Real Situation Saturday (Korean: 실제상황! 토요일) is a Korean variety show shown on the SBS network. Many popular programs have aired on this Saturday line-up, including X-Man and Real Romance Love Letter, dominating Saturday evening ratings for a long time. It began to air for 60 mins. from November 8, 2003 to July 2, 2005, later expanded to 130 mins from July 9, 2005 to October 28, 2006, and cut back to 70 mins. from November 4, 2006 to January 6, 2007 and ended its run because it suffered competition from Infinite Challenge.
Season 1 segment
X-Man
Aired: November 8, 2003 - October 9, 2004 (Moved to Good Sunday)
Real Situation Finding X-Man (Korean: 실제상황 X맨을 찾아라) was that program that began Real Situation Saturday. It later moved to Good Sunday to revive that line-up and to make way for Love Letter.
Our Children Have Changed (Korean: 우리 아이가 달라졌어요) is a program about the difficulties of raising children. The predecessor is Shin Dong-yup's Love's Commissioned Mother.
Super Junior's Full House (Korean: 슈퍼주니어의 풀하우스) was a program where the group, Super Junior, would host 2 foreigners as they stayed in South Korea. The show presents comedic experiences between the South Koreanboy bandSuper Junior and two female international students, who did a homestay with Super Junior for a month.[1]
My Love, Monkey (Korean: 내사랑 몽키) was a program about raising monkeys.
Season 3 segment
Love Choice
Aired: November 4, 2006 - January 6, 2007
Starring: Kim Yong-man
Love Choice (Korean: 선택남녀) was a program where male celebrities would attempt to date regular women. It was part of the short-lived 70 mins Real Situation Saturday and Good Sunday weekend.
References
^"슈퍼주니어, '여자 멤버' 보강?". inews24 (in Korean). 4 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
