Lee Jun-ki's "Hero" premiere date pulled up

South Korean actor Lee Jun-ki's new TV series "Hero" will show a week earlier than expected, according to a broadcaster on Wednesday.

"The drama will air on November 11, pulling up the ending date for 'No Limit' which has been seeing low ratings," said an official at MBC.

The production company for "No Limit" said the issue had not been settled on as of yet.

A couple of South Korea's top stars, including idol group TVXQ member Chung Yun-ho and popular actress Ara, star in the sports drama which has been seeing ratings of around five percent.

"Hero" will star 27-year-old Lee who became a household name in 2005 playing a woman-like clown in the hit film "The King and the Clown" and was recently voted the most popular Korean Wave star in China.

Reporter : Lim Hye-seon lhsro@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr