I agree with you that it sucks the Korean entertainment industry is so focused on hiring idols with large fan…
I have to agree with you on the ratings especially the TV ratings, most of the new popular actors Tv dramas / var shows are bombed in SK, they all are surviving bcz of the international OTTs and their obsession
Reminds me of TAIWANESE drama, FL goes to a village on her summer vacation falls in love with ML then goes back to home and dwords or about to dword bcz of the illness, she sends her sister to spend there (Or tell her the truth) and sister also falls in love with the ML...
It's based on a webtoon, which is what it's heavily inspired by.
The basic setting is copy pasted from all Online to offline meeting Cdramas, if you want almost similar then you have the EVERYONE LOVE ME drama where FL is younger and ML is older than them having the enemies to lover minus the CEO line
Recently it feels weird how they are announcing new cdramas 1 week before the release, missing my sudden air drops or 1 day before release announcements
Number of watchers on MDL is also quite high considering this is modern drama.
Actually on MDL (International watchers) like Modern Cdramas more than the Costume dramas so not a surprise,
Though Historicals Cdramas will have Higher watchers bcz they take 2-3 years to air unlike the, Modern dramas which airs within a year of time but by the end of the airing you will see Modern dramas having higher watchers than Costume dramas
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Even though idk anything about Novel, their pics of comparing OG novel pics with swords and edits with guns made my day
Though Historicals Cdramas will have Higher watchers bcz they take 2-3 years to air unlike the, Modern dramas which airs within a year of time but by the end of the airing you will see Modern dramas having higher watchers than Costume dramas