Kim Dong-wook is in trouble for his ‘overlapping appearance’ on KBS

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Actor Kim Dong-wook competed with Kim Dong-wook. This is because of KBS' inconsiderate programming. This was sparked when KBS aired the drama 'You, the One I Met by Chance', which had already been filmed, after putting it on hold for 4 months. It ended up being a fight between Kim Dong-wook and Kim Dong-wook as it was aired on the same day and at the same time as the tvN drama 'Beneficial Fraud' starring Kim Dong-wook.

Kim Dong-wook plays the male lead in two dramas to be aired in May. KBS2's 'Accidentally Encountered You' will be aired for the first time on the 1st, and 'Beneficial Scam' will be aired on the 29th. Both dramas are Monday-Tuesday dramas. The programming times are also similar at 9:50 and 8:50, respectively. Since dramas usually last more than an hour per episode, overlapping appearances are inevitable. The industry rule is to avoid overlapping appearances in dramas as much as possible as it is a hindrance to immersion in the characters.

Actor Kim Dong-wook, who is involved, is also in an uncomfortable situation. Kim Dong-wook confirmed his appearance in 'You, the Man I Met by Chance' early last year and began filming. Afterwards, I was cast in 'Beneficial Fraud' and focused on filming.

Originally, 'I Met You by Chance' was scheduled to be aired as a Wednesday-Thursday drama in January of this year. In November last year, KBS officially announced the January programming along with a photo from the script reading of 'You, the One I Met by Chance'. However, as soon as January came, KBS suddenly announced that it would suspend Wednesday-Thursday dramas for the time being and that it would schedule 'The Man I Met by Chance' as a Monday-Tuesday drama.

Even after filming was completed, 'You, the One I Met by Chance' did not see the light of day due to delays in programming. In this situation, 'Beneficial Fraud' starring Kim Dong-wook and Chun Woo-hee first confirmed its first broadcast on May 29th. It was three days later that the programming of 'You, the One I Met by Chance' was confirmed.

The production team said that 'Accidentally Encountered You' is scheduled to visit viewers on May 1st, and said, "As the actors and staff put a lot of effort into creating this work, I hope everyone's sincerity is conveyed to the viewers. 'Accidentally Encountered You' is scheduled to visit viewers. “I hope this will be an opportunity to look back on our precious relationships once again.”

In the end, KBS was the one who decided to schedule the program four months later than originally planned and chose to combine it with 'beneficial morale' in the middle of the episode. Even though it is industry practice to avoid overlapping lead actors, they seem to be unconcerned.

It was Kim Dong-wook's responsibility to take on this risk. In 'Accidentally Encountered You', he plays the role of Yoon Hae-joon, a broadcasting station reporter-turned-anchor with a cool-headed and straightforward personality, and in 'Beneficial Fraud', he plays Han Moo-young, a lawyer who is overly absorbed in his inability to understand other people's feelings. This is because he has to show conflicting characters. . In addition, 'Accidentally Encountered You' is a period piece that travels back to 1987, and 'Beneficial Fraud' is a completely different genre depicting a fraud between a conman and a lawyer working together for absolute evil, so there are concerns that viewers' Immersion may be broken. It also exists.

However, Kim Dong-wook is an actor who has taken center stage in each work with his 'believable acting'. Even if their drama competes with a competing work, fans expect that it will be able to satisfy viewers with a completely different charm. Although the overlapping programming is unfortunate, expectations for Kim Dong-wook's return to the small screen remain the same.

Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr