See list of winners at the just concluded “2017 KBS Drama Awards.” The “Grand Prize” was awarded to Kim Young-Chul for weekend drama series “My Father is Strange” and Cheon Ho-Jin for weekend drama series “My Golden Life.” Drama series “Fight for My Way” took home the most awards with a total of 7 including “Excellent Actor” award for Park Seo-Joon and “Excellent Actress” award for “Kim Ji-Won.”
See list of nominees and winners at the just concluded “2017 SBS Drama Awards.” Big winners include drama series “Defendant” with lead actor Ji Sung winning the Grand Prize award and the drama series also receiving the “Best Drama Award.” Drama series “While You Were Sleeping” and “Unni Is Alive” also received the most awards with each series taking home 5 awards apiece.
Teaser trailer for added for tvN drama special “tvN Drama Stage: Anthology” starring Shin Eun-Soo and singer/actor One. The drama special is the 6th installment in tvN’s drama stage series. Story for “Anthology” has two high school classmates creating an anthology book. Years later, Shin So-Yi returns to her grandmother’s house in the country and finds the book.
“Anthology” first airs January 6, 2018 in South Korea.
The 2017 MBC Drama Awards just concluded in Seoul, South Korea. Big winners at the award show were “Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People” and “Ruler: Master of the Mask.” “Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People” picked up a total of 8 awards including the “Grand Prize” for actor Kim Sang-Joong and the “Best Drama Award.” “Ruler: Master of the Mask” picked up 5 awards including “Best Actor” for Yoo Seung-Ho. See the entire list of nominees and winners at AsianWiki.
First teaser trailer added for upcoming JTBC drama series “Misty” starring Kim Nam-Joo and Ji Jin-Hee. The drama series follows an estranged married couple. The husband (Ji Jin-Hee) who works as a prosecutor decides to defend his wife (Kim Nam-Joo) in a murder case.
“Misty” first airs February 2, 2018 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Friday and Saturday 11PM time slot after “Untouchable“).
Ep.3 of currently airing tvN drama series “A Korean Odyssey” has now been delayed for at least 1 week. On December 26, 2017 Korean media discovered that a serious accident occurred on the filming set on December 23rd involving a crew member. The crew member was hanging a chandelier on the ceiling, but fell about 3 meters (about 10 feet). He was sent to the hospital and diagnosed with paralysis of his lower body. To ensure such accidents will not happen again, production will halt as scheduling will be re-arranged, more crew members added and additional safety measures implemented. This follows a disastrous airing of ep.2, in which wire lines holding up the flying black spirits were visible and commercials suddenly appeared. Ep.2 was re-aired the following day on December 25th without the glitches.
Ep.3 will now air January 6, 2018 at its earliest or later.
Han Hye-Jin has been offered the lead female role in MBC drama series “Let’s Hold Hands Tightly and Watch The Sunset” (working & literal title). Currently, Han Hye-Jin is “positively considering” the offer. If Han Hye-Jin accepts, she will play Nam Hyun-Joo. She married a university senior and liked him since her first year at the university. She is now a devoted wife, but a crisis ensues involving death.
“Let’s Hold Hands Tightly and Watch The Sunset” will first air March, 2018 in MBC’s Wednesday and Thursday 10PM time slot. About a month gap will exist between the end of “I’m Not a Robot” and the beginning of “Let’s Hold Hands Tightly and Watch The Sunset” to allow for coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Teaser trailer #2 for tvN remake drama series “Mother” starring Lee Bo-Young. Drama series is a remake of 2010 NTV drama series “Mother” with Yasuko Matsuyuki in the lead role. Story for “Mother” follows a teacher who takes an abused child and flees.
“Mother” will first air January 24, 2018 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Wednesday and Thursday 9:10PM time slot after “Prison Playbook“).
Teaser trailer added for upcoming SBS drama series “Return” starring Ko Hyun-Jung and Lee Jin-Wook.
“Return” first airs January, 2018 in South Korea (takes over SBS’ Wednesday & Thursday 10PM time slot after “Judge vs. Judge“).
First script reading for KBS2 drama series “Queen of Mystery 2” (English title), starring Choi Gang-Hee and Kwon Sang-Woo, took place December 22, 2017 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, South Korea. The first script reading included about 60 actors, actresses and staff members.