The ‘Sports entertainment craze’ is getting even hotter. Last year, after baseball and soccer became a hot topic, even the unpopular sport of rugby was featured, and now, a series of newly armed sports entertainment programs are coming one after another.

In particular, with the nationwide attention focused on the first-ever 10 million spectators set for professional baseball last year, there is an atmosphere of ‘all-in’ on the one sport of ‘baseball’.

‘Strongest Baseball’, which has emerged as the strongest ‘baseball entertainment’, is presenting ‘Kim Sung-geun‘s Winter Vacation’ in a spin-off format to raise interest in baseball, which has entered ‘winter hibernation’.

TVING’s ‘Kim Sung-geun‘s Winter Vacation’, which will premiere on the 17th, depicts the first vacation travel story of Director Kim Sung-geun, who has been running nonstop for 64 years.

This show has been garnering attention even before it aired as a different version of ‘Strongest Baseball’, which gained popularity as former players formed the baseball team ‘Strongest Monsters’ and engaged in a fierce competition.

Under the concept of ‘Director Kim Sung-geun’s Winter Vacation’, it will also show the stories behind Director Kim and his long-time disciple Jeong Geun-woo going on a trip, as well as the ‘Strongest Monsters’ players.

It will not only cover the stories of the players, but also focus on the fans and their cheering culture. ‘Baseball Representative: League of Fans’, which is being prepared to coincide with the opening of the professional baseball season, will also be returning for Season 2.

Last year, fans of 10 teams gathered to have a heated debate, which became popular, and this time, even stronger ‘geeks’ (people who delve into a single field) will gather to tour each team in each region and have a ‘war of words’.

The stories of fans who are ‘sincere’ in cheering will also be revealed.

Tving ‘Fight Song’, which is currently coordinating the release date, is a variety program that deals with cheering for professional baseball teams.

It will focus on cheering songs and dances that are no less than the ‘Pikki Pikki’ dance that captivated the world last year and was also highlighted by the New York Times.


Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com

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