X-man (TV series)

Good Sunday - X-man
Genre	Game show, Comedy, Psychological
Starring	Yoo Jae-suk Kang Ho-dong Kim Je-dong (S.1-23) Gong Hyung-jin (S.24-34) Park Kyung-lim (S.35-59) (S.60-90)
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language(s)	Korean
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	178 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Jang Hyuk-jae
Running time	50-80 minutes per episode
Release
Original network	SBS
Original release	November 8, 2003 – April 8, 2007
Chronology
Followed by	Haja! GO (하자!GO)
Related shows	Good Sunday Real Situation Saturday
External links
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X-man (Hangul: X맨) was a popular South Korean game show which ran from November 8, 2003 to April 8, 2007 on SBS. Its popularity peaked from 2004 to 2006. It was hosted by Yoo Jae-suk, Kang Ho-dong, Kim Je-dong, with Kim being successively replaced by Gong Hyung-jin, Park Kyung-lim, and ; only the first two were on the program since its inception.

X-man was loosely based on The Mole.

The program first aired on November 8, 2003 as a "Genuine Psychological Reasoning Variety", Real Situation: Finding X-man (실제상황 X맨을 찾아라), a corner program of Real Situation Saturday. On October 10, 2004, the program was moved to Good Sunday and simply known as X-man. On November 5, 2006, the program became the sole program airing in Good Sunday and was officially known as X-man Good Sunday airing until April 8, 2007.

In the first season of the program, the main host was Kim Je-dong, with team leaders Kang Ho-dong and Yoo Jae-suk of Kang and Yoo Team respectively. Beginning with Season 2, Yoo Jae-suk replaced Kim Je-dong as main host, with Kim Je-dong becoming the leader of Kim Team (Yoo Team in Season 2). During this early stages of the program, popular games which became staples of the show were Team! Horse Riding, Tongue Twisters Relay, and Fly! Fryingpan with the biggest hit Of Course! created in May 2004.

Following high ratings in the Saturday evening timeslot, X-man was moved to Good Sunday in October 2004, which was the lowest rated program of the Sunday evening timeslot. After the move, Good Sunday became the top rated program of the Sunday evening timeslot, beating incumbent MBC's Sunday Sunday Night by 2006. As the program aired under Good Sunday, a line up of changes occurred to the opposing team of Kang Team. The team leaders changed from Kim Je-dong to Gong Hyung-jin, Park Kyung-lim, and finally . Popular mission Team! Horse Riding was abolished in April 2005 following the injury of comedian during the game. Team! Chicken Fight and Team! "Go" Fighting later replaced it. Also in 2005, popular mission Couples and Warriors Forever became a hot topic following the fabulous performances by guests, which were intended to form couples to play couple games.

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