Real Situation Saturday
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Real Situation Saturday was a Korean variety show
shown on the SBS network. Many popular programs have aired on this Saturday line-up, including X-Man
and Real Romance Love Letter
, dominating Saturday evening ratings for a long time. It began to air for 60 mins. from November 8, 2003 to July 2, 2005, later expanded to 130 mins from July 9, 2005 to October 28, 2006, and cut back to 70 mins. from November 4, 2006 to January 6, 2007 and ended its run because it suffered competition from Infinite Challenge.
Real Situation Finding X-Man (Korean: 실제상황 X맨을 찾아라) was that program that began Real Situation Saturday. It later moved to Good Sunday to revive that line-up and to make way for Love Letter.
Real Romance Love Letter (Korean: 리얼 로망스 연애편지) was a programme featuring male and female contestants competing for "each other".
Our Children Are Attached To Us (Korean: 우리 아이가 달라졌어요) is a program about the difficulties of raising children. The predecessor is Shin Dong-yeop's Love's Commissioned Mother.
Super Junior's Full House (Korean: 슈퍼주니어의 풀하우스) was a program where the group, Super Junior, would host 2 foreigners as they stayed in South Korea.
My Love, Monkey (Korean: 내사랑 몽키) was a program about raising monkeys.
Love Choice (Korean: 선택남녀) was a program where male celebrities would attempt to date regular women. It was part of the short-lived 70 mins Real Situation Saturday and Good Sunday weekend.
Variety show
A variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
shown on the SBS network. Many popular programs have aired on this Saturday line-up, including X-Man
X-Man (TV series)
X-Man was a popular South Korean game show which ran from November 8, 2003 to April 8, 2007 on SBS. Its popularity peaked in 2004, but a decline in ratings led to its cancellation...
and Real Romance Love Letter
Love Letter (variety show)
Real Romance Love Letter was a South Korean television game show broadcast from 16 October 2004 to 28 October 2006 for three seasons. It was part of the line-up of programme for Real Situation Saturday which was broadcast from 8 November 2003 to 5 January 2007 on SBS network.The programme was...
, dominating Saturday evening ratings for a long time. It began to air for 60 mins. from November 8, 2003 to July 2, 2005, later expanded to 130 mins from July 9, 2005 to October 28, 2006, and cut back to 70 mins. from November 4, 2006 to January 6, 2007 and ended its run because it suffered competition from Infinite Challenge.
X-Man
- Aired: November 8, 2003 - October 9, 2004 (Moved to Good SundayGood SundayGood Sunday is a South Korean reality-variety show shown on the SBS network, which competes directly against MBC's Our Sunday Night and KBS2's Happy Sunday line-up. The program has suffered from the competition of Happy Sunday and the previous Sunday Sunday Night but reached its way to #1 on the...
) - Starring: Kang Ho-dongKang Ho DongKang Ho Dong is a former Korean MC and comedian, who first became known to Koreans as the top Korean traditional wrestler. Along with comedian Yoo Jae Suk, he has terminated his contract with De Chocolate E&TF for issues of non-payment.- Family :Kang Ho Dong was born in Jinju on June 11, 1970 to...
, Yu Jae-sukYu Jae-seokYoo Jae-Seok is a South Korean comedian and television comedy show host. Nicknamed as "MC of the nation" , people have voted him for the most popular Korean comedian for five consecutive years . He has hosted several variety television shows in South Korea, including the hugely popular program...
, Kim Jae-dong
Real Situation Finding X-Man (Korean: 실제상황 X맨을 찾아라) was that program that began Real Situation Saturday. It later moved to Good Sunday to revive that line-up and to make way for Love Letter.
Real Romance Love Letter
- Aired: October 16, 2004 - October 28, 2006
- Seasons: 3
- Starring: Kang Ho-dong
Real Romance Love Letter (Korean: 리얼 로망스 연애편지) was a programme featuring male and female contestants competing for "each other".
Our Children Are Attached To Us
- Aired: July 9, 2005 - October 28, 2006 (in Real Situation Saturday. Airs today as stand-alone program.)
- Starring: Shin Dong-yeop
Our Children Are Attached To Us (Korean: 우리 아이가 달라졌어요) is a program about the difficulties of raising children. The predecessor is Shin Dong-yeop's Love's Commissioned Mother.
Super Junior's Full House
- Aired: May 27, 2006 - August 12, 2006
- Starring: Shin Dong-yeop, Super JuniorSuper JuniorSuper Junior is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak, and was once claimed to be the world's largest boy band...
Super Junior's Full House (Korean: 슈퍼주니어의 풀하우스) was a program where the group, Super Junior, would host 2 foreigners as they stayed in South Korea.
My Love, Monkey
- Aired: September 2, 2006 - October 28, 2006
- Starring: AyumiAyumiis a Japanese word meaning . Ayumi is also a feminine Japanese given name. It is rarely used as a surname.-Possible writings:Ayumi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:*歩み, "course" "walking" "progress"as a given name...
, Jung Jae-yong
My Love, Monkey (Korean: 내사랑 몽키) was a program about raising monkeys.
Love Choice
- Aired: November 4, 2006 - January 6, 2007
- Starring: Kim Yong-man
Love Choice (Korean: 선택남녀) was a program where male celebrities would attempt to date regular women. It was part of the short-lived 70 mins Real Situation Saturday and Good Sunday weekend.