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Local Cable TV Produces Dramas

2006/11/29 | Source | Permalink |

By Han Eun-jung
Staff Reporter

Since "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos", two dramas produced and originally aired on the American cable network HBO, were first shown here several years ago, they have fast become household names.

Fans' postings, which flood Internet message boards, show that fans watch the programs because of their tight-knit plots and well-developed characters.

However, only recently has cable TV started airing dramas _ an area long considered a terrestrial broadcaster-dominated realm _ with premium movie channel OCN emerging as the leader.

With easy access to well-made foreign series and an abundance of locally produced programs, audiences are looking for more.

Not long after "Freeze", a star-studded four-episode series depicting the love of a human and a vampire, was aired last month, OCN launched another made-for-cable series.

The latest, a full-length miniseries (16-episodes) titled "Someday", was launched earlier this month.

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