Posts Tagged ‘Hwang Shin-hye’

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Bachelor’s Vegetable Store: Series review
by | March 18, 2012 | 78 Comments
Bachelor’s Vegetable Store finished up its twenty-four episode run last week, and served as an exercise in patience with a mixed bag of results. What it could have been was evident from the premise – heartwarming, uplifting, ideally addicting. Instead it seemed to suffer an identity crisis ten chaebols wide, torn between makjang shenanigans and... More »
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Home Sweet Home starts off with brisk story, slow ratings
by | October 27, 2010 | 20 Comments
It was a slowish beginning, ratings-wise, for MBC’s new “Korean Desperate Housewives” series Home Sweet Home, which I’d previously called by its literal translation, My Happy Home. Wednesday’s premiere improved upon its predecessor, Playful Kiss (which averaged 3.5% for its 16-episode run), but not by much, drawing a 6.4%. On the other hand, initial evaluations... More »
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Melo-thriller My Happy Home premieres this week on MBC
by | October 24, 2010 | 16 Comments
My Happy Home, aka the “Korean Desperate Housewives,” is MBC’s new Wednesday-Thursday show that premieres this week in the former Playful Kiss timeslot. The show stars Kim Hye-soo (Style) and Hwang Shin-hye (The Queen Returns) as leads and rivals. Kim’s character is kind and intelligent, although deep down she harbors the stirrings of “an instinct... More »
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Kim Hye-soo’s new Wed-Thurs drama My Happy Home
by | October 15, 2010 | 21 Comments
When Playful Kiss wraps up next week, a new 16-episode drama will take over: My Happy Home [즐거운 나의집], starring Style’s Kim Hye-soo, which is being described as a “Korean Desperate Housewives.” That means a murder mystery will play a pivotal role in the story, which features a cast of ajumma housewives. Hwang Shin-hye (The... More »
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Kim Hye-soo returns with My Happy Home
by | August 10, 2010 | 9 Comments
Kim Hye-soo is finalizing the details of her next project, which is opposite another veteran actress, Hwang Shin-hye, in a new MBC drama called My Happy Home. While Kim is working out the particulars of the casting, Hwang has already been confirmed. I wonder if this means that Kim (and Hwang) will be doing more... More »
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The Princess Has Returned on KBS
by | September 14, 2009 | 10 Comments
This hasn’t really been on my “to-watch” radar, but KBS has just launched a new Monday-Tuesday series, The Princess Has Returned [공주가 돌아왔다], which follows the disappointing revival of last year’s popular ghost-story series Hometown of Legends. The Princess Has Returned kicked off today and stars veteran film actress Hwang Shin-hye in her drama comeback.... More »
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