Despite the generally gloomy outlook for cable dramas (in particular, those on general-programming channels, most of whom are discontinuing or severely curtailing drama production), there are a few notable successes....
A Wife's Credentials
If you've been following the drama offerings on the various cable channels you'll already have an inkling, but things are not looking good for the brand-new channels...
Showbiz-centric series Light and Shadow has been holding strong on Mondays and Tuesdays as the ratings leader, and MBC never met a successful show it didn't want to extend, so...
Today marks the premiere of KBS's new throwback drama Love Rain, the new project from famed season drama PD Yoon Suk-ho, starring Jang Geun-seok and Yoona. But despite the young...
Oy, another show gets the axe. Cable action-thriller Hanbando (Korean Peninsula) had boasted a sizable production budget (10 billion won, or roughly $9 million USD) and a name cast (Hwang Jung-min, Kim...
I talked about cable programs underperforming recently, so it shouldn't come as a huge shock that You're Here, You're Here, You're Really Here, the daily MBN sitcom about a group...
Ooh, a late-game reversal! Mondays and Tuesdays have a new (ratings) victor, and it's History of the Salaryman. The drama has been steadily creeping up in the ratings, but it...
Time to take another look at cable programming, now that some of the new channels have completed a drama series or two since opening for business. While there have been...
Things are looking good for Vampire Idol, which is one of the first wave of new cable shows on the newly launched general-programming cable channels (which include JTBC, MBN, and...
E Channel's Saturday drama Empress wrapped over the weekend, concluding its story of an upscale bar hostess out to get her revenge on the rich and powerful men who trampled...
Cable’s first extension: Queen Dowager In-soo
by javabeans
Despite the generally gloomy outlook for cable dramas (in particular, those on general-programming channels, most of whom are discontinuing or severely curtailing drama production), there are a few notable successes....
Tags: cable programs, drama ratings
Is this the end for general-programming cable dramas?
by javabeans
A Wife's Credentials If you've been following the drama offerings on the various cable channels you'll already have an inkling, but things are not looking good for the brand-new channels...
Tags: cable programs, drama production, drama ratings
MBC extends Mon-Tues leader Light & Shadow
by javabeans
Showbiz-centric series Light and Shadow has been holding strong on Mondays and Tuesdays as the ratings leader, and MBC never met a successful show it didn't want to extend, so...
Tags: Ahn Jae-wook, drama ratings, Nam Sang-mi
Love Rain premieres to low ratings
by girlfriday
Today marks the premiere of KBS's new throwback drama Love Rain, the new project from famed season drama PD Yoon Suk-ho, starring Jang Geun-seok and Yoona. But despite the young...
Tags: drama ratings, Fashion King, Love Rain
Hanbando’s blockbuster budget can’t make it a hit
by javabeans
Oy, another show gets the axe. Cable action-thriller Hanbando (Korean Peninsula) had boasted a sizable production budget (10 billion won, or roughly $9 million USD) and a name cast (Hwang Jung-min, Kim...
Tags: drama production, drama ratings, Hwang Jung-min, Kim Jung-eun
More cable disappointments: You’re Here gets the ax
by javabeans
I talked about cable programs underperforming recently, so it shouldn't come as a huge shock that You're Here, You're Here, You're Really Here, the daily MBN sitcom about a group...
Tags: cable programs, drama production, drama ratings, You're Here You're Here You're Really Here
Salaryman hits a ratings high, gets extended
by javabeans
Ooh, a late-game reversal! Mondays and Tuesdays have a new (ratings) victor, and it's History of the Salaryman. The drama has been steadily creeping up in the ratings, but it...
Tags: drama ratings, History of the Salaryman
Ratings report: New cable channels underperform expectations
by javabeans
Time to take another look at cable programming, now that some of the new channels have completed a drama series or two since opening for business. While there have been...
Tags: Bachelor's Vegetable Store, cable programs, Color of Woman, drama production, drama ratings, Operation Proposal, Padam Padam, Vampire Idol, You're Here You're Here You're Really Here
Interview with the Vampire (Idols)
by javabeans
Things are looking good for Vampire Idol, which is one of the first wave of new cable shows on the newly launched general-programming cable channels (which include JTBC, MBN, and...
Tags: cable programs, drama ratings, Hong Jong-hyun, Kim Hyun-joong (2), Kim Woo-bin, Lee Jung, Lee Soo-hyuk, Vampire Idol
Empress wraps on cable, looks at a second season
by javabeans
E Channel's Saturday drama Empress wrapped over the weekend, concluding its story of an upscale bar hostess out to get her revenge on the rich and powerful men who trampled...
Tags: cable programs, drama ratings, Jang Shin-young