The ‘2024 SBS Entertainment Awards’, which will feature everything from popular new entertainment shows to national entertainment shows, will be broadcast live at 8:20 p.m. on the 29th. As the ‘Entertainment Awards’, the first ever to be held on the day of the nation‘s biggest holiday, Seollal, various attractions that the whole family can enjoy have been prepared.

To commemorate the hosting of the ‘Entertainment Awards’, where the leading characters who made SBS entertainment shine will gather in one place, we have organized the 2024 SBS entertainment shows by keyword.

- New Horizons in the Entertainment World, ‘Whenever You Have a Chance,’, ‘Jungle Bob’, ‘The Magic Star’

Last year, SBS presented a variety of programs that broke down genre boundaries and challenged new areas, giving viewers a variety of fun. Yoo Jae-seok and Yoo Yeon-seok’s ‘niche strategy’ variety show ‘Whenever You Have a Chance’ received much love from viewers for its cheerful scenes of popular stars such as Lee Kwang-soo, Jo Jung-seok, Lee Seo-jin, Kim Nam-gil, Lee Ha-nui, Kim Sung-kyun, and Davichi visiting citizens‘ ‘niche spaces’ to carry out unpredictable missions.

‘Jungle Bob’, which captivated viewers with its fresh material of a collaboration between jungle ingredients and Korean food, introduced ‘K-home-cooked meals’ to people around the world and maintained the number one viewership rating in its time slot from the first episode to the last. ‘Jungle Bob’, which stimulates the salivary glands of living rooms with useful ‘K-home-cooked meals’ using various local jungle ingredients every week, has begun production with the goal of broadcasting Season 2 in the first half of this year. Korea’s first global magician audition show, ‘The Magic Star’, has received favorable reviews for opening a new era in magic by dealing with the subject of magic in a way that sets it apart from other audition programs. In particular, it wrote a new history for auditions with unprecedented buzz, such as surpassing 50 million views with just one participant‘s digital short-form views.

- The endless run of national entertainment, ‘My Little Old Boy’ (hereafter ‘Miwoo Sae’), ‘Running Man’, ‘Same Bed, Different Dreams 2 - You Are My Destiny’ (hereafter ‘Same Bed, Different Dreams 2’), ‘Shoes Off and Dol Single for Men’ (hereafter ‘Dol Single for Men’)

The unrivaled entertainment powerhouse ‘Miwoo Sae‘ maintained its solid position as the ‘national entertainment’ in 2024, its 8th anniversary, by breaking the highest viewership rating of 19.1% per minute. In particular, the proposal scene between Kim Jun-ho ♥ Kim Ji-min and the exciting middle-aged romance between Ahn Moon-sook ♥ Im Won-hee and Kim Seung-soo ♥ Yang Jeong-ah properly stimulated the dopamine of the viewers. ‘Running Man’, the first domestic variety show to reach 700 episodes, captured both viewership ratings and buzz with the appearance of a number of ‘MZ wannabe stars’, such as Hwang Hee-chan, Byun Woo-seok, and Ive. In addition, through the rental member system, which was introduced for the first time in variety shows, Kang Hoon and Ji Ye-eun breathed life into the program with their fresh entertainment sense. Ji Ye-eun, who announced her joining as an official member starting from the broadcast on the 22nd of last month, is expected to continue to show pleasant chemistry with the members in the future.

‘Same Bed, Different Dreams 2’, which is responsible for Monday nights in living rooms, has garnered much attention by highlighting the lifestyles of various married couples. In particular, the colorful daily lives of new couples such as Baek Seong-hyeon ♥ Jo Da-bom, Kim Yoon-ah ♥ Kim Hyung-gyu, Jang Su-won ♥ Ji Sang-eun, and Kim Min-jae ♥ Choi Yoo-ra heated up the online world, surpassing 100 million cumulative clip views on domestic portals. ‘Dolsing for Men’ has also solidified its unique position as an unstoppable talk show for singles thirsty for happiness. In 2024, it succeeded in perfectly capturing the tastes of viewers, receiving favorable reviews for its combination of guests of various genres and age groups.

- A challenge that goes beyond the limits of entertainment! ‘Goal-hiking Girls’ (hereafter ‘Goal-tae-nyeo’), ‘A hot place when you touch it!

‘Goal Girl’ is maintaining its position as the No. 1 entertainment program on Wednesdays by providing viewers with unique fun through its infinite expansion of its worldview. It hosted the first-ever national team match between Korea and Japan, uniting soccer fans around the world, and was the first to host an all-star game with amateur K-League veterans, delivering the thrill of sports. ‘Neighborhood Cool House’, which reborn a representative local location as a ‘Hot Place’, received enthusiastic support as a solution program that even revitalizes local businesses. The sight of ‘Space Craftsman’ Yoo Jung-soo and Cool Avengers taking off their shoes to revitalize local businesses brought excitement and fun to viewers, and courage to struggling self-employed business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs, drawing a hot response.

Jo Sung-woon, Donga.com reporter madduxly@donga.com

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