Good Sunday


Good Sunday was a South Korean reality-variety show shown on the SBS network, which competes directly against MBC's Sunday Night and KBS2's Happy Sunday line-up. The program has suffered from the competition of Happy Sunday and Sunday Night but reached its way to #1 on the Top 20 Charts every Sunday. Good Sunday consists of a line-up of "corner programs", or segments, which air within the program. The program ended on March 19, 2017, opting for individual programs divided into two parts for inserting commercials.
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History

Prior to Good Sunday, Ultra Sunday Hurray! began airing on March 18, 2001. Beginning on January 20, 2002 Show! Sunday World aired, and on July 14, 2002 Beautiful Sunday 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. As of July 18, 2010, both Part 1 and 2 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 5:20 pm KST and ending at 8:00 pm for about 160 minutes. As of September 25, 2011, Good Sunday is divided into two parts again, Part 1 airing at 5:20 pm and Part 2 airing at 6:50 pm KST, in an effort to boost ratings. On December 4, 2011, it returned to airing as one whole program again beginning at 5:00 pm for about 180 minutes.

Broadcasting times

  • March 28, 2004 – October 29, 2006
  • November 5, 2006 – November 4, 2007
  • November 11, 2007 – May 18, 2008
  • May 25, 2008 – August 21, 2011
  • * July 27, 2008 – July 11, 2010; March 20, 2011 – May 8, 2011
  • * July 27, 2008 – May 23, 2010; July 11, 2010; March 20, 2011 – May 1, 2011
  • * July 18, 2010 – March 13, 2011
  • * July 18, 2010 – March 13, 2011
  • August 28, 2011 – December 4, 2011
  • * September 25 – November 27, 2011
  • * September 25 – November 27, 2011
  • December 11, 2011 – November 11, 2012
  • November 18, 2012 – November 17, 2013
  • November 24, 2013 – April 13, 2014
  • May 4 – August 17, 2014
  • August 24, 2014 – March 19, 2017
  • * March 20, 2016 – March 19, 2017
  • * March 20, 2016 – March 19, 2017

Former segments

''Running Man''

Running Man, first broadcast on July 11, 2010, is currently the longest-running program on Good Sunday surpassing X-man on February 3, 2013 with 410 episodes so far. It has garnered attention as being the come-back program for Yoo Jae-suk after leaving Good Sunday's Family Outing in February 2010. This show is classified as a game-variety show, where the MCs and guests complete missions in a landmark to win a race.

''Flower Crew''

Flower Crew is filled with travel experiences of the six characters whose luck and fate depend on the live votes of the audience make it more unique, suspense and unpredictable outcome to story line and cast member's fate in decided the group. First broadcast as the pilots on July 15 and 16, 2016, the program was picked up and began airing on Monday night at 23:10 from September 5 to November 21, 2016, then it changed the broadcast time to 16:50 and replacing Fantastic Duo starting November 27, 2016.

''Fantastic Duo''

  • Aired: April 17, 2016 – November 20, 2016
  • Starring: Jun Hyun-moo, Various Singers
Fantastic Duo is a competition program featuring singers collaborating with ordinary people. First broadcast as a pilot on February 9, 2016, the program was picked up and aired from April 17 to November 20, 2016, replacing K-pop Star 5.

''K-pop Star 5''

Survival Audition K-pop Star 5 is the fifth season of audition program K-pop Star, with returning judges Park Jin-young, Yang Hyun-suk, and You Hee-yeol. The program returned for a new season on November 22, 2016, replacing Take Care of My Dad.

''Take Care of My Dad''

Take Care of My Dad was a reality program featuring celebrity fathers who do not express themselves much and their daughters interacting in daily life. First broadcast on February 20, 2015, the program moved to Good Sunday beginning April 26, 2015, replacing K-pop Star 4.

''K-pop Star 4''

Survival Audition K-pop Star 4 is the fourth season of audition program K-pop Star, with returning judges Park Jin-young, Yang Hyun-suk, and You Hee-yeol. The program returned for a new season on November 23, 2014, replacing Roommate.

''Roommate''

Roommate is a reality program featuring eleven celebrities living together, sharing common spaces such as the kitchen, living room, and washrooms. The program aims to show the life, troubles, and joys of eleven different celebrities as they form friendships and possibly enemies living together under one roof. Roommate replaces K-pop Star 3 and began airing on May 4, 2014. With the return of K-pop Star to Good Sunday, Roommate moved to airing every Tuesday at 11:15 pm as a stand-alone program starting November 25, 2014.

''K-pop Star 3''

Survival Audition K-pop Star 3 is the third season of audition program K-pop Star, with returning judges Park Jin-young and Yang Hyun-suk, and new judge You Hee-yeol. The program returned for a new season on November 24, 2013, replacing Barefooted Friends.

''Barefooted Friends''

Barefooted Friends is a real variety program featuring Kang Ho-dong, who is returning to Good Sunday after leaving X-Man in April 2007. The members travel to foreign countries to experience "real happiness" with locals. The program first broadcast on April 21, 2013, replacing K-pop Star 2.

''K-pop Star 2''

Survival Audition K-pop Star 2 is the second season of audition program K-pop Star, with returning judges, BoA, Park Jin-young, and Yang Hyun-suk. The program returned for a new season on November 18, 2012, replacing Law of the Jungle 2. The program was renewed for a third season with the same judges, scheduled to air in October 2013 possibly in a new timeslot.

''Kim Byung-man's Law of the Jungle 2''

Kim Byung-man's Law of the Jungle 2 is a reality-documentary program featuring comedian Kim Byung-man and his tribe as they explore and survive in nature. With locations being in Vanuatu, Siberia in Russia, and Madagascar. This is the second season of Kim Byung-man's Law of the Jungle, which was a ratings success in its Friday night time slot in the latter half of 2011. The program began to air on May 6, 2012, replacing K-pop Star., but its last episode was reverted to Friday at 10:00 pm, to make way for K-pop Star 2, where its next season has aired in that time slot ever since.

''K-pop Star''

Survival Audition K-pop Star is an audition program featuring the "Big 3" entertainment companies. People around the world audition to become the next "K-pop Star", who will be judged by a representative of each company. The winner will have a choice of which company to sign with, and many prizes including three hundred million won. The first season began to air on December 4, 2011, replacing BIGsTORY. The program was renewed for a second season with the same judges and an upgraded format, and aired from November 2012 to April 2013.

''BIGsTORY''

Diet Survival BIGsTORY 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 come from and will make, and the "victory" they will achieve. The program began to air on August 28, 2011, replacing Kim Yu-na's Kiss & Cry.

''Kim Yuna's Kiss & Cry''

Kim Yuna's Kiss & Cry is a survival audition program featuring champion figure skater, Kim Yuna. 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 Yuna at a special ice show in August. The program is scheduled to air on May 22, 2011, replacing Heroes. The program was scheduled to return for a second season in April 2012 in a different time slot, but has been postponed due to Kim Yuna's busy schedule.

''Heroes''

Heroes 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 ended on May 1, 2011 due to low ratings and has been replaced by Kiss & Cry.

''Family Outing 2''

Family Outing Season 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 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.

''Family Outing''

Family Outing 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.

''Change''

Change is a program where celebrities are given a "new face", and are sent to live through a day as a different person.

''Find Mr. Kim''

  • Aired: February 10, 2008 – February 24, 2008
  • Starring: Seo Kyung-suk, Yoon Jung-su, Kim Sung-su, Moon Hee-jun, Alex, Charles
Find Mr. Kim is a program about delivering packages to people around the world.

''Meet the In-Laws''

  • Aired: November 11, 2007 – July 20, 2008
  • Starring: Nam Hee-seok, Han Young
Meet the In-Laws is a program about foreign brides meeting their in-laws and family members for the first time.

''Mission Impossible''

Mission Impossible is a program where two teams, one team of celebrities and one team of announcers, complete tasks with 10 chances to succeed. 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''

  • Aired: November 11, 2007 – February 3, 2008
  • Starring: Shin Dong-yup, Super Junior
Explorers of the Human Body features Super Junior, as they investigate parts of the human body. 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 features celebrities from the past and shows how television was broadcast back in their days. This program was the last of the short lived stand-alone 70 mins Good Sunday.

''Good Sunday Haja! Go''

  • Aired: April 15, 2007 – June 10, 2007
  • Starring: Yoo Jae-suk, Park Myung-su, Shin Jung-hwan, Haha
Haja! GO 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''

New X-man was a revamped version of X-man, where the X-man was decided by a survey by other celebrities on a certain topic, the team with X-man in the end would lose. This program was one of the short lived stand-alone 70 mins Good Sunday.

''Bungee Song King/S-MATCH''

  • Aired: August 27, 2006 – October 29, 2006
  • Starring: Tak Jae-hoon, Park Su-hong, Yoon Jung-su
Bungee Song King and S-MATCH were two special programs that filled in Roundly Roundly's absence.

''Roundly Roundly''

Roundly Roundly is a program where the hosts and guests need to think like a child and understand them more.

''X-man''

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

''Reverse Drama''

  • Aired: August 8, 2004 – April 23, 2006
  • Starring: Various Celebrities
Reverse 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.

''Yoo Jae-suk and Fullness of the Heart''

Yoo Jae-suk and Fullness of the Heart was the predecessor of Infinite Challenge.

''Medical Non-Fiction! Last Warning''

Medical Non-Fiction! Last Warning was an informational program where celebrities would reenact symptoms to inform viewers of illnesses.

''Star Olympiad''

Star Olympiad was a program where teams of celebrities would compete in events.

''Healthy Men and Women''

  • Aired: March 28, 2004 – April 25, 2004
  • Starring: Kang Ho-dong, Lee Hwi-jae, Shin Jung-hwan, Yoo Jae-suk
Healthy Men and Women was classified as a "love fantasy show", where the MCs and guests would fight for each other's love through comical acts.

''Waving the Korean Flag''

  • Aired: March 28, 2004 – May 23, 2004
  • Starring: Yoo Jae-suk, Ji Sang-ryul
Waving the Korean Flag was a program featuring South Korea's famous athletes.

''Shin Dong-yeop's Love's Commissioned Mother''

Shin Dong-yeop's Love's Commissioned Mother was a program where female celebrities would "adopt" child and raise them over a week. It is the predecessor to Our Children Have Changed.

Ratings

2004

  • All ratings are by AGB Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise noted. Ratings with a are provided by TNS Media Korea where AGB is unavailable.

2005

  • All ratings are by AGB Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise noted. Ratings with a are provided by TNS Media Korea where AGB is unavailable.

2006

  • All ratings are by AGB Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise noted. Ratings with a are provided by TNS Media Korea where AGB is unavailable.

2007

  • All ratings are by AGB Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise noted. Ratings with a are provided by TNS Media Korea where AGB is unavailable.

2008

  • Ratings by TNS and AGB are shown where available.Good Sunday divides its program into two parts, Family Outing as Good Sunday Part 1 and Change as Good Sunday Part 2. Ratings by TNS and AGB are shown where available.

2009

  • Ratings by TNS and AGB are shown where available.

2010

  • Ratings by TNmS and AGB are shown where available.Good Sunday airs as a "whole" program during World Cup season.Good Sunday returns to dividing its program into two parts.

2011

  • Ratings by TNmS and AGB are shown where available.Good Sunday returns to airing as one "whole" program.Good Sunday returns to dividing its program into two parts.Good Sunday returns to airing as one "whole" program.