Actor Im Soo-hyang’s works were organized on SBS and MBC at the same time, respectively, and controversy is rising. MBC, which completed the formation a long time ago, is expressing regret to SBS.
On the 5th, MBC issued a position and said, “Even following knowing that ‘Doctor Royer’ is in production following the pre-registration has been confirmed, it caused a situation where the lead actors’ appearance times overlapped, even considering the sad programming situation of SBS. decision making,” he protested strongly.
MBC said, “Not to mention the damage to ‘Doctor Royer’, SBS is also expected to suffer damage in terms of publicity and marketing, so it is quite questionable what it is trying to achieve. Although the filming schedule of ‘Dr. Royer’ was put too much pressure on the filming schedule as the filming schedule was delayed from the promised production schedule, the production team of ‘Doctor Royer’ was considering this because it was a pre-production program. The work proceeded with one-way notice without any process such as asking for understanding.”
He continued, “I wonder if it would have been if it was urgent, but (we) suffered damage due to the sudden lameness arrangement.” He continued, “It’s a very multi-media era and the actors are working on multiple works, so the filming period overlaps, but even then, it is customary to avoid overlapping arrangements. Especially in the case of the lead role,” he said. Aside from the damage to ‘Dr. Royer’, what do you do with the overlapping promotion or marketing of the lead actor? Advertisers, sponsors, and viewers will all be confused.”
“In the end, the victims in this process are the viewers,” he said. “It is the actors who have to go through a burdensome situation at the production site, and I hope that SBS and the production company Group Eight will rectify the situation and restore the partnership with the industry through mutual consultation.” asked
It was reported that SBS was urgently organizing the new Monday-Tuesday drama in May, starring Im Soo-hyang and Seong-hoon, which was scheduled to air on OTT earlier. The conflict is growing as the MBC side, which already organized ‘Doctor Royer’ in May with Im Soo-hyang, officially expressed regret.
Meanwhile, ‘Doctor Royer’ is a medical suspense court drama regarding a genius surgeon who became a lawyer following losing everything through a rigged operation and a prosecutor in charge of medical crimes. So Ji-sub, Shin Sung-rok, Im Soo-hyang and Lee Ju-bin appear. It will be aired for the first time on May 27th.
(Seoul = News 1)