From the film and television industry observation column article, authorized.
Most of the variety shows launched during the Spring Festival in South Korea are presented in the form of "special episodes". In South Korea, where competition in the variety show market is fierce, these "special episodes" constitute a sumptuous "Spring Festival feast" for audiences of different ages. Offers a wide variety of choices. More importantly, the Spring Festival program has evolved into a "pilot" war, and programs with good ratings have the opportunity to be produced into regular programs. It can be said that the New Year special program has become the "vane" of variety shows this year. Next, let us take stock of the special programs launched during the Korean Spring Festival that are worth watching.
MBC
Program introduction:
"Unreasonable Cohabitation - Available Rooms" is a special program about living with strangers launched by South Korea's MBC TV station during the Spring Festival. , ***Broadcast three episodes. In the show, four celebrities have to enter the homes of different strangers and rent each other's room to live together with the landlord. The identities of the four celebrities are chefs, hosts, and singers. The homeowners are also celebrities, including an older woman living alone, a 13-member girl group, and young fresh meat. Cohabitants do not know each other's identity before meeting. The renter visits the landlord and signs a cohabitation agreement with the landlord after confirming the rental environment. The landlord and the tenant each indicate three requirements in the contract. After the two-day lease expires, if both parties put a YES sign on the property, it means they are happy living together and can extend their stay and continue living together.
Program ratings: 8.3%
2. "Oppa's Thoughts"
Program introduction:
"Oppa's Thoughts" is A variety show launched by South Korea's MBC TV station that commissions celebrities to produce business videos. The three hosts are singer Zhuo Jae-hoon and comedians Yoo Se-yoon and Yang Se-hyung. They will be entrusted by celebrities to understand their personalities, characteristics and appeals through interviews, and tailor-made "fan videos" for them. Get the attention of fans and media. Yang Se-chan, Song Woo, Lee Sang-joon, Kyung Ri, Joy, Lee Mo-nyeon and Cha Eun-woo will also appear, making the studio lively.
Program ratings: 2.8%
3. "Forty Years of Spring"
Program Introduction:
"Forty Years of Spring" is A travel reality show about friends traveling together launched by MBC TV station, the 3rd episode.
The middle-aged actors Kwon Sang-woo and Jung Joon-ha, who are close friends in the entertainment industry and representatives of close relatives, are both "wives fools" and "son fools", will escape from the daily life of middle-aged people and welcome their second life. In sub-adolescence, I temporarily put down the burden of my parents and traveled away from home. Kwon Sang-woo and Jung Joon-ha, who left home without any plan, set out for Russia and began a week-long trip in extremely cold weather. They only had good health and strong friendship. They hoped that traveling would help them regain their youth, enthusiasm and The precious daily opportunity shows the audience the true appearance of two ordinary men in their 40s.
Program ratings: 6.2%
SBS
4. "Documentary Teaching - Primary School Teacher"
Program Introduction:
"Documentary Teaching - Primary School Student Teacher" is a special program launched by South Korea's SBS TV station during the Spring Festival in which primary school students are taught Korean by foreign idol teachers. It has two episodes. The show is hosted by Kang Ho-dong, with primary school students serving as teachers, teaching Korean to foreign idols who are currently active in Korea. The cast members include Kang Nan, Liu Xianhua, Liu Yiyun, Hirai Momo, and Xu Minghao, who are from the United States, Japan, China, Thailand, etc. nation. In the program, foreign idols have to take a Korean language proficiency test and receive Korean lessons from teachers. The cute teachers who still use their knowledge to teach the idols despite their limited abilities, and the foreign idols who are dedicated to learning but often get stuck in the fog, form a new and fun teacher-student combination. After completing the individual lessons, the celebrities and teachers will gather in the classroom to take a Korean language proficiency test to check the teaching results and select the top students and teachers.
The selected first place will have a king of kings showdown with the mysterious foreign idol Korean master who has always hidden his identity. The first place teacher will choose one question from the four questions to decide the outcome. If the winner is the teacher's students, teachers will receive New Year gifts.
Program ratings: 4.6%
5. "Comedy Survival Competition-The King of Comedy"
Program Introduction:
"Comedy "Competition for Survival - The King of Comedy" is a special program launched by South Korea's SBS TV station during the Spring Festival in which comedy stars gather together to compete. The show finally convened 15 Korean senior comedians and new generation comedians. After the host Lee Kyung-kyu announced the popularity rankings based on audience votes, the celebrities took their seats in the popularity pyramid that matched their rankings. The ones at the top of the pyramid The position is the one with the highest ranking. After everyone was seated, the 15 celebrities suppressed each other's momentum by breaking news about each other. When entering the formal competition, there are no restrictions on the performance format. Celebrities can perform songs, dances, sketches, etc. The celebrities present will vote according to the voting machine. The contestant with the most votes can sit on the throne of the King of Comedy. If the contestant with the most votes is overtaken by a latecomer, he will give up his seat. . If the celebrities think that the other party's performance is boring, they can choose not to vote. The King of Comedy who gets the most votes in the end and protects the throne will receive a special Korean beef suit.
Program ratings: 5.0%
6. "The Unexpected Mystery Club"
Program introduction:
"The Unexpected Mystery Club" " is a suspenseful mystery program launched by SBS TV station. In the program, several guests will discuss mysterious and complex cases and stories together, trying to use reasoning to find evidence and restore the true colors of the stories and cases. For example, the first episode chose a case that happened in the UK seven years ago. The person involved was an agent who died mysteriously in the bathroom at home. The stars will use their imaginations to try to find the cause of death and the truth of the case based on the only remaining on-site investigation evidence.
Program ratings: 2.2%
7. "Clenched Fist and the Sound of the Boat Whistle"
Program Introduction:
"Clenched Fist and the Sound of the Boat Whistle" " is a special program launched by SBS TV station where celebrities go fishing in the sea. It is the third season of Kim Byung-man's fist series. The theme is to rewrite the "Zishan Fish Book" written by Jung Yak-quan 200 years ago. In addition to Kim Byung-man, the show also invited Yook Jung-sun, Kim Jong-min, Lee Sang-min, Yook Sung-jae, Kang Ye-won and others to star.
Program ratings: 10.6%
8. "Heavenly Office"
Program introduction:
"Heavenly Office" is South Korea's SBS TV station launched a celebrity interview talk show special series during the Spring Festival, with two parts. The program is a program that reviews the life of a star and chooses one of the memories in the imaginary space "Heaven Office". The program revolves around the theme "What if you can only go to heaven with one of the seven most precious memories in your life?" "The new variety show launched in the form of a TV series allows everyone to understand the meaning and value of life in the process. It is a fantasy variety show that combines storytelling and a new form of talk show.
Program ratings: 3.3%
KBS
9. "Mom's Blind Date"
Program introduction:
< p> "Mom's Blind Date" is a marriage and love parent-child reality show launched by South Korea's KBS TV station during the Spring Festival, in which children introduce their wives to single mothers. The three celebrities in the program will appear with single mothers. Through the communication between the stars and the mothers, they will dress the mothers carefully, etc., help the single mothers introduce a suitable partner, and will observe and comment on the mother's blind date process.Program ratings: 6.3%
10. "Girl Group Battle - Gormen's Glory"
Program Introduction:
" Girl Group Battle - Gormen's Glory" is a special program launched by South Korea's KBS TV station during the Spring Festival, featuring eight Korean girl groups competing in a competitive showdown. The show is co-hosted by Lee Teuk, Yang Se Hyung and Kyung Hoon, with Shindong and Shin In Young also appearing as judges and assistant hosts. In the show, the women's teams have to go through three rounds of brutal competitions, including preliminaries, promotions, and finals, to compete for the strongest women's team. The competition system is exciting and the atmosphere at the performance is lively.
Program ratings: 4.5%
11. "Syndrome man"
Program introduction:
"Syndrome man" is a South Korean KBS A mental therapy talk show launched by the TV station during the Spring Festival. Hosts Kim Kura, Kim Min Jong, Super Junior Kim Heechul and CNBLUE Jung Yong Hwa serve as healing hosts. Through the daily lives of celebrities, they learn about various syndromes that have been popular recently and relieve the audience's fatigue through interesting topics.
Program ratings: 3.7%
tvN
12. "Empty the Convenience Store"
Program Introduction:
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"Empty the Convenience Store" is the first gourmet special program launched by South Korea's tvN television station that uses convenience store food as ingredients. Due to the fast-paced and stressful life, Koreans’ pursuit of “convenience” is growing day by day. Going to convenience stores to relax and spend money every day has become a part of Korean life. According to statistics at the end of 2016, the stores of the five major chain convenience stores in South Korea The total number has reached 33,547. Convenience stores are like another home for Koreans, and have even formed a "convenience store culture." The studio of the show is a convenience store, and the celebrity guests need to use local ingredients to make convenient and delicious food in the convenience store. In the first episode of the program, guest Jin Daojun announced that he has 1 million convenience store points (you can get 1 point when you spend 100 won), that is, he has accumulated 100 million won (approximately 600,000 yuan) in convenience stores, which is a huge amount. The consumption sparked heated discussions among netizens.
Program ratings: 3.5%
Channel A
13. "Real Challenge Youth Farewell GO Arabia"
Program introduction:
"Real Challenge Youth Farewell GO Arabia" is a travel reality show launched by South Korea's CHANNEL A TV station during the Spring Festival. In order to open up the Middle East market, four young Koreans went to Dubai to explore the unknown and challenge themselves.
Program ratings: 0.9%
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