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[2020 Year in Review] Editors’ Picks
by stroopwafel
We've finally reached the end of a very unusual year both in dramaland and around the world. I always love seeing how the voting shakes out, and which shows left...
Tags: Crash Landing on You, Editors' Picks, Extracurricular, featured2, Forest of Secrets 2, Hi Bye Mama, Hospital Playlist, It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Itaewon Class, Kingdom 2, Memorials, My Unfamiliar Family, Record of Youth, Start-Up, year in review, year in review 2020
[2019 Year in Review] Editors’ Picks
by stroopwafel
One of my favorite parts of the year in review is seeing which dramas would find champions among the Dramabeans' staff. This year's voting was tight, with some victors winning...
Tags: Be Melodramatic, Editors' Picks, Extraordinary You, featured2, Hell Is Other People, Her Private Life, Hotel del Luna, Kingdom, Melting Me Softly, My Country: The New Age, My Fellow Citizens, Nokdu Flower, Search Query: WWW, The Crowned Clown, The Light in Your Eyes, When the Camellia Blooms, year in review, year in review 2019
2015 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 11]
by javabeans
We're finally here, at the end of another Year in Review series! We warned you it'd be long this time, but hopefully you all made it through with us. We...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1988, Awl, Byun Yo-han, Choi Won-young, Editors' Picks, featured, Healer, I Remember You, Ji Sung, Jo Soo-hyang, Kim Seul-gi, Last, Oh My Ghostess, Park Bo-gum, Park Bo-young, Persevere Gu Hae-ra, Punch, Sassy Go Go, Six Flying Dragons, Warm and Cozy, year in review, year in review 2015, Yoo Yeon-seok
2014 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 6]
by javabeans
And now for the Editors' Picks, which closes out another Year in Review series (and another year, which hardly seems possible, but apparently time stops for no one, no matter...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bad Guys, Doctor Stranger, Editors' Picks, featured, God's Gift – 14 Days, Liar Game, Marriage Not Dating, Misaeng, Plus Nine Boys, Records of a Night Watchman, Secret Door, Secret Love Affair, Surplus Princess, Three Musketeers, year in review, year in review 2014, You From Another Star
2013 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 5]
by javabeans
Here are your winners for 2013! It was an interesting year in dramaland, with a wide array of genres to choose from all year long. It was also a year without...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1994, Editors' Picks, Empire of Gold, featured, Gu Family Book, Heartless City, Heirs, I Hear Your Voice, Master's Sun, Mi-rae's Choice, Nine: Nine Time Travels, School 2013, Two Weeks, Who Are You (tvN), year in review, year in review 2013
2012 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 6]
by javabeans
Annnnnnnd another year comes to a close. Big thanks to our recap minions HeadsNo2, gummimochi, and kaedejun for sharing their reviews with us and joining the spirited discussion for the...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Arang and the Magistrate, Big, Dr. Jin, Editors' Picks, Fashion King, featured, Gaksital, History of the Salaryman, Nice Guy, Padam Padam, Queen In-hyun's Man, Rooftop Prince, Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, The King 2 Hearts, The Moon That Embraces the Sun, year in review, year in review 2012
2011 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 5]
by javabeans
Part 5 is here! As in past years, we here at Dramabeans owe huge thanks to guest bloggers — thank you, kaedejun and Dahee Fanel! — for participating in the review series, as...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Athena: Goddess of War, Best Love, City Hunter, Editors' Picks, featured, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, Girl K, Lie To Me, Me Too Flower, Miss Ripley, Paradise Ranch, Scent of a Woman, The Princess's Man, Thousand Day Promise, Warrior Baek Dong-soo, year in review, year in review 2011
2010 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 5]
by javabeans
Here we are, Part 5! As girlfriday said in her review, I'd also like to thank guest bloggers Dahee Fanel and thunderbolt for participating in this year's year-in-review roundup. A particular...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Baker King Kim Tak-gu, Cinderella's Sister, Coffee House, Editors' Picks, Eom Ji-won, featured, Giant, Jang Hyuk, Jejoongwon, Joseon X-Files, Jung Bo-seok, Kim Gab-soo, Kim Hyun-joong, Lee Mi-sook, Micky Yoochun, Moon Geun-young, My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, Personal Taste, Rain, Runaway Plan B, Shin Mina, Sohn Ye-jin, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, year in review, year in review 2010, Yoo Ah-in
2009 Editors’ Picks [Year in Review, Part 6]
by javabeans
Here we are! The last of the year-end review series. This post is something new, but I thought it would be an interesting experiment. Although each of us reviewers has...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Accidental Couple, Again My Love, Assorted Gems, awards, Boys Before Flowers, Brilliant Legacy, City Hall, Editors' Picks, Friend Our Legend, IRIS, Kyung Sook Kyung Sook's Father, Queen Seon-deok, Return of Iljimae, Smile, Story of a Man, year in review, year in review 2009, You're Beautiful