KBS has a new family drama in the lineup for weekends, Three Brothers [수상한 삼형제], which follows recent hit Sons of Sol Pharmacy. Perhaps in search of the same success, Three Brothers seems to be aiming for a similar tone and premise (though perhaps a bit less comedic than Sol Pharmacy), with its focus on family stories. How will its three brothers compare to the winning combination of Sol Pharmacy’s four?

With a week till its premiere, Three Brothers held its production press conference on the afternoon of the 12th. In attendance were the actors who comprise the titular trio, as well as the actresses who play their wives: Ahn Nae-sang, Oh Dae-kyu, and Lee Jun-hyuk are paired with Do Ji-won, Kim Hee-jung, and Oh Ji-eun.

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It’s press conference day for City Hall!

On the 16th, the cast was at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Seoul to talk about the upcoming SBS Wednesday-Thursday drama, which is probably most anticipated for its leading lady, Kim Sun-ah. She stars opposite leading man Cha Seung-won in the upbeat, comic series (watch preview below).

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Watch out, here comes Mayor Kim Sun-ah!

In her last photo shoot (displaying a slimmer figure and newly shorn hair for her role in the drama City Hall), Kim carried off a vibe that was sexy and strong, but not exactly one that screams “public servant.” Well, in these latest photos, she is in character and looking the part of a woman who worked her way up from the bottom.

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Sometimes this drama whirl moves so fast it’s a little disorienting. I swear, it feels like SBS’s Cain & Abel just started and now the promo machine is starting up for the drama to follow it, Kim Sun-ah’s comeback vehicle City Hall.

The latest addition to the cast is Lee Jun-hyuk, whom you may have last seen on SBS’s A Star’s Lover (as Choi Ji-woo’s road manager); he also played a tough guy on the widely watched (in Korea) First Wives Club. This time, he takes on the role of assistant to lead actor Cha Seung-won, who is turning to television after a career of mostly film work (Libera Me, My Teacher Mr. Kim, Blood Rain); Cha’s last drama role came in the 2003 KBS drama Bodyguard.

In City Hall, Lee Jun-hyuk is the trusted right-hand man to Cha Seung-won’s ambitious bureaucrat (who’s got an eye on an eventual presidency), while Kim Sun-ah attempts to shed the disappointment of her last drama, MBC’s When Night Comes (or When It’s At Night) as a female mayor. The drama is the debut miniseries project from the production company behind SBS’s morning series Aquarius, Yein Culture, and has recently entered filming.

The more I read about City Hall, the more I have to head-tilt in confusion — its description as “cheerful and refreshing amidst these gloomy economic hard times” feels incongruous with its plotline, imo. It premieres April 29.

Kim Sun-ah, Cha Seung-won

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