Hometown Flex

Hometown Flex
Promotional poster
Hangul
서울촌놈
Literal meaningSeoul Bumpkin
Revised RomanizationSeoulchonnom
GenreReality
Variety
Travel
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producerYoo Ho-jin
Production locationSouth Korea
Running time70 minutes
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseJuly 12 (2020-07-12) –
September 20, 2020 (2020-09-20)

Hometown Flex (Korean: 서울촌놈; RR: Seoulchonnom) is a South Korean television program that aired on tvN, every Sunday at 22:50 (KST) starting from July 12 to September 20, 2020.[1]

Overview

A "hardcore local variety" show in which two "Seoul Bumpkins" (Cha Tae-hyun, Lee Seung-gi), who have only lived in Seoul all their lives, travel outside Seoul, and experience life outside Seoul by going on local tours guided by celebrities who were born and raised in their hometowns.[2]

Episodes (2020)

  • In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue.
Ep. Broadcast
Date 		Location Guest(s) Ratings (Nielsen Korea)[3][4][5] Ref.
Nationwide Seoul Capital Area
1 July 12 Busan Jang Hyuk, Lee Si-eon, Simon Dominic 3.177% 3.438% [6]
2 July 19 3.152% 3.229% [7]
3 July 26 Gwangju Kim Byung-hyun, Hong Jin-young, U-Know Yunho (TVXQ) 2.411% 2.504% [8]
4 August 2 2.250% 2.351% [9]
5 August 9 Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province Lee Beom-soo, Han Hyo-joo, Kim Kang-hoon[a] 3.519% 3.577% [10]
6 August 16 2.118% 2.113% [11]
7 August 23 Daejeon Kim Jun-ho, Pak Se-ri, Han Da-gam 2.695% 2.961% [12]
8 August 30 2.251% 2.422% [13]
9 September 6 Jeonju, North Jeolla Province Defconn, So Yi-hyun, Yoon Kyun-sang 2.377% 2.705% [14]
10 September 13 1.701% 2.112% [15]
11 September 20 Special Episode 1.755% 1.864% [16][b]

Notes

  1. ^ Only appeared in episode 6
  2. ^ This is the final episode of the show as the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea made the filming for the show difficult.

References

  1. ^ Park So-young (July 12, 2020). "첫방 '서울촌놈' 차태현x이승기가 만난 부산은 다를까? [Oh!쎈 예고]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Introduction to Hometown Flex". Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  3. ^ "AGB Nielsen Ratings 1" (in Korean) – via naver.
  4. ^ "AGB Nielsen Ratings 2" (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-05-28 – via nielsenkorea.
  5. ^ "AGB Nielsen Ratings 3" (in Korean) – via Daum.
  6. ^ Moon Ji-yeon (July 13, 2020). "베일 벗은 이승기X차태현 '서울촌놈'..첫 방송 최고 3.7% 돌파". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Cho Ji-young (July 20, 2020). "[SC리뷰] '서울촌놈' 차태현X이승기, '부산촌놈' 장혁X쌈디X이시언과 환장의 콜라보". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Ahn Ha-na (July 27, 2020). "'서울촌놈' 홍진영, 유노윤호-김병현과 고향 광주 알리기 나섰다 [M+TV인사이드]". MBN via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  9. ^ Kim Bo-young (August 3, 2020). "'서울촌놈' 유노윤호·홍진영·김병현과 열정 폭발 광주투어…재미·맛·의미 다 잡았다 [종합]". EDaily via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  10. ^ Hong Se-young (August 10, 2020). "[종합] '서울촌놈' 한효주x이범수, 청주 향한 애향심→사투리 속뜻 꿀잼". Sports DongA via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  11. ^ Lee A-young (August 17, 2020). "'서울촌놈' 이범수X한효주, 냉삼 불고기→상당산성 '매력 재발견'(종합)". News1 via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  12. ^ Lee A-young (August 24, 2020). "'서울촌놈' 박세리X한다감X김준호의 대전, 알고 보니 유잼 도시(종합)". News1 via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  13. ^ Cho Yeon-soo (August 31, 2020). ""유잼 도시 인정"…'서울촌놈' 김준호X박세리X한다감, 웃음 하드캐리 [엑's 리뷰]". Xportsnews via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  14. ^ Lee Ji-young (September 7, 2020). "'서울촌놈', 데프콘 먹방TV부터 윤균상X소이현의 눈물의 모교방문까지 (종합)". enews24 via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  15. ^ Na Geum-joo (September 14, 2020). "'서울촌놈' 소이현·윤균상·데프콘, 맛도 추억도 다 잡은 전주 여행 [전일야화]". XportsNews via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  16. ^ Lee Kyung-ho (September 14, 2020). "[단독]'서울촌놈', 12회→11회 종영..코로나 여파로 1회 축소 결정". Star News via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved September 14, 2020.