Saturday Freedom

Saturday Freedom was a South Korean reality-variety show shown on the KBS2 network, which competes directly against MBC's We Got Married and Infinite Challenge, and SBS' Star Junior Show Bungeoppang and Star King. The lineup ended on March 31, 2012, with Immortal Songs 2 becoming a separate program and Invincible Youth 2 moving into the time slot.

History

Programs prior to Saturday Freedom featured a similar title. began airing on October 17, 1998, and aired until April 28, 2001. Beginning on May 5, 2001, Show Everyone's Saturday aired, then on November 10, 2001 Declaration of Freedom Saturday Big Operation took over and aired until November 1, 2003, which at this time KBS's Saturday lineup program was cancelled. It was revived on April 25, 2009, as Invincible Saturday and aired until December 25, 2010, and KBS's Saturday lineup program was cancelled once again. It was revived again as Saturday Freedom on June 4, 2011. On September 10, 2011, Saturday Freedom divided into two parts, Part 1 airing at 5:15PM KST and Part 2 airing at 6:15PM KST, in an effort to boost ratings.

Broadcasting Times

June 4–11, 2011
June 18 – September 3, 2011
September 10, 2011 – March 31, 2012
* September 10, 2011 – March 31, 2012
* September 10, 2011 – March 31, 2012

Segments

Birth of a Family

Aired: November 12, 2011 – March 31, 2012
Starring: Lee Hwi-jae, Kim Byung-man, Boom, No Woo-jin, Hyuna, G.NA, Yim Si-wan.

Birth of a Family was an "animal communion variety" program and was first broadcast on November 12, 2011.
The program is divided into two corners, Let's Live Together and Birth of a Family. Let's Live Together features Lee Hwi-jae and Kim Byung-man as rare animals visit their home. Birth of a Family features idol groups living with and becoming the family of abandoned dogs, and helping them find new owners. Infinite and A Pink were the first groups of idols and were replaced with Hyuna of 4Minute, G.NA, and Siwan of ZE:A in March.

Immortal Songs 2

Aired: June 4, 2011 – March 31, 2012
Starring: Shin Dong-yup, Eun Ji-won, Moon Hee-joon.

Immortal Songs 2: Singing the Legend is a music competition program and began airing on June 4, 2011. It is a revival of Immortal Songs, and features idol singers performing songs of legendary singers. The singers perform in front of an audience who vote for who they believe best presented the classic songs. It now airs as a separate program, as Immortal Songs 2: Singing the Legend, in the same time slot.

Secret

Aired: June 4 – November 5, 2011
Starring: Lee Hwi-jae, Shin Bong-sun, Kim Hee-chul.

Secret was a game-talk show featuring secrets of celebrities. Stars must play games and succeed to prevent a secret of theirs from being revealed by a friend. Originally airing after Immortal Songs 2, the program faced difficulty when Immortal Songs 2 aired for too long, thus eating into the airtime of Secret. On one occasion, the program only aired for three minutes on July 23, 2011.