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SBS to launch world’s first 3-D TV program series

Nov 8, 2013

With the rise of 3-D technology in the filming industry, SBS ― one of the nation’s leading television networks ― is scheduled to be the first terrestrial TV station in the world to broadcast regular weekly programs in 3-D, according to officials at the broadcasting station. Starting Saturday, the network will be airing one of two programs each week ― the fourth season of “Knowledge Sharing Conce...
Filming last moments of Kennedy sobering for Lowe

Nov 8, 2013

On his first day on the set of “Killing Kennedy,” Rob Lowe saw Ginnifer Goodwin donning a replica of the pink suit worn by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Immediately, the intensity and the reality of what they were about to depict in the film hit home. “Seeing her in that beautiful pink Chanel with bloodstains on it was unbelievably emotional,” Lo...
Rather not invited to join CBS coverage of Kennedy

Nov 6, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) ― CBS News hasn’t invited Dan Rather back to participate in its 50th-anniversary coverage of the Kennedy assassination, but images of the longtime anchor who parted bitterly with the network will be a part of its upcoming documentary on how the story unfolded that day. Rather helped organize CBS’ plans for President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, and as a young...
50 years looks good on ABC’s ‘General Hospital’

Nov 6, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) ― A few years ago, ABC’s “General Hospital” was in trouble. “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” had been given their series’ end dates and the “GH” cast and crew worried their show would be next. “You’d be on set and you’d hear little things like, ‘Oh, we’ve got maybe six months”’ before cancellation, said Jason Thompson, who plays Patrick Drake on the longest-running daytime...
‘Glee,’ Sandra Bullock top People’s Choice nominees

Nov 6, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Hit TV show “Glee” topped the list of nominees for the public-voted People’s Choice awards announced Tuesday, while Sandra Bullock and singer Katy Perry were also among the most short-listed. Veteran actor Robin Williams, who won his first People’s Choice Award in 1979 for “Mork and Mindy,” won another nomination nearly 35 years later in the same category, favorite actor in a...
Ha Ji-won back in ‘The Empress Ki’

Oct 24, 2013

‘Secret Garden’ actress returns with historical romance
Actor Go Joo-won accused of assaulting club visitor

Oct 21, 2013

South Korean actor Go Joo-won has been accused of being involved in an assault at a Gangnam club, police said Monday. According to Seoul Gangnam Police Station, Go was involved in an altercation at a club in the Gangnam district of Seoul with another person last Wednesday. Go was visiting the club with friends to celebrate his birthday. The man, identified by his surname Bang, claimed that Go ...
MBC president plans to produce sequel to 'Daejanggeum' in 2015

Oct 18, 2013

South Korea's second-largest TV network MBC said Friday it plans to make a sequel to smash-hit epic series "Daejanggeum," which is largely attributed to have triggered the latest Korean culture boom in China and elsewhere in Asia, for a possible release in the first half of 2015. "We're planning to make Daejanggeum Season 2," Kim Jong-guk, president of the network, said in his opening speech at ...
‘SNL’ to exchange crews with ‘SNL Korea’ for single episode

Oct 18, 2013

“Saturday Night Live Korea” said Friday that it plans to exchange its crews with the original “SNL” show in the U.S. for one episode next year, a “special event” to commemorate the U.S. show’s 40th anniversary. “Shin Dong-yeop and other regular members (of ‘SNL Korea’) will appear in the U.S. show while Fred Armisen and other crew from the U.S. counterpart will come to Korea,” an unnamed officia...
Designing with the stars: SBS to launch celebrity fashion reality program

Oct 16, 2013

Idols and designers team up to compete for title of ‘Fashion King’
Model audition show denies encouraging tiff

Oct 11, 2013

A South Korean model reality contest on Friday denied allegations that it had intentionally instigated a quarrel between two of its contestants to boost its ratings. “We paired up Hwang Hyeon-ju and Jung Ha-eun (the two contestants of the show) as roommates hoping that they would reconcile, being in unfamiliar surroundings and all,” said an official from “Challenge: Supermodel Korea,” a TV show ...
S. Korean TV documentary nominated for Int'l Emmy Award

Oct 11, 2013

A South Korean television documentary series about an orchestra led by the accomplished Korean-American violist Richard Yongjae O'Neill has been nominated for an International Emmy Award, a local distributor of the program's movie version said Friday. The MBC TV documentary titled "Hello?! Orchestra" is one of four nominees for the arts programming section of the awards, Jinjin Pictures said. W...
Yoon Eun-hye back in rom-com fantasy

Oct 10, 2013

‘Coffee Prince’ actress plays role of aspiring scriptwriter in new drama
‘Good Doctor’ wraps up with high ratings

Oct 9, 2013

“Good Doctor,” a South Korean drama featuring an autistic doctor, wrapped up its heartwarming story of triumph over adversity with viewer ratings of 19.2 percent for its final episode on Tuesday. “Thank you for compensating for what I could not do,” said Sion, the autistic doctor, to his colleagues in the last episode on gaining recognition as a professional pediatrician. The drama evoked hope ...
Lee Min-ho, back to class

Oct 8, 2013

‘Boys Over Flowers’ star returns as teenage chaebol heir in new drama

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