Long-running Korean titles swept TV show demand in Korea and travel/food played a major role in entertaining local audiences for the week of 6-12 May, according to data science company Parrot Analytics. 

Hooq Mauritius is following the Singapore-based Hooq Digital mothership into streaming oblivion, dashing any hopes that local producers may still have held of an 11th-hour miracle.

JTBC’s current prime-time drama, A World of Married Couple, broke cable ratings records this weekend, ending the 15-month reign of Sky Castle, also by JTBC.

Not that any of us has a whole lot of choice and barring the few mortifying web-conferencing etiquette mishaps, virtual life seems to be turning out a whole lot better than anyone might have imagined in the early days of Covid-19 containment measures. 

Hooq’s Singapore liquidation has left production houses across the region scrambling, hoping for the best (that they get paid) but fearing the worst (that they get pennies on the dollar).  

Less than half way through its run, new Korean drama, A World of Married Couple (aka The World of the Married), has become the highest-rated Korean adaptation of a Western script anyone can remember.