Good Sunday

Good Sunday
Genre Reality television, Comedy, Variety show
Starring Running Man:
Yu Jae-suk
Gary
Ha-ha
Ji Suk-jin
Kim Jong-kook
Lee Kwang-su
Song Ji-hyo
K-pop Star:
Yoon Do-hyun
Boom
BoA
Park Jin-young
Yang Hyun-suk
Country of origin South Korea
Language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 395 (as of December 25, 2011)
Production
Running time Approx. 180 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel SBS
Picture format 1080i (HDTV) (July 11, 2010 - Present)
Audio format Stereo
Original run March 28, 2004 – Present
Chronology
Preceded by Beautiful Sunday (뷰티풀 선데이)
Related shows Real Situation Saturday
External links
Website
Korean name
Hangul 일요일이 좋다
Hanja 日曜日이 좋다
Revised Romanization Ilyoili Johda
McCune–Reischauer Iryoili chota

Good Sunday (Korean: 일요일이 좋다) 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 Top 20 Charts every Sunday in the past. Running Man airs first at 5:00PM for about 90 minutes, and K-pop Star airs after at 6:30PM for about 90 minutes.

Contents

History

Prior to Good Sunday, Ultra Sunday Hurray! (초특급 일요일만세) began airing on March 18, 2001. Beginning on January 20, 2002 Show! Sunday World (쇼!일요천하) aired, and on July 14, 2002 Beautiful Sunday (뷰티풀 선데이) aired until March 28, 2004, where Good Sunday began to air its new, popular programming. As of July 11, 2010, the program began airing in high definition for the first time. (Only Part 1, Running Man, aired in HD as Part 2, Family Outing 2, which still aired in SD, was airing its last episode.) As of July 18, 2010, both Part 1 and 2 (Running Man and Heroes) air in HD. Good Sunday was divided into two parts, from July 27, 2008 to May 8, 2011. On May 22, 2011, it returned to airing as one "whole" program beginning at 5:20PM KST and ending at 8:00PM for about 160 minutes. As of September 25, 2011, Good Sunday is divided into two parts again, Part 1 airing at 5:20PM and Part 2 airing at 6:50PM KST, in an effort to boost ratings. On December 4, 2011, it returned to airing as one whole program again beginning at 5:00PM for about 180 minutes.

Broadcasting Times

Current Segments

Running Man

Main article: Running Man (TV series)

Running Man (Korean: 런닝맨) was first broadcast on July 11, 2010. It has garnered attention as being the come-back program for Yu Jae-suk after leaving Good Sunday's Family Outing in February 2010. This show is classified as an "urban action variety"; a never-before-seen new genre of variety shows. The MCs and guests complete missions in a landmark to win the race.[3][4]

K-pop Star

Survival Audition K-pop Star (Korean: 서바이벌 오디션 K팝스타) is a audition program featuring the "Big 3" entertainment companies (SM, YG, and JYP). People around the world audition to become the next "K-pop Star", who will be judged by a representative of each company (BoA, Park Jin-young, and Yang Hyun-suk). The winner will have a choice of which company to sign with, and many prizes including three hundred million won. The program is scheduled to air on December 4, 2011, replacing BIGsTORY.[6]

Former Segments

BIGsTORY

Diet Survival BIGsTORY (Korean: 다이어트 서바이벌 빅토리) is a new survival program featuring "Diet King", Sean Lee. Twenty obese people will go through intense training and diets to "change your body, change your life". The winner will receive one hundred million won, a car, and many fabulous prizes. The title "BIGsTORY" which sounds like "victory" in Korean, means the "big" "story" these people have came from and will make, and the "victory" they will achieve. The program is scheduled to air for 18 weeks beginning August 28, 2011, replacing Kim Yu-na's Kiss & Cry.[8]

Kim Yu-na's Kiss & Cry

Kim Yu-na's Kiss & Cry (Korean: 김연아의 키스 앤 크라이) is a survival audition program featuring champion figure skater, Kim Yu-na. Ten celebrities and ten professional skaters will form couples and challenge each other in figure skating to become the winning team, who will be performing with Kim Yu-na at a special ice show in August. The program is scheduled to air on May 22, 2011, replacing Heroes.[10] The program is scheduled to return for a second season in 2012 in a different timeslot.[11]

Heroes

Main article: Heroes (Korean TV Series)

Heroes (Korean: 영웅호걸; Hanja: 英雄豪傑) is a girl-group variety show that first aired on July 18, 2010, replacing Gold Miss is Coming. It is classified as a "popularity search variety", where the female celebrities compete to find out which of them is more popular among citizens. The show will end on May 1, 2011 due to low ratings and will be replaced by Kiss & Cry.

Family Outing 2

Main article: Family Outing 2

Family Outing Season 2 (Korean: 패밀리가 떴다 2) (literally Family's Here 2) was the second season of Family Outing. It featured a different concept, cast, and production team, but ended due to low ratings.

Gold Miss is Coming

Gold Miss is Coming (Korean: 골드미스가 간다) (also known as Gold Miss Diaries) is a reality show where 6 "Gold Misses" are on a mission to find a husband. They will live with each other for 2 days in the "Gold House" and through games, whoever that wins will have an opportunity to date someone.[16]

Family Outing

Main article: Family Outing

Family Outing (Korean: 패밀리가 떴다) (literally Family's Here) was first broadcast on June 15, 2008, it has yet since become the top rated program on Sunday. The second season began on February 21, 2010. Family Outing is a reality show, where the "Family," consisting of Korean celebrities and entertainers. goes to an elderlys home in the countrysides of South Korea and takes care of the home while the elderly family goes on a vacation. During their stay, the "Family" takes on tasks assigned by the elderly family. During the tasks, the Family will play games related to the surroundings. They will also cook dinner and breakfast for themselves during their stay. A "Popular Vote" game was played before they go to bed, as to where the members of the family will sleep but is seen not doing it anymore. At the end of their stay, the elderly family will return to the home and be greeted by the Family as they will move on to their next destination.[17]

Change

Change (Korean: 체인지) is a program where celebrities are given a "new face", and are sent to live through a day as a different person.[18]

Find Mr. Kim

Find Mr.Kim (Korean: 김서방을 찾아라) was a pilot program that didn't get picked up.[19]

Meet the In-Laws

Meet the In-Laws (Korean: 사돈 처음 뵙겠습니다) is a program about foreign brides meeting their in-laws and family members for the first time.[20]

Mission Impossible

Mission Impossible (Korean: 기적의 승부사/기승史) (also known as Miraculous Victory and Defeat) is a program where two teams, one team of celebrities and one team of announcers, complete tasks with 10 chances to succeed.[20] Due to poor ratings, it was changed to "기승史", a historical costume program, with a concept of two teams competing for fun.

Explorers of the Human Body

Main article: Explorers of the Human Body

Explorers of the Human Body (Korean: 인체탐험대) features Super Junior, as they investigate parts of the human body.[20] Due to Super Junior's busy schedule, the show was canceled after a plan to air a second season. Explorers of the Human Body was one of the highest rating shows to appear in the line-up due to comical and educational content.

Good Sunday Old TV

Old TV (Korean: 일요일이 좋다 옛날 TV) features celebrities from the past and shows how television was broadcasted back in the day.[21] This program was the last of the short lived stand-alone 70 mins Good Sunday.

Good Sunday Haja! Go

Haja! GO (Korean: 일요일이 좋다 하자!GO) (literally Do It! GO) featured guests playing gag games.)[22] Calling itself the first gag variety, the show was accused of plagiarizing a program on Fuji TV and was cancelled. This program was one of the short lived stand-alone 70 mins Good Sunday.

New X-Man Good Sunday

Main article: X-Man (TV series)

New X-Man (Korean: X맨 일요일이 좋다) was a revamped version of X-Man, where X-Man was decided by a survey by other celebrities on a certain topic, the team with X-Man in the end would lose.[23] This program was one of the short lived stand-alone 70 mins Good Sunday.

Bungee Song King/S-MATCH

Bungee Song King and S-MATCH(Korean: 번지 노래왕/에스-메치) were two special programs that filled in Roundly Roundly's absence.

Roundly Roundly

Roundly Roundly (Korean: 둥글게 둥글게) is a program where the hosts and guests need to think like a child and understand them more.[24]

X-Man

Main article: X-Man (TV series)

X-Man (Korean: X맨) is one of Korea's most famous variety shows. Various celebrities collaborate into two teams and duel out against each other. The main object was to find the X-Man; a randomly picked celebrity who purposely tried to sabotage his/her teammates' chances of winning.[25]

Reverse Drama

Reverse Drama (Korean: 대결!반전드라마/반전극장) (also known as Banjun Drama) features two mini-dramas that have "reverse" endings. The ending are generally surprising and would not be expected by the viewers. The two mini-dramas compete by votes cast on the main site.

Shin Dong-yeop's Love's Commissioned Mother

Shin Dong-yeop's Love's Commissioned Mother (Korean: 신동엽의 사랑의 위탁모) was a program where female celebrities would "adopt" child(ren) and raise them over a week.[26] It is the predecessor to "Our Children Are Attached To Us.

Yu Jae-suk and Fullness of the Heart

Yu Jae-suk and Fullness of the Heart (Korean: 유재석과 감개무량) was the predecessor of Infinite Challenge.

Waving the Korean Flag

Waving the Korean Flag (Korean: 태극기 휘날리며) was a program featuring South Korea's famous athletes.

Medical Non-Fiction! Last Warning

Medical Non-Fiction! Last Warning (Korean: 메디컬 논픽션! 최종경고) was an informational program where celebrities would reenact symptoms to inform viewers of illnesses.

Star Olympiad

Star Olympiad (Korean: 스타 올림피아드) was a program where teams of celebrities would compete in events.

Healthy Men and Women

Healthy Men and Women (Korean: 건강남녀) was classified as a "love fantasy show", where the MCs and guests would fight for each others love through comical acts.[26]

Awards & achievements

Year Awards
2007
  • 2007 SBS Entertainment Awards (December 30)[27]
    • Korean Wave Program Award - X-Man
    • Most Talented Entertainer Award - Ha-ha (Good Sunday Old TV)
    • Grand Award (Daesang) - Kang Ho-dong (X-Man, Star King)
2008
  • 2008 SBS Entertainment Awards (December 30)[28]
    • Newbie Award: Entertainment Category - Yang Jung-ah (Gold Miss is Coming)
    • Producer's Entertainer Award - Jang Yun-jung (Gold Miss is Coming)
    • Special Award: Broadcast Writer Category - Lee Mi-sun (Writer of Family Outing)
    • Producer's MC Award - Kim Su-ro (Family Outing)
    • Best Teamwork Award - Gold Miss is Coming team
    • Netizen Most Popular Award - Lee Chun-hee, Park Ye-jin (Family Outing)
    • Audience's Best Program Award - Family Outing
    • Grand Award (Daesang) - Yu Jae-suk (Family Outing)
2009
  • 2009 SBS Entertainment Awards (December 30)[29]
    • Best Screenwriter - Choi Mun-kyung (Gold Miss is Coming)
    • Producer's TV Star Award - Yang Jung-ah (Gold Miss is Coming)
    • Netizen Most Popular Award - Lee Hyo-ri (Family Outing)
    • Best Teamwork Award - Family Outing team
    • Outstanding Award: Entertainment Category - Shin Bong-sun (Gold Miss is Coming)
    • Grand Award (Daesang) - Yu Jae-suk & Lee Hyo-ri (Family Outing)
2010
  • 2010 SBS Entertainment Awards (December 30)[30]
    • SBS Variety New Star Award - Song Joong-ki, Lee Kwang-su & Gary (Running Man), Kahi & IU (Heroes)
    • Variety Special Award - Song Ji-hyo (Running Man)
    • Best TV Star Award - Kim Jong-kook (Running Man), Shin Bong-sun (Heroes)
    • Best Teamwork Award - Heroes team
    • Netizen Most Popular Program - Running Man
2011
  • 2011 SBS Entertainment Awards (December 30)[31]
    • Newbie Award: Variety Category - Lee Kwang-su (Running Man)
    • Broadcast Writer Award - Park Hyun-sook (Running Man)
    • Special Award - Kim Yu-na (Kiss & Cry)
    • Best Entertainer Award: Variety Category - Ha-ha (Running Man) & Park Jun-geum (Kiss & Cry)
    • Most Outstanding Program - Running Man
    • Outstanding Award: Variety Category - Kim Jong-kook & Song Ji-hyo (Running Man)
    • Most Outstanding Award: Variety Category - Kim Byung-man (Kiss & Cry)
    • Grand Award (Daesang) - Yu Jae-suk (Running Man)

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