Posts Tagged ‘Queen of Housewives’

Drama Casting & News
Park Shi-hoo joins cast of Queen of Reversals
by | September 8, 2010 | 60 Comments
Park Shi-hoo, most recently of SBS’s trendy romance drama Prosecutor Princess, has been added to the cast of Queen of Reversals, which is the second season of MBC’s hit Queen of Housewives. (Although it’s called Season 2, the drama features a completely different story and a mostly-new cast, with the exception of returning star Kim... More »


Drama Casting & News
Jung Jun-ho confirms Queen of Housewives sequel
by | August 19, 2010 | 26 Comments
Jung Jun-ho will be playing the male lead opposite Kim Nam-joo in Queen of Reversals, which is the second season (spin-off) to last year’s Queen of Housewives. Already I’m enjoying his character description: “Bong Jun-su” enjoyed quite a lot of popularity with the ladies in his youth due to his good looks and glib tongue,... More »


Drama Casting & News
Queen of Housewives, Tears, and Reversals
by | August 17, 2010 | 19 Comments
Kim Nam-joo is coming back for the Queen of Housewives sequel, re-titled (again) to Queen of Reversals — which happens to be in direct competition with her husband’s drama. She is married to IRIS‘s Kim Seung-woo, who is reprising the same role in spy drama Athena. Athena will replace SBS’s Giant and premieres in November.... More »


Drama Casting & News
Queen of Housewives returns as Queen of Tears
by | June 7, 2010 | 41 Comments
Nearly two years after enjoying a popular run on MBC, Queen of Housewives will be coming back to television for its promised sequel, and the second season will broadcast with the title Queen of Tears. According to a source with the production team, it will share a similar theme with Queen of Housewives in its... More »


Drama Casting & News
News bites: Recent casting calls
by | May 1, 2010 | 26 Comments
Han Yeo-woon, Song Joong-ki, Park Hyo-joo Haven’t done one of these in ages! Here’s a collection of some of the recent casting tidbits making the rounds… Han Yeo-woon, the angel-faced actress of last year’s Story of a Man, stars in a 2-episode special drama called Love’s Miracle. Sounds like a weepie: The main characters are... More »


Drama Reactions & Reviews
Finding Hidden Gems And Lumps of Coal in 2009 [Year In Review, Part 5]
by | December 30, 2009 | 123 Comments
First, I’d like to start by thanking Sarah for inviting me to be a guest reviewer. I must admit that I was, at first, a bit daunted (okay, scared ****less would be more precise), but how else could I begin to pay a little back to those who have given me so much? I’m neither... More »


Drama Casting & News
2009 MBC Drama Awards
by | December 30, 2009 | 104 Comments
December 30 was, once again, the night of the 2009 MBC Drama Awards. Unlike last year, there was no split Daesang award nor the ensuing controversy, but then again, there really was nobody with whom it could be shared. To absolutely nobody’s surprise, Go Hyun-jung was named Daesang winner for her delicious portrayal of Mi-shil... More »


Drama Reactions & Reviews
How was 2009 for you?
by | December 6, 2009 | 410 Comments
With the year coming to an end, that means it’s time to take stock of the past twelve months (well, eleven really) in kdramas. The broadcast stations will be holding their awards ceremonies at the end of the month, and I’m working on my wrap-up of 2009′s offerings — as are some very talented (and... More »


Drama Casting & News
Queen of Housewives gets a Season 2
by | November 22, 2009 | 42 Comments
It’s rare, but it happens: the drama Queen of Housewives is getting a second season. According to an MBC representative, the drama will air its Season 2 next fall, and if it is successful, more seasons may follow. From MBC’s point of view, turning a drama into a multiple-season series (or “season drama”) would give... More »


Drama Casting & News
The business of kdrama extensions and cuts
by | September 20, 2009 | 46 Comments
Queen Seon-deok Yep, we as drama-lovers tend to have a love-hate (mostly hate, I think) relationship with drama extensions and, even worse, unexpected cuts. Even a good drama can be ruined in the end by unnecessary extensions — a long-running epic series may suffer less from adding episodes than a short drama whose story was... More »