this seriously got me excited for Joo Ji Hoon's dramas with Han Hyo Joo, Blood Free, and the other with Park Bo Young, Light Shop.
Disney+ is upping their kcontent.
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14 Quantum Nurse
February 20, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Wow, thank you for the update. I really appreciate it. I am looking forward to watch "MBC’s Chief Detective 1958 (April 2024)". Keep up the good work.
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15 9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
February 20, 2024 at 2:22 AM
I'm definitely in for the 2 Joo Ji-Hoon dramas - he picks interesting SFF/Horror stuff that I love to watch.
Ji-Hoon Oppa starred in one of the first K-Dramas I've watched - if not the first - ZOMBIE on Netflix. I had not been bitten by the K-Drama bug yet* even though I watched the DRAMA avidly. IMHO, ZOMBIE is hands down the best Zombie series of the 21st century so far. It didn't hurt that I absently noted that he was handsome AF hahahaha!
So yes, Ji-Hoon Oppa, I shall be watching both your latest upcoming Sci-Fi (BLOOD FREE) and Horror (LIGHT SHOP) offerings.
Bonus that we'll get to see Park Bo-Young in LIGHT SHOP - it'll be my first time seeing her in a Horror drama.
*Note: The honour of the K-Drama that pushed me into the fandom goes to ROOKIE HISTORIAN GOO HYE-RYEUNG.
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9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
February 20, 2024 at 5:43 AM
UGH! My brain has gone AWOL today - it's KINGDOM (not ZOMBIE>/b>) UGH!
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bbstl 🧹
February 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I always think of “Kingdom” as “Zombie”, absolutely 👍🏽
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9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
February 20, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Honestly, Hollywood thinks it's so great at the zombie genre... and then K-Drama comes along and gives us the zombie-fest we never thought we needed. And in a Sageuk to boot!
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bbstl 🧹
February 21, 2024 at 8:12 AM
All I could think was, omg Korean zombies are so fast! 😆
9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
February 21, 2024 at 8:24 AM
@bbstl I remember thinking 2 things:
1. OMG! Zombies can move that fast?
2. OMG! Who is this dishy prince?
bbstl 🧹
February 21, 2024 at 8:28 AM
😉 I was only there for him from the start, I’m so glad you have joined his fans 😍
9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
February 21, 2024 at 6:54 PM
@bbstl Well, the man chooses to star in dramas that I like to watch and he's an excellent actor so what's not to like?
All things being equal, if there are two actors/actresses of the same calibre and one of them chooses dramas that interest me and the other doesn't, I will gravitate more towards the one who does the dramas I like.
I think that's why it took me a while to warm up to Lee Dong-Wook - I don't like some of the dramas he's been in. And I like Ji Chang-Wook but he hasn't reached "favourite actor" status with me simply because his drama choices are hit-and-miss for me.
Joo Ji-Hoon, Park Hyung Shik, Park Eun-Bin, and Park Bo-Young on the other hand, have all starred in dramas and genres that I generally like watching. So every time a new drama they are in drops, I would automatically check it out because whatever they are starring is is almost certain to be engaging.
🌸 Seeker 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 11:43 AM
^^ Your description is perfect and we ALL understood what you said. 😊👌
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16 Kurama
February 20, 2024 at 2:51 AM
@mmmmm must be happy, her baby will be back!
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mmmmm
February 20, 2024 at 9:11 AM
lol. I admit i had to read the entire article to find BB’s name mentioned. He seems to be taking action roles lately. Not sure if it’s his decisions or others’, but it seems like he is staying away from his usual genre atm (i.e., romcoms).
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Kurama
February 20, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Oh sorry, I could have named the drama 😅
I guess with his "scandal" his entourage thinks it's better to act in romance for now.
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mmmmm
February 20, 2024 at 10:13 AM
No, it’s ok! I feel the same way. I think they all think that he’d better stay away from romance atm because of that incident. I hope we’ll see him in his usual genre soon enough. 😊
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Kurama
February 20, 2024 at 10:16 AM
I forgot a "not" but you understood 😅
🌸 Seeker 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Will be good to see him nevertheless. At least he's getting work. And he couldn't ask for better co-stars.
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Kurama
February 26, 2024 at 12:23 PM
He's a good actor, I miss him.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Yes he is. Just wish he is able to do good work without getting bogged down in controversies.
🌸 Seeker 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Being a celebrity also means you're more vulnerable and not all controversies are because of the celebrity's behavior.
mmmmm
February 20, 2024 at 9:12 AM
And thanks for the tag! I’m happy if BB is happy, so there’s that. *winks*
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17 PYC
February 20, 2024 at 5:55 AM
With this list, I may finally succumb to get a D+ package…
That aside, this certainly looks like an exciting line-up. As to k-content or not, these do not sound like the standard Kdrama fare but more like kmovie. There have been more and more crossover in recent years for the movie lots dipping into dramaland which I believe is a good thing to push the boundary.
If Song Kang-ho is now doing his first ever drama, it may not be too far fetched to see Park Chan-wook at the helm of a drama. (We can hope but mind you, Wong Kar-wai just did one.)
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kiara
February 20, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Park Chan-wook probably has content suitable for TVING, Netflix, or Disney+. He had a TV series with HBO and BBC, IRC.
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Kafiyah Bello
February 20, 2024 at 5:01 PM
His new HBO show is coming soon, It is called The Sympathizer.
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kiara
February 20, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Thank you!
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PYC
February 21, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Yes, tv series is indeed nothing new for him but they have all been US and UK productions. When will we see one on his home turf?
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kiara
February 21, 2024 at 7:33 AM
That's what I also want to see—a Korean drama from him.
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PYC
February 21, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Exactly!!
18 vienibenmio
February 20, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Not many romances, which are pretty much the reason I switched to Korean entertainment in the first place...
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hacja
February 20, 2024 at 1:42 PM
I do find it interesting that Disney has decided to make its kdrama signature generally dark and violent. But I guess it fits with their current t.v. properties, like the Marvel comic series, as well as their traditional movie penchant for killing off Moms.
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19 Diana Hansen
February 20, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Oh my heart! So many interesting dramas calling my name, but alas, I have not succumbed to Disney+ since I can't afford more than what I have. Hulu SAVE ME! I can't live without my daily Kdrama fix!
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Kafiyah Bello
February 20, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Hulu and Disney are combing, so you only need one.
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Diana Hansen
February 20, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Oh hurrah! Thanks for clearing that up for me! So excited I can't tell you!
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9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
February 20, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Hulu and Disney+ are already a combo package in many regions, including mine.
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Kafiyah Bello
February 21, 2024 at 4:02 AM
They are definitely that, but in the states, they are actually becoming just one, while also cracking down on password sharing, 😭😭.
20 Kafiyah Bello
February 20, 2024 at 4:58 PM
These look great and I will watch anything by Lee Soo Yeon, literally anything. Okay Disney/hulu!!!
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21 korfan
February 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Oh my! I see a lot of interesting stuff coming up! Will definitely be checking some of these out.
(By the way, does Cha Seung-won have the whole 5-pack of little yogurt drinks in his hand? Heh!)
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 11:48 AM
I noticed the yogurt "before" I saw who was drinking them all!
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22 bong-soo
February 22, 2024 at 11:19 AM
As a US viewer I generally skip posts on Disney+ programming but I was told Lee Je-hoon’s MBC drama CHIEF DETECTIVE 1958 would be available on Disney+ so I came here to check and dang there it is.
So much for the big three networks MBC, SBS and KBS making their dramas first available on Kocowa followed by licensing to Viki.
Also sorry to see that the period drama UNCLE SAMSIK won’t be on my upcoming viewing list either.
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23 🌸 Seeker 🌸
February 26, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Interested enough to maintain my subscription for another year. 😊✅
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