If you didn’t know yet, the upcoming November 13th episodes of MBC’s Saturday variety shows, “Infinity Challenge” and “We Got Married” will not be airing this week.
The episodes of “Infinity Challenge” and “We Got Married” that were supposed to air on the 13th will instead be replaced by special broadcasts from the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. During this time, the Korea vs. Palestine men’s qualifier soccer match and the men’s qualifier baseball match for Korea vs. Taiwan will be aired.
Including this cancellation, “Infinity Challenge” and “We Got Married” has reached a total of 2 months worth of cancellations in 2010. The 2 programs were cancelled for 7 weeks during last April and May due to the Cheonan sinking incident, and with another week added from the November 13th cancellation, they’ve had 2 months of postponed showings.
Due to the tribute period that followed the sinking of the Cheonan on March 26th, “Infinity Challenge”, “We Got Married” and other variety shows were cancelled in succession. And while the tribute period was still going on, MBC’s strike efforts also started, making it difficult to air variety programs.
The strike stopped on May 14th, but the 15th’s episode was cancelled due to technical problems with editing and more. During this time, fans were met with disappointment when they could not see the 200th episode special of “Infinity Challenge”, in which the members took on huge projects such as pro-wrestling.
The production of “We Got Married” also suffered as an aftermath of cancellations. Due to the postponed episodes, some of the celebrities stopped filming for a long period.
It looks like the upcoming Asian Games will cause fans of “We Got Married” and “Infinity Challenge” to be disappointed once again. “Infinity Challenge” is doing its idol special and calendar special. “We Got Married” is becoming more and more interesting with the couples getting closer and closer. There are viewers who would prefer to watch these variety shows over the Asian Games.
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