Trick & True

Trick & True
GenreVariety
Presented byJun Hyun-moo
Kim Jun-hyun
Lee Eun-gyeol
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerLee Se-hee
Production locationsSeoul, South Korea
Running time80 minutes
Original release
NetworkKBS
ReleaseOctober 25, 2016 (2016-10-25) –
February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)
Korean name
Hangul
트릭 & 트루
Revised RomanizationTeurik & Teuru
McCune–ReischauerT'ŭrik & T'ŭru

Trick & True (Korean: 트릭 & 트루; RR: Teurik & Teuru; MR: T'ŭrik & T'ŭru) was a South Korean variety show, which aired on KBS2, KBS' channel for entertainment shows. The show was hosted by television comedy show host Jun Hyun-moo, Kim Jun-hyun and Lee Eun-gyeol. The show replaced Talents for Sale as it got second highest rating, 6.9% in its pilot episode.[1]

Format

The show displayed four acts, performed by either a magician or a KAIST scientist, and it was the guests' job to figure out where the act was purely a magic trick or based on flawed scientific theory or an actual scientific phenomenon. After each answer, the opponent could choose to attempt to modify the act to make it a magic trick or more scientific based on the act.

Episode and ratings

2016

Episode Air date Featured guests Notes AGB Nielsen Ratings[2]
1 October 25
3.1%
2 November 1
2.7%
3 November 9
Moving to the Wednesday timeslot 3.9%
4 November 16
4.6%
5 November 23
3.4%
6 November 30
3.4%
7 December 7
3.3%
8 December 14
3.4%
9 December 21
3.7%
10 December 28
3.9%

2017

Episode Air date Featured guests Notes AGB Nielsen Ratings[2]
11 January 4
4.4%
12 January 11
4.1%
13 January 18
4.7%
14 January 25
3.8%
15 February 8
4.7%
16 February 15
4.5%

References

  1. ^ [단독] KBS '승부'·'트릭' 정규행...'어서옵쇼'·'예체능' 끝내 폐지
  2. ^ a b
    "AGB Ratings 1" (in Korean) – via Naver.
    "AGB Ratings 2" (in Korean) – via Daum.