Knowing Bros (2015)

Original title

아는 형님

Genre

reality television, variety show

Country

South Korea

Length

1 season, 538 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Fixed cast members pretend to be high school students in a classroom setting. Guest celebrities also pose as students and join them for talk sessions and various games. The show mixes conversation with playful activities and improvisation.

playfulenergeticcomedicnostalgicinteractivelight-heartedspontaneouswarm

What happens

Knowing Bros (Korean: 아는 형님; RR: Aneun hyeongnim), also known as Men on a Mission or Ask Us Anything, is a South Korean television entertainment program produced by SM C&C that premiered on December 5, 2015, and currently airs on Saturdays at JTBC. Although the show has taken on different formats in some episodes, the program features a high school classroom setting with the fixed cast – the titular "brothers" – acting as same-aged students. Guests arrive posing as visiting students from another school and are interviewed by the cast in a talk show segment; the program's second half usually features a variety segment, with the cast and guests taking of activities such as games, talent show, or improvisational acting. Knowing Bros' current fixed cast includes Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, Kim Young-chul, Seo Jang-hoon, Kim Hee-chul, Min Kyung-hoon, Lee Sangmin, Shindong, and Kim Shin-young; Hwang Chi-yeul and Kim Se-hwang were initial cast members in the program's first few episodes. Comedian Lee Jin-ho was added as a fixed cast member in episode 304 and he left after episode 454. Jang Sung-kyu and announcer Kim Hwan have appeared as recurring special guests by hosting the show's game segments. Originally, Shindong was also a recurring guest before being promoted to a regular cast member in episode 444. After appearing as a guest several times, comedienne Kim Shin-young was added as the first female cast member in episode 528. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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