SBS 'Wow! Really? Is This for Real?' is making its return to home viewers with Season 2 after about three months.
'Wow! Really? Is This for Real?' is set to air on the 29th at 9 p.m., and the Season 1 hosts, Jun Hyun-moo, Baek Ji-young, Kim Ho-young, and WJSN Subin, are reuniting as studio hosts to showcase even more enhanced chemistry.
Last October, 'Wow! Really? Is This for Real?' debuted with a fresh format that shattered the existing VCR formula and featured a variety of heartwarming and humorous stories of different people, generating heated discussions. As a result, from its first broadcast after the renewal, it captured an average rating of 4.7% (according to Nielsen Korea), and the scene featuring 'The Man from Nowhere' skyrocketed to a peak of 6.7% per minute, successfully attracting viewer interest. Achieving the highest ratings for the 2049 age group in the same time slot, 'Wow! Really? Is This for Real?' has expanded its audience from middle-aged to younger demographics and continues to generate explosive popularity even after airing, dominating various communities, YouTube, and social media. In fact, clips related to 'the woman with the highest weight in the country at 268 kg' have exceeded 2.07 million views on YouTube's 'Wow! Amazing Video,' and the story of an ordinary person resembling 'Gian74', known for looking like 'Gian87', has gained significant attention in communities and social media, emerging as an 'issue character' with considerable support from the younger audience.
With the support of viewers, 'Wow! Really? Is This for Real?' is set to return after three months, promising to deliver laughter and emotion to home audiences with the existing hosts' 'trustworthy chemistry' and increasingly innovative and substantial themes that will be featured each episode.
The production team stated, 'Last October, 'Wow! Really? Is This for Real?' succeeded in upholding the legacy of SBS's representative long-running entertainment shows while receiving an enthusiastic response from younger audiences, concluding Season 1 successfully. For this Season 2, we have prepared more meticulously crafted planning items that reflect more effort. Each week will feature stories unlike anything seen before, so we ask for your interest in Season 2, making its return after three months.'
Jun Hyun-moo, Baek Ji-young, Kim Ho-young, and Subin will come together to introduce endless stories of ordinary people in the second season premiere of SBS 'Wow! Really? Is This for Real?', which will air on the 29th at 9 p.m.
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