Producer Kim Tae-ho's new entertainment JTBC 'My name is Gabriel' (hereinafter 'My name is Gabriel') armed with ultra-luxurious guests from Park Bo-gum to Park Myung-soo changed the program in three episodes. Last week, producer Na Young-seok's new entertainment TVN 'Seojin's 2' joined the entertainment war on Friday, and 'My Name is Gabriel', which competed against each other at the same time on the same day, eventually took a step back due to the burden.
JTBC announced in a press release on the 3rd that it will air at 10:30 p.m., which will air on the 5th night 'My Name is Gabriel', after pushing the time zone back by 1 hour and 40 minutes from the 3rd episode. 'My Name Is Gabriel' received a lot of attention for boldly changing the programming time in the third episode, the beginning of the broadcast, where a fixed audience has not yet been formed.
Previously, 'My Name is Gabriel' is a new entertainment show that producer Kim Tae-ho, one of the leading star directors in Korea who directed 'Infinite Challenge', collaborated with JTBC to present it. It's a new variety show. Producer Kim Tae-ho's new work 'My Name is Gabriel', which greatly expanded the concept of 'Life of Others', which was introduced once in the 'Infinite Challenge', is a program in which stars recognized by everyone in Korea leave for a place where no one knows them and live 'actually that person's life' for 72 hours in the name of one of the world's 8 billion people. It was expected to provide differentiated fun, emotion, and laughter through observation reality, which unfolds with deep relationships in various parts of life such as family, friends, and work.
In particular, producer Kim Tae-ho's new entertainment show "My Name Is Gabriel" drew attention with its all-time spectacular casting. Actors Park Bo-gum, Yeom Hye-ran, and Ji Chang-wook, who were not easily seen in entertainment shows, as well as veterans Hong Jin-kyung, Gabi, and Dex. Above all, Park Myung-soo's performance, who made a comeback with PD Kim Tae-ho's entertainment show after a long time since 'Infinite Challenge', was also one of the highlights.
'My Name is Gabriel', which was released in the spotlight as an expected entertainment work on Friday the 21st of last month, drew a lot of attention as Park Bo-gum, who, as expected, transformed into Lurie, the head of the choir in Dublin, Ireland. Park Bo-gum, who lived the life of 'Luri Bo-gum' without any sense of heterogeneity, spread the 'Luri theory of happiness' as always and immersed himself in Luri's life, receiving positive responses from viewers. Since then, Park Myung-soo, who turned into a Uti selling som sweat in Chiang Mai, Thailand, has been revealed in earnest, adding to the fun. Park Myung-soo was embarrassed by the unexpected appearance of his Thai wife and 6-year-old daughter in the beginning, but he soon melted into Uti's life and provided fun.
Park Bo-gum conveyed the viewer's 'eyeshokang' and Park Myung-soo's 'my name is Gabriel'. However, unlike the topic of conversation, the ratings were not as high as expected. 'My Name is Gabriel' showed a poor performance of 1.088 percent on the 28th after a week of 1.469 percent of the nation's household ratings on the 21st of last month, which was the first broadcast. Even though it was prime time on Friday afternoon, 'My Name is Gabriel' is on alert.
To make matters worse, even producer Na Young-seok, a close entertainment competitor, took the mound, further shaking the position of 'My Name is Gabriel'. 'Seojin's 2', which started broadcasting on the same day and at the same time a week apart from 'My Name is Gabriel', pressured viewership by competing against 'My Name is Gabriel'.
「Seojin's 2」, which built a built-in audience through the previous episode, received a great response from viewers, as existing members Lee Seo-jin, Jung Yu-mi, Park Seo-joon, and Choi Woo-sik appeared as they were, except for the new intern, Ko Min-si. Of course, it is evaluated that it lacks freshness than 'My Name is Gabriel' with the unchanging casting and directing method, but it was enough to captivate viewers with the guaranteed chemistry unique to 'Seojin-ne' and the meaningful process of promoting K-food. The first episode of "'It's Seojin's 2' is 6..It had an audience rating of 887 percent.
Producer Kim Tae-ho was not aware of the inevitable competition with producer Na Young-seok. During the production presentation held ahead of the first broadcast, producer Kim Tae-ho said, `Even if the ratings are all combined now, it is less than 30%. If so, it is a time when the remaining 70% of viewers wonder what they will do, but rather than competition, it is important to create a time when good commercial districts will gather and see many things to see. I will also make good use of this time period that producer Na Young-seok has made a good commercial district for the past 10 years" he said.
Producer Kim Tae-ho's spirit to build such a good commercial district eventually took a step backward due to the change in programming time. Attention is focusing on whether 'My Name is Gabriel' will bring about a win-win success with 'Seojin's 2'.
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