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KBS Holds TV Program Premiere in Beijing (Source)
"Powerful Opponents" Wraps at 9.4% (Source)
"Powerful Opponents" on KBS 2TV Kicks Off with 7.1% Viewer Rating (Source)
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KBS will host a large-scale premiere of TV programs as well as a seminar to celebrate the 15 anniversary of bilateral exchange between Korean and Chinese broadcasting.
KBS recently announced that it will hold a premiere and workshop that aims to seek ways to develop the broadcasting industry of both countries as well as review the past 15 years of achievements. The event will be held at the Korean Cultural Center in Beijing, China for two days from June 16.
A number of high-ranking broadcasting officials will attend the opening ceremony on June 16. On June 17, KBS and CCTV will hold a large-scale premiere event that will introduce KBS TV programs including the drama series "Mom's Dead Upset" and "Powerful Opponents" to Chinese broadcasting officials as well as regular viewers.
Hosting the event will be KBS TV announcer Han Seok-jun, who will be hosting major programs related to the upcoming Beijing Olympic games on KBS.
KBS and China signed a cooperation treaty in 1993 foll...| More |
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 The KBS2 TV Monday-Tuesday drama, "Powerful Opponents", ended on June 3rd, with the final episode ratings unable to break through 10%.
According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, the last episode of "Powerful Opponents" did, however, receive the highest rating (9.4%) of its broadcasts. The drama started airing on April 14th and its average TV ratings were calculated at 7.7%.
Starring Chae Rim, Lee Jong-hyuk and Lee Jin-wook, "Powerful Opponents" was a TV drama about the lives of Secret Service agents who worked at the Blue House. Though the plot was unique, it was overshadowed by the popularity of the MBC period piece, "Yi San", Wind of the Palace.
On June 3rd, the TV ratings of "Yi San" were 28.9% and the ratings of the SBS drama "Tokyo Sun Shower" were recorded at 4.2%.
The production filling the "Powerful Opponents" spot will be the martial arts period drama, "Mighty Chil-woo", starring Eric Moon and Koo Hye-seon. Its first broadcast will be on June 9th.
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"Kangjeok" or "Powerful Opponents", a brand new drama series on KBS 2TV starring Chae Rim and Lee Jong-hyuk, started off with a lower-than-expected viewer rating of 7.1 percent (TNS Media Korea) on April 14.
In the first episode, new bodyguards were shown going through grueling training sessions. "Powerful Opponents" competed with "Yi San" on MBC (27.9%) and "I Love You" on SBS (6.7%).
According to AGB Nielsen Media Research, the viewer rating for "Powerful Opponents" on April 4 was 6.1 percent while that of "Yi San" and "I Love You" were 28.4 percent and 7 percent, respectively.
The viewer rating for "Powerful Opponents" is only slightly higher than the preceding drama series "Single Dad in Love" which recorded a viewer rating of 5.9 percent in the first episode and an average viewer rating of 4.6 percent.
Meanwhile, "Don't Go Away" ("Unshaken"), a new morning drama series on MBC starring Hong Eun-hee and Kim Nam-jin, recorded a viewer rating of 12.6 for the first episode ...| More |
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It seems that the new keyword for 2008 will become 'women power'.
Female stars who received popularity for effeminate roles are now trying new characters, such as famous politicians, female bodyguards, and female detectives.
Ko Hyeon-jeong will be acting as Korea's first female president in her next drama, SBS "Big Things", set to air in May 2008.
Ko Hyeon-jeong's role of Seo Hye-rim is a passionate lawyer. She quits after taking responsibility for the arrest a political gang's leader, and becomes famous as a civil rights lawyer. She runs for office and is elected as a female president.
Ko Hyeon-jeong also acted as the first female chief of a police squad in the MBC drama "Hit". She is receiving roles that differ from her past image, and that are many "firsts" in the drama industry.
Also, Chae Rim will be coming back to television as a female bodyguard.
The KBS drama "Powerful Opponents" will air April 14, and her character Cha Young-jin is an unstoppable, aggressive ...| More |
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