Kim Su-hyun (김수현)

2008/04/17 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Lee Jae-gyoo, Lee Yoon-jeong drama comeback

There is great interest for the works of star producers, which will be coming out at the end of this year.

They say dramas are works of the writers but the power of the producers is also noticeable. Either they work with famous writers such as Kim Su-hyun and Noh Hee-kyeong, or they excel in one genre, such as Director Lee Byeong-hoon of MBC "Lee San".

The first work is Director Lee Jae-gyu's "Beethoven Virus".

This work, starring Kim Myeong-min and Lee Ji-ah, dreams of being the Korean "Nodame Cantabile". Director Lee has shown his skill through MBC "Damo" and SBS "Fashion 70s". For the past three years, he had been preparing various dramas but they did not work well and eventually chose "Beethoven Virus". Director Lee plans to tell the story of musicians who struggle after forming an orchestra.

Director Lee Yoon-jeong of MBC "Coffee Prince" also is preparing for a drama to release this year. Director Lee's "Triple" is the fir...

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2008/04/14 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

Viewer ratings for "Mom's Dead Upset", a popular new TV series on KBS, has exceeded 30 percent since it first began airing two months ago.

According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, "Mom's Dead Upset" recorded nationwide viewer ratings of 30 percent on April 13. The drama also recorded viewer ratings of 30.1 percent in the metropolitan area and 31.6 percent in Seoul.

A study by TNS Media Research showed the drama's nationwide viewer ratings recorded 29.6 percent the same day.

The series is popular writer Kim Su-hyun's first drama in four years. The first episode of "Mom's Dead Upset" which aired on February 2, recorded viewer ratings of 25.3 percent.

The story is about a middle-class family of three generations that run a laundromat. The mother of the family, played by actress Kim Hye-ja, has planned out the lives of her three children her whole life. However, all three end up with partners that don't quite suit their mother's taste. The drama features realistic and witty con...

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2008/03/20 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

The producing cost for each episode of the KBS drama "Angry Mom", written by Kim Su-hyun, is about 140,000 dollars.

The drama production enterprise Sam-hwa Networks announced that they reached agreements with KBS for a budget limit of about ten million dollars.

"Angry Mom" started airing as a weekend drama on February 2 and plans to be 70 episodes.

Sam-hwa Networks explained, "The producing cost may change depending on the number of times it is aired"....

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2008/02/27 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

One of the convenient aspects of moving out of my parents' house was that I could choose where I live. I was free from questions like "So, where do you live?" which can be translated as "How rich are you (or more precisely, your parents)?"
My parents happened to live in a not-so-fancy neighborhood quite a-ways north of the Han River, and answering such a question was not the most pleasant experience for me.
The interrogation became even more unpleasant when two acquaintances teased me for "living close to Cheongnyangni, the hooker district".
My house was far from meeting their description, but nevertheless these individuals had their share of fun teasing me that night. My family chose to live there to honor the memory of my grandparents, who settled down there during hard times after fleeing from the North. However, this mattered little to these two people, a Korean and an American.
Maybe this is why I chose a neighborhood where I have two former presidents within two blocks, altho...

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2008/01/29 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

By Kwon Mee-yoo
Staff Reporter

All three major television networks will start new weekend dramas for the entire family in February.

KBS will air "Mom's Dead Upset", which deals with four-generations living together and the various incidents resulting from generation gaps. MBC will air "A Beauty Unmatched, Park Jeong-geum", about a divorced single mom, while SBS will air "I Am Happy", about a happily married couple.

The first episode of "Mom's Dead Upset" will air at 7:55 p.m., Feb. 2. Written by Kim Su-hyun, the hit maker who wrote for dramas such as "My Man's Woman" (SBS, 2007), "Love and Ambition" (SBS, 2006) and "Trap of Youth" (SBS, 1999), the drama's expectations are high.

The drama features powerful actors and actresses. Lee Soon-jae, who currently plays King Yeongjo on MBC's "Lee San", Baek Il-seob, Kim Hae-ja and Kang Boo-ja are the grandfather, father, grandmother and mother of the family respectively while Sin Eun-kyeong, Kim Jeong-hyeon and Lee Yoo-ri will play ...

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