The last episode of UKvariety program hang out with you received its lowest ratings of the year.
The September 10 episode of the show earned a 4.5% viewership rating, according to nielsen korea, the lowest program of the year. What is particularly alarming is that the show achieved its lowest rating despite new members, actors Lee Yi-kyung Yes jin-joo park join the show.
The rating of the issue had stagnated around 5-7%. After the highly anticipated arc of the WSG Wannabe series failed due to slow pacing and choices made by the production team, the series went on a three-week hiatus. The show announced its return with the addition of actors Lee Yi Kyung and Park Jin Joo as permanent cast members.
Lee Yi Kyung has been making strides on the variety show circuit recently. The model turned TV personality and actor was best known as a panelist before joining the show. Actress Park Jin Joo was clearly the star of the series’ much-maligned WSG Wannabe arc. The actors who joined the series initially created anticipation, but after only a week, it seems the novelty has already worn off.
Netizens have flocked online to comment on the show’s recent terrible form, with many blaming the show’s clichéd format. In truth, many arcs in the series involve guests forming a musical band. Many others said they preferred to see Yoo Jae Suk run the show with only occasional guests.
- “I watched this show, but it’s so boring. It’s been downhill ever since Mijoo, Jung Jun HaYes Ha ha United.”
- “The format is so cliched… The production team here is the definition of unnecessary.”
- “Just ask Yoo Jae Suk to be the only cast member and ask him to call in occasional guests.”
- “I was actually hoping they would fire the whole cast and start over, but it seems like it can’t be helped.”
- “Jung Jun Ha’s sense of humor just doesn’t sit well with me, so I stopped watching the show altogether.”
- “Instead of bringing in more co-stars, they should have fired everyone and started over. The production team doesn’t really pay attention to what the audience says.
For context, the show originally relied heavily on Yoo Jae Suk’s chemistry with the famous infinite challenge producer kim tae-ho. The show changed drastically when Kim Tae Ho left the show and Jung Jun Ha, Haha, shin bong sun, and Lee Mijoo joined. After the series’ WSG Wannabe arc, the series took a three-week hiatus and returned with the announcement that Park Jin Joo and Lee Yi Kyung had joined the cast.