Michelle Topham

You apparently know nothing about the Korean entertainment industry (hint: I've been covering it as a journalist for more than 10 years).

Like she/he said, KHY changed agencies between filming Lovely Runner and the drama airing. So... when an agency would normally spend money on promoting their actress, her old agency didn't as (like she/he said), it wouldn't benefit them, and, on top of that, her new agency dropped the ball and didn't promote her either.

So... Byeon Woo Seok got a massive amount of publicity for Lovely Runner, as his agency spent money, which is why he was all over entertainment news for weeks, and KHY basically got nothing because nobody was promoting her.

And still she was nice about it, and about him, which shows what a nice, kind person she is.

Reported.

Edit: Now available on KOCOWA in Europe. It wasn't last night when I checked.

Masters Degree in Political Science here with an emphasis on the Middle East, so I've done my research on that region of the world as well as spent copious amounts of time in the Middle East, unlike the Pro-Hamas supporters who believe the data being released by actual terrorists.

And btw, I would love for one of you to explain how there is a "genocide" or an "occupation" when the Palestinian population has not only not had an Israeli living amongst them in the Gaza Strip for 20 years, but also has had one of the highest population growths worldwide for the last two decades.

A population, I might add, with over 70% of Palestinians supporting the terrorist acts of Hamas against Israelis on October 7th. You want to support terrorists, you do you. Just be aware that many of the people you feel sorry for would happily throw you off a building and not even wait to see you hit the ground.

And when you call them Anti-Semitic they say "only against Zionists", conveniently forgetting 95% of Jews are Zionists. (Alongside a huge section of the not-crazy western public).

Both the Israeli drama and the American remake are superb. Especially the American drama. Really disturbing stuff, when you see how far some parents will go to protect their children.

The Pro-Hamas lobby are not the brightest of bulbs, let's face it, as they've been brain-washed by an actual terrorist organization :)

The Pro-Hamas supporters really are stupid, aren't they. Then again, you have been brain-washed by an actual terrorist organization that would happily murder you rather than look at you, so there's that. Thanks. I'll make sure I watch it.

Go away

It's excellent. Really good chemistry between all the main leads, the action scenes are great, the comedy is on point, and the cases are interesting. Plus it features two incredibly kickass women. Give it a try.

A huge number of MDL users are brain-dead. Meaning their brain switches off if it isn't the usual rom-com starring some overrated idol. Absolutely ignore MDL ratings, or you will miss some of the best dramas out there. So far, this one is excellent.

Okay, now watched all available episodes and this is one of my faves of the year so far. The acting is superb, although I expect that from the likes of Song Kang Ho and the rest of the main cast, and the plot is truly interesting.
I'm just still so annoyed it ended up on Disney as Netflix would have made this one a big hit. Disney licenses K-drama (does the same with anime) and then hardly markets them. You see it all over their social media -- garbage American shows getting post after post, and hardly any mention of an anime or a K-drama. Really wish Korean and Japanese production companies would stop selling their rights to Disney.

Ratings will probably rise. You always get the "hate raters" to start with, who sometimes also hang around to trash it in the comments for a couple of weeks (don't understand that -- move on to a drama you do like).
People who watch a drama all the way through also often wait to leave a rating until the end. And again, it's MDL, where people usually give lower ratings than almost anywhere else :)

That article is over 24 hours out of date. It shot back up in the ratings last night -- an almost 2.0 percent ratings jump, and was #1 most-watched show on cable.

https://leosigh.com/the-midnight-romance-in-hagwon-ep-4-sees-huge-ratings-increase-1-most-watched-show-on-cable/

Very good. Recommend it as it's a more realistic romance drama, IMO, than a lot of what we get out of S. Korea. Love the main leads too.

Absolutely true. Sometimes I find myself rewinding two or three times to figure out what's going on, as I don't know much about Korean politics and worry something I missed might be necessary for the plot, but the scenarios in this are very well explained by the writer.

Wow, could you be more vile.

Thanks for the explanation. Had heard it several times too, but didn't know where it came from. Much appreciated :)

Me too! And it's crazy because all these companies complain about the pirate sites while doing everything they can to force consumers to pirate sites :)

Like you, I pay for Viki (then use VPN most of the time, as about 30% of the dramas I want to watch aren't available in Austria), and Netflix (still annoying, like you said, as dramas sometimes arrive later in Austria although we DO have The Atypical Family).

I also stopped paying for Crunchyroll as 40% of the anime I want to watch isn't available in Austria, AND they recently announced they will be using AI for subs. That means, they'll be firing actual human translators who spent years studying so they could translate correctly, for AI translation that is incorrect 50% of the time. At this point, Crunchyroll is the last company I would ever pay for. They've also just increased their prices -- massively, in some parts of the world -- yet still offer sub-standard service.

I also pay for HIDIVE when I'm in the U.S. (it's no longer available in Europe), watch anime on Netflix and pirate the rest. (And yep, Disney is the last company I would pay for -- they're abysmal with anime/Kdramas, to the point that they buy the exclusive license, it's never available to half the world, they don't promote it, and the anime/K-drama just goes there to die).

And btw, as an American living overseas, it pisses me off when other Americans complain about people "stealing money from anime/K-drama companies by pirating".

IF THE BLOODY ANIME/KDRAMA WAS AVAILABLE IN EUROPE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PIRATE IN THE FIRST PLACE :)

Rant over :)