The 16-part series will premiere at 10:40 p.m. on Dec. 17. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

The South Korean sensation "Squid Game" has posted a total of 1.65 billion hours of streaming in the first four weeks of release, becoming the most-watched Netflix content of all time. Netflix on Tuesday (US time) released the global top 10 lists of films and TV shows based on hours viewed in their respective first 28 days on its platform. "Squid Game" topped the non-English popular TV show lis...

While made-for-television political satires have had little success in Korea, “The Blue House Family” is ready to take a jab at the genre early next year. It so happens that 2022 is a presidential election year in Korea, and Astory, the production company behind the 10-episode sitcom, is betting that content related to politics will grab viewers’ attention. “Politics and comedy go well togeth...

Actor Song Hye-kyo made a triumphant return to the small screen Friday with her first TV drama in two years, SBS’ “Now We Are Breaking Up.” The first episode recorded the highest viewership rating of all Friday-Saturday dramas that aired over those two days. The first showing on Friday marked an average nationwide rating of 6.4 and a peak of 8.4 percent. The ratings improved the following day, ...

The South Korean breakout hit "Squid Game" has emerged as a big contender in the US year-end awards season, possibly to become the first Korean-made TV series winning a trophy at prestigious awards ceremonies. Starting in late fall, the highly competitive race for great TV shows and movies of the year is the biggest celebration for the US entertainment industry eying for the Emmys and Oscars nex...

Meanwhile, tvN seeks to continue the soccer fever with upcoming soccer show “Golden Eleven 2,” where Korean soccer icons -- Lee Cheon-soo, Cho Won-hee and Baek Ji-hoon -- mentor and discover youth soccer players. “The extended COVID-19 pandemic played a huge part in bringing about the heyday of sports programs in Korean TV. Many sports broadcasts were canceled during the pandemic, increasing peo...

The South Korean sensation "Squid Game" has reclaimed the No. 1 position on Netflix's most popular TV show rankings to become the streamer's top-ranking original series for the most days ever. According to streaming analytics firm FlixPatrol on Wednesday (US time), the Korean-language survival drama regained the No. 1 spot on the list of the world's most watched TV shows on Netflix, replacing th...

The South Korean phenomenon "Squid Game" has outnumbered the longtime TV powerhouse "Game of Thrones" in terms of combined YouTube views of its derivative video content, a US media outlet has reported. A total of 129,000 videos of the survival drama, including official trailers, fan-made reaction clips and video games, have earned a total of 17 billion views on the platform since the show's rele...

The Naver webtoon series “Yumi’s Cells” may be the perfect example of versatile multimedia content, with plans for it to be adapted as an animation and a musical. The animation version of the webtoon for cinematic release will be co-produced by a Naver subsidiary, Studio N, and by local animation production company Locus, which created the 2019 hit “Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs. The company is...

SBS’ new Friday-Saturday drama series kicks off Friday at 10 p.m. By Lee Si-jin ( sj_lee@heraldcorp.com )

Joining the ranks of Korean dramas and K-pop in gaining popularity worldwide is Korean animation series “Catch! Teenieping,” which has caught on with kids around the globe. “Catch! Teenieping” topped Netflix Korea’s trending kids category four days after the launch of its first season. YouTube channel Teenieping TV, meanwhile, has over 208,000 followers. The series has been widely watched in Au...

Recently, however, the trend of cooking shows has given way to travel and sports entertainment shows, a fact that director Hyun acknowledged. “Though the trend is not smiling on cooking shows, I am still motivated to present amazing Korean foods to both local and global viewers. I hope more people can enjoy and learn about traditional Korean food through our program,” Hyun said. “The War of Che...

Lee Sang-youb, who directed the webtoon-based tvN drama “Yumi’s cells,” did not expect to receive many compliments about the show after the first season ended, knowing his adaption of the well-beloved original web comics might disappoint some fans. “Because the original webtoon, written and drawn by author Lee Dong-gun, was such a popular work and loved by many readers, I worried a lot and had m...

“With the unfamiliar scientific terms and expressions, it was not easy to fully understand both the characters and the story at first. But as the story continued, I found myself drawn to the script and being impatient for the next episode. I am certain that the viewers will also enjoy searching for the truth behind the many incidents in our series,” Lee said. Though he felt a lot of pressure for...

With South Korea on its way to returning to normal from COVID-19, local broadcasters are set to resume the recording of their programs with a studio audience for the first time in nearly two years. Cable channel tvN said Friday that its long-running skit show "Comedy Big League" will be filmed in front of an audience next Tuesday for the first time in about 20 months. Due to COVID-19 restrictio...