“From the outset of the planning, I realized the importance of the chemistry between our female members if our show was to be successful,” Jeong said. The chemistry amongst male entertainers was already shown on other shows, and I’ve already tried mixing male and female entertainers on my prior show ‘Running Man,’ which led me to imagine what would it be like if Yoo was surrounded by female members. “Then as I began to consider other members, I wanted to try something different. “I started the show with Yoo as the main emcee,” Jeong told the Korea JoongAng Daily via email. Producer Jeong Cheol-min said that he was looking for something out of the conventional forms of variety shows when he first started to work on “The Sixth Sense,” a mystery variety show consisting of Yoo Jae-suk as the main emcee and four members - Jessi, Jeon So-min, Oh Na-ra and Mijoo of the girl group Lovelyz. While the early-bound success of “Refund Sisters” was, what some might say to be inevitable considering that it is a collaboration of legendary celebrities Lee Hyo-ri, Uhm Jung-hwa and trending celebrities Jessi and Hwasa, other shows mark a period of change, a breakthrough of a decades-long glass ceiling on television. Some of the hottest shows airing these days are female led, such as “Refund Sisters” on MBC’s “Hangout With Yoo,” “The Sixth Sense” on tvN and “Sporty Sisters” on E Channel. Since there was no firm foundation, they were unstable and would oblige to what the broadcasters ordered them to do.”Ī poster for project group "Refund Sisters" from MBC's "Hangout With Yoo." However, the tables may finally be turning. “There didn’t exist any role models in programs or characters they could relate to, so they would mimic those of their counterparts without expressing their own colors or personalities. “Before, female comedians and entertainers could not lead the shows independently because they were ultimately competing on an uneven playing field,” culture critic Kim Heon-sik said.
The bias was that female-led programs are “boring” and conservative broadcasters preferred to stick to the old, “safer” formats which garnered success with shows such as “Infinite Challenge” and “2 Days & 1 Night,” both of which had viewership ratings over 30 percent at their highest.
What the lack of female recipients outlined was how entertainment shows were predominantly, overwhelmingly male-centered. “But it took me 13 years to climb up those last five steps.” Comedian Kim Sook, who took home the Top Excellence Award in Music & Talk, said that this was her first time attending the MBC award ceremony in her 25-year career. Park Na-rae “ I realized there were only five stairs to get over here ,” Jang said during her acceptance speech.
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