A fierce battle in the home theater… Jo Jung-seok

[My Daily = Reporter Noh Han-bin] The dramas that heated up 2023 are about to end. In other words, the release of the works that made 2024 a long-awaited year is just around the corner.

First, actors Jo Jung-seok and Shin Se-kyung’s new Saturday-Sunday drama on cable channel tvN, ‘Sejak, The Bewitched’ (written by Kim Seon-deok, directed by Jo Nam-guk) opens.

‘Sejak, Those Bewitched’ is a story about the cruel fate of King Yi-in, who holds a high position but has a lowly heart, and a woman who becomes Sejak (a spy) to bring down him. It is a fictional historical drama based on imagination, and is about a spy who hides his identity and secretly finds out secrets or situations and provides information.

Jo Jung-seok and Shin Se-kyung will meet as a deluded king and Sejak, who seeks his heart, and will portray a narrative of cruel fate. In particular, expectations are heightened as Shin Se-kyung plays the role of a cross-dressing woman for the first time.

At the previous production presentation, Jo Jung-seok said, “Shin Se-kyung is an actress I have always said that I would like to act with. Everyone around me will know. “When we actually started working together, the chemistry was just a nag to say,” he said. “The melodrama chemistry with Shin Se-kyung is 11 points.” “Oh, wasn’t it a perfect score of 10?” he joked.

Shin Se-kyung, who heard this, also boasted of their extraordinary chemistry, adding, “I think our chemistry is 1,000 points.”

Meanwhile, ‘Sejak, The Bewitched’ will be aired for the first time at 9:20 PM on the 21st and will be specially organized for the first and second consecutive episodes.

At 10 p.m. on the 26th, the new SBS Friday-Saturday drama Chaebol

‘Chaebol FLEX investigation. ‘The Fierce Priest’, ‘The Thousand Won Lawyer’, ‘Model Taxi’, ‘One the Woman’ SBS Geumto Universe, which has built a trustworthy cider worldview with exciting narratives of good and evil, is attracting attention as an ambitious new work.

Ahn Bo-hyun and Park Ji-hyun perfectly portrayed the disguised male-female relationship in ‘Yumi’s Cells’ and drew positive responses from numerous viewers. As a result, the acting chemistry of the two people who met again is doubling expectations. 

Park Ji-hyun stimulates curiosity as Lee Kang-hyeon, an ‘investigation geek’ who loves investigating the best and leader of Gangha Police Station’s powerful team 1. He said, “I gained about 7 kg to digest the girl crush detective Lee Kang-hyeon,” and his speech style and intonation were quite different from the characters I had drawn before, so I used various breathing and vocalizations to express a detective with charisma and skill. “I practiced,” he said.

In addition, Park Ji-hyun even shows off her first action performance through this work, seeking an unconventional transformation. He had that much confidence, and he said, “Chaebol I was confident.

The follow-up to general programming channel JTBC’s ‘Welcome to Samdali’, which recorded its highest audience rating of 10.1% (Nielsen Korea nationwide standard) on the 14th, is also coming. This is the story of the new Saturday-Sunday drama ‘Doctor Slump’ (written by Baek Seon-woo, directed by Oh Hyeon-jong), in which actors Park Shin-hye and Park Hyeong-sik join as lead roles.

‘Doctor Slump’ is the ‘ruined life’ of Nam Ha-neul (Park Shin-hye) and Yeo Yeong-woo (Park Hyeong-sik), who hit the brakes after only running on an upward curve in life. A romantic comedy about cardiopulmonary resuscitation. ‘Disgust (hate relationship)’ reunited in a dark period of life’ The process of two rivals becoming each other’s light is planned to bring laughter, excitement, empathy, and comfort.

Above all, ‘rom-com queen’ Park Shin-hye’s return raises expectations. After concentrating on marriage, childbirth, and raising children, he returned to the small screen after three years and said, “I think everyone can experience a slump at least once in their lives. I also had that experience. As a result, I became agitated by the emotions felt by the character named Haneul,” he said, explaining the reason for his appearance.

Park Shin-hye then cited ’emotional changes’ as the main focus of her acting and said, ‘I had the opportunity to talk with a psychiatrist about acting, and he told me that just because I’m depressed doesn’t mean I’m helpless all day long. “She has a variety of emotions, but when she encounters some difficulties, she just momentarily loses track of how to overcome them,” she said. “I think she acted with those aspects in mind.” “she added. Park Hyung-sik was greatly loved as ‘Strong Woman Do Bong-soon’ Afterwards, she chooses a romantic comedy for the first time in 7 years, raising her expectations. 

‘Heirs’ ‘Dr. Slump’, which is expected to show the essence of a romantic comedy with Park Shin-hye and Park Hyung-sik, who reunited after 10 years, will premiere at 10:30 pm on the 27th.

In addition, JTBC is also releasing a new Wednesday-Thursday drama. It is ‘The Awesome Solver’ (written by Jeong Hee-seon, directed by Park Jin-seok) starring actress Lee Ji-ah and Kang Ki-young. This work is ‘I will divorce you without even a rat or a bird knowing’ It contains the fearless retribution solution of justice by Sarah Kim (Lee Ji-ah), Korea’s best divorce resolver, and Dong-jun Dong-jun (Kang Ki-young), a smart lawyer.

Sara Kim, Dong-jun Dong, and the Solution Team are said to be mobilizing all means and methods to smoothly resolve the fractured marital relationship, raising questions about how the Solution Team will punish vicious spouses. Here, the key figures of the solution, Kim Sara and Dong-Jun Dong, with their business smiles that inspire trust, herald a hot shot like a divorce stamp, making people even more curious about this broadcast.

Kang Ki-young takes on his first leading role through the awesome ‘The Fixer’. In response, writer Jeong Hee-seon expressed her deep trust, saying, “I heard that this was her first lead role, and it was hard to believe that she held the center of the play so firmly that she was very dependable as a writer.”In this way, Kang Ki-young, who has set out to renew her life character, shows fantastic chemistry with Lee Ji-ah and is expected to give her a refreshing laugh.

Meanwhile, director Park Jin-seok said, “You will be able to see a new side of actress Lee Ji-ah, in fact her real face that was hidden,” and added, “Dear viewers, our actress Lee Ji-ah is actually a person with such charm! “I want to spread the word like this,” he said, attracting attention.

‘Awesome Solvers’, which will show the stories of realistic heroes who will give clear answers to divorce, will have its first meeting with viewers at 8:50 pm on the 31st.

Viewers’ choices have become more diverse, from fictional melodrama historical dramas where people deceive each other, to comical action dramas full of wit and tension, medical romantic comedies that convey comfort and hope, and hot justice projects. The visiting days are also varied. With Friday-Saturday dramas and weekend dramas, as well as Wednesday-Thursday dramas, all of which are fiercely competitive every week, newly joining the small screen competition, attention is focused on what will be the work that will captivate the small screen.