Running man show is categorized as an "Urban Action Variety", it is a genre of variety shows in an urban environment. The MC's and guests of the show are given tasks to complete a mission at a landmark to win the race. Eventually, the show shifted to a more known reality-variety show concept that is focused on games.
After leaving the show "Good Sunday's Family Outing" in February 2010, Yoo Jae Sook, as the main host of the show has gotten some attention since it is his comeback program.
This show became famous in other parts of the continent and has achieved online popularity among Hallyu fans. The show has been fansubbed into different languages like English, Spanish, French, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Malay and many more.
Another achievement of the show is that it was listed in the Business Insider's Top 20 TV shows in the year 2016.
Ever since April 2017, the schedule of the "Running Man" show airs at the first part of Good Sunday at 4:50 pm KST and is competing against the KBS2"s program "The Return of Superman" and also MBC's "King of Mask Singer".
On the 29th of November, there was a deal memo signing between SBS and the Indonesian Enterprise FCL that took place at the SBS headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. The deal is for Season one of the Indonesian Version on the Running Man show. FCL is an Indonesian investment company. They also rank 4th in Indonesia's financial market and has worked on over the top media services, content production, and distribution. The first season of Running Man in Indonesia is set to be released in the middle of 2020 on various Indonesian major networks and OTT.
Running man in the Vietnamese version was aired last April and it was a success. Indonesia is now the third country outside of Korea to air its own version of the Running Man show. China and Vietnam is the first and second country to franchise the show. And being a populous Southeast Asian country, Indonesia will play a great role in the future extension of the Korean Shows in this region.
SBS Leader Kim Yong Jae said, "SBS will now enter the Indonesian market after it has successfully entered China and Vietnam's entertainment scenes. After three years of study and investigation, we will now be able to put our plans into action. We cannot wait to contribute to the widespread expansion of the Hallyu wave." FCL's OTT brand Genflix's chief executive officer Jimmy Kim said "I expect Running Man to be a big hit in Indonesia. This also a new venture for us as we attempt to combine OTT and broadcasting."
The show will also work on a content commerce business with its partnership with Tokopedia, Indonesia's number one e-commerce brand.
SBS also has plans to air the show "Fantastic Duo" and co-produce "Good Friends" on Indonesia's No. 2 broadcasting channel SCTV. It is scheduled to air in the first half of 2020.
Watch out for more Korean Shows to be aired internationally!
