Celebrity producer's new reality show with Lee Seo-jin, BTS' V to release next month

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Celebrity producer's new reality show with Lee Seo-jin, BTS' V to release next month

Posted : 2023-01-12 14:51

Updated : 2023-01-13 09:41

Actor Lee Seo-jin will star in producer Na Young-seok's new reality show. Courtesy of Tving

By Lee Gyu-lee

Star producer Na Young-seok, who created hit variety shows like "New Journey to the West" and "Three Meals a Day" series, is set to roll out a new reality series, "Seo-jin's" (tentative title), on tvN this February.

The new show will be a spin-off to Na's previous reality show, "Youn's Kitchen," which featured actress Youn Yuh-jung running a Korean restaurant abroad along with fellow actors Lee, Jung Yu-mi and Park Seo-joon.

The exact date and timeslot have not been decided yet.

Lee, who acted as the second-in-command in "Youn's Kitchen," will step into the owner's role with the upcoming show. The cast members of the original show, Jung and Park, and actor Choi Woo-shik from another spin-off show, "Youn's Stay," will join Lee, along with the newest cast, BTS member V.

Running a Korean restaurant in Mexico, the stars will introduce Korea's street food to local people. They finished filming the show at the end of last year.

"Youn's Kitchen," which premiered in 2017, garnered popularity with top-rated stars running a small restaurant along the peaceful seaside in Bali, scoring a 14.1-percent viewership rating. It was picked up for a second season the next year, set in a small town in Spain.

When the coronavirus pandemic raised travel restrictions and made it difficult to film abroad, the show created a spin-off version, "Youn's Stay," in which the original cast members and Choi ran a hanok guest house for newly arrived expats in Korea.

gyulee@koreatimes.co.kr