tvN's 'You Quiz on the Block' celebrates its 200th episode.
'You Quiz on the Block', which started broadcasting for the first time in August 2018, will show its 200th broadcast on the 28th. 'You Quiz on the Block (hereinafter referred to as You Quiz)', which aired a total of 2640 hours, including main broadcasts, reruns, and special episodes, 200 times for about 5 years, is a mega IP that is loved by Korean viewers. (Intellectual property) has solidified its position.
'You Quiz' is meeting viewers with the life stories of a total of 1205 people during 200 sessions. 'You Quiz', which is heading toward its 5th anniversary of broadcasting, started with a 2% viewership rating for the first broadcast household and is cruising with the highest average viewership rating among regular entertainment programs airing on tvN as of 2023.
Among them, the BTS episode achieved the highest ratings with an average of 8.2% and a maximum of 11.2% based on households in the metropolitan area, and an average of 6.7% and a maximum of 8.6% based on households nationwide. In terms of ratings for men and women 2049, which is the target of tvN, it recorded an average of 5.4% and a maximum of 6.9% in the metropolitan area, an average of 4.7% and a maximum of 6.1% nationwide, and topped all channels in the same time slot, breaking the highest viewership rating ever and ranking first in all channels in the same time slot.
Rivalry (178 episodes), which aired in January of this year, recorded an average of 7.7% and a maximum of 11.3% for households in the metropolitan area, and an average of 6.2% and a maximum of 9.1% for households nationwide. did. (Nielsen Korea, based on paid platforms)
'You Quiz on the Tube', a YouTube channel unique to 'You Quiz' and where you can access special and unreleased videos the fastest, has exceeded 550 million views in total, and has 821,000 subscribers in 3 years of opening has achieved According to the BPI (Brand Power Index) survey designed by CJ ENM with an external professional research company, it started with being ranked in the top 20 in the entertainment program BPI sector in 2019 and 2020, ranked second in 2021, and in 2022, entertainment BPI It ranked 1st in the category and 2nd in the BPI for all programs including drama and current affairs.
In addition, it is consistently ranked in the TOP10 from the second half of 2020 to 2023 in the TV programs that Koreans like, conducted by the Gallup Korea Research Institute. In 2021, it was ranked in the top 10 for all 12-month surveys, in 2022, it was ranked in the top 10 for a total of 8 times in 11 surveys, and in 2023, it was ranked in the top 10 every month so far, proving continued interest and love.
Various awards are also worth noting. Starting with the 'Korea Best General Entertainment, Game or Quiz Program' category of Asia's largest content awards ceremony AACA (Asian Academy Creative Awards) in 2019, in 2021, the 57th Baeksang Arts TV category Grand Prize, Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards Excellence Award in the social and cultural development category , the 22nd Veterans Affairs and Culture Award, and the Good Program of the Month award in the new media sector, as well as the Korea Communications Standards Commission. From 2020 to 2022, it won the 'Program of the Year Talk Entertainment' category for three consecutive years at the Brand of the Year Awards.
Producer Lee Ki-yeon, who directs 'You Quiz', said, "It is all thanks to the viewers that 'You Quiz' was able to continue 200 episodes in the fierce broadcasting environment like these days. In order to be able to do so, I will continue to do my best to tell good stories with the two MCs Yoo Jae-seok and Jo Se-ho."
"I think the reason why people love 'You Quiz' is because of their 'stories' and the power of 'empathy' that those stories give. It seems that the two MCs, Yoo Jae-seok and Jo Se-ho, who sympathize with '', and viewers who are interested in and sympathetic to the lives of others are meeting and creating a good atmosphere."
Producer Lee Ki-yeon added, "Like a pebble in a calm lake, I will do my best to make it a program that, even if it is not irritating, can bring a little laughter and emotion to the daily lives of those who watch it."
Reporter Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia kkk39@tenasia.co.kr