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Apr 8 2020

tvN cuts drama series “A Piece of Your Mind” to 12 episodes

tvN has announced that currently airing drama series “A Piece of Your Mind” will be shortened to 12 episodes. The drama series was originally scheduled to have 16 episodes and end on May 12, 2020, but the drama series will now finish on April 28, 2020. tvN said the reduction in episodes would help increase the pace of the story. Currently, the ratings for the drama series are quite low, receiving 2.4% for ep.1 and going lower each week with ep.6 receiving 1.2%. The drama series stars Jung Hae-In and Chae Soo-Bin, with a love story centering around an AI assistant modeled after the male character’s first love.

Apr 7 2020

Teaser trailer #1 for SBS drama series “Good Casting”

Teaser trailer #1 added for SBS drama series “Good Casting” starring Choi Gang-Hee, Yu In-Young, and Kim Ji-Young. An earlier teaser trailer was released by SBS, which they count as teaser 0. Teaser trailer #1 starts off with Choi Gang-Hee and Kim Ji-Young walking into a dark warehouse with their guns drawn. Caption in the teaser trailer goes (0:24) “Legendary crazy agent returns to the field,” (0:34) “I am not good enough, but I will do my best.” Meanwhile, above and below are still images of Choi Gang-Hee in the drama series as Baek Chan-Mi. Her character is a black agent for the NIS.

“Good Casting” will first air April 27, 2020 in South Korea.

Kang Sung-Yeon & Jo Han-Sun cast in MBC drama series “Miss Lee Knows”

Kang Sung-Yeon & Jo Han-Sun are cast in MBC drama series “Miss Lee Knows” (literal title). The drama series consists of 4 episodes. Kang Sung-Yeon will play real estate agent Lee Goong-Bok and Jo Han-Sun will play Detective In Cheol-Ho. “Miss Lee Knows” will air July, 2020 in South Korea.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Mysterious cases take place at an apartment complex which is about to go under reconstruction. Lee Goong-Bok (Kang Sung-Yeon) is a real estate agent that works with apartments there. She has a meddlesome type of personality. In Cheol-Ho (Jo Han-Sun) is a veteran detective.

Apr 6 2020

Yoon Si-Yoon, Kyung Soo-Jin & Shin So-Yul cast in OCN drama series “Train”

Yoon Si-Yoon, Kyung Soo-Jin and Shin So-Yul are cast in OCN drama series “Train.” The drama series will have Yoon Si-Yoon playing two different characters in parallel worlds.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: A man lost a precious person because of a serial killer. He crosses over into a different world to figure out the truth behind her death.

Seo Do-Won (Yoon Si-Yoon) is a detective and he is enthusiastic at his job. Han Seo-Kyung (Kyung Soo-Jin) is a prosecutor with an honest personality. Lee Jung-Min (Shin So-Yul) is a member of a scientific investigation unit. She is Seo Do-Won’s childhood friend and also his first love. She supports Seo Do-Won.

“Train” will first air sometime this summer in South Korea.

Apr 3 2020

Teaser trailer #2 for KBS2 drama series “Fix You”

Teaser trailer #2 added for KBS2 drama series “Fix You” starring Shin Ha-Kyun and Jung So-Min. The drama series previously went under its literal title of “Soul Repairer” (“Younghonsoosungong”). Teaser trailer #2 features Shin Ha-Kyun as Lee Shi-Joon and Jung So-Min as Han Woo-Joo talking together at a table. The dialogue in the teaser trailer #2 goes (0:15) Jung So-Min “The Earth is destroying,” (0:24) Jung So-Min “Am I crazy?.” (0:26) Shin Ha-Kyun “You are not crazy. You are sick,” (0:36) and Jung So-Min ends it with “I think we are destiny.” Meanwhile, below are still images from the drama series.

“Fix You” first airs May 6, 2020 in South Korea.

First teaser trailers for tvN drama series “Oh My Baby”

First three teaser trailers added for tvN drama series “Oh My Baby” starring Jang Na-Ra, Go Joon, Park Byung-Eun, and Jung Gun-Joo. The first three teaser trailers all feature Jang Na-Ra as Jang Ha-Ri. Meanwhile, above is the first teaser poster for the drama series. Caption on the poster asks “Should I skip marriage?”

“Oh My Baby” is now scheduled to first air May 6, 2020 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Wednesday & Thursday 10:50 PM time slot after “Memorist“).

Mar 31 2020

Teaser trailer #3 and still images for SBS drama series “The King: Eternal Monarch”

Teaser trailer #3 and title teaser trailer added for SBS drama series “The King: Eternal Monarch” starring Lee Min-Ho and Kim Go-Eun. Meanwhile, above are still images of Lee Min-Ho and Kim Go-Eun in the drama series. The scene features the first meeting between Lee Gon (Lee Min-Ho) and Jung Tae-Eul (Kim Go-Eun). Filming for this scene took place in the early morning hours at an intersection in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, South Korea.

“The King: Eternal Monarch” is now set to first air April 17, 2020 in South Korea (takes over SBS’ Friday & Saturday 10 PM time slot after “Hyena“).

Mar 30 2020

Teaser trailer for JTBC drama series “Mystic Pop-up Bar”

First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “Mystic Pop-up Bar” (English title) starring Hwang Jung-Eum & Yook Sung-Jae. The literal title of the drama series is “Ssanggab Cart Bar.” Around the 2 second mark, Hwang Jung-Eum’s voice appears and she says “Bloodshot eyes, shallow face, look at that dark circle.” Around the 12 second mark, Hwang Jung-Eum states “Today it’s you.”

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Ssanggab Cart Bar opens only at night on the rooftop of a building. Wol-Joo (Hwang Jung-Eum) runs the mysterious food cart. Customers who visit Ssanggab Cart Bar consist of normal people and the dead. While drinking alcohol and eating dishes with Wol-Joo, the customers of Ssanggab Cart Bar talk about themselves and try to heal their internal wounds.

“Mystic Pop-up Bar” first airs May 20, 2020 in South Korea.

Mar 30 2020

Teaser trailer #2 for KBS2 drama series “Born Again”

Teaser trailer #2 added for KBS2 drama series “Born Again” starring Chang Ki-Yong, Jin Se-Yun & Lee Soo-Hyuk. Narration in the teaser trailer has (0:02) Chang Ki-Yong stating “Person I don’t know well,” (0:06) Chang Ki-Yong stating “Person I might know well,” (0:09) Lee Soo-Hyuk stating “Will protect you to he end,” and (0:22) Jin Se-Yun stating “20 years later … 30 years later I will miss you.”

“Born Again” first airs April 20, 2020 in South Korea.

Teaser trailer #3 for OCN drama series “Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation”

Teaser trailer #3 added for OCN drama series “Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation” starring Cha Tae-Hyun & Lee Sun-Bin. Teaser trailer #3 starts off with Cha Tae-Hyun stating in Korean “Don’t move.”

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Jin Kang-Ho (Cha Tae-Hyun) is an enthusiastic and effective detective. He tries to catch criminals by any means necessary. He also doesn’t get along with other detectives. Kang Moo-Young (Lee Sun-Bin) is an enthusiastic PD of a TV investigative program. The program tries to catch criminals that the police could not. Kang Moo-Young is upright, but she will take risks to reveal the truth. Jin Kang-Ho and Kang Moo-Young unexpectedly meet and they begin to cooperate on unsolved cases.

“Team Bulldog: Off-duty” first airs April 4, 2020 in South Korea.

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