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SBS Eight O'Clock News (also known as SBS 8 News (SBS 8 뉴스 in Korean)) is a South Korean television news broadcasting show broadcast by SBS.
Originally anchored by Maeng Hyung-kyu on weekdays and Jung Sung-hwan on weekends. It has been aired since December 9, 1991. The newscast is aired from 7:50 pm to 9 pm KST on weekdays since September 21, 2020 and from 8 pm to 8:45 pm KST on weekends. Kim Hyun-woo and Kim Yong-tae serve as the current anchors for weekday and weekend editions respectively.
History
On 19 September 1991, SBS defined that it would air its main news bulletin at 8pm, an attempt to compete against the "frontal confrontation" between KBS News 9 and MBC Newsdesk, which occupied the 9pm timeslot.[1] On 23 March 1992, SBS News Show at 10pm became the weekend edition of SBS News 8 due to low ratings.[2] By 2003, it had won several awards, among them its coverage of the scandal of Vice-President Yang Gil-Seul, usage of Agent Orange in the DMZ, corruption at the Korean Navy in 1993, among others.[3]
MBC Newsdesk suffered a crisis in viewers in the first half of 2020, causing SBS News 8 to gain more viewers.[4]
Segments
Current segments
Since 21 September 2020, most of the segments (except the sports news and weather) has been placed on the second part, nicknamed S-Pick.
Mobile Coverage - this seems to be a segment similar to MBC Newsdesk's Camera Launch, KBS News 9's Tracing 1234 and JTBC Newsroom's Close Camera where reporters cover stories in-depth based on reports from citizens.
What is The Truth? - this is a segment where Lee Kyung-won appears in-studio to fact-check statements given by politicians or important events that happened within the country. Towards the end of the segment, they decide if the statement is true through 5 categories: Facts (사실), Almost True (거의 사실), True & False (사실 & 거짓), Almost Untrue (거의 거짓) and Lies (거짓). A mascot named Factkio (팩트키오) also appears during the broadcast.
Panda to The End - a segment similar to Newsroom's Exploration Plus, it's a recurring segment where Kim Jong-won cover a certain story in-depth. The segment uses a panda as its mascot.
Healthy Life - a segment where medical reporter Cho Dong-chan analyzes issues related to health.
Cultural Line - a Friday-only segment where reporters do stories related to entertainment, education and other aspects of culture.
SBS Sports News - this is a segment where Kim Yoon-sang (on weekdays) and Lee Yoon-ah (on weekends) present sports news. On 30 March 2020, Lee Seung-gi made an appearance towards the end of the segment as a part of their SBS intern special episode of Master in the House. This episode also showed Cha Eun-woo hosting the radio broadcast, while Yang Se-hyung served as Lee's backup in case of unexpected circumstances. Shin Sung-rok and Kim Dong-hyun helped out in the production side.
SBS Weather - the weather segment presented by Nam Yoo-jin on weekdays and Saturdays, and Yang Tae-bin on Sundays.
Former segments
Inside the Stock Market - it was a compilation of eight economy-related stories where reporters from the economy and securities team also show the stock market trades through computer graphics.
Economic Indicators - it is similar with Inside the Stock Market above, only aired on weekdays.
Today in History - it shows a significant historical event that happened that day.
Issue Report: An In-depth Look/Field Report: Going Without Reservations/We Have a Tip! - established on 23 March 2019, these three segments seem to be similar to Mobile Coverage and Panda to the End.
Anchors
Kim Hyeon-woo and Kim Ga-hyeon currently anchor the weekday edition, while Jeong Yu-mi helm the weekend edition. Kim Da-young does the sports news on weekdays, and Joo Young-min does it on weekends. The weather forecast is presented by Nam Yu-jin on weekday and Saturday, while Yang Tae-bin does it on Sunday.
Main presenters
Role
Name
Duration
Notes
Main anchor (weekday)
Maeng Hyung-kyu 맹형규
9 December 1991—18 September 1995
Kim Hyung-min 김형민
As weekend main anchor:
28 October 1994—24 September 1995
As weekday main anchor:
19 September 1995—11 October 1996
19 October 1998—7 August 2000
Song Do-kyun 송도균
14 October 1996—27 June 1997
This was during SBS 9 O'Clock News.
Jeon Yong-hak 전용학
30 June 1997—16 October 1998
Lee Young-joon 이영춘
As weekend main anchor:
24 October 1994—16 April 2000
As weekday main anchor:
8 August 2000—27 February 2004
As one-time weekend main anchor:
29 February 2004
He also served as the director of SBS' Suwon bureau.
Park Sang-kyu 박상규
1 March 2004—28 October 2005
He's currently the director for Channel A's news bureau.
Shin Dong-wook 신동욱
31 October 2005—18 March 2011
1 January 2015—16 December 2016
He was the longest-serving main anchor of the newscast and currently the director for TV Chosun's news bureau and main anchor for its flagship newscast News 9.
Kim Sung-joon 김성준
21 March 2011—31 December 2014
19 December 2016—19 May 2017
He was convicted of illegally filming a woman, and is currently serving a six-month prison sentence.
first broadcast under the current title; SBS' first flagship newscast
1992
30 March
20:00-20:45
Weekdays
runtime extension
5 July
Every day
absorbed SBS News Show
1993
26 April
Weekdays: 20:00-20:45
runtime extension on weekends
Weekends: 20:00-20:20
31 May
Weekdays: 20:00-20:45
Weekends: 20:00-20:30
18 October
Weekdays: 20:00-20:45
Weekends: 20:00-20:35
1994
18 April
Weekdays: 20:00-20:45
Weekends: 20:00-20:40
24 October
20:00-20:45
Weekdays
separated with weekend newscast SBS News 2000
1997
3 March
21:00-21:45
SBS 9:00 News
title and weekday timeslot change
19 May
21:00-21:50
runtime extension
30 June
Weekdays: 20:00-20:45
Every day
SBS 8 News
integration with News Q; return to the current title
Weekends: 20:00-20:30
timeslot variations
27 October
Weekdays: 20:00-20:50
Weekends: 20:00-20:35
1998
2 March
Weekdays: 20:00-20:40
Weekends: 20:00-20:35
19 October
Weekdays: 20:00-20:45
Weekends: 20:00-20:35
1999
5 April
Weekdays: 20:00-20:40
Weekends: 20:00:20:35
2004
1 March
Weekdays: 20:00-20:40
Weekends: 20:00-20:35
2008
28 April
Weekdays: 20:00-20:45
absorbed SBS Sports News on weekends
Weekends: 20:00-20:40
2012
5 November
Weekdays: 20:00-20:50
absorbed SBS Sports News on weekdays
Weekends: 20:00-20:35
2013
11 March
Weekdays: 20:00-20:55
timeslot variations
Weekends: 20:00-20:50
1 July
Weekdays: 20:00-20:55
Weekends: 20:00-20:45
2019
15 April
Weekdays: 19:55-20:55
Weekends: 20:00-20:45
13 May
Weekdays: 20:00-20:55
Weekends: 20:00-20:45
2020
21 September
Weekdays: 19:50-21:00
Weekends: 20:00-20:45
Regional newscasts outside Seoul
Local SBS affiliates outside Seoul cutaway from the national 8 NEWS during the second half of the program, to broadcast their respective flagship regional newscasts. A typical evening newscast in these areas runs for 20 minutes on weekdays and 10 minutes on weekends. Local newscasts have the option to self-produce sports and weather segments, but others chose to opt back in to SBS for such segments; regardless, after the weather segment, the newscast always ends by the local affiliate's newscast title and anchors.
