Jin Gu offered lead in SBS reality-show thriller Wanted

by javabeans

Phew, casting is in full swing on Wanted, SBS's newly announced thriller series, which is promising to hear given that it hasn't had a lot of lead time: It was...

Tags: Jin Gu, Kim Hyun-joo, Wanted

SBS replaces Deal with thriller Wanted, courts Kim Hyun-joo

by girlfriday

The writing seemed to be on the wall for melodrama Deal, which was in danger of losing its timeslot as the upcoming Wednesday-Thursday drama following Entertainer. SBS has made the...

Tags: Kim Hyun-joo, Wanted

2015 SBS Drama Awards

by javabeans

Whee, there's eye candy galore today, here in No. 2 of 3 of the broadcaster drama awards (KBS's awards post is forthcoming), here at the 2015 SBS Drama Awards. This event had perhaps...

Tags: awards, Byun Yo-han, Choi Jung-won, Choi Jung-yoon, Choi Myung-gil, Go Ah-sung, Gong Seung-yeon, Im Ji-yeon, Jang Hyun-sung, Ji Jin-hee, Jo Jae-hyun, Joo Ji-hoon, Joo-won, Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Tae-hee, Kim Yoo-jung, Lee Da-hee, Lee Elijah, Lee Kyu-han, Lee Yeol-eum, Moon Geun-young, Namgoong Min, Ohn Joo-wan, Park Hyung-shik, Seo Ji-hye, Seo Ji-seok, Shin Se-kyung, Sohn Ho-joon, Yeon Jung-hoon, Yoo Ah-in, Yoo In-young, Yoo Joon-sang, Yook Sung-jae, Yoon Kyun-sang

News bites: August 9, 2015

by awcoconuts

Seo Kang-joon, Kim Ki-bang, Kim Hee-chan Cheese in the Trap just keeps adding to its cast. Kim Ki-bang is a gay civil service exam student and good friend to the...

Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Baek Jin-hee, Eom Ji-won, Gong Hyo-jin, Im Ji-yeon, Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Ki-bang, Let's Eat 2, news bites, Park Se-young, Seo Hyun-jin, Seo Kang-joon, Yoon Doo-joon, Yoon Hyun-min

2014 KBS Drama Awards

by girlfriday

Whew, the whirlwind of year-end awards finally comes to a close. Let's wrap up with the last of the big station awards over at KBS, where premium sageuk Jung Do-jeon...

Tags: awards, Daniel Choi, Eric, Han Chae-ah, Han Eun-jung, Han Joo-wan, Hyun-woo, Im Soo-hyang, Jeon Hye-bin, Ji Chang-wook, Jo Jae-hyun, Joo Da-young, Joo-won, Kim Ga-eun, Kim Heung-soo, Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Sae-ron, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Seul-gi, Kim Soo-hyun, Kwak Dong-yeon, Lee Chae-young, Lee Da-hee, Lee Jun-ki, Nam Ji-hyun, Nam Sang-mi, Park Hyung-shik, Park Min-young, Seo In-gook, Seo Joon-young, Seo Kang-joon, Shin So-yool, Shin Sung-rok, Sohn Dam-bi, Sohn Ho-joon, Yoon Hyun-min

Kim Hyun-joo offered KBS weekend drama

by javabeans

You know, I've wondered why Kim Hyun-joo seems to have such an affinity for long weekend dramas when I can see her headlining miniseries just as readily, but she seems...

Tags: Kim Hyun-joo

Could We Love

Tags: Choi Jung-yoon, drama, Eugene, family, Jung Dong-hwan, Jung Soo-young, Kim Hye-ok, Kim Hyun-joo, romance, Shim Hyung-tak, Uhm Tae-woong

Cruel Palace: An Introduction

by HeadsNo2

With traditional sageuk come certain preconceptions, since the images that normally pop into our collective heads probably include (1) lots of bearded monologuing, (2) a very long episode count, (3) all the nail-biting,...

Tags: cable programs, featured, first episodes, Jeon Tae-soo, Kim Hyun-joo, Lee Deok-hwa

Kim Hyun-joo headlines JTBC’s sageuk War of the Flowers

by javabeans

With the success of Childless Good Fortune buoying JTBC's roster, they're not wasting any time lining up their next weekend drama: They've announced Dark History: War of the Flowers, which...

Tags: Chae Jung-ahn, Jeon Tae-soo, Kim Hyun-joo

Kim Hyun-joo headlines new SBS weekend drama

by javabeans

Kim Hyun-joo has lined up her next drama (yay), which will be a weekend series (er, sigh?) titled Dumb Mom, which will be hitting airwaves next month. Based on a...

Tags: Kim Hyun-joo, Kim Jung-hoon, Kim Tae-woo