Fans of the TV series "Scary Girl" may be happy to hear that our new schedule starting this week will air the TV series three days — Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 7:45 p.m. — rather than twice weekly.

The drama series runs Mondays through Fridays in Korea. We had been airing two episodes back-to-back on Fridays and Saturdays to make an hourlong show. Starting this week, you will be able to watch additionally on Sundays at 7:45 p.m.

Sunday's schedule will continue with "Happiness" at 6:30 p.m. Previously, a second "Happiness" episode aired at 7:45 p.m. Starting tonight, just one episode of "Happiness" will air weekly.

Daily drama series such as "Scary Girl" tend to run for many episodes (sometimes more than 200 episodes) and have consistently garnered high ratings in Korea.

Daily series have, over the years, proven to be popular with Hawai'i viewers as well. Since its original format is 30 minutes, coupling two episodes for hourlong programming has proven to be a popular format on KBFD. Compared in proportion to one-hour drama series, half-hour series dramas typically pack in more dialogue. And more dialogue tends to make the scenes go by quickly, leaving the viewer wanting more.

In Korea, the format of showing "Scary Girl" Mondays through Fridays has fans watching every day of the work week, keeping up with the storyline on a daily basis as if they were looking into another family's personal life. Still, the storyline has issues of day-to-day life in Korea that many can relate to.

Another update for drama fans: The "start over" function has been implemented for Oceanic Cable Digital viewers of KBFD channel 82. If you have missed the beginning of your favorite drama because of evening traffic or other reasons, you can simply press "select" on your remote twice and the program under way will start from the beginning. The "start over" option works only on the current program schedule. So, if your favorite drama airs from 7:45 to 9 p.m., you will be able to implement the option only before 9 p.m. Once that time has passed, the "start over" option may be used for the 9 p.m. program. Also, you must be an Oceanic Cable Digital subscriber with a digital box to use this option.

THIS WEEK'S K-DRAMA SYNOPSES

'HAPPINESS' | EPISODES 13

Tonight, 6:30: The Lees and the Parks get busy planning the wedding. Sae-young reluctantly sends wedding gifts to Jun-su's house and checks out the newlyweds' future bedroom. Kang-suk tries to make Eda stay away from him but she doesn't listen.

'SCARY GIRL'

EPISODES 75 AND 76

Tonight, 7:45: Chairman Baek remembers why he collapsed in his office, and runs to Jung-jin's room to confront him. But Jung-jin's mom stops the chairman from punching Jung-jin. Jung-jin's mom tells him that she's determined to see to it that he receive his father's money.

EPISODES 77, 78 AND 79, 80

Friday, 7:45 p.m.: The time is one year later, and the chairman goes back to work. Young-rim is promoted to the position of director. Someone sends Young-rim a flowerpot anonymously. Saturday, 7:45 p.m.: Eun-hae tells her father that Kyung-pyo and Young-rim were once involved. But Chairman Baek refuses to believe it and asks Kyung-pyo about his relationship with Young-rim. Kyung-pyo tells Chairman Baek that he and Young-rim just knew each other as kids. Eun-hae goes to Young-rim's place and tells her to get out of her and her father's lives.

'KING & I' | EPISODES 61 AND 62

Tomorrow, 7:45 p.m.: Chi-gyeom tells Eunuch Do that the new world will begin, and tells him to leave the palace should something happen to him. Eunuch Yang tells Chuh-sun that Chi-gyeom might be planning to assassinate the king. Chi-gyeom tells the king to become a virtuous king, but the king ignores him. Tuesday at 7:45 p.m.: The king orders to punish everyone who took any part in the deposed queen's death. He also threatens to punish those whose loyalties don't lie with him. The queen mother chides the king for putting the court in confusion because of the deposed queen.

'ON AIR' | EPISODES 11 AND 12

Wednesday, 7:45 p.m.: President Jang informs Seung-ah that Aidan was chosen for the lead male role. Seung-ah visits writer Suh to complain about letting Aidan be her co-star. Cherry, following writer Suh's instruction, cuts her hair grudgingly to better fit her role as a doctor. Meanwhile, writer Suh and director Lee are arguing over a possible revision of episodes 5 and 6. Thursday, 7:45 p.m.: Grandma Ok-shim tells writer Suh to pay more attention to her own son. She panics when she discovers her son's name as the director on the script that writer Suh wrote. Director Lee suggests to writer Suh that everyone involved in production have a rest day. During the evening of the break day, Cherry suggests playing a truth-or-dare game.

Jeff Chung is the general manager of KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles in Hawai'i. You can reach him for comment at 521-8066 or jeffchung@kbfd.com.