News bites: April 27, 2024

14 April 27, 2024April 27, 2024

by tccolb

A new poster has come creeping in for MBC’s upcoming Bittersweet Hell, where family psychologist Kim Hee-sun (Remarriage & Desires) and crime novelist Lee Hye-young (Big Bet) are putting on their sleuthing caps to protect their family from a mysterious blackmailer. Broadcasting on weekends following Chief Detective 1958, the black comedy and thriller premieres on May 24. [MBC]

JTBC’s rom-com Frankly Speaking released a new highlights reel ahead of next week’s premiere, with our announcer hero Go Kyung-pyo (D.P. 2) spilling nothing but the truth. Together with Kang Hanna (Red Heart) and Joo Jong-hyuk (Extraordinary Attorney Woo), the hijinks begin on May 1 in the Wednesday-Thursday slot. [Newsen]
Promos are now in full swing for tvN’s Player 2: Master of Swindlers, with new character stills showcasing our leads: Song Seung-heon (Black Knight), Oh Yeon-seo (Cafe Minamdang), Lee Shi-un (Bad Prosecutor), Tae Won-seok (Bloodhounds), and Jang Gyuri (Cheer Up). Slated to air in the Monday-Tuesday slot, the crime-action will be launching on June 3. [Sports Donga (1), (2)]

Channel A’s Check-in Hanyang confirmed their main lineup, with Bae In-hyuk (The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract), Kim Ji-eun (Branding in Seongsu), Jung Geon-joo (The Secret Romantic Guesthouse), and DKZ’s Jaechan (Semantic Error) headlining the fictional sageuk. Secrets abound of course with Bae hiding his prince identity and Kim living as a man, which all becomes fodder for the romance shenanigans when our foursome become fellow roommates. [Osen]
Kang Haneul (Curtain Call), Yeom Hye-ran (Mask Girl), and Seo Hyun-woo (A Shop for Killers) are becoming neighbors in Netflix’s new thriller movie, Wall to Wall. As residents of the same apartment complex, trouble starts to brew when a strange noise is heard every night, which seems to be coming from between floors. Production is being led by director Kim Tae-joon (Unlocked). [News1]
Speaking of thrillers, the mood is grim in the newest set of stills for SBS’s Connection, starring Ji Sung (Adamas), Jeon Mi-do (Thirty-Nine), Kwon Yul (Longing for You), and Kim Kyung-nam (The One and Only). Taking over the weekend slot following 7 Escape – Resurrection, the mystery unfolds on May 24 with PD Kim Moon-kyo (Trolley) directing and scripts by Lee Hyun (Diary of a Prosecutor). [SBS (1), (2), (3), (4)]

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1 peiyeelai

April 27, 2024 at 5:32 PM

Excited for all the thrillers here and Check-in Hanyang. Modern romcoms? I am rather selective....2-3 romcoms is good enough for me these days.

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2 HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞

April 27, 2024 at 5:54 PM

Check-in Hanyang sounds fun! I adore Bae In-hyuk, but aww, Jung Geon-joo is stuck as a SML again 🥲

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zindigo

April 28, 2024 at 6:28 PM

Have you seen the mini-series W.H.Y. with Jung Geon-Joo as ML? It's simple, cute, and has a great soundtrack 😉

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HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦞

April 28, 2024 at 6:37 PM

No I haven't!! Thank you for the rec - I'm going to have to find that!!! 🤗❤️

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3 Dorotka

April 27, 2024 at 9:34 PM

Just.... when will we get Kwon Yul in a warm role again? I miss lawyer Minwoo... (My Unfamiliar Family).

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4 panshel

April 27, 2024 at 10:03 PM

Wall to Wall sounds more like a horror than a thriller.

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Flix_Crusin

April 29, 2024 at 8:20 PM

Thriller and horror overlap quite a bit, so it makes sense. Either way, I'm in.

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Bittersweet Hell sounds really interesting two smart women wife and mother in law uniting to protect their family, the person who is threatening the family is also a woman. Further investigation however, show this is the drama that won’t die, with several changes behind the scenes including the production house, director and actors. I am not sure if this is normal behind the scenes challenges that don’t usually come to light or a sign to run for the hills.

Frankly speaking has finally arrived to hopefully fill the barren wasteland aka the mid week slot. I hope it’s good enough to get the ratings so other dramas will be put in those slots going forward so we can reduce the over full weekends and Mon Tues schedules.

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Diana Hansen

April 28, 2024 at 3:52 PM

I like your train of thought for fixing the mid week drought. Let's hope it is so very good that it will inspire more dramas there. It's hard to keep up with a bunch of them squished together and remember what or who goes where sometimes +-+

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6 🌸 Seeker 🌸

April 28, 2024 at 5:58 AM

1. Sounds and looks intriguing.

2. In for the hijinks.

3. 🤔

4. Must watch.

5. Maybe not for me although I love the cast. Let's see.

6. Yes, yes, yes!!!

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7 loveblossom🌸

April 28, 2024 at 8:29 AM

Bittersweet Hell's poster is very cool! Definitely caught my eye.

Bae In Hyuk~!! I want to see you in another drama, but not this one.

And Kang Haneul! Can we see you in a drama please...

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8 Ydigresse

April 28, 2024 at 10:09 AM

I have my fingers crossed that Ji Sung has found another good role in Connection (and that it may not be another Adamas...)

Also looking forward to seeing Kim Kyung-nam in Connection - he was wonderful in The One and Only.

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9 Dylan [Suffering from Judge from Hell brainrot]

April 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM

We're getting recaps for Frankly Speaking, right?

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10 Flix_Crusin

April 29, 2024 at 8:18 PM

What a great newsbite for thriller fans!!

The poster for BITTERSWEET HELL is so. good. so much personality--- I am immidiatly intrugued by those characters and their life.

was the first season of PLAYER good? I love stories about swindlers.

immidiatly onboard for WALL TO WALL the premise really got me (I love thrillers in apartment building!!) but that CAST. god bless. (and a reminder for me to watch a shop for killers lol)

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