"Paradise Ranch" is a bright romantic drama that covers the life of a couple that were married at an early age and eventually divorced. Hang Dong-Joo (Shim Chang-Min) and Lee Da-Ji (Lee Yeon-Hee) were childhood friends. They came to love each other and finally married in their teens, but divorced a couple of months later. Six years later, Lee Da-Ji lives with her father and younger sister on Jeju Island and works as a veterinarian, as well as running her family's ranch. Hang Dong-Joo now works for his family's business, but he's not interested in working. Lee Da-Ji goes to Australia to buy a hoarse. There Lee Da-Ji meets Seo Yoon-Ho (Joo Sang-Wook) and gets help from him in purchasing a horse. Seo Yoon-Ho is from America and works for the biggest resort company. Lee Da-Ji also runs into ex-husband Hang Dong-Joo in Austrailia. Hang Dong-Joo is now with Park Jin-Young (Yu Ha-Na). Back on Jeju island, Lee Da-Ji finds herself being cheated and faces loosing the ranch. Ex-husband Hang Dong-Joo comes to Jeju island to build a resort for his family's company. He then discovers that Lee Da-Ji's ranch is now under his name and his family will build a resort there. Seo Yoon-Ho also comes to jeju island for his work as a investor of the resort, which Hang Dong-Joo's family company are planning to build.
Notes
"Paradise Ranch" will takeover the SBS Monday & Tuesday 20:55 time slot previously occupied by "It's Okay, Daddy's Girl".
Filming took place over 6 months from December 17, 2009 to May 26, 2010.
For his debut acting role Shim Chang-Min, also known in South Korea under his stage name "Choi Kang Chang Min" with K-pop boy band "TVXQ," uses his birth name "Shim Chang-Min".
Subject: Re: Info for Paradise Ranch Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:56 pm
SBS nixes its Monday-Tuesday drama experiment
After a year and a half, SBS is ending its early Monday-Tuesday drama hour, which means that Paradise Ranch will be the last drama to air in that 9pm timeslot.
Can’t say I’m surprised, and I think this has been coming for a while. After a few early dramas put in solid runs, the rest of the offerings have sunk to single-digit ratings despite having no scripted competition (competitor stations KBS and MBC air the news).
This prime-time experiment began in October 2009, when SBS created the 9pm drama timeslot to give its highly anticipated Angel’s Temptation (the spinoff/sister to the mega-hit makjang extravaganza Wife’s Temptation) a chance to find an audience while avoiding its competitor Queen Seon-deok, which had been crushing every one of its rivals for months. Angel’s Temptation hit 20%, and its successor was likewise a strong performer; warm family-centric comedy Wish Upon a Star had ratings in the upper teens.
Angel’s Temptation, Wish Upon a Star
It seemed to bode well for an expansion of the prime-time format (currently stations air one drama per weeknight, while weekends get two). But after the success of Wish Upon a Star… well, not so much. Oh! My Lady wasn’t able to capture viewers’ interest (I blame the plot — cute, but rather empty) and while rocker-ajumma-driven I Am Legend started strong, its second half lost its way and therefore also its audience.
Then there was the sports-medicine series Dr. Champ, which I found refreshing and beautiful to look at, but its numbers never made an impact. I’ve mentioned that I was drawn to It’s Okay, Daddy’s Girl, but that was despite its poor acting and crazy pacing. And now, the romantic-comedy Paradise Ranch (which I thought inoffensive, but banal) has settled in the 8% range.
When Paradise Ranch completes its 16-episode run, SBS will be experimenting with a new format once again, and is looking at variety shows and other special broadcasts to fill the hour. On one hand, it’s too bad that after having a year of extra choices, we’ll be losing one slot. On the other, sure makes no sense continuing something when it’s a losing proposition
Oh! My Lady, I Am Legend, Dr. Champ, It’s Okay Daddy’s Girl
Via My Daily
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Subject: CHANGMIN AND YEON HEE SPEND NIGHT TOGETHER Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:24 am
CHANGMIN AND YEON HEE SPEND NIGHT TOGETHER
Viewers of SBS’s “Paradise Ranch” have been getting antsy ever since it was revealed through still cuts that the lead couple would be spending the night together in today’s episode.
In the drama’s seventh episode, ‘Lee Daji’ and ‘Han Dongju’ end up spending the night together by throwing a special party for just the two of them in celebration of ‘Daji’ receiving her first consent form for the ranch.
The next day, ‘Daji’ unexpectedly wakes up in the arms of ‘Dongju’ and finds herself in an awkward situation after realizing that she stood up her date with ‘Seo Yunho’ as well.
Check out the full episode at 8:50 PM KST on February 14th.
