2011-08-10

[TRANS] 110808 Asia Has Its Eyes On ‘Protect The Boss’… Reviewing Options To Import The Drama


It has been found that SBS’ drama ‘Protect the Boss’ has been receiving much attention from overseas countries.

SBS Contents Hub, which is in charge of exporting SBS programs, stated, “The overseas attention that is currently on ‘Protect the Boss’ is explosive,” and “‘Protect the Boss’ is receiving the most attention out of all dramas in the Asian market. We are currently in close talks with overseas distributing agencies who wish to import ‘Protect the Boss’ into their countries.”

Inquiries are flooding in from Asian countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines for ‘Protect the Boss’.

With the casting of JYJ’s Kim Jaejoong, who is experiencing explosive popularity all over Asia, to act alongside Ji Sung and Choi Kang Hee, overseas distributing companies began taking interest in the drama, and as the reviews were great from the start, they have been taking into consideration the option of importing ‘Protect the Boss’.

Most of the time, the decision to import a drama as made after it has finished airing in its respective country to see the rise and fall of its viewer ratings, but ‘Protect the Boss’ is expected to be exported after only two episodes as both the viewer ratings and the reviews from its viewers have been favorable.

Source: [city newspaper]
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