Happy Sunday
| Happy Sunday | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality television |
| Written by | Shin Yeo-jin An Ju-hyun Lee Woo-jung Kim Hyo-jin Choi Jae-hyung Jo Mi-hyun Kim So-young Lee Sun-hye Kim Dae-ju |
| Creative director(s) | KBS Art Vision Digital Arts Center for Visual Arts |
| Starring |
1 Night 2 Days: Kim Jong-min Cha Tae-hyun Kim Joon-ho Defconn Jung Joon-young Yoon Si-yoon The Return of Superman: Lee Hwi-jae Ki Tae-young Lee Beom-soo Lee Dong-Gook Yang Dong-geun In Gyo-jin Oh Ji-ho |
| Narrated by | Lee Won-joon (2004-11-07 - 2008-03-23) Byun Young-hee (2007-04-22 - 2008-09-09) Lee Chul-yong (2008-09-18 - 2008-11-16) Kim Shi-hyang (2008-11-23 - present) |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 548 (as of 5 July 2015) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Lee Min-ho Cho Seung-wook Shin Won-ho Cho Sung-sook Shin Hyo-jung Choi Seung-hee Kim Yang-hwi Yu Ho-jin |
| Producer(s) | Kim Young-shik |
| Cinematography | Kang Chan-hee |
| Editor(s) | Kim Hyo-chan |
| Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
| Running time | approx. 2 hours 35 minutes (155 minutes) |
| Production company(s) | Koen Media Corporation Vision Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | KBS2 |
| Picture format |
NTSC (August 5, 2007 – May 16, 2010) HDTV (ATSC, ISDB) (May 23, 2010 – present) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | November 7, 2004 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | 101% Sunday (일요일은 101%) |
| Related shows | 다녀오겠습니다 (KBS Joy) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Happy Sunday (Korean: 해피 선데이) is a Korean reality-variety show shown on the KBS2 network, which competes directly against MBC's Sunday Night and SBS's Good Sunday line-up. Although it has been broadcast since 2003, its line-up of shows has frequently changed, with a complete revamp occurring in Spring of 2007. At that time, three new shows were introduced – Are You Ready, High-Five, and Immortal Songs. Due to its poor reception, Are You Ready quickly evolved into 1 Night 2 Days, with most of its cast intact. In late November 2008, Happy Sunday had a revamp of its shows keeping 1 Night 2 Days as the second segment and bringing back Immortal Songs which was previously liked by viewers. However in late March, Immortal Songs ended once again and was replaced with Qualifications of Men, making Happy Sunday an all-male cast, with a total of 14 members. In 2013, Qualifications of Men was cancelled and replaced with Star Family Show Mamma Mia. On November 3, 2013 Star Family Show Mamma Mia was moved to Wednesday nights and replaced with The Return of Superman.
Out of the three Sunday night shows, KBS's Happy Sunday, MBC's Sunday Sunday Night and SBS's Good Sunday, only KBS has kept its program as a "whole program." Both MBC and SBS has divided their Sunday night show into two parts, the first segment as one program and the second as another. Both MBC and SBS have done this to record better TV ratings, which is important in South Korea media to prove the show's popularity. The key variety programs which garner Sunday night ratings and are usually compared to one another are KBS Happy Sunday's 1 Night 2 Days, MBC Sunday Sunday Night's Real Men, and SBS Good Sunday's Running Man.
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