Trick & True
| Trick & True | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Variety |
| Presented by | Jun Hyun-moo Kim Jun-hyun Lee Eun-gyeol |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Lee Se-hee |
| Production locations | Seoul, South Korea |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | KBS |
| Release | October 25, 2016 – February 15, 2017 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 트릭 & 트루 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Teurik & Teuru |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'ŭrik & T'ŭru |
Trick & True (Korean: 트릭 & 트루; RR: Teurik & Teuru; MR: T'ŭrik & T'ŭru) was a South Korean variety show, which aired on KBS2, KBS' channel for entertainment shows. The show was hosted by television comedy show host Jun Hyun-moo, Kim Jun-hyun and Lee Eun-gyeol. The show replaced Talents for Sale as it got second highest rating, 6.9% in its pilot episode.[1]
Format[edit]
The show displayed four acts, performed by either a magician or a KAIST scientist, and it was the guests' job to figure out where the act was purely a magic trick or based on flawed scientific theory or an actual scientific phenomenon. After each answer, the opponent could choose to attempt to modify the act to make it a magic trick or more scientific based on the act.
Episode and ratings[edit]
2016[edit]
| Episode | Air date | Featured guests | Notes | AGB Nielsen Ratings[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 25 | 3.1% | ||
| 2 | November 1 | 2.7% | ||
| 3 | November 9 |
|
Moving to the Wednesday timeslot | 3.9% |
| 4 | November 16 | 4.6% | ||
| 5 | November 23 | 3.4% | ||
| 6 | November 30 | 3.4% | ||
| 7 | December 7 | 3.3% | ||
| 8 | December 14 | 3.4% | ||
| 9 | December 21 | 3.7% | ||
| 10 | December 28 | 3.9% |
2017[edit]
| Episode | Air date | Featured guests | Notes | AGB Nielsen Ratings[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | January 4 | 4.4% | ||
| 12 | January 11 | 4.1% | ||
| 13 | January 18 | 4.7% | ||
| 14 | January 25 |
|
3.8% | |
| 15 | February 8 |
|
4.7% | |
| 16 | February 15 | 4.5% |
References[edit]
- ^ [단독] KBS '승부'·'트릭' 정규행...'어서옵쇼'·'예체능' 끝내 폐지
- ^ a b
"AGB Ratings 1" (in Korean) – via Naver.
"AGB Ratings 2" (in Korean) – via Daum.