Our Sunday Night

Our Sunday Night
Genre	Variety show, Comedy
Starring	Carried By The Wind: Im Jae-bum Kim Young-ho Lee Jun-hyuk Ji Sang-ryul Nuck Up-shan Lee Ho-jun Ha Kwang-hun I Am a Singer: Yoon Jong-shin
Country of origin	South Korea
Language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	1137 (as of November 20, 2011)
Production
Producer(s)	Shin Jung-su Kim Yu-gon Lee Byung-hyuk Kim Jun-hyun Kim Min-jong
Running time	approx. 155 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	MBC
Original run	March 29, 1981 – Present
External links
Website

Our Sunday Night (Korean: 우리들의 일밤) (Also known as Sunday Night (일밤)) is the longest-running South Korean television entertainment programme, distributed by MBC. It runs for 155 minutes, including roughly fifteen minutes of advertising. Previously named Big March of Sunday Night (일요일 밤의 대행진) when it debuted in 1981, and changing its name to Sunday Sunday Night (일요일 일요일 밤에) in 1988, in March 2011, the show has changed its name for the second time in its history in an effort to increase its popularity again at the 5:20PM timeslot, with its rival contenders, KBS2's Happy Sunday and SBS's Good Sunday.^[1][2]

Broadcasting Times

Big March of Sunday Night

• March 29, 1981 - November 20, 1988 (21:00 - 22:00/22:00-23:00 ; 1 hour)

Sunday Sunday Night

• November 27, 1988 - Later Half of 1999 (18:00 - 19:00 ; 1 hour)
• Later Half of 1999 - 2004 (18:00 - 19:55 ; 1 hour 55 minutes)
• 2004 – 2006 (17:40 - 19:55 ; 2 hours 15 minutes)
• 2006 – May 20, 2007 (17:30 - 19:55 ; 2 hours 25 minutes)
• May 27, 2007 – February 20, 2011 (17:20 - 19:55 ; 2 hours 35 minutes)
  • May 27, 2007 – February 20, 2011 (17:20 - 18:40 ; 1 hour 20 minutes ; Part 1)
  • May 27, 2007 – February 20, 2011 (18:40 - 19:55 ; 1 hour 15 minutes ; Part 2)

Our Sunday Night

• March 6 – August 21, 2011 (17:20 - 19:55 ; 2 hours 35 minutes)
• August 28, 2011 – Present (17:10 - 19:55 ; 2 hours 45 minutes)
  • August 28, 2011 – Present (17:10 - 18:00 ; 50 minutes ; Part 1)
  • August 28, 2011 – Present (18:00 - 19:55 ; 1 hour 55 minutes ; Part 2)

Current Segments

Carried By The Wind

• Starring: Im Jae-bum, Kim Young-ho, Lee Jun-hyuk, Ji Sang-ryul, Nuck Up-shan, Lee Ho-jun, Ha Kwang-hun.^[3]

Carried By The Wind (Korean: 바람에 실려) is a road music variety show, with the cast travelling through the United States to showcase and understand music. The show debuted on October 2, 2011.

I Am a Singer

• Starring: Yoon Jong-shin^[3]

Main article: I Am a Singer

Survival I Am a Singer (Korean: 서바이벌 나는 가수다) is a singing competition featuring seven artists that are judged by an ordinary citizen panel of 500. The singer who places 7th (last) for that week's competition is eliminated from the show, and is replaced by another artist the following competition. The show debuted on March 6, 2011.

Previous Segments

A few of the many segments shown on Sunday Night.

New Recruit

• Starring: Oh Sang-jin, Moon Ji-ae, Song Jung-eun, Jo Hyung-ki, Jung Hyung-don, Gil (Leessang), Simon Dominic (Supreme Team)^[3]

New Recruit (Korean: 신입사원) is an audition program for announcers as part of MBC's 50th anniversary. The show debuted on March 6, 2011 and ended on June 26, 2011.

Hot Brothers

• Starring: Park Myung-su, Kim Gu-ra, Tak Jae-hoon, Simon Dominic (Supreme Team), Lee Ki Kwang (B2ST), Han Sang-jin, Park Whi-soon, No Yoo-min, Tony An

HOT BROTHERS (Korea: 뜨거운 형제들) debuted on March 28, 2010.

Enjoy Today

• Starring: Jung Joon-ho, Jung Hyung-don, Kim Hyun-chul, Shin Hyun-jun, Seung-ri (Big Bang), Leeteuk, Gong Hyeong-jin, Seo Ji-seok

Enjoy Today (Korean: 오늘을 즐겨라) was a program about enjoying the little pleasures in life. A book were to be made of how to enjoy life at the end of the run, but the program was cancelled due to extremely low rating.

Danbi

• Starring: Kim Yong-man, Jung Hyung-don, Kim Hyun-chul, An Young-mi, Yoon Doo Joon (B2ST)

Only One Secret Danbi (Korean: 단 하나의 비밀 단비) was a reality and variety show about celebrities doing charity work in countries that need help. The show debuted on December 6, 2009.

Our Father

• Starring: Shin Dong-yup, Kim Gu-ra, Hwang Jung-eum, Jung Ga-eun

Our Father (Korean: 우리 아버지) was about cheering up fathers who work hard for their family. The show debuted on December 6, 2009.

We Got Married

• Starring: Kim Won-hee, Kang Su-jung, Park Myung-su, Lee Hwi-jae, Jung Hyung-don

Main article: We Got Married

We Got Married (Korean: 우리 결혼했어요) featured various celebrities matched as married couples. Currently, the show is in its third season, airing as a separate program on Saturday afternoons at 5:15 PM since August 15, 2009.

Hunters

• Starring: Lee Hwi-jae, Kim Hyun-joong, Shin Jung-hwan, Park Jun-gyu, Kim Tae-woo, Jung Yong-hwa, Chun Myung-hun, Goo Ha-ra, Wu Seung-min, Shim Gwan-ho.

Korean Nature Safeguards Hunters (Korean: 대한민국 생태구조단 헌터스) was about protecting farms from wild boars and hunting them. The show debuted on December 6, 2009.

Oppa Band

• Starring: Shin Dong-yup, Tak Jae-hoon, Kim Gu-ra, Yu Young-suk, Sungmin, Kim Jung-mo, Seo In-young, Hong Kyung-min

Oppa Band (Korean: 오빠밴드) was a reality show about the creation of a band. The show debuted on June 21, 2009 and was cancelled after 18 episodes due to extremely low ratings.

Rich Artifacts

• Starring: Kim Jae-dong, Shin Jung-hwan, Lee Sung-jin, Jae-bum (2PM), Cho Hye-ryun, Kim Na-young, Hwang Bo, Nicole Jung (Kara), Jun Jong-hwan

Rich Artifacts (Korean: 노다지) was about the history and culture of South Korea. The show debuted on August 9, 2009 and was cancelled after 9 episodes due to extremely low ratings.

Quiz Prince

• Starring: Kim Yong-man, Tak Jae-hun, Kim Gu-ra, Shin Dong-yup, Shin Jung-hwan, Lee Hyuk-jae

Quiz Prince (Korean: 퀴즈프린스) was a typical quiz show with the punishment of falling into a pool of bubbles. The show debuted on May 6, 2009 and was cancelled after 6 episodes due to extremely low ratings.

Girls' Generation's Horror Movie Production Centre

• Starring: Girls Generation, Cho Hye-ryun, Yu Sae-yun, Kim Shin-young

Main article: Girls' Generation's Horror Movie Factory

Girls' Generation's Horror Movie Production Centre (Korean: 소녀시대의 공포영화 제작소) debuted on May 6, 2009. The show was cancelled after 6 episodes due to low ratings.

Great Hope

• Starring: Kim Yong-man, Tak Jae-hun, Kim Gu-ra, Yoon Son-ha, Shin Jung-hwan, Lee Hyuk-jae

Great Hope (Korean: 대망) was a reality show on the lives of MCs. The show debuted on March 29, 2009 and was cancelled after 4 episodes due to extremely low ratings.

Quiz to Change the World

• Starring: Park Mi-sun, Lee Hwi-jae, Kim Gu-ra

Quiz to Change the World (Korean: 세상을 바꾸는 퀴즈) combines quizzes and talk shows into a variety show for all ages. The show has been moved to Saturday nights starting April 4, 2009.^[4]

Hidden Camera

• Starring: Lee Kyung-kyu

Hidden Camera (Korean: 몰래카메라) was a program to surprise Korean celebrities in various situations, without any notice from the host and its producers.

Let's Play Economy

• Starring: Kim Yong-man, Jo Hyung-ki, Oh Sang-jin

Let's Play Economy (Korean: 경제야 놀자) was a program that aims for viewers to become more friendly with economics. To do that, they introduce a technical way of finance to boost the assets each week. Moreover, they visit a house of Korean celebrities each week and estimate some of the antiques and supplies of them.

Baby Face Club

• Starring: Lee Hwi-jae, Park Myung-su, Jung Hyung-don

Baby Face Club (Korean: 동안클럽) was a medical quiz show to improve the general knowledge to protect the health condition by solving quizs. 4 teams (Roughly 10 people) of Korean entertainers invited to challenge for the prize of free health-check voucher to the winning team every week.

See also

• KBS2 Happy Sunday
• SBS Good Sunday

References

1. ^ (Korean) "‘일밤’ 23년만에 대수술, 코너 및 ‘우리들의 일밤’으로 명칭 교체". Newsen. 2 March 2010. http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201103020800121001. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
2. ^ (Korean) "'일요일일요일밤에'→'일밤', 이름도 갈았다…'나는 가수다' 기대만발". Sisa Seoul. 15 February 2011. http://www.sisaseoul.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=37942. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} (Korean) Cast, MBC, Retrieved on November 15 2011
4. ^ (Korean) 독립편성된 '세바퀴', 어떻게 달라지나. MBC News. April 2, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2009.

External links

• (Korean) Our Sunday Night Official Homepage