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Orioles legend Alejandro De Aza

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More on the roster announcement, including a link to the team's original draft: https://extrainningsbaseball.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/mid-east-falcons-2025-roster/ .

Monkey never cramp

Looks like a lot of changes from last year's "draft". No Pablo Sandoval, Alex Liddi, Rusney Castillo, Dillon Thomas, among others

That cast is fab.

That was a great fun and stylish movie. Looking forward to this.

Nice, Kill Boksoon is an amazing movie, can't wait for this one

How about variety shows or documentaries? Those might be closer to real life behind the scenes.

Other possibly related dramas that are not yet mentioned above: The Producers (IU is there and she stars as a star), Her Private Life (ML's long lost brother has an idol group), and Run On (second FL's brother is an idol).

Former member of UKISS, Lee Jun-young, has starred as the lead actor in two idol themed TV shows.

Imitation (2021)

The story follows a secret romance between a member of a rookie girl group and a member of a top boy group. An idol also goes missing during a concert.

This show stars many real idols, including: Jiyeon (T-ara), Yunho (ATEEZ), Jongho (ATEEZ), San (ATEEZ), Danny Ahn (g.o.d), Chani (SF9), Hwiyoung (SF9), Nayoung (Pristin), Suwoong (Boys Republic).

Let Me Be Your Knight (2021/2022)

This series follows the lead singer of a popular idol band, who suffers from sleepwalking. To cure his condition secretly, he seeks help from a doctor to cure his condition.

Also stars idols: JR (NU'EST), Donghyun (AB6IX).

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In Her Private Life, the FL is a curator who also runs a fan page for her favorite K-pop idol played by real-life singer-rapper One. It’s a very entertaining rom-com about her relationship with her new boss. They don’t get along at first but their chemistry is through the roof and once they start falling for each other, they have one of the healthiest relationships I’ve ever seen in a K-drama.

The drama’s primarily focused on the main couple’s romance but we also get a glimpse into fan culture and some of the challenges of being an idol.

So I Married an Antifan was pretty fun.

These are all entertainment based dramas that I have watched or are on my watch-list, some may fit what you're looking for. Please excuse the bad descriptions:

• Imitation - This is a romance between the members of a popular idol group and a rookie group. You'll see idols from g.o.d, U-KISS, SF9, ATEEZ, I.O.I, ex-RAINBOW, T-ARA, WSG Wannabe and ex-Baby V.O.X. Oh there's a small cameo by Xikers members too.
• So I Married an Anti-Fan - Romance between an actor and an ex-reporter, it's hilarious
• Part-Time Idol - No romance (atleast none that I remember), it's about the formation of a co-ed idol group. Main cast has an ex-JBJ and AKMU; there's cameos from WINNER, LOONA and Alice.
• Top Management - Another one that's about an Idol group's struggle after they face some controversies.
• Hit the Top - About a popular K-pop idol who disappeared in 1993 but in actuality, he somehow travelled forward in time to 2017. Cameos by MONSTA X and WJSN.
• Entertainer - A manager who tried to make his own label not only fails in creating it but now also has to work his way back up and ends up meeting a young man who once aspired to be a singer.
• The Producers - This one showcases the broadcasting world. Disclaimer: This drama has KSH in it as one of the MLs
• Love to Hate You - Romance between a lawyer and an actor, the lawyer works for a firm that mainly works with the entertainment industry while the actor has no faith in women.
• You're Beautiful - The management company of an idol group decides to add another singer to their line up and the person they wanted leaves for the States just before signing the contract. So that idol's manager asks his twin sister to take his place and thus the story begins. ML's include a member from CNBLUE and FT Island.
• Let Me Be Your Knight - Another one that has quite a few K-Pop idols in it. The leader of an idol group suffers from sleepwalking and a fake doctor ends up living with the group. You'll see idols from U-KISS, NU'EST, AB6IX, WANNA ONE, BDC and 1THE9.
• Idol: The Coup - It's about the last chance for an unsuccessful idol group, features quite a few K-Pop idols. EXID, LABOUM, WJSN, IRRIS, RAINZ, YOUNITE and ex-B1A4
• Miracle - Basically about two competitors and the girl they like, probably the best way I can explain it in short. Both MLs are from SF9
• Shut Up: Flower Boy Band - I don't think this fits what you're looking for but it's a good drama, it's about an underground rock group.
• Doona! - It's about the romance between a retired idol and a college student. Still on my watch-list.
• The Heavenly Idol - this one is still on my watch list but it's about a high priest who posses the body of an idol and turns the groups popularity around.
• The Liar and His Love - remake of the japanese movie with the same name, it's about the romance between a composer and a musically talented high schooler.

"The Murky Stream" - Can't decide if I should read the novel first or after.

"Marble of God" - a Goryeo era sageuk for a change. Lee Sung Min is a must-watch.

"My Youth" - for the leads.

Thank you! Pls keep making these monthly release posts 🙏🙏🙏

Adding on these dramas

Drama: A Hundred Memories, Country: South Korea Episodes: 12, Airs: Sep 13, 2025 - Oct 19, 2025, Duration: 1 hr. 10 min. Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

• The Beauty Inside - FL is an actor
• Head Over Heels - cute, emotional highschool romance

Heavenly Idol

Mouse

Moving

A Shop for Killers 

Weak Hero Class 

Study Group 

Extracurricular 

My Name 

Crashcourse in Romance. The ML is a famous teacher.

I enjoyed it very much!

The only one I can think of is Doona but it’s a college romance. Still very good though and has a more darker tone about what an idol goes through.

I can’t wait for season two of extraordinary attorney Woo

imo the "rules" have been pretty lax for actors. for example, the whole discourse regarding the squid game cast when it was revealed. the comparison between the news regarding top's weed scandal when there are multiple actors in that cast with previous sexual misconduct cases / charges.

the pipeline for actors are commonly: scandal -> drop out of current projects -> cancelled cfs (if any) -> lay low for 1 to 2 years -> optional comeback project (overseas) -> comeback project (korea)

but for idols, once they are kicked out of their group, they really have no where to get back into the industry, like what you mentioned. unless they have already established themselves in variety or acting, which is more uncommon

for dating scandals specifically, theres a couple of factors. firstly, actors rarely market themselves as parasocial targets compared to idols. for a long time, they rarely appeared on variety shows so were much more private / mysterious to the public. second, the other party. if the other party is also an idol, thats 2 fanbases to address 😅 third, career lifespan and hiatus. its more common for idols to be constantly in the public eye, compared to actors who may have hiatuses in between projects.

I think only if there is some issues surrounding them. I remember Lee Jinwook, Ryu Junyeol, Han Sohee, Seo Yeaji, Lee Byunghun and others having some scandals. But what I noticed is people are more lenient and forgiving on male actors than the female ones. Maybe because Korea is a patriarchal country and always have a double standards for females.

Actors only get backlash for dating if it's problematic, (Park Min Young and that weird CEO guy), or they may get backlash if they're dating an idol (Lee Jae Wook and Karina).

For the most part people are happy for the actors then move on quite quickly.

Not really because i'm pretty sure actors are allowed to date and their fans are used to seeing them with the opposite gender on screen

i feel like its a liiiiiitle more lenient for a couple of reasons. first of all, i don’t think there are dating rules in contracts like there are in the kpop industry. also, there’s less press following them around constantly and i do believe there are less saesang fans. nonetheless, there are still dating rumors, paparazzi, and saesang. like is it less? yes. but is it there? also yes. especially for popular actors (+ ones who may have been idols!), it is pretty much the same. if cha eunwoo had a dating scandal - all hell would break loose. ofc he and others have saesang fans too. to give an example of someone who is not also an idol, i know that gong yoo (squid game, train to busan, the trunk, etc) has had lots of issues with fans infringing upon his privacy + dating rumors. so yeah, it’s similar.